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Popularity of the baby name Juliet


Posts that mention the name Juliet

Where did the baby name Quindon come from in 1996?

Quindon Tarver singing in the movie "Romeo + Juliet" (1996).
Quindon Tarver in “Romeo + Juliet“

According to the U.S. baby name data, the name Quindon was one of the top debut names of 1996:

  • 1998: 11 baby boys named Quindon
  • 1997: 23 baby boys named Quindon
  • 1996: 67 baby boys named Quindon [debut]
  • 1995: unlisted
  • 1994: unlisted

(The variant form Quinden popped up the same year.)

If you remember the 1996 movie William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, then you’ll remember who kicked off the name: young singer Quindon Tarver (b. 1982), who covered two songs for the film: Prince’s “When Doves Cry” and Rozalla’s “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good).” He can be seen singing the latter song in the film’s wedding scene.

What are your thoughts on the name Quindon?

Source: Quindon Tarver – Wikipedia

Five-name Friday: Girl name like Carla and Leona

After working out for three weeks straight (yay!) you decide to reward yourself by going to the pastry shop and buying some French macarons. The nice lady at the register is pregnant, and she’s openly asking each customer for baby name ideas. When it’s your turn, you request a few extra details so you can tailor your suggestions. She says:

I like the names Leona, Amelia, and Lucia, but my spouse likes Carla, Sofia, Josephine, and Juliet. What are girl names we’d both like?

You’re a name-lover, and you could potentially give her dozens of ideas on the spot. But there’s a line of hungry people behind you, so you only have time to give her five baby name recommendations before stepping out of the way.

But here’s the fun part: Instead of blurting out the first five names you come up with (which is what you’d be forced to do in real life) you get to press a magical “pause” button, brainstorm for a bit, and then “unpause” the scenario to offer her the best five names you can think of.

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you brainstorm:

  • Be independent. Decide on your five names before looking at anyone else’s five names.
  • Be sincere. Would you honestly suggest these particular baby names out loud to a stranger in public?
  • Five names only! All names beyond the first five in your comment will be either deleted or replaced with nonsense words.

Finally, here’s the request again:

I like the names Leona, Amelia, and Lucia, but my spouse likes Carla, Sofia, Josephine, and Juliet. What are girl names we’d both like?

Which five baby names are you going to suggest?

Baby name stories: Ruby

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Typhoon Hagupit was known as Typhoon Ruby in the Philippines, where it made landfall in December of 2014. It initially struck the island of Samar on Saturday, December 6, and then hit the island of Masbate on Sunday, December 7.

At least two babies born on the nearby island of Cebu that weekend were named for the storm…

On Saturday evening, at Daanbantayan District Hospital*, Juvelyn Panghubasan and her common-law partner Eduvigio Luga welcomed their first child, a baby girl. Their named her Ruby Marie. (Luga suggested the second name to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, “because his wife was able to give birth safely despite the adverse weather.”)

On Sunday morning, at Cebu City Medical Center, Juliet Sanchez and her common-law partner Wilfredo Minorca — evacuees from Emrita, a coastal district of Cebu City — welcomed their fourth child, a baby girl. They named her Ruby Anne.

*Six babies were born at Daanbantayan District Hospital that weekend. None of the other babies had been named at the time my source article was published, but the names of the other mothers were Airen, Honeybee, Maritess, Devine, and Bengelen.

Sources:

Image (Hurricane Elena) by NASA

Was this the first baby named after Shakespeare’s Juliet?

Juliet (1888) by Philip H. Calderon
Painting of Juliet

English actor Richard Burbage and English playwright William Shakespeare were close friends. So close that Burbage named his first daughter Juliet, very likely after the character from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

So Juliet Burbage, who was born in 1608 and only lived a few months, could have been the very first baby girl in history to be named after the famous character.

Burbage and his wife Winifred also had children named Richard, Francis, Anne, Winifred, Julia (probably named in honor of her deceased older sister), William and Sara. Some speculate that Anne and William were named after William Shakespeare and his wife Anne, but there’s no way to know for sure.

Have you ever met anyone named Juliet? Do you like the name?

Sources:

  • Collier, J. Payne. The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare; and Annals of the Stage to the Restoration. London: George Bell & Sons, 1879.
  • Neil, Samuel. Shakespeare. London: Houlston and Wright, 1861.
  • Wilson, Ian. Shakespeare: The Evidence: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Man and His Work. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 1999.