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She’s a botanical choice from a few decades back, once so popular that Winona Ryder went to high school with three of them.
Thanks to Kelly for suggesting Heather as our Baby Name of the Day.
Baby Name of the Day: Heather
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Baby Name of the Day: Duncan
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He’s a stylish Scottish heritage choice with literary and playful overtones.
Thanks to Liann for suggesting her son’s name as our Baby Name of the Day: Duncan.
Baby Name of the Day: Camden
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Cross Cameron with London and you’ll end up with this rapidly rising choice.
Thanks to Tracy for suggesting the only name her husband likes. Our Baby Name of the Day is Camden.
Baby Name of the Day: Clancy
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Could this Irish surname be the next Bailey?
Thanks to April for suggesting one she’s considering for a daughter. Clancy is our Baby Name of the Day.
Baby Name of the Day: Leonardo
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He’s the original Renaissance Man, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, and one of the leading actors of our generation.
Thanks to Kelly for suggesting Leonardo as Baby Name of the Day.
Sunday Summary: 9/12/10
Let’s start a handful of picks from pop culture: first, True Blood’s werewolf Alcide. He joined the cast in Season Three and will be back in Season Four. If Sookie recently attracted attention, how about this romantic French spin on the Greek Alcaeus?
I’m also intrigued by Katniss, the heroine of the bestselling young adult trilogy The Hunger Games. Her name is taken from the name of an edible plant, not just in her distopian fictional universe, but here on Earth, too. Stephen King panned the name in a review, but I find Katniss pretty clever. And what’s more, I can imagine Katniss catching on – she’s almost a blend of all those Kate names and the vintage, ends-in-ess choices, like Frances and Alice.
And let’s not forget TLC’s latest entry about families with lots of kids. This one has lots of wives, too – yup, they’re profiling a polygamist family in Sister Wives. The faces in their very crowded family portrait belong to:
- Dad Kody;
- First wife Meri and her daughter Mariah;
- Second wife Janelle, and her kids Logan, Madison, Hunter, Garrison, Gabriel, and Savanah;
- Third wife Christine and her kids Aspyn, Mykelti, Paedon, Gwenelyn, Ysabel, and baby-on-the-way Truely;
- Fourth wife-to-be Robyn, who brings three kids to the bigger-than-Brady bunch: Dayton, Aurora, and Breanna.
It’s interesting to see that you can share everything, and still have very different taste in baby names.
Elsewhere online:
- Speaking of family names, Laura Wattenberg’s article about A New World of Namesakes challenges readers to imagine the feminine form of today’s most popular boys’ names. Will Connor’s granddaughter be called Connie? Connorine? The mind reels. Apparently Joshlyn is already surfacing;
- A comment in that post led to these addicting Sporcle games. Maybe I’m a geek, but I nearly didn’t get the laundry done thanks to these;
- Sebastiane’s post on Gregory includes a long list of feminine variants, including Jorina. Which gives me hope that we won’t be meeting girls called Connorine;
- Spotted in Montana: Huxley. ON A GIRL. For Real reports a Huxley Isabella was born in Big Sky Country;
- This one is for Claire. During our discussion of Endellion, she wrote: “What if we dropped the ‘n’? Endellia is nice.” Guess what popped up in the new names at Namipedia just the other day? Wait for it – Endelia. She may or may not stay there – Wattenberg has some criteria for determining which names can be listed – but other people are thinking the same way;
- Check out the Class Rosters list at You Can’t Call It “It.” I was traveling for work when her post came out, so I couldn’t put my hands on our lists, but the biggest surprise I’ve heard so far? Aly has a classmate called Ovid. I’m not sure if I’m misunderstanding a foreign name or if he really is named after the poet.
In starbaby news, besides Winnie Cooper’s baby dragon, there’s:
- Mario Lopez’ new little girl, Gia Francesca. Is Gia the new Mia?
- Rachel Dratch’s new son Eli;
- Rascal Flatts’ Joe Don Rooney welcomed daughter Raquel Blue, a little sister for Jagger Donovan. Raquel and Jagger feels like a mismatched sibset, but when you throw in the middles, it seems a little more matched.
Lastly, I was curious to see the upcoming Easy A for tons of reasons – it’s a spin on The Scarlet Letter, Malcolm McDowell plays the principal, the reviews have been great. But best of all? The heroine’s name is Olive!
That’s all for this week. If you haven’t already, leave a comment on this post for a chance at choosing the five names to be featured the week of December 27! Thanks for reading.
Baby Name of the Day: Quinlan
Baby Name of the Day: Ryan
He’d fit nearly anyone’s definition of a normal name, but he was actually quite rare until the post-World War II era.
Thanks to Kelly for suggesting Ryan as Baby Name of the Day.
Name of the Day: Seger
Siegfried is best reserved for Las Vegas lion tamers and Wagnerian dragon slayers, but this related surname choice could wear quite well on a boy born in 2010.
