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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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Baby Name of the Day: Wolf
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- Wolfgang is a creative heavy-hitter with a healthy dose of Germanic force. But what of the undiluted first syllable?
- Thanks to Taylor for suggesting Wolf as our Baby Name of the Day.
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Sunday Summary: 12/13/09
Christmas may still be almost two weeks away. But this Sunday, I’m all abuzz about year-end name news:
- First up, the Nameberry gurus predict the Top Baby Names of the Future over at The Daily Beast. Not any real surprises here, but almost certainly what we’ll hear everywhere in 2019;
- There’s also their look backwards, published at Nameberry earlier this week. 2009 certainly was a good year for celeb-inspired choices. A few cited in their post include Khloe, Marley, Miley, Kingston, Kobe, Cruz and Kimora;
- Over at Baby Name Wizard, Laura Wattenberg announced her Name of the Year for 2009. Second Runner Up: Balloon Boy Falcon. First Runner Up: the gender-neutral country chanteuse/werewolf actor Taylor. And the winner? Twilight mash-up Renesmee;
- The Melton Leader tells us that Riley and Olivia were the most popular names in their corner of Australia in 2009. Unusual names bestowed at their local hospital included a girl called Syntynche, as well as boys named Memphis and Atticus – but really, that’s nuthin’ compared to Syntynche;
- In Japan, Hiroto tops the charts for boys and Rin for girls - or do they? The list comes from Benesse Corp., not a government agency. And are gender neutral names big in Japan, too? Ren is #3 on the boys’ list;
- And back to Christmas – check out this list of holiday names over at Lil’ Sugar. They range from the obvious (Noel) to the subtle (Neve). Just don’t name your baby boy Rudolph.
Speaking of unusual names:
- For Real Baby Names spotted an Everly Joe - which wouldn’t surprise me, except that Everly Joe is a she! Shades of Jagger Joseph Blue, I think. There’s also a Sixx Delilah. Wonder if the proud parents were Motley Crue fans?
- Sebastiane over at LegitBabeNames wrote about Arpad, supermodel Elle MacPherson’s Hungarian hero name for her husband and son;
- Bewildertrix spotted a Unity – a virtue name much-neglected, save for the infamous Mitford sister. There’s also a bumper crop of boys with bitsy names like Kye and Jai. Wonder if they’ll join Kai in the US? There’s also an Isobel Elizabeth Idonia. Isobel and Elizabeth together seems repetitive – and yet, it’s an appealing combo.
In starbaby news:
- The littlest Duggar, Josie Brooklyn, is here. And quite early, though reports are optimistic;
- Model Jourdan Dunn has welcomed a baby boy – no name yet;
- Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady are also proud parents to a bouