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Popular and Unique Names in South Australia, 2009
The state of South Australia, home to about 8% of Australia’s population, has released its baby name rankings for 2009. Here are the top names for each gender, followed by two dozen names that were used only once last year.
Boys
Girls
Popular Names
Jack
Riley
William
Oliver & Lachlan [tie]
Thomas
Charlotte
Emily & Chloe [tie]
Ella
Isabella
Lily
Unique names
Calcypher
D’Artagnan
Hercules
Legion
Lilallel
Livingfaith
Mamadee
Mornorom
Reef*
Smit
Swastik
Trigger
Alaska
Antigone
Bronkay
Cider
Dawt
Ellaouise
Highbury
Karma-Shaide
Loveness
Oricle
She-II
Tender
*As far as nature names go, Reef seems [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Places, Boy Names, Girl Names, Popular Baby Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged alaska, antigone, bronkay, calcypher, charlotte, chloe, cider, dartagnan, dawt, ella, ellaouise, emily, hercules, highbury, isabella, jack, karma-shaide, lachlan, legion, lilallel, lily, livingfaith, loveness, mamadee, mornorom, oricle, reef, riley, she-ii, smit, swastik, tender, thomas, trigger, william
Baby Name Needed, Part 2 – Middle Name for Ivan
Back in March, a reader named Pam wrote to me regarding the names of her twins. Several days ago, she sent me an update.
She still likes the names Alexander, Ivan and William…but not in the same order as before. One twin will now be Alexander William, the other will have the first name Ivan, and [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Boy Names, Middle Names Also tagged abraham, alexander, anthony, benjamin, broderick, christopher, demetrius, dominic, emmanuel, gabriel, gregory, ivan, jeremiah, lawrence, matthias, pam, patrick, raphael, raymond, robert, roderick, samuel, solomon, sylvester, theodore, thomas, timothy, tobias, william, xavier, zachary
Baby Name Needed – Boy Name for Adalaide’s Little Brother
A reader named Abby is expecting a baby boy at the end of the year, and she’d like some helping coming up with his name. She writes:
His sister’s name is Adalaide Joy Foley* and we would like to use the middle name Bernard in honor of his grandfather who is no longer with us.
Abby also [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Boy Names, Middle Names Also tagged adalaide, anthony, bernard, bill, clem, clement, dom, dominic, emmanuel, fred, frederick, gabe, gabriel, greg, gregory, joe, jon, jonathan, joseph, joy, lou, louis, manny, mathew, matt, max, maximilian, nate, nathaniel, nic, nicholas, nick, ollie, rick, sam, samuel, sol, solomon, stan, stanley, ted, thad, thaddeus, theo, theodor, thomas, tim, timothy, tobias, toby, tom, tony, walt, walter, will, william, zach, zachary
Baby Name Needed – Name for Linden and Everett’s Sibling
Britta her husband Morgan live in Sweden. They’re expecting their third baby in a couple of months and would like some help choosing a name.
They already have two sons, Linden and Everett, so they’d like the baby’s first name to be similar in style to these. Britta also mentions:
We definitely want a more English/American [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Boy Names, Girl Names, Middle Names Also tagged agnes, alice, amos, beatrice, carl, casper, conrad, edith, everett, felix, florence, frank, frida, gabriel, glenn, grant, greta, grover, harriet, harris, henrietta, henry, herman, josephine, karl, kasper, konrad, linden, linus, madeleine, marion, nelson, nolan, nora, norris, oscar, oskar, otis, pauline, petra, philip, ramona, reuben, roland, rosa, roselle, rowena, rowyn, ruben, sabine, selma, sidney, simon, sofia, susanne, sylvia, therese, tobias, victor, viktor, vincent, viola
Popular and Unique Names in England and Wales, 2008