Thanks to Karen for suggesting her son’s name as Name of the Day: Seger.
Sunday Summary: 1/17/10
The baby boom continues at AppMtn. Congratulations to Emmy Jo on the birth of her son, Julius!
Have you been reading all of those press releases by this hospital or that about the most popular names of 2009? They haven’t been terribly exciting, but I’m reading them anyhow. This one caught my attention, not because of the Most Popular Names. (Jack and Isabella, yawn.) And not even so much because of the unusual names listed. (Though Leviticus is a bit much and Minuet is lovely.) No, it caught my eye because they listed Stella among the unusual names. Clearly the compiler is not up on baby name trends. Or doesn’t watch Oxygen.
I’ve been neglecting the Toronto Star baby name profiles lately. Let’s check in on Kristin Rushowy’s latest:
- Somewhere between the overexposed Alexander and the up-and-coming Max falls the brief-yet-familiar Lex. As in Luthor. Who has been kinda-sorta redeemed on Smallville, I suppose. The baby’s full name is Lex Noah Atticus, and I’ll admit – super villain or no, I kind of love it;
- There’s also a story about a couple with four kids: sons Hunter and Connor and twin daughters Kerrilyn Lane and Bella Nicole. Kerrilyn honors grandma Kerrin. The mom had this to say: “Nobody – including family – can spell it properly. It’s pronounced Carolyn.” I can see why Kerrilyn seemed like the right choice, but wow – that’s a lifetime of introducing yourself as “Kerrilyn – K-E-R-R …;”
- Let’s leave Canada on a high note with this story of the first baby of the new year, the appropriately named Eva.
From Canada to New Zealand, remember a few days ago when we were all abuzz with the birth announcement for Diammond Sparckle Zedekeyah Lilly Ann? Turns out baby Diammond has ten big brothers and sisters. I couldn’t find a complete list, but this article includes a few of her sibs: Brandi Shyla Molly Robyn, Indego Raindrop Sapphire and the relatively ordinary Cruz Richard. Mom Brinessa says Diammond’s name was inspired by an iPhone app. “We just added a couple of letters to the name so it would be a bit different.” Mission accomplished.
Also in New Zealand, the Bay of Plenty Times reports on a family determined to find a name more interesting than Jack. They came up with Jaksyn. Suddenly, Diammond seems like the more satisfying choice.
Elsewhere online:
- Sebastiane covers international variations of the classics William and Sara/Sarah; plus the Estonian version of Winter, the appealing Talvi;
- Names4Real spotted a boy called Cipher Bash. When he keeps secrets in high school, don’t be surprised. She also found a birth announcement for a girl named Couture Beauty. And I thought that Jolie was a lot to put on a kid;
- Bewildertix spotted a Belladonna. Terribly pretty, and irresistible with all the Isabellas out there. Also the predictable and not-nearly-so-attractive Anastyn, Adelayde and Wyit. I think that’s a respelling of Wyatt, but I can’t fathom why that seemed like the thing to do. Someone please tell me Wyit is a traditional Maori name or maybe a surname worn by a distinguished Aussie statesman;
- Nameberry discusses names popular in 1910 that have yet to return. Abner and Kitty, anyone?;
- Vast Public Indifference tabulated the Hot Baby Names of 1710. Fabulous! Whatever happened to Mehitabel, Jerusha and Bethia, Ephraim and Ebenezer? And while you’re there, take her quiz: 18th Century Connecticutian or Muppet? I bombed, but here’s a hint: Big Bird has cousins;
- The best argument EVER for using a formal name comes to us from Namberry guest blogger Greta Goss. When she outgrew Peggy she simply looked for a more appealing diminutive of her name, Margaret.
Speaking of Margaret, Mark Walherg and Rhea Durham welcomed baby #4, the classically named Grace Margaret. In other starbaby news, via Celebrity Baby Blog:
- HGTV’s Vern Yip has welcomed a son, Gavin Joshua Mannox;
- Flight of the Conchords’ Rhys Darby has welcomed a son Theo, little brother for Finn;
- ‘NSYNC’s Joey Fatone and wife Kelly announced the birth of daughter Kloey Alexandra, a little sister for Briahna. Kloey is a mash-up of her parents’ names – not sure if there is a story behind Briahna’s spelling;
- Yes, Dash and Cash are catching on. But if your last name was Rich would you call your kiddo Cash Rich? Country singer John Rich, half of duo Big & Rich, did just that;
- How many celebs have chosen Rocco for a son in recent years? Add one more to the list. Jillian Barberie Reynolds has welcomed a son, Rocco Rio, a little brother for Ruby Raven;
- Fatboy Slim has apparently been happily married for a decade. He and wife Zoe have a son called Woody and just welcomed a daughter, Nelly May Lois. And ’round the house, Fatboy answers to Norman.
How could I top that? As always, thanks for reading!
