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Are Baby Names Influenced by Retail Trends?
Here’s a baby name theory I don’t think I’ve ever come across before:
“Something happened when children under 5 became a market, maybe around 1983, with things like Baby Gap,” said Christine Farina, associate professor of communication at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. “We became more conscious of each other at the same time. [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Boy Names, Popular Baby Names Also tagged christine, emma, farina, jacob, james, joshua, market, retailers
Don’t Commit to a Name Pattern Until You Read These 3 Tips
Humans love patterns. Just look last year’s list of popular twin names:
Jacob & Joshua
Daniel & David
Jayden & Jordan
Ethan & Evan
Taylor & Tyler
Gabriella & Isabella
Isaac & Isaiah
Madison & Morgan
Elijah & Isaiah
Ella & Emma
Eight pairs start with the same letter. Seven have the same rhythm. Another seven end with the same letter (and many of these nearly [...]
Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Baby Names from Family, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Plants, Boy Names, Girl Names, Meaningful Baby Names Also tagged abigail, aiden, alexa, alexander, alexis, alfred, amaryllis, andrew, angus, augustus, bea, beatrix, brian, chain, chess, chester, cordelia, cyan, daisy, dakota, daniel, david, diana, duncan, edith, elaine, elijah, ella, emma, ethan, evan, favorite, frank, gabriella, graydon, griffith, hayden, heath, indigo, iris, isaac, isabella, isaiah, jacob, jasmine, jason, jordan, joshua, juliet, kaeden, kelly, lachlan, laura, lauren, leah, len, lila, lily, lorenzo, lou, luke, madison, maxine, meredith, miranda, morgan, nora, origin, orlando, patterns, paul, poppy, rhyme, rose, roxanne, scarlet, sebastian, sky, source, tawny, taylor, theme, tobias, tyler, una, walker, xavier, xena, yorick, zinnia
Baby Names Inspired by Clubs, Charities, Organizations
What clubs are you a member of? What charities do you support? What organizations have helped you (or someone you love) become a better person? Perhaps the story behind one of these groups could inspire a meaningful baby name.
Organization
Founder(s)
Alcoholics Anonymous
William Wilson
Robert Smith
American Red Cross
Clara Booth
ASPCA
Henry Bergh
Heifer International
Dan West
Jane Addams Hull House Assoc.
Jane Addams
Ellen Starr
Kiwanis
Joseph [...]
Celebrities Who Have Chosen Great Baby Names
Do you think celebrities bestow strange baby names in order to give their careers a boost? That’s the impression I get sometimes. I’d never heard of soap star Ingo Rademacher before he named his son Peanut. I knew very little about M.I.A. before she came up with the name Ikhyd. And I hadn’t thought about [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names Also tagged alexander, alice, audrey, benjamin, brendan, carlo, charlotte, edoardo, elizabeth, ella, elliott, francs, georgia, henry, james, katherine, leo, lucia, lucille, lydia, margaret, marion, matteo, pearl, samuel, sophie, tabitha, valentina, valentino
Baby Name Needed – Brother of Kathryn and Nicholas
A reader named Shannon is expecting a baby boy at the end of the month. She currently has two children — twins named Kathryn (Kate) Rose and Nicholas (Nick) James. She writes:
We like Jonathan and Joshua, but are having trouble with a middle name. My husband’s name is James Nelson, and we are considering [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Boy Names, Middle Names Also tagged adam, alex, alexander, andrew, anthony, arthur, blake, calvin, charles, cole, daniel, david, grant, henry, isaac, jacob, james, joe, jonathan, joseph, joshua, kate, kathryn, luke, marcus, mark, martin, matthew, mike, neil, nelson, nicholas, nick, paul, philip, rose, ryan, samuel, shannon, thomas, victor, william
Namestorm #6 – Baby Names for Sports Lovers