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Baby names with ONE: Onella, Lionel, Boone

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Are you a name-seeker on the hunt for “the one”?

Have you considered baby names that contain the word ONE? :)

Below you’ll find a long list of names that contain the letter sequence “o-n-e.” Most of these names come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.

  • Aaronette
  • Adones
  • Aidoneus
  • Alphones
  • Anemone
  • Anjonette
  • Anousone
  • Anthone
  • Anthonette
  • Anthoney, Anthonee
  • Antigone
  • Antione
  • Antionette, Antionett, Anntionette, Anntonette
  • Antone
  • Antonea
  • Antonella, Antonela
  • Antonello
  • Antoneo
  • Antonese
  • Antonesha
  • Antonetta
  • Antonette, Antonett
  • Antoney
  • Antoneyo
  • Antrone
  • Antwone, Antwione
  • Antwonette
  • Arione
  • Arlone
  • Armone
  • Armonee
  • Audrone
  • Avione
  • Avonelle, Avonell, Avonel
  • Bloneva
  • Boneita
  • Bonell
  • Bonetta, Boneta
  • Boneva
  • Boney
  • Boone
  • Brione
  • Capone
  • Cemone
  • Cerrone, Cerone
  • Chavone
  • Cherone
  • Chione
  • Ciboney
  • Cimone, Cymone
  • Cleone
  • Colonel
  • Conelia
  • Conell
  • Coner
  • Conesha
  • Coney
  • Corleone
  • Damione
  • Damone
  • Dashone
  • Davione
  • Davone
  • Deione
  • Delone
  • Demone
  • Deone
  • Derone
  • Derrione
  • Deshone
  • Desmone
  • Devone
  • Devoney, Devonee
  • Diamone
  • Diavione
  • Dione
  • Dionel
  • Doneen, Donene
  • Doneisha
  • Doneka
  • Donel, Donell
  • Doneld
  • Donelda
  • Donella
  • Donelle
  • Donese
  • Donesha
  • Doneshia
  • Donesia, Donecia
  • Donetta, Doneta
  • Donette
  • Doneva
  • Donevan, Donevin
  • Doney
  • Dymone
  • Ebone
  • Eboney, Ebonee
  • Emone
  • Emonee, Emonei
  • Evone, Eyvone
  • Falone
  • Fashionette
  • Froney
  • Gerone
  • Gladstone
  • Guarionex
  • Harmone
  • Harmonee, Harmonei
  • Hermione
  • Honest
  • Honesty, Honestie, Honesti, Honestii
  • Honey
  • Idonea
  • Indonesia
  • Ione, Iyone
  • Ironesha
  • Ivone
  • Jacione
  • Jamone
  • Jarone
  • Jasmone
  • Javione
  • Javone
  • Jermone
  • Jerone
  • Jone
  • Jonea
  • Joneen, Jonene
  • Joneisha
  • Joneka
  • Jonella
  • Jonelle, Jonell, Jonel
  • Jonerik, Joneric
  • Jones
  • Jonesha
  • Joneshia
  • Jonessa
  • Jonesy
  • Jonet
  • Jonetta
  • Jonette
  • Joney, Jonee
  • Jovone
  • Kapone
  • Kavone
  • Kemone
  • Keone
  • Kevone
  • Keyone
