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Namestorm #6 – Baby Names for Sports Lovers

I know, I know–sports is a huge topic. So huge that one could come up with dozens of names for just about any sport that’s ever existed. But I thought taking a general approach would be more fun than focusing on a specific sport, so here are notable names culled from a range of sports: James Canadian-born [...]
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Namestorm #2 – Baby Names for Shoe Lovers

Love shoes as much as Imelda Marcos? If so, this post is for you. C in DC suggested last week that I brainstorm for names associated with shoes, and I thought that was a great idea. So here’s my stab at it. Luther In 1938, American archaeologist Luther Cressman discovered a 10,000-year-old pair of sandals–the oldest [...]
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French Baby Names – Heloise, Lancelot, Quitterie, Victor

While cleaning out my bookmarks the other day, I rediscovered this post on French names from francophile blog Polly-Vous Francais. It contrasts the names found in the birth and death announcements of a French newspaper. Here’s a sampling: Male Female Births Anselme Edouard Guillaume Hipployte Hugo Lancelot Louis Timothée Victor Vladimir Deaths Albert Emile Gabriel Jacques Jean Paul Pierre Roger Vincent Yves Births Anaïs Béatrix Héloïse Hermine Irène Margaux Mathilde Noémie Quitterie Violaine Deaths Andrée Denise Gilberte Gladys Huguette Jacqueline Jeanne Marguerite Marie Michèle Which set do you like better — birth announcement names or death announcement names?
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Baby Name Needed – Boy Name that Starts with R

A reader named Anna is expecting a baby boy. His middle name will be Anderson. She’d like his first name to begin with the letter R. The baby’s father’s name is Rei, so I’m not sure if he and Anna are looking for another short R-name, but I threw a few in just in case: Radley Rafferty Ramsey Raphael Reece Reeve Reid Reginald Regis Rex Richard Ridley Ritter Robert Roderick Rodney Roger Ronald Roscoe Royce Rudy Rupert Russell Ryder I also [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Familiar-Yet-Uncommon Boy Name

A reader named Rachel is expecting a baby boy. She says: We had two girls’ names that I adored — Jane and Marjorie. Both of these are very uncommon (400s for Jane, not in top 1000 for Marjorie!) yet are utterly familiar (and unpretentious). I am completely unable to find a boys’ name that fits that bill. [...]
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