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Baby Name Surveys: Decision-Making, Persuasion
2012-01-22 02:00:00 I’ve been writing about baby name decision-making and baby name persuasion for a while now, but I’ve neglected to any collect input on these topics from the thousands of many baby-namers who visit this site every day. To rectify this, … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Surveys , Decision , Decision-Making , Persuasion
Baby Name Battle ? Margaret vs. Marjorie
2012-01-20 12:00:00 If you were having a daughter, and you had to name her either Margaret or Marjorie, which would it be? More About: Baby
15th Baby Named Amen
2012-01-20 11:00:00 In 1953, Margaret and Alexander Bow of Ypsilanti, Michigan, welcomed their 15th child, a baby boy. He was given the name Amen — from amen, the word used to end Judeo-Christian prayers — even though the couple expected to have … Continue reading → More About: Baby
Baby Born in Portable Toilet, Named John
2012-01-19 12:00:00 In mid-1995, Staci Medlar — who didn’t know she was pregnant — gave birth to a baby boy in a portable toilet while at an antique tractor show in Ankeny, Iowa. She and her fiancé named the baby John . Source: … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Portable , Location , Toilet
A Town Named After a Baby
2012-01-19 11:00:00 I’ve blogged about babies named after locations before, so here’s something different: a location named after a baby. The town of Wainwright in Alberta, Canada, was named for Wainwright Marguerite Forster, “the first baby born in the community of 30 … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Town
Babies Named for Chicago?s Joseph Leiter
2012-01-18 11:00:00 Joseph Leiter, the only son of wealthy Chicago businessman Levi Z. Leiter (co-founder of what became Marshall Field’s department store), tried to corner the Chicago wheat market from 1897 to 1898. At the start of 1898, “Leiter held the largest … Continue reading → More About: Babies , Joseph
The Baby Name Posthumus
2012-01-17 11:00:00 In the middle of the 16th century, English babies whose fathers had died before they were born started getting names like “Postumus,” “Posthumous” and “Posthuma.” The idea of styling a child by this name, thus connected its birth with the … Continue reading → More About: Baby
Baby Name Needed ? Boy Name for Carol & Todd
2012-01-16 11:30:00 A reader named Carol is expecting her first child next month. Here’s what she writes: We are having our first child, a boy, in February. We’ve decided his middle name will be Philip, after my Dad. With the middle and … Continue reading → More About: Baby
Eagle-Eye Cherry ? Real Name?
2012-01-16 11:00:00 One of the big hits of the late 1990s was the catchy song “Save Tonight” [vid] by Eagle-Eye Cherry . If you’re familiar with the song, you’ve probably also wondered about the name Eagle-Eye. Is it real? Is it a stage … Continue reading → More About: Real
Wisconsin Family with 22 Children
2012-01-13 12:00:00 Fred and Edith Schoville of Wisconsin had their first child in 1926, their last in 1952, and 20 in between. That’s a total of 22 children. All were single births. Here are the names of the kids, plus as many … Continue reading → More About: Family , Children
Soviet-Inspired Baby Names in India
2012-01-13 11:00:00 Moscow isn’t just a city in Russia. It’s also a village in Kerala, India . Communist supporters changed the village name in the 1950s. Many babies born in the state of Kerala — especially those born during the Cold War decades … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Soviet
Top 10 Rejected Baby Names in New Zealand
2012-01-12 11:00:00 According to New Zealand ’s Internal Affairs Department, a total of 350 baby names were rejected over the last ten years (July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2011). The top 10 rejected names were these: Justice (49 rejections) Princess (24 rejections) … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Rejected
Most Popular Dutch Baby Names, 2011
2012-01-11 22:34:00 Last year, over 92,000 baby boys and nearly 88,000 baby girls were born in the Netherlands. The top baby names were… Boy Names Girl Names 1. Daan 2. Sem* (2010 #1) 3. Milan 4. Levi 5. Luuk 6. Lucas 7. … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Popular , Dutch
Baby Name Hoaxes ? Barack, Yahoo, Yasir
2012-01-11 11:00:00 Monday’s post mentioned fake requests for baby names, so today let’s continue the theme and talk about fake baby names. I know of three: 1. Carter Barack Obama Sealy In November, 2008, Colorado father Roger Sealy told the Boulder Daily … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Yahoo , Hoaxes
What?s Your Baby-Naming Philosophy?
2012-01-10 19:00:00 A week or so ago, I stumbled upon Barbara Valencia’s intriguing baby-naming philosophy (posted to her blog Intimate Geography). Loved it at the first line: Naming baby is not about me! It’s not about showing how creative or intelligent I … Continue reading → More About: Philosophy , Baby
Italian Name Secondino Slang for ?Jailer?
