Robert Pattinson; Image via Wikipedia
He was a Top Ten pick in the US for over a century, and the #1 name for fifteen years. Today he’s fading, but a young Hollywood star might just bring him back.
Thanks to Heather for suggesting Robert as our Baby Name of the Day.
Image by Leo Reynolds via Flickr
Isabella holds the top spot in the US rankings, and mini-names like Ava and Mia are also in the Top Ten. So why isn’t this one more popular?
Liz’s week continues with the mysterious Isa as our Baby Name of the Day.
Can the end of summer really be so near? It feels like just yesterday, Washington DC was digging out of the February snowstorms.
Speaking of the February snowstorms, we were at the city’s summer concert series on Friday night and we’re anticipating A LOT of November babies. One expectant mom was kind enough to tell me they’re naming their baby-on-the-way Maxwell, but mostly I’m looking forward to a pre-Thanksgiving wave of birth announcements.
Speaking of waves of BAs, there were so many Hollywood births in the past week that I’m putting them first:
Is it me, or are gender-neutral names truly staying neutral? Conventional wisdom was that once a name had “gone girl” it would never be considered for a boy. But many of these celeb names are solidly ambiguous – and still used for sons.
Which reminds me:
I dragged a very reluctant Aly to shop for school shoes today and was delighted to overhear a father calling out Hasting. It was in the Nordstrom’s at the Annapolis Mall – you sort of had the impression the kid might’ve been Something Hasting Something IV. It’s possible I misheard, and he was Hastings, as in the Battle of, raising the possibility that his parents are experts on the Norman Invasion.
That’s all for this week. As always, it wouldn’t be worth writing if you weren’t here. Thank you!
He’s an old school fashionista, a gambler and a Southern gentleman, too.
Today’s Baby Name of the Day is Beau.
Yesterday morning was The Great Magruder Park Egg Hunt in our town. The kids were there for candy; I was there to listen for names: Jonah, Nora, Dorothy, Caroline, Clara, Seamus, Ellis, a pair of Abigails, Zora, Micah, Carsten, Jackson. There was also a mom toting an Orla Kiely bag, but I seem to recall that her kids’ names aren’t quite as surprising.
Speaking of Orla and surprises, here’s a new one: I wrote about Orla a few days ago. The post felt familiar, but that happens sometimes. This has never happened: I’d actually written an entire Orla post in September 2008. It’s pretty much the same … except not.
In other news:
In starbaby news, all via Celebrity Baby Blog:
Think it is weird to name your kid Kimora? Nancy tells us that back in the 1930s and 40s, at least a few dozen parents named their kids in honor of Kay Kyser, bandleader and radio host. Kyser responded by sending out a commemorative gift. Hmmm … if I named my daughter Orla, would I be able to snag one of those bags?
That’s all for this week. As always, thank you for reading!
This Biblical choice might seem like an unlikely pick – but once upon a time, so did Isaiah.
Thanks to Rocking Fetal for suggesting Boaz as Name of the Day.
