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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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Namestorm #6 – Baby Names for Sports Lovers