Congratulations go out to Rocking Fetal.  She’s welcomed her new daughter, Willa Florence Mae, a little sister for Lucas and Ezra.  What a fabulous sibset!

Also, congrats to one of my oldest friends on the birth of his daughter, Helen Claire.  I once described Helen as dusty, and I completely take it back.

In other news:

• I’m completely in love with Basque names, thanks to Sebastiane’s post.  They’re familiar and totally unexpected all at once – Elixane, Katerin, Jakes;
• There was an Allison Adair spotted by For Real Baby Names.  I’ve long loved Adair as a girl’s name, so I’m truly delighted to see her;
• Also at For Real’s site, Aloha, Hawai’i! What wildly-named children play on your beaches.  Boys include Cashez (is that Cassius or a Cash/Cortez mash-up?) and Dezmen (Desmond rebooted or Dezi with an -en tacked on?) and a baby girl called girl Pasefika (Pacifica, or a foreign name I’m not recognizing?) plus a female Kelly Michael and a male Tracey Tamiko.  Oh, and a Hazelyn – which is strangely pretty;
• Elisabeth finishes her round-up of French BAs at You Can’t Call It “It” with Les Filles L-Z;
• More proof that Hattie is the new Sadie: the movie Babies profiles Ponijao in Namibia, Mari in Japan, Bayar in Mongolia and Hattie in San Francisco, USA;
• The Stir covers Bellamy, adding to my suspicions that Bellamy is the next Avery;
• Namberry covers names ending in -o, including a certain brand new starbaby …

The big news was, of course, Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock’s solo – and surprisingly secret – adoption of Louis Bardo.  Elsewhere among the famous:

• Surnames take center stage for newborn twins Lydon Edward and Hartley Grace, the children of Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath;
• It’s certainly not news, but did you know that Saturday Night Live’s Ana Gasteyer has two kids – daughter Frances Mary and a son, Ulysses?  Neat names.

That’s all for this week.  As always, thank you for reading!