  • Kione, Khione
  • Kleone
  • Koner
  • Konesha
  • Koneta
  • Kotone
  • Kyrone
  • Laione
  • Lamone
  • Larone
  • Lashone, Lachone
  • Latrone
  • Lavone
  • Leone
  • Leonel, Leonell
  • Leonella, Leonela
  • Leoner
  • Leonetta
  • Leonette
  • Lerone
  • Levone
  • Lionel, Lionell, Lyonel
  • Lone
  • Lonell
  • Lones
  • Lonetta, Loneta
  • Lonette
  • Loney
  • Looney
  • Malone
  • Marionette
  • Marlone
  • Meloney, Melonee, Melloney
  • Michone
  • Mignonette
  • Mone
  • Monea
  • Moneca, Moneka
  • Monecia
  • Monee
  • Moneeb
  • Moneeka
  • Moneer
  • Monekia
  • Monelle, Monell
  • Moneque, Moneke, Moneek, Moneak, Moneik
  • Monesha
  • Moneshia
  • Monet
  • Monetta, Moneta
  • Monette
  • Money
  • Monez
  • Moonee
  • Natrone
  • Ngone
  • Oenone
  • Oneatha
  • Oneda
  • Onedia
  • Oneeda
  • Oneida
  • Oneika
  • Oneil, Oneal, Oneill
  • Oneisha
  • Oneita
  • Oneka
  • Onekki
  • Onelia
  • Onell, Onel
  • Onella
  • Onesimo, Onecimo
  • Onesimus
  • Onesty, Onesti
  • Oneta, Onetta
  • Onetha
  • Onetia
  • Oneva
  • Oney
  • Oneyda
  • Onezia
  • Persephone
  • Petronella
  • Phonesavanh
  • Ramone
  • Rashone
  • Raymone
  • Rayshone
  • Rayvone
  • Remone
  • Romone
  • Rone, Rhone
  • Ronee
  • Roneisha
  • Roneka
  • Ronekia
  • Ronel
  • Ronelda
  • Ronella, Ronell
  • Ronelle
  • Ronen
  • Ronesha, Rhonesha
  • Roneshia
  • Ronesia, Ronecia
  • Ronessa
  • Ronetta
  • Ronette
  • Roney
  • Rooney
  • Salone
  • Samone
  • Savone
  • Semone
  • Shalone
  • Shamone
  • Shannone
  • Sharone, Sharrone
  • Sharonette
  • Shavone
  • Sherone, Sherrone
  • Shevone
  • Shone
  • Shoneen
  • Shonell
  • Shonetta
  • Shonette, Shonett
  • Shoney
  • Shyrone
  • Siboney
  • Simone, Simmone, Symone
  • Simonetta
  • Simonette
  • Sione
  • Slone
  • Solomone
  • Sone
  • Sonequa
  • Sooner
  • Stallone
  • Stephone, Stefone
  • Stone
  • Stonewall
  • Stoney
  • Tarone
  • Tavone
  • Terone
  • Theone
  • Therone
  • Thyrone
  • Timone
  • Tione
  • Tionee
  • Tirone
  • Tone
  • Tonea
  • Tonee
  • Toneesha
  • Toneisha
  • Toneka
  • Tonesha
  • Toneshia
  • Tonesia
  • Tonetta
  • Tonette
  • Toney
  • Tramone
  • Travone
  • Tremone
  • Trevione
  • Treyvone
  • Trone
  • Tylone
  • Tyone
  • Tyrone
  • Tyshone
  • Tyvone
  • Vashone
  • Verone
  • Vione
  • Vionette
  • Voneda
  • Vonell
  • Vonessa
  • Vonetta, Voneta
  • Vonette
  • Yone
  • Yoneko
  • Yonel
  • Yoneo
  • Yvone
  • Zione

