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Most Popular Baby Names of 2008
2009-05-09 21:53:00 And...here they are! Top Boy Names Top Girl Names Jacob (no change) Michael (always #2!) Ethan (no change) Joshua (no change) Daniel (no change) Alexander (was #11) Anthony (was #7) William (no change) Christopher (was #6) Matthew (was #9) Emma (was #2 in 2007) Isabella (no change) Emily (was #1) Madison (was #5) Ava (was #4) Olivia (was #7) Sophia (was #6) Abigail (was #8) Elizabeth (was #10) Chloe (was #16) The first ... More About: Baby , Popular , 2008
Top 10 20 (!) Spam Names of the Month - March ?09
2009-04-01 15:39:00 Totally forgot that I'd already "pre-posted" a top ten about a week ago. (Been working a bit too hard lately!) So I'll just combine the list I created today and the list from last week for a double-whammy of spam names: Aurora O. Rushing Asher Cook Chadwick McFarland Esperanza Sprague Eulogio Soderling Fletcher ... More About: Spam , March , Names , Month
Celebrity Baby Name - Elizabeth
2009-04-01 15:39:00 Actor Tim Allen and his wife welcomed their first child, a baby girl, over the weekend. Her name is Elizabeth . Allen also has a daughter named Katherine from a previous marriage. Source: AP More About: Baby , Celebrity
Baby Name Needed - Name for Madeleine?s Little Sister?
2009-03-29 15:37:00 Erin and her husband have a daughter named Madeleine Josephine, and they're expecting their second baby girl in a matter of weeks. So far they like the names Sadie and Kira, but they're looking for other suggestions as well. Erin says, To give you a sense of our "style" we ... More About: Baby , Sister
Baby Name Needed - Boy Name for Ivan?s Twin Brother
2009-03-26 02:35:00 A reader named Pam writes: My husband and I have having twin boys and need help with names. We have chosen Ivan Alexander for one. The other we agree will have the middle name William. We need help with a first name. Ivan, Alexander and William are all classic, unequivocally masculine names...so ... More About: Baby , Brother , Twin
Colbert Wins NASA?s Node-Naming Contest
2009-03-24 14:33:00 Colbert beat Serenity to win NASA's online Name the Node Contest . Write-in option Colbert, which received 230,539 votes, topped NASA-suggested option Serenity by more than 40,000 votes. Though Colbert won the popular vote, NASA reserves the right to make a final decision regarding the node's name (which will be officially announced ... More About: Colbert , Nasa , Wins , Naming
Celebrity Baby Name, Take 2 - Ikhyd
2009-03-23 14:32:00 M.I.A.'s baby's name isn't Ickitt -- don't be silly! It's Ikhyd. And, according to his birth certificate (posted at TMZ), Ikhyd has two middle names: Edgar and Arular. I wonder how "Ikhyd" is pronounced...? More About: Baby , Celebrity
Name Sighting - Celerie Kemble, Named for Celery
2009-03-19 20:29:00 Today's Washington Post includes an interview with a New York interior designer by the name of Celerie Kemble . How did she get that name? Here's the story she gave the Post: Her mother, while pregnant in Upstate New York, was chatting with some older women about baby names, and they discouraged ... More About: Celery
Celebrity Baby Names - Jesse Jameson and Journey Jett
2009-03-19 02:27:00 UFC fighter Tito Ortiz and former porn star Jenna Jameson welcomed twin boys several days ago. The boys' names are Jesse Jameson Ortiz and Journey Jett Ortiz. My first thought? "It's too bad only one son gets mom's surname as a middle name." Then I checked out Jenna's Wikipedia page and discovered ... More About: Baby , Celebrity
Baby Name Needed - Middle Name for Elle?
2009-03-18 20:26:00 Patience and her husband are expecting a baby girl in June. They plan to name her Elle , but they're having a tough time choosing a middle name: My maiden name is Lewis, and my husband's middle name is Louis. ... I don't like Louise...but it would be cool to play on ... More About: Baby , Middle
NOTY 2009 - Who?s in your Final Four?
