Ava is an unstoppable Top Ten choice. Parents are rediscovering Ida, too. But if you find Ava too popular and Ida too retro, today’s choice might just be the perfect compromise.
Thanks to Sophie for suggesting Ada as Name of the Day.
Happy Mother’s Day!
We’ve always celebrated our kids’ rites of passage – first tooth, first step, first-time-she-brings-home-a-completely-unacceptable-boy.
Add in one more circa 2009: first time Mommy writes all about you in a blog post.
Yes, our children will probably be terribly, terribly unhappy about some of our overshares in twenty years. (Or not. Social media is a strange and fabulous thing.) But for the moment, I find myself marveling at the many talented writers who also have a knack for choosing baby names.
Read on for some of my favorite Babes in the Blogosphere:
If you love the name Ava, you’re not alone. Nearly than 50,000 parents have chosen Ava for their daughters since 2005.
And what’s not to love? It’s simple, it’s glamorous, it’s feminine without being frilly. Ava pairs well with a variety of last names, too.
But now that it is well installed in the Top Ten, plenty of parents are looking for an alternative to naming their daughter Ava, too. Read on for a few ideas.
A is for Apple. As in Apple Blythe Allison, big sister to Moses Bruce Anthony and firstborn of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin.
If that’s too out there for you, consider these slightly less exotic choices, all featuring the letter A:
