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Red Stilettos, Brown Loafers and Baby Names

Many people want unique names for their babies. They believe unique names will help their children stand out. And they’re right–unique names do indeed attract attention. But is it the kind of attention parents should want for their kids? Let’s try an analogy. A unique name is a pair of red stilettos. A common name is [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Girl Name for Lilia’s Little Sister

I heard from a reader named Shana a couple of days ago. Here’s what she says: I’m 35 weeks pregnant and my DH and I still can’t find a name. Maybe it’s because we would like to incorporate too much into the name or maybe we’re just unsure if we want a trendy name/classic name. I [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Name that Fits with Paulina

A reader named Kathleen writes: What are some baby names that are rather uncommon, but easy to pronounce/spell that would fit with my first daughter’s name, Paulina Sophie? I work in a school so I have too many name associations to think straight! Thanks. (I am of Irish/French descent.) My first question to Kathleen would be: Where [...]
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Baby Names in Scotland – Jack, Sophie, Ringo, Renesme

Scotland’s most popular baby names of 2009 have been released. The top five boy names are Jack, Lewis, James, Liam and Logan. The top five girl names are Sophie, Olivia, Ava, Emily and Lucy. The biggest climbers since last year are Owen and Miley. And here are some baby names that were used just once: Girls Boys Apple Bonnique Comfort Demi-Star Inca Jools Jorga Jubilee Juno KT Paris-Montana Renesme Vanilla Argyll Atholl Elvis Fidelis Great Jock Mungo Orpheus Ringo Soul Supreme Sweetie Tresor Didn’t take [...]
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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 [...]
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Baby Name Needed – Middle Name for Lucinda

A reader named Andria would like a middle name for Lucinda. The baby’s last name will be a T-name similar to Kendall. I tried to come up with suggestions that (like Lucinda) are old-fashioned and/or Latin-based. Also, because Lucinda and the surname share several consonants, I aimed for names that add some new sounds to the [...]
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Top UK Baby Names for 2006

The US Social Security Administration publishes new baby name data every May. I never really minded this turn-around time….until I discovered that the UK had already released its name data for 2006: Top Ten Baby Names in England, 2006 Girls: Olivia, Grace, Jessica, Ruby, Emily, Sophie, Chloe, Lucy, Lillie, Ellie Boys: Jack, Thomas, Joshua, Oliver, Harry, James, [...]
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