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Jockey Names Daughter After Horse

Leave a comment | 26 August 2010
On 7 February 2010, with over 20,000 people watching, Irish jockey Richard Hughes won the McDowell Signature Indian Derby at Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai. He was riding a filly named Jacqueline. After the race, he was quoted as saying: “You know what, my wife gave birth a couple of days back and I named [...]
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Boxer Floyd Patterson Named Baby After Street Sign

Leave a comment | 2 June 2010
On 30 November 1956, Floyd Patterson won the world heavyweight boxing championship by defeating Archie Moore in Chicago. That same night, Patterson’s wife Sandra gave birth to a baby girl in New York. Two days later, both fighters appeared on the Sunday night Steve Allen Show. Patterson told Allen that his baby girl had been [...]
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How Long Should a Baby Stay Nameless?

2 Comments | 23 November 2009
“How much time should the parents take to decide on a name after the child is born?” A reader named Steve e-mailed me last week with this question. It’s one that many parents in the U.S. don’t really think about, because we tend to choose our baby names ahead of time. But what if you [...]
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