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How can a Top 100 boys’ name borrowed from a faithful Biblical figure be so very controversial?
Thanks to Kelly for suggesting the surprisingly complex Caleb as our Baby Name of the Day.
Baby Name of the Day: Caleb
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Sunday Summary: 6/26/11
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It was apparently word name week last week. I kicked it off by covering Crew as Baby Name of the Day, followed by:
- This Nameberry post asking Word Names: Pro or Con?
- Elisabeth’s list of Uncommon Word Names. From her list and the comments there are a quite a few that I love: Chapel, Prairie, Harbor, Wreath, Concord, Serenade, Morrow;
- For Real continues to spot them in use regularly. She found boys called Cane Allen and Coy Waltan here, Kitty Florence Bayley here, and a Colt Douglas and Gabrielle Spring here;
- Then there’s this mom, who did not name her daughter Fig after all;
- Over at the AppMtn Facebook page, Chord was generally given positive reviews;
- Also on Facebook, Lindsay mentioned a woman named Romance on Say Yes to the Dress – very appropriate! – and Sarah mentioned seeing a Toddlers & Tiaras pageant hopeful named Serenity, only spelled Saryniti, which strikes me as rather chaotic;
- The Stir’s list of patriotic baby names contains plenty of noun options, from the obvious – Star – to the subtle – Apple, as in the pie;
- Nancy’s newest eBooks, 1-Syllable Names, isn’t about word names, but the her preview list includes a bunch, like Chase, Hope, and Faith. Actually, that sounds like a command, too …
Olympic gold medal-winning softball pitcher turned television host and serial reality show contestant Jennie Finch completed the week by welcoming son Diesel Dean, a little brother for Ace Shane.
We still don’t know the name of Natalie Portman’s son, but I managed to write about intriguing Hollywood baby names at Nameberry for tomorrow anyhow. Rory and Isotta have been rattling around in my head for months, so I’m really glad to have a chance to collect them. Got the theme yet? Tune in tomorrow to see if you’re right!
A few more thoughts:
- Will the ever-so-likeable Tom Hanks as title character in new movie Larry Crowne make us like Larry any better? Apparently one of the other characters is named B’Ella;
- I guess we won’t see many kids sharing names with Mr. Popper’s Penguins, but I get a kick out of them anyhow;
- Could this New York Times article be any more wrong about the nostalgia wave? Actually, Andrew Gelman misses some big trends in boys’ names, too.
That’s all for this week. As always, thank you for reading!
Sunday Summary: 11/29/09
If you’re in the US, here’s hoping you had a lovely Thanksgiving. This summary is almost certainly incomplete as I’m filing it before departing for Michigan on Thursday. But unless Brangelina announce a Thanksgiving Day adoption surprise, that’s probably not the end of the world.
Just in case you’re traveling, here’s the planes, trains and automobiles take on baby naming:
- Renault is calling its new electric car the Zoé. According to the Daily Mail, this has resulted in quite the flap in France, where Zoé is a top twenty name for girls. Parents have started online petitions; Renault says it is sticking by the name;
- I’m not familiar with the site, but Targana is reporting that a woman gave birth on a train and named her son Lalu – after politician and former Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav;
- And just to complete the trifecta, the baby named AirAsia after arriving aboard an Air Asia flight has been gifted with free flights for life.
A few other interesting links:
- Sebastiane is back, and she’s posted about some gems. I quite like Svante and company, as well as Kaija – you might recognize her as a Finnish nickname for Katherine, but she’s also a Latvian name meaning seagull;
- Nancy had added prompts to her baby name site. It’s far more helpful than asking your husband if he thinks his style is classic-modern or more modern-traditional? Help her build the list here;
- Namberry has a fun list: 20 Lost Literary Girls’ Names. I love Thisbe – though as Kat commented, it may not be the best reference to inspire a child’s name;
- I always tell myself not to be surprised by names spotted by Bewildertrix. Then I click on one of her posts and see that Charlie Chilli has arrived;
- Would you name your twin sons Canyon Clay and Cavern Cane? For Real Baby Names spotted that unusual set. I do know another boy called Canyon, from our old ‘hood. On his own, I rather like it.
I love a good celeb-with-offspring event for namespotting. This Celebrity Baby Blog story mentioned a few interesting combos:
- Mary James – James Marsden’s daughter;
- Medium’s handsome husband Jake Weber has a son called Waylon;
- Chef Wolfgang Puck passed on his first name as a middle for sons Alexander Wolfgang and Oliver Wolfgang;
- Hamish Linklater of The New Adventures of Old Christine has a darling daughter, Lucinda Rose.
In honor of Thanksgiving, Nameberry posted on Tom – as in turkey. Thomas wears quite well on a little boy, and is the name of a dear friend of ours, too. But ’round our house, Thomas is a train.
This blog post proves that some dads are really into baby names. (Arthur, are you reading?) The couple came up with four interesting choices. Their daughters are Rica Emmanuele and Nadine Ysabele; their two sons are Joseph Leonele and Andre Ezekiele. It almost makes me hope they’re planning on a fifth so I can see a shortlist of possibles!
Speaking of interesting sibsets, check out Nancy’s post on this 13-and-counting clan from England. I won’t list them here, but let me say this: Morpheus and Peppermint are among the siblings. I can hear you mousing over already …
Thanks for reading!
