I’m not a loyal viewer of America’s Next Top Model, but I do check in from time to time to see the contestants’ names.  Naduah and Ren are already out, but Alasia and Anslee are still in.  Speaking of Anslee, there’s a historic home in Baltimore County, Maryland called Villa Anneslie.  I find it a slightly more appealing version of Ainsley, Ansleigh and company, though she would probably be confused with rising favorite Anneliese.

I’ve done a good job staying away from Yahoo! Answers baby name boards, but I got sucked into a vortex when I stumbled across MTV’s Remote Control blog question “Do you have your baby names already picked out?” The responses were predictable: Daylin, Tatyana Vanity, Egypt Kinsley Rain, Xa’Kaevyan Kohelre, Brance, Kendrix Olivia, Jurnee Ella Greer.  Here’s hoping that each of the posts was written by someone many years away from parenthood.

And one more from reality TV.  Tori Spelling turns her literary attentions from tell-alls to kidlit with children’s book called Presenting Tallulah. Is Tallulah the next Stella?

Elsewhere online:

• By now, you’ve probably seen Lisa Belkin’s article on Baby Name Regret at the New York Times’ Motherlode. It’s an interesting article, but I’m especially fond of the trivia point she mentions early on – Scarlett O’Hara, the intrepid heroine of Gone With the Wind, was initially called Pansy;
• 4real spots a Tidus Jay and a Penelope Thistle;
• Sebastiane covers the intriguing Eglė;
• Nancy brings us the saintly Casilda;
• Linda at Nameberry turned up some fabulous finds from women in aviation history, including Marvel and Bessica;
• And I say again for the 500th time:  No, they’re not stealing your baby name. Delilah, Lilah and Lyla are white hot, along with Lily, Lola and lots of other lovely L-intensive names;
• The March stats are out at Nymbler. The Top Ten are Charlotte, Amelia, Ava, Benjamin, Oliver, Grace, Henry, Ella, Jack and Ethan.  And the new, never dull names? Calleigh, Kyson, Lillith, Kensington and Petal;
• Elisabeth at You Can’t Call It “It” brings us a list of NYC baby names, including a double dose of Lola.  I’m hearing Lola more and more here in DC, too, and Nola appears to be rising fast.  Could Zola follow?

In starbaby news:

• Hoop star Lisa Leslie welcomed a son, Michael Joseph II. They’re planning to call him MJ;
• Byron Allen has welcomed a daughter, Olivia Rose. Olivia joins big sis Chloe Ava at home;
• I agree with Celebrity Baby Names Blog on this one: Robin Thicke and Paula Patton have done a great job naming new son Julian Fuego.  The first name is a conventional masculine pick circa 2010 and the middle?  Is sheer daring.

But let’s face it, most of my energies this week have gone to the Top 100 lists at Nameberry for boys and girls.  Which reminds me – Imogen is on their girls’ list, and a friend recently spotted this rarity on his family tree: Imojune.

That’s all for this week.  As always, thanks for reading and tune in tomorrow!