2009-03-18 08:25:00 I love NOTY. Every March, the guys over at the Name of the Year blog put together a ballot (à la "March Madness" brackets) featuring crazy-but-real names. After several rounds of voting, a Name of the Year is chosen. Brilliant, really. Past winners have included Nimrod Weiselfish, Princess Nocandy and Spaceman Africa. Here's ... More About: Final , Final Four
Celebrity Baby Names - Max and Bob
2009-03-16 20:23:00 Charlie Sheen and his wife welcomed twin boys over the weekend. Their sons' names are Max and Bob. (These were the names given by Sheen's spokesman; I'm not sure if they're nicknames or full first names.) Sheen also has three daughters: Cassandra (24), Sam (5) and Lola (3). Source: E! Online More About: Baby , Celebrity , Names
Baby Name Needed - Girl Name for Eli?s Little Sister?
2009-03-16 20:23:00 A reader named Liz, who already has a son named Eli, is now expecting a baby girl. Here's her dilemma: I love Caroline, my husband loves Marley, obviously we have different tastes and can't seem to meet in the middle. I would like to use Ruth or Ellen for a middle ... More About: Baby , Girl , Sister
Baby Name Needed - Spanish Name for Nadia?s Little Brother?
2009-03-15 20:22:00 A reader named Tamara is expecting a baby boy in May. She writes: We are a bi-racial couple...he is Mexican and I am American (white), and are looking for a Spanish name for our little boy. Unfortunately, I don't LOVE a lot of the Hispanic boy names, and we are having ... More About: Baby , Brother , Little Brother
Celebrity Baby Name - Atlas
2009-03-12 08:19:00 Actress Anne Heche and boyfriend James Tupper welcomed their first child, a boy, several days ago. They named their son Atlas. Heche also has a 7-year-old son, Homer, from a previous relationship. Source: US Magazine More About: Baby , Celebrity
Two-Hit Wonder Baby Names - Letters H and I
2009-03-12 08:19:00 The following H- and I-names ranked among the top 1,000 U.S. baby names only twice from 1880 through 2006: Girls Boys Hasel (1895, 1901) Hennie (1882, 1883) Hortensia (1927, 1928) Ilo (1898, 1899) Ingeborg (1901, 1905) Ivonne (1992, 1993) Halbert (1881, 1907) Hansel (1905, 1917) Harl (1880, 1897) Harrie (1880, 1890) Hartley (1895, 1909) Hartwell (1881, 1883) Holmes (1880, 1903) Horton (1888, 1895) Hoy (1880, 1910) Hurbert (1891, ... More About: Baby , Letters , Names
Baby Name Needed - Name for Alicia & Andrew?s Little Brother
2009-03-10 14:17:00 A reader named Sheryl wrote: We are expecting baby number three a boy very soon and are struggling with a name. Our first two are Alicia Evelyn and Andrew Ronald. The middle names we are looking at are Stephen or James. Sheryl didn't mention whether or not she wants another A-name, so ... More About: Baby , Brother , Little Brother
Baby Name Needed - Boy and Girl Names for Baby #1
2009-03-10 02:16:00 A reader named Sarah is expecting her first baby in several months, and she'd like some baby name suggestions. These are the names she and her husband like so far (girl names are on the left, boy names are on the right). Adelaide India Meeka September Summer Banjo* Benjamin (Benji) Indiana Indigo Porter Rio I think they might also like... Augusta Bijou Briar Calliope Clio Daisy Hazel Juniper Opal Paisley Piper Saffron Skye Star Thisbe Thyme Wren Zinnia Asher Baron Beckett Caspian Caesar Cedar Emery Fox Holland Hunter Jasper Jett Jude Orion Parker Phoenix Sawyer Tristan What other names ... More About: Baby , Girl , Names
Poll - Would You Choose Name X or Name Y?
