How popular is the baby name Carly in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Carly.
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After Hoda asked how he and Blake came up with the name of their third (a clever way to get the actor to publicly confirm what the name actually is), Reynolds quipped, “We haven’t yet! We’re gonna be original, and all the letters in her name are silent.” […] He continued, “I want to give her something to push against in life.”
You can even see how the zeitgeist of the age affected American’s [sic] desire for novelty. As Matthew W. Hahn and Alexander Bentley found, the incidence of new, unusual names rose in the 20s, peaked around 1930, but then plummeted in the 40s and 50s. Then it shot up again in the 60s, before reversing and plummeting again in the late 70s. Why? If you wanted to engage in some armchair zeitgeist analysis, you could argue that this makes a crude sort of cultural sense: The “roaring 20s” and the 60s were both periods when significant subsets of the population treasured creative, rule-breaking behavior; the 50s and early 80s weren’t.
When it came to deciding what to call the chain, [Dave Thomas] tried out the names of all five of his children before he settled on the nickname for his daughter, Melinda, which was Wendy.
Before my dad left us [in 2002], we had a long conversation about him naming the restaurant Wendy’s. It was the first time we’d ever had this conversation. He said, “You know what? I’m sorry.” I asked him what he meant. He explained, “I should’ve just named it after myself, because it put a lot of pressure on you.”
Marlie-Mae, Gracie-Mae, Mila-Mae… you may have noticed the trend.
Aussie celebs are giving their baby girls hyphenated names with a sweet, old-fashioned sound. The Bachelor’s Matty J and Laura Byrne went for Marlie-Mae, Bachelor In Paradise’s Simone Ormesher and partner Matt Thorne chose Gracie-Mae, while Married at First Sight’s Davina Rankin and boyfriend Jaxon Manuel decided on Mila-Mae.
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Although these names might sound American – think Elly May Clampett from The Beverly Hillbillies – this is actually a huge British trend that seems to be just taking off in Australia.
Here are hundreds of baby names that have a numerological value of “5.”
I’ve sub-categorized them by overall totals, because I think that some of the intermediate numbers could have special significance to people as well.
Within each group, I’ve listed up to ten of the most popular “5” names per gender (according to the current U.S. rankings).
Beneath all the names are some ways you could interpret the numerological value of “5,” including descriptions from two different numerological systems.
5 via 14
The following baby names add up to 14, which reduces to five (1+4=5).
“140” boy names: Dontavious, Markanthony, Fitzwilliam, Prometheus
5 via 149
The boy name Montavious adds up to 149, which reduces to five (1+4+9=14; 1+4=5).
What Does “5” Mean?
First, we’ll look at the significance assigned to “5” by two different numerological sources. Second, and more importantly, ask yourself if “5” or any of the intermediate numbers above have any special significance to you.
Numerological Attributes
“5” (the pentad) according to the Pythagoreans:
“They called the pentad ‘lack of strife,’ not only because aether, the fifth element, which is set apart on its own, remains unchanging, while there is strife and change among the things under it, from the moon to the Earth, but also because the primary two different and dissimilar kinds of number, even and odd, are as it were reconciled and knitted together by the pentad”
“The pentad is the first number to encompass the specific identity of all number[s], since it encompasses 2, the first even number, and 3, the first odd number. Hence it is called ‘marriage,’ since it is formed of male and female.”
“The pentad is highly expressive of justice, and justice comprehends all the other virtues […] it is a kind of justice, on the analogy of a weighing instrument.” (i.e., It is the central number in the row of numbers from 1 to 9.)
“Because it levels out inequality, they call it ‘Providence’ and ‘justice’ (division, as it were) […] Likewise, it is called ‘nuptial’ and ‘androgyny’ and ‘demigod’ – the latter not only because it is half of ten, which is divine, but also because in its special diagram it is assigned the central place. And it is called ‘twin’ because it divides in two the decad, which is otherwise indivisible […] and ‘heart-like’ because of the analogy of the heart being assigned the center in living creatures.”
“Nature separated each of the extremities of our bodily part (I mean, the extremities of our feet and hands) in a five-fold way, into fingers and toes.”
“5” according to Edgar Cayce:
“Five – a change imminent, ever, in the activities of whatever influence with which it may be associated” (reading 261-14).
“Five – as seen, a change” (reading 5751-1).
“Five always active – and double the two, and one – or three and two, which it is the sum of. Hence, as is questioned here, no factor is more active than would be that of a five…in any activity. Five being the active number” (reading 137-119).
