Baby Name News: 5.19.13

May 19, 2013

So the big baby name news is that Beyonce and Jay-Z are going to make Blue Ivy a big sister!  Or so rumor has it.  Speculation about possible names for Bey-Z II is already in full swing.  I turned to the Bey Bey Name Generator for inspiration this morning.  Periwinkle Pine, Cerulean Palm, or Cobalt Lily, [...]

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Baby Name News: Mother’s Day 2013 Edition

May 12, 2013

Happy Mother’s Day!  Are you as wrapped up in the new Social Security data as I am?  I’ve been glancing at it during stolen moments this week, as I’ve been insanely busy.  Happily, there’s been tons of coverage of the new list, and I’m sure you’ve devoured much of it.  If not, Clare curates all [...]

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Sunday Summary: Fifth of May Edition

May 5, 2013

With all this talk of banned names in New Zealand, are there any rules that you would impose on parents in your country? Limit first name choices to a specific list?  Require names to clearly indicate gender?  Spelling rules?  Banning names that have negative associations? I think the simple truth is that I like the [...]

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Baby Name News: 4/28/13

April 28, 2013

At a dinner party last night, I realized how much name nerd-ery has changed the way my brain functions.  We were talking about fairytale reboots on television and the big screen, and our host wondered aloud if Grimm – as in the Brothers Jakob and Wilhelm – lent their surname to our word grim.  My [...]

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Baby Name News: 4/21/13

April 21, 2013

I love a birth announcement round-up from Utah.  As much as I like to think that we do some excellent baby-naming on the East Coast, the truth is that American West – the mountain west, the rugged frontier – is really the most innovative of name locales.  Check out these finds: Aree, Coven, Dace, Emsley, [...]

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Baby Name News: 4/14/13

April 14, 2013

I’m not quite certain who Marvin Humes may be, but a) he’s famous enough to earn a mention on a UK website, and b) he’s trying to name a baby-on-the-way.  And he, like many an expectant parent, is just a little under-informed about what constitutes a mainstream name.  Humes declared:  I wanted to go for [...]

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Baby Name News: 4/7/13

April 7, 2013

First, after years of fearing I’d hit the “publish” button instead of “save draft” button and not notice, I actually did, sometime late Saturday night.  If you’re trying to figure out why there were incomplete sentences and lots of … and X in the Valo post, no worries … Valo will return later this month, [...]

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Baby Name News: Easter Edition

March 31, 2013

If you’ve been busy with Easter festivities, thanks for taking a break to visit.  And if Easter isn’t your thing, no worries … after my round-up of Famous Rabbits, I promise to go light on the holiday-related names this morning. Instead, let’s have a random round-up of all the chatter from the blogosphere: Cruz Diesel [...]

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Baby Name News: 3/24/13

March 24, 2013

My name-spotting antennae are always up, pretty much no matter what I’m doing.  I met a guy at a volunteer event on Saturday.  “Hi Abby, I’m Apollo.” “Hi.  Awesome name!’ I kind of think he knew it, too. Just hours later, I came across an amazing blog post from Aela Mass about her friend’s home [...]

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Baby Name News: 3/17/13

March 17, 2013

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to all, whether you’re Irish – or just wearing green for the day.  We’re not even a little bit Irish around here, but we’re on our way to a shamrock-bedecked brunch at the neighbors’ shortly. Elsewhere in baby name news: It was a great week for Irish baby name round-ups.  Here’s [...]

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