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English Siblings Named Peppermint, Frodo, Blackbird, Voorhees, etc.
Sara Foss of Derby, England has 13 children. Their names are:
Patrick, 23
Stephen, 13
Malachai, 12
Peppermint, 11
Echo, 10
Eli, 9
Rogue, 8
Frodo, 7
Morpheus, 5
Artemis, 4
Blackbird, 3
Baudelaire, 2
Voorhees, 9 months
My first thought was: A mom of 13 has time to read Baudelaire? (And, if so, she really thought naming a child after him was an appropriate thing to do?)
But it [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Also tagged artemis, blackbird, derby, echo, eli, frodo, malachai, morpheus, peppermint, rogue, sara foss, stephan
Bye Bye, Bridget – Irish Names Dropped to Minimize Prejudice
A recent study found that the Irish Catholic names Bridget and Patrick were used much less often among second-generation Irish than among first-generation Irish in late 19th-century England and Wales.
English Protestant names like George and William, on the other hand, were used much more often by these second-generation Irish.
Why?
Researchers Malcolm Smith and Donald [...]
Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Religion, Boy Names, Girl Names, Name Studies Also tagged bridget, george, ireland, irish, turks, william
Baby Name Needed – Name for Hayden’s Little Brother or Sister
A reader named Angela is expecting her second baby (gender unknown). She sent me a lot of helpful information, so I’ve broken it down into main points:
The baby’s middle name will be Patrick (if a boy) or Josephine (if a girl).
The baby’s surname will start with P.
She and her husband like the name Abigail, but [...]
Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Baby Names from Literature, Boy Names, Girl Names, Middle Names Also tagged abigail, adam, angela, audrey, beckett, bennet, bethany, caleb, charlotte, chloe, daniel, david, denise, dorothy, edward, eliot, elizabeth, emmett, everett, gabriel, hayden, jacob, james, jerome, jillian, jonathan, joseph, judith, kaitlyn, katherine, leah, leo, lillian, louisa, lucas, lucy, lydia, mara, marianne, martin, mary, matthew, maxwell, maya, micah, michael, michelle, miller, miriam, molly, naomi, natalie, nathan, rachel, raymond, rebecca, samantha, samuel, sarah, sawyer, shirley, simon, sinclair, william, zachary
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, oliver, pam, raphael, raymond, robert, roderick, samuel, solomon, sylvester, theodore, thomas, timothy, tobias, william, xavier, zachary
Politicians Who Were Named After Other Politicians