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Don’t Commit to a Name Pattern Until You Read These 3 Tips

3 Comments | 21 December 2009

Humans love patterns. Just look last year’s list of popular twin names: Jacob & Joshua Daniel & David Jayden & Jordan Ethan & Evan Taylor & Tyler Gabriella & Isabella Isaac & Isaiah Madison & Morgan Elijah & Isaiah Ella & Emma Eight pairs start with the same letter. Seven have the same rhythm. Another seven end with the same letter (and many of these nearly [...]

Posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Baby Names from Family, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Plants, Boy Names, Girl Names, Meaningful Baby Names | Also tagged abigail, aiden, alexa, alexander, alexis, alfred, amaryllis, andrew, angus, augustus, bea, beatrix, brian, chain, chess, chester, cordelia, cyan, daisy, dakota, daniel, david, diana, duncan, edith, elaine, elijah, ella, emma, ethan, evan, favorite, frank, gabriella, graydon, griffith, hayden, heath, indigo, iris, isaac, isabella, isaiah, jacob, jasmine, jason, jordan, joshua, juliet, kaeden, kelly, lachlan, laura, lauren, leah, len, lila, lily, lorenzo, lou, luke, madison, maxine, meredith, michael, miranda, morgan, nora, origin, orlando, patterns, paul, poppy, rhyme, rose, roxanne, scarlet, sebastian, sky, source, tawny, taylor, theme, tobias, tyler, una, walker, xena, yorick, zinnia

Surnames of Saints – Becket, Drexel, Kirby, Seton

1 Comment | 30 September 2009

A couple of days ago, a reader named Christie mentioned in a comment that she’d named her first son after St. Maximilian Kolbe. Nope, her son’s name wasn’t Maximilian–it was Kolbe. Her comment reminded me of Elisabeth’s post on names from French birth announcements. One of the baby boys on the list, Vianney, was probably named [...]

Posted in Baby Names, Baby Names from Religion, Boy Names, Girl Names | Also tagged alexander, aloysius, becket, borromeo, bosco, briant, cabrini, charles, christie, drexel, elisabeth, elizabeth, frances, gonzaga, gwyn, john, junipero, katharine, kemble, kirby, kolbe, luke, matt, maximilian, richard, rigby, serra, seton, talbot, thomas, vianney

A Rose by Any Other Name – Burnaby, Natali, Zelda Lloyd

Leave a comment | 3 August 2009

Sure, a rose by just any other name would not smell as sweet. But what if the name were as cool as “Madame Azélie Imbert” or “Victor Emmanuel”? Other intriguing rose names I found in the EveryRose.com database include: Abraham Darby Admired Miranda Betty Uprichard Burnaby Clementina Carbonieri Cyril Fletcher Dagmar Spath Dainty Bess Edna Marie Eustacia Fiona’s Affection Fraulein Octavia Hesse Gentle Hermione Ghislaine de Feligonde Hawaiian Queen Martha Henry [...]

Posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Plants, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names | Also tagged abraham, allison, anderson, antony, azelie, beatrix, bennett, bes, betty, burnaby, clementina, cyril, dagmar, duncan, edna, emanuel, erskine, eugenie, eustacia, fiona, ghislaine, henry, hermione, ida, jan, jessika, joe, kaitlyn, lawinia, louise, margrethe, martha, miranda, natali, oskar, phyllis, portia, quinn, rex, rick, rose, roses, ruthie, sharifa, tara, thisbe, titiana, uwe, victor, victoria, walter, yolande, zelda, zelia, zephirine

Baby Name Needed, Part 2 – Middle Name for Ivan

6 Comments | 31 July 2009

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, patrick, raphael, raymond, robert, roderick, samuel, solomon, sylvester, theodore, thomas, timothy, tobias, william, zachary