Posts Tagged ‘Ava’

My week at the beach was spent listening for names (well, there was ice cream and sand and a giant waterslide called the Hippo) but I didn’t hear much.  There was a Veronica nicknamed Vera, but mostly it was the pleasant Top 100 assortment of Ethan, Dylan, Emma, Riley, Noah, Chloe, Caleb, Jackson, Zachary, Ellie, [...]


Please tell me that I’m not the only person who watched My Fake Fiance, the first pairing of Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence?  It was raining, the baby was fussy … wait, never mind.  Someone else must’ve tuned in – enough of us for ABC Family to greenlight a new original series called Melissa [...]


First, Happy Birthday to me.  Well, actually, my birthday is tomorrow.  And so I’ll be doing something I haven’t done since shortly after I started writing Name of the Day posts in May 2008 – I’m choosing the names.  All week.  And I’m starting with my discarded given name tomorrow. But enough about that.  The [...]


Just when you think every name has been imagined, every option exhausted, pop culture surprises us. First, Cecily von Ziegesar’s novel Cum Laude tackles the lives of privileged college students (as opposed to the privileged high school students in her Gossip Girl franchise.)  One of the main characters is a girl called Shipley, and a [...]


Eve had her turn in the spotlight, and Ava needs no introduction.  But what of their cousin? Thanks to Melissa for suggesting Eva as Baby Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


Yesterday marked the first in a series of Reader Baby Name Stories.  Thanks to Sara for kicking things off!  There are plenty more tales of compromise, certainty, great debate and more headed our way – at least through summer’s end. Once again this week, baby naming made waves in the mainstream media.  The New York [...]


For those of you in the US, Happy Memorial Day weekend!  There will be no Baby Name of the Day on Monday, May 31. But never fear!  There’s news aplenty to occupy your quiet hours: This post at Swistle raises one of my favorite questions: how close is too close? Can you name your daughter [...]


Amy Adams has delivered a daughter, named Aviana Olea. I’ve come across Aviana on name forums from time to time, along with other Ava spin-offs like Avalyn.  Aviana was unranked in the US Top 1000 as of 2009.  Here’s guessing she’ll chart in 2010.  No clue about Olea – any thoughts? Best wishes to the [...]


Now that Olive has gone Hollywood and the hipsters are using Agatha and Sally, what’s a truly daring new parent to do? Choose the Baby Name of the Day suggested by Elle and Urban Angel: Mavis. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


Happy Mother’s Day!  I spent the morning indulging in an M-Day brunch at Max Brenner and then listening for kids’ names at the Union Square playground near my sister’s new Manhattan apartment.  I heard Ezra and Sophie at Ladybird Bakery in Park Slope – near sister #2′s place – the morning before, but mostly the [...]