2009-03-08 08:13:00 For the next poll, I thought it would be fun to try another either/or question (much like the Would You Lie About a Bad Baby Name? poll from a few months ago). Ok, so here's the scenario. You've almost chosen a baby name. In fact, you've narrowed your list down to ... More About: Poll , Choose
Poll Results - Name Popularity Matters to Most People
2009-03-08 08:13:00 A total of 446 people voted in the How Much Does Name Popularity Matter to You? poll. Here are the results: I'd stay out of the top 20: 23% (102 votes) I'd stay out of the top 100: 21% (93) Popularity doesn't matter at all: 15% (69) I'd avoid "ranked" names entirely: 15% (69) I'd ... More About: People , Results , Poll , Matters
Help Name NASA?s Space Station Node 3
2009-03-07 14:11:00 Come on...I know you've always wanted to name a node. And now, NASA is giving you that chance! NASA is holding a Name the Node Contest through March 20th. What's a node, you ask? Well, the International Space Station ?s Node 3 is a "a connecting module and its cupola." I ... More About: Nasa , Space Station
(Not a) Celebrity Baby Name - Ickitt
2009-03-07 02:10:00 Just days after performing at the Grammy Awards, songwriter/vocalist M.I.A. gave birth to a baby boy. Today--almost a month later--several sources are reporting that the baby's is named Ickitt. Here's a little background on M.I.A.: Her real name is Mathangi Arulpragasam. She was born in London, but spent most of her early ... More About: Baby , Celebrity
Baby Name Needed - Girl Name for Emmett?s Baby Sister?
2009-03-07 02:10:00 A reader named Teresa wrote: We are having a hard time choosing a name for our baby girl. She will have a big brother named Emmett Quinn. Our last names starts with K and ends with -ER. We like names that are different, but not weird. We also tend toward 2-syllable ... More About: Baby , Girl , Sister
Baby Name Needed - Irish-Italian Name Combo for Baby Girl?
2009-03-05 14:08:00 Elisa is expecting a baby girl and would like some input on names: I'm Italian and the dad is Irish , so the last name will be Dillon. As for first name I would like a first pretty Irish name and a middle Italian name (with the Italian spelling), but no matter ... More About: Baby , Girl , Combo
Baby Names for Square Root Day - 03/03/09
2009-03-04 14:06:00 Today is 03/03/09, a.k.a. "Square Root Day." There are only a handful of such days each century. (The last was 02/02/04, the next will be 04/04/16.) Are there any baby names out there that could commemorate a Square Root Day birthday? Well...no. Not any traditional names, anyway. But here are ... More About: Baby , Names
Baby Name Needed - Masculine Name for Baby #3
2009-02-28 20:02:00 A reader named Courteney is expecting her third baby and needs help with a name: I love male names--really surnames for both male and female. I don't like traditional but then again I don't want it to SCREAM like we are trying to be different. Our other two girls ... More About: Baby
Top 10 Spam Names of the Month - February ?09
2009-02-28 20:02:00 My favorite spam names this month were: Alverta Evette Bartolomei Englebert Digby Satkamp Frank Kurtz Hal Wall Marisol Morrison Morris Mazzocco Socorro Reeves Theola Clyde Yassir Stout More About: Spam , Names , Month , February
Want to Name a Baby Silverback Gorilla?
2009-02-28 02:00:00 A gorilla was born at the San Fransisco Zoo back in December, and the Zoo would now like some help choosing his name...so, logically, they're holding a gorilla-naming contest. You can enter a "distinguished name of African origin" via the Zoo's website until March 5th. (The official rules and a list ... More About: Baby , Silverback , Gorilla
Baby Name Needed - Name for Kai?s Little Sister?
2009-02-27 13:59:00 A reader named Anna would like a few baby name suggestions: I'm expecting my second child, a girl, in April, and she'll be half-English and half-Japanese. We already have a son named Kai, and we are trying to find a name that, like Kai's, sounds good in both languages. So far, they've ... More About: Baby , Sister
Are Hard-to-Spell, Hard-to-Say Baby Names Dangerous?
More articles from this author:2009-02-26 01:57:00 Names that are difficult to spell and pronounce are perceived as more dangerous than simpler names, according to a study conducted by University of Michigan psychologists Norbert Schwarz and Hyunjin Song. The study focused on brand names, but the findings are applicable to baby names as well: The bad news for kids ... More About: Baby , Hard , Names , Dangerous , Spell 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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