Personal/Cultural Significance
Does “5” — or do any of the other numbers above (e.g., 23, 50, 77, 131) — have any special significance to you?
Think about your own preferences and personal experiences: lucky numbers, birth dates, music, sports, and so on. Maybe you like how “23” reminds you of chromosomes and genetics, for example.
Also think about associations you may have picked up from your culture, your religion, or society in general.
If you have any interesting insights about the number 5, or any of the other numbers above, please leave a comment!
Source: Theologumena Arithmeticae, attributed to Iamblichus (c.250-c.330).
Malta’s top baby names of 2013 came out a few weeks ago.
According to data from the National Statistics Office, the most popular name-groups last year were Elena/Elenia/Helena/Ella and Luke/Luca/Lucas.
Here are Malta’s top 20 girl name-groups and top 20 boy name-groups of 2013:
Girl Names
Elena/Elenia/Helena/Ella, 106 baby girls (5.5% of all girls)
Eliza/Elisa/Elizabeth/Elise, 78
Julia/Yulia/Julianne, 69
Emma/Emmanuela/Ema, 51
Maya/Mia/Myah, 47
Maria/Marija/Mariah/Marie, 42
Lea/Leah/Leia, 37
Martina/Martine, 36
Christina/Christa/Christabel/Krystle, 35
Kailey/Kai/Kaleigh, 34 (3-way tie)
Catherine/Katrina/Kate/Katya, 34 (3-way tie)
Emilia/Emily/Emelie, 34 (3-way tie)
Amy/Aimee, 32
Anna/Hannah/Ann, 31
Mikela/Makaila/Michelle, 27 (tie)
Alison/Alice/Alicia/Alyssa/Aly, 27 (tie)
Sophia/Sophie, 26
Jade/Giada, 22 (tie)
Alexandra/Alessia/Alexia/Lexi, 22 (tie)
Aaliyah/Alaya, 21
Chloe/Khloe, 20 (3-way tie)
Amber/Amberley, 20 (3-way tie)
Karla/Carla/Carly, 20 (3-way tie)
Jasmine/Yasmine/Yasmeen, 17 (3-way tie)
Nina, 17 (3-way tie)
Faith, 17 (3-way tie)
Hailey/Hailee/Hayleigh, 16
Nicole/Nicola/Nicky, 14 (4-way tie)
Rachel/Raquel, 14 (4-way tie)
Keira/Kyra, 14 (4-way tie)
Claire/Clara/Clarisse, 14 (4-way tie)
Boy Names
Luke/Luca/Lucas, 106 baby boys (5% of all boys)
Matthew/Matthias/Matteo, 93
Jacob/Jake, 70
Zachary/Zak/Zack, 56
John/Jean/Jonathan/Juan/Gan, 53 (tie)
Michael/Miguel/Mikhail, 53 (tie)
Andrew/Andreas/Andre/Andy, 46
Kaiden/Kayden/Kai, 45 (tie)
Alexander/Alessandro/Alec, 45 (tie)
Aiden/Ayden, 43
Liam/William, 42
Nicholas/Nick/Nicolai, 41
Benjamin/Ben, 40
Daniel/Dan/Danil, 33
Isaac/Izaak, 32 (tie)
Mason/Maison, 32 (tie)
Jack/Jackson/Jacques, 30
Jaden/Jayden/Jadon, 29 (tie)
Thomas/Tommas/Tommy, 29 (tie)
Nathan/Nathaniel, 28
Julian/Julien/Guiliano, 27
Gabriel/Gabrijel/Gabryl, 24 (tie)
Adam, 24 (tie)
Joseph/Beppe/Giuseppe/Josef, 23 (tie)
Noah, 23 (tie)
James/Jamie/Jayme, 22 (3-way tie)
Samuel/Sam, 22 (3-way tie)
Keiran/Kyran, 22 (3-way tie)
Some of the unusual names registered in Malta last year were Aizley, Amporn, Breeze, Chinenye, Coco, Delson, Diyas, Enonima, Freedom, Gundula, Jaceyrhaer, Kobbun, Limoni, Love, Netsrik, Summer, Symphony, Zarkareia and Zveyrone.
Malta’s 2012 list was topped by Eliza/Lisa/Elsie/Elyse/Bettina and Matthew/Matthias/Matteo.
If you’re looking for a car name — or you’re a car-lover looking for a baby name — here’s a fun little list for you: names that contain the word “car.” :)
Below are all the names we came up with and how they fared on the charts last year.
First up, the names that made the biggest gains. (Some of these were on their way up anyway, so I’ll leave it to you guys to interpret just how much each one was/was not helped along by pop culture events.)
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