Several of the above are non-traditional spellings of more common names such as Antoine, Donald, Melanie, and Yvonne.

Of all the ONE names above, which one do you like most? Let me know in the comments!

P.S. You might also want to check out names with a numerological value of 1, or names starting with the letter I, as the Roman numeral I (“unus” in Latin) has a value of 1. Here are long lists of girl names and boy names starting with I.

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from One (6086756594) by Tony Hisgett under CC BY 2.0.

Pop culture baby name game, 2020

Happy birthday, Elvis!

It’s hard to put into words just how bizarre 2020 was.

Despite this…people still had babies in 2020, and people still paid attention to pop culture in 2020. (In fact, thanks to quarantine, many people probably paid a lot more attention to pop culture than usual last year.) So, let’s put the seriousness of 2020 aside for a second and kick off the annual Pop Culture Baby Name Game!

Of course, “pop culture” includes not just things like movies and music and social media, but also anything that was in the news — including COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, and the U.S. presidential election.

Which baby names will see higher usage — or appear for the very first time — in the 2020 SSA baby name data thanks to pop culture?

Here are some initial ideas (plus some context):

  • Aalam, DJ Khaled’s baby
  • Ahmaud, shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
  • Amala, Doja Cat album
  • Azula, character from Avatar: The Last Airbender (made available on Netflix in mid-2020)
  • Breonna, shooting of Breonna Taylor
  • Bryant, death of Kobe Bryant
  • Casme, contestant on season 19 of The Voice
  • Catori, Chris Brown’s baby (suggested by alex)
  • Chadwick, death of Chadwick Boseman
  • Charli, singer Charli XCX
  • Corona, coronavirus
    • Not to mention the brand new Daddy Yankee song “Corona” [vid]…
  • Crozier, naval captain Brett Crozier (suggested by elbowin)
  • Daisy, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s baby
  • Desz, contestant on season 19 of The Voice
  • Doja, singer Doja Cat
  • Domhnall, Irish actor on (canceled) HBO series Run
  • Dua, singer Dua Lipa
  • Esty, character on the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox
  • George, killing of George Floyd
  • Gianna, death of Gianna Bryant
  • Greta, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg
  • Isaias, hurricane
  • Jack, death of Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s unborn baby
  • Kamala, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
  • Kamiyah, character in the Lifetime movie Stolen by My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story*
  • Kaori, Kevin Hart’s baby
  • Katara, character from Avatar: The Last Airbender
  • Kobe, death of Kobe Bryant
  • Kraken, NHL expansion team (Seattle)
  • Larriah, contestant on season 19 of The Voice
  • Laura, hurricane
  • Lenin, Starbucks barista Lenin Gutierrez (suggested by elbowin)
  • Liberty, Meghan McCain’s baby
  • Lovella, singer Matt Bellamy’s baby
  • Lynika, death of Lynika Strozier (suggested by elbowin)
  • Lyra, Ed Sheeran’s baby
  • McGivney, beatification of Fr. Michael McGivney
  • Neowise, comet (suggested by elbowin)
  • Onyx, Iggy Azalea’s baby
  • Raddix, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden’s baby
  • Rayshard, shooting of Rayshard Brooks
  • River, Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara’s baby
  • Robinette, President-elect Joseph Robinette Biden (suggested by elbowin)
  • Rona, coronavirus
  • Rue, Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert’s baby
  • Rumble, model Lucky Blue Smith’s baby
  • Ruth, death of RBG
  • Sovereign, Usher’s baby
  • Tchalla, death of Chadwick Boseman (who played T’Challa in 2018’s Black Panther)
  • Wenliang, Chinese doctor Li Wenliang (suggested by elbowin)
  • Willa, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s baby
  • Win, Ciara and Russell Wilson’s baby
  • Yara, actress Yara Shahidi
  • Zuko, character from Avatar: The Last Airbender

Some of the names from the 2019 game could be applicable to the 2020 data as well.

Also, feel free to zoom out and consider name trends this year. Here are a few ways in which baby-naming may have been influenced by our collective experience of COVID-19, for instance:

  • “In my opinion this unprecedented situation will affect naming towards something “bolder” or “more badass” baby names and so you’ll probably see a spike of certain names like King, Major or Royal.” (Gheba)
  • “I’d bet on the rise of virtue names, or at least modern version of virtue names, like Brave/Bravery, Courage, Honor, etc. And I’d say names like Legend, Messiah, Legacy, Major, King, will probably rise some more too.” (Skizzo)
  • “I think it will also affect which media influence names this year. Eg we’ll miss out on names inspired by Olympic athletes, but might see even more from Netflix and YouTube.” (Clare)

What other names (or name trends) should we add to the list? Let me know by leaving a comment below. Just remember to make a note of the pop culture influence!

I’ll post the results as soon as I can after the SSA releases the 2020 data (in May of 2021, hopefully).

*Did you know that the actress who played Kamiyah in that Lifetime movie is named Rayven Symone Ferrell? Certainly a nod to Raven-Symoné

What popularized the baby name Raven?

The death of character Raven Sherman in the comic strip "Terry and the Pirates" (in 1941)
Raven Sherman in “Terry and the Pirates

The name Raven has been given to babies of both genders for decades, but I find its female usage particularly interesting because girl-name Raven has gotten three distinct boosts from popular culture so far.

The first boost happened in 1941, when Raven debuted as a girl name in the data. (It had already popped up a few times as a boy name.)

Girls named RavenBoys named Raven
194357
194255
19416*.
1940..
*Debut

In October of that year, in the comic strip Terry and the Pirates by Milton Caniff, a female character named Raven Sherman died in a dramatic and memorable sequence.

Raven, “a WASP clearly modeled on Katharine Hepburn” according to one source, was an American heiress who was working at a camp for war refugees in China. She was pushed off a moving truck, died of her injuries, and was buried on an isolated Chinese hillside. “Caniff was flooded with flower deliveries, mock memorial services, petitions of condolence signed by disparate groups as factory workers and entire colleges, as well as a lot of irate letters.”

(Terry and the Pirates also influenced the names Normandie and Merrily.)

The second pop culture boost happened in the 1970s:

Girls named RavenBoys named Raven
1978342 [rank: 533rd]25
1977299 [rank: 579th]20
197610010
1975179
19741512

In 1976, the soap opera The Edge of Night introduced a female character named Raven Swift (first played by Juanin Clay, then played by Sharon Gabet). She was described as “the show’s delightful young vixen-heroine” in The Soap Opera Encyclopedia. The character remained on the show until it was canceled in 1984.

(The soap also influenced the names Teal and Laurieann.)

And the most recent (and biggest) pop culture boost happened in the early 1990s:

Girls named RavenBoys named Raven
19922,016 [rank: 152nd]89
19912,026 [rank: 150th]53
19901,758 [rank: 166th]62
1989476 [rank: 495th]27
1988327 [rank: 612th]19

It went on to peak at 139th in 1993.