2012-01-10 11:00:00 Ignazio Silone (1900-1978) was an Italian author and politician. His real name wasn’t Ignazio Silone, though. He was born Secondino Tranquilli. How did he get the name Secondino? Silone’s father, presenting himself at the town hall a day after his … Continue reading → More About: Slang
Was ?Beezow Doo-Doo? Born with That Name?
2012-01-10 05:30:00 Nope. Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop, the 30-year-old arrestee whose bizarre name is making headlines all over the nation right now, was born Jeffrey Drew Wilschke. He legally changed his name from Jeffrey to Beezow in October. (His parents must be so … Continue reading →
Baby Name Suggestion Posts ? A Big Change
2012-01-09 08:30:00 For years, I’ve been writing free, personalized posts for expectant parents who have emailed me for help. Sadly, this is going to have to change. I still want to help those who need it, and I want to keep the … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Change , Suggestion , Posts
Baby Named for Fallen Firefighter
2012-01-07 01:00:00 On December 23, firefighter James M. Rice died while fighting an electrical fire in an apartment building in Peabody, MA. Lisa Jaber, who lived in the building, was not at home at the time — she was at a prenatal … Continue reading → More About: Baby
New Jersey Family with 18 Children
2012-01-06 12:00:00 In 1951, Joseph and Clara Carey of New Jersey welcomed their 18th child. The parents and all but three of the children posed for a newspaper photo that year. According to the caption, the 15 kids in the photo were … Continue reading → More About: Family , Children
The Name Nannerl
2012-01-06 11:00:00 I spotted the name of former Duke University president Nannerl Keohane in an article recently, and (of course) was intrigued by her first name. Where does it come from? According to Nannerl’s biography, her “parents, who were great music lovers, … Continue reading →
Do Bad Baby Names = Sadder, Dumber Adults?
2012-01-06 04:00:00 A study recently published in Social Psychological and Personality Science has found that the negative reactions evoked by certain first names can “influence life outcomes for the worse.” Researchers studied 11,813 users of the European dating site eDarling and found … Continue reading → More About: Baby , Studies
German Couple Names Baby Hitlerike
2012-01-05 11:00:00 In 1931, a couple in Hilden, German y, tried to name their baby girl Hitlerike in honor of Adolf Hitler. The registrar rejected the name. The father sued. The court ruled in favor of the father, noting that similar political names … Continue reading → More About: Politics , Baby , Couple
Soap Opera Names as Baby Names
2012-01-04 11:00:00 Many baby names have been given a boost by soap operas. Because there are so many examples, and because I personally don’t watch soaps (and therefore can’t say much about them), I thought I’d do as I did for the … Continue reading → More About: Television , Baby , Opera
Baby Named for American Idol Contestant
2012-01-03 11:00:00 Back in 2008, former American Idol contestant Elliott Yamin visited Angola. While he was in Namibe Province, a baby boy was born and, according to tradition, named Elliott “after an honored visitor.” Source: A baby named “Elliott” (includes video) More About: Baby
Dancers Name Baby After Playwright
2012-01-02 11:00:00 Husband-and-wife dance team Marge and Gower Champion appeared in a number of musical films during the 1950s. The couple had two sons, the first of whom was born in 1956 and named Gregg Ernest. According to a 1957 newspaper, he … Continue reading → More About: Baby
Pennsylvania Family with 20 Children
2011-12-30 12:00:00 In October of 1952, Irma Griser of Pitcairn, Pennsylvania , welcomed her fifth set of twins — her 19th and 20th children. (She’d also had a set of trips.) In the most recent article I could find about Irma, she hadn’t … Continue reading → More About: Family , Children
The Original ?Sweet Georgia Brown?
2011-12-30 11:00:00 On 6 August 1911, Dr. George Thaddeus Brown (1863-1941) of the Georgia House of Representatives and his wife Avis welcomed a baby girl. The Georgia General Assembly declared that the baby would be named Georgia after the state. Then they … Continue reading → More About: Original , Sweet
Babies Named for California Getaways
2011-12-29 11:00:00 Susie Albin-Najera and Rick Najera of California have three kids, each of whom is named for a location in California: Son Julian was named after Julian, California. Daughter Sonora was named for Sonora, California. Daughter Kennedy was named after the … Continue reading → More About: Babies
More WWI Names ? Allenby, Joffre, Pershing, Tasker
More articles from this author:2011-12-28 11:00:00 The top debut names of 1918 were Foch and Marne, for French general Ferdinand Foch and the Second Battle of the Marne. Of course, Foch and Marne weren’t the only WWI-related baby names to debut during the 1910s. Here are … Continue reading → 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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