Today’s choice combines a zippy Z and a vibrant V, plus a great meaning.
Thanks to Tara for suggesting Ziva as our Baby Name of the Day.
Today’s choice combines a zippy Z and a vibrant V, plus a great meaning.
Thanks to Tara for suggesting Ziva as our Baby Name of the Day.
I had lunch with a mom-to-be friend of mine last week. Dad has already veto’d her #1 pick for a son – Nehemiah – and she’s not on board with any of his ideas. She’s not due for a few more weeks, but her doc is already murmuring things like “measuring big” and the pressure is mounting. I’m going to share this great advice from Swistle with her: it isn’t about finding the perfect name, it is finding the name that most satisfies both parents – almost like averaging the parent’s scores. (You give Nehemiah a 10; he gives it a 4. That makes Nehemiah a 7. The question is whether you can agree on a name that ranks an 8 or higher.)
Elsewhere online:
Plenty of famous folk announced their good news this week, including the arrivals of:
Speaking of congratulations, let’s end on a high note: you can now buy the first eBook from Nancy Man, Strong Boy Names. Based on the preview, it isn’t so much a list of Gunnar/Cannon/Slade as much as it analyzes more conventional masculine choices that are rarely borrowed by Team Pink. Actually, this might be the baby shower gift I give to my friend who won’t be naming her son Nehemiah …
That’s all for today. As always, thank you for reading, and have a fabulous week!
Today’s choice sounds like an elaboration of the chart-topping Ava, but she also shares an intriguing quality with the equally popular Hannah.
Thanks to Christy and Photoquilty for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day: Aviva.
If you’ve reviewed the Top 20 Boys’ Names of the Day, you might recall that it was a mix of names that are, indeed, rising in use for our sons and those that are probably mere curiosities.
The girls’ list tends more towards the wearable, but there are a few surprises.
After last week’s bumper crop o’ starbabies, it has been a relatively quiet week.
The only big question is this: Did Hank Azaria really name his son Hal? Or have they simply not released his full name? Wikipedia tells me that dad’s full name is, indeed, Hank Albert - so maybe they decided junior should have a nickname name, too.
Here’s the rest of the news:
From the wayback machine – a year ago, the Name of the Day was Madrigal. Really. This week’s names will be Naomi, Lyle, Eugenie, Boaz and Kylie.
I’ll leave you with a quick update on search names – Esme continues to top the list. Lorelei, Isla, Pomeline, Java, Eithne, Aurelia, Ayelet, Noa and Oona are close behind. The list is much shorter for boys: Finn, Elmer and Remus. If you can’t tell from the list, boys generate far fewer searches than girls. And yet, nearly everyone agrees that boys’ names are harder to decide than girls’ names.
I’m off to fill up the wading pool for me the kids. As always, thanks for reading!
Scarlet. Juliet. Bridget. Violet.
While Annette, Jeanette, Paulette and Lynette seem tied to the 1950s, a whole new generation of ends in -et names for girls are climbing the charts.
If -et is the next -el, we’d like to nominate a candidate that is truly different, but has plenty of history at the same time – today’s Name of the Day: Ayelet.