The reason? Actress Raven-Symoné, who first found fame as a four year old when she started playing Olivia (Denise’s step-daughter) on the The Cosby Show in 1989. The compound name Ravensymone debuted in the data in 1990, and the spelling variant Ravensimone followed in 1991. (Her Disney Channel show That’s So Raven didn’t come along until much later.)

What are your thoughts on the name Raven? Would you use it?

Sources:

Popular and unique baby names in Quebec (Canada), 2015

Flag of Quebec
Flag of Quebec

According to data from Retraite Québec, the most popular baby names in Quebec in 2015 were Emma and Thomas/William (tied).

Here are the province’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl NamesBoy Names
1. Emma, 615 baby girls
2. Léa, 535
3. Olivia, 475
4. Alice, 471
5. Florence, 460
6. Zoe, 429
7. Chloe, 398
8. Beatrice, 390
9. Charlotte, 381
10. Rosalie, 350
1. Thomas, 754 baby boys
2. William, 754 baby boys
3. Jacob, 663
4. Liam, 661
5. Félix, 638
6. Nathan, 630
7. Samuel, 583
8. Logan, 576
9. Alexis, 554
10. Noah, 537

In 2015, Emma replaced Lea as the top girl name, William joined Thomas as the top boy name, Beatrice replaced Charlie in the girls’ top 10, and Noah replaced Olivier in the boy’s top 10. (Here are the 2014 rankings.)

[UPDATE, May 2017 – The Quebec rankings for 2015 have since been updated and it looks like William has pulled ahead of Thomas to become the sole #1 name.]

Of all 9,096 girl names on Quebec’s list in 2015, 74.5% of them were used a single time. Here are some of the unique girl names:

  • Allegresse – the French word allégresse means “joy, elation.”
  • Angelhephzibah
  • Brightness
  • Cathalaya-Skuessi
  • Clerilda
  • Confiance – the French word confiance means “confidence, trust.”
  • Doxalyah
  • Etky
  • Eubenice
  • Evlly
  • Exaucee – the French verb exaucer means “to grant a wish.”
  • Flory Comfort
  • Garance – the French word garance refers to a shade of red created from the root of the madder plant.
  • Glad Marie
  • Glody
  • Graytchelle Mayssa – a Gretchen + Rachel smoosh?
  • Greasy-Elizabeth
  • Happy Moussoni
  • Janiphee
  • Kalliah
  • Kzy
  • Luneve – reminds me of Leneve.
  • M Mah Bourgeois
  • Mingolou Oracle-Kidj
  • Nebraska
  • Nina-Symone
  • Nomad
  • Paphaelle
  • Poema
  • Praise Peter
  • Protegee
  • Relilah
  • Shamash-Cleodaine
  • Skodrina
  • Symphony Melody
  • Uqittuk
  • Uri Wonder
  • Winola – this one reminds me of early 20th-century America.
  • Zoalie
  • Zhya

Of all 7,920 boy names on Quebec’s list in 2015, 76.5% of them were bestowed just once. Here are some of the unique boy names:

  • Anakyn
  • Appamatta – the Pali word appamatta means “diligent, careful.”
  • Aunix
  • Axeliam
  • Bleart
  • Bradley Prague
  • Brady Bullet – this one reminds me of modern America (e.g. Shooter, Trigger).
  • Cedrick Wolynsky
  • Chrysolithe – a type of gem (a.k.a. peridot).
  • Cirrus
  • Dejgaard
  • Diamond-Heliodor – two more gems.
  • Drake Luke
  • Dublin
  • Dugaillekens
  • Elliottt – the only triple T’s in the U.S. data so far are Mattthew and Britttany. Probably typos, but you never know.
  • Eviee
  • Exauce – the masculine form of Exaucee.
  • Ezzeldeen
  • Garnet – another gem.
  • Glovacky
  • Gningnery Yoshua
  • Hervenslaire
  • Icky Neymar
  • Iola Stevie
  • Jimmy Johnny
  • Jyceton
  • Jyfr
  • Kbees
  • Keylord
  • Ludo-Vyck
  • Mathis-Adorable
  • Messy
  • Michael Antares – reminds me of an earlier Antares.
  • Napesis – the Cree word napesis means “boy” or “little boy.”
  • Nyquist
  • Perlcy
  • Rowdy Chance
  • Skogen
  • Sosereyvatanack
  • Tysaiah Jay
  • Whidjley Densly
  • Woobs Therly
  • Zogan

Source: List of Baby Names – Retraite Québec

Image: Adapted from Flag of Quebec (public domain)