Baby Name of the Day: Madison

Cover of "Splash (20th Anniversary Editio...

Cover of Splash (20th Anniversary Edition)

Note:  I’d originally agreed to write about Keziah today, for Racheli.  Except when I finishing up the post, I realized it sounded eerily familiar.  Sure enough, that was because Keziah was Baby Name of the Day back in the day.  Oops, and Racheli, my apologies!

She made waves as the adopted name of a big screen mermaid.

Our Baby Name of the Day is the much-maligned Madison.

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Baby Name of the Day: Aleydis

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A by Too Far North via Flickr

She’s hidden in the history books, but if you look closely, you’ll find this intriguing medieval moniker hiding between the lines.

Thanks to Emily of In the Name for suggesting Aleydis as our Baby Name of the Day.

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Sunday Summary: 12/19/10

Pram Parade - Melbourne

Image by philipbouchard via Flickr

I’m fascinated by names, but equally intrigued by the process we use to arrive at a name.  You can find countless real life conversations on message boards, but here are a few I spotted on parents’ personal blogs:

In other news:

In celeb news:

I’m announcing more and more celeb births on the AppMtn Facebook page, along with Sunday Summary-esque links and comments.

That’s all for this week.  As always, thank you for reading and have a great week!

Baby Name of the Day: Cindal

Letter C, in Neon (Crazy California)

Image by cobalt123 via Flickr

Any name as popular as Cynthia is bound to have spin-offs.  Here’s one of the more obscure.

Thanks to Aimee for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day: Cindal.

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Baby Name of the Day: Blythe

She’s as cheerful as Felicity, as brief as Blair.

Thanks to Rocking Fetal for suggesting Blythe as Baby Name of the Day.

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Baby Name of the Day: Endellion

We interrupt rerun week to post something a little bit different.  I was certain I’d written a full post about this saint’s name, but instead she’s just mentioned in an early list of obscure saints’ names.

Inspired by British PM David Cameron’s new daughter, our Baby Name of the Day is Endellion.

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Baby Name of the Day: Rhiannon

She conjures up images of medieval princesses, but today’s choice is really a child of the 70s.

Thanks to Maja for suggesting Rhiannon as Baby Name of the Day.

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Sunday Summary: 5/16/10

Conventional media is still abuzz with news that Jacob and Isabella are the most popular baby names in the US for 2009.  Yawn. Luckily, the baby name blogosphere has moved on to more interesting topics.  Here are my two Big Questions of the week:

And, of course, Time Magazine pondered Why Do Babies Have the Same Names? They called it “The Twilight Effect.”  Is it me, or did they completely miss an important point?  Sure, lots of us are naming our kids Jacob and Isabella and Emma and Ethan.  But, generation after generation, we’ve become more tolerant of diversity in baby names.  Maybe my perspective is skewed by living in a big urban area with a huge international population, but I’m most impressed by how few kids continue to receive the most common names.

In good ol’ fashioned name-spotting this week:

And Claudia Schiffer has a new daughter, but if Caspar and Clementine’s little sis has a name, they’ve yet to share.  The supermodel mentioned she was struggling with name choices, so it is possible they’re still debating.  My money is on Cordelia, but I bet she’ll surprise us all.

That’s all for today.  As always, thanks for reading and have a great week!

Sunday Summary: 5/2/10

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:

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

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

Baby Name of the Day: Hannelore

I’ve heard she’s considered old-fashioned overseas, but she has an interesting indie edge in the US.

Thanks to Bek for suggesting Hannelore as Baby Name of the Day.

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