Baby Name of the Day: Annora

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She’s a medieval rarity that would be right at home in today’s Top 100.

Thanks to Christina for suggesting Annora as our Baby Name of the Day.

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Name of the Day: Honoria

Some virtue names are simply words found in any dictionary.  Others are more subtle choices that just happen to have virtuous meanings.

File Honoria in the second category – and please thank Corinne for suggesting her as Name of the Day.

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Name of the Day: Honor

We all know that virtue names are big.  And noun names have gone from outlandish to mainstream in the past decade, too.  Some might even say that they’re growing tired.

But when Jessica Alba welcomed her little starbaby last month, she plumbed this category to choose a name that has both a long history of use and sounds completely fresh and original.  Our Name of the Day for July 6 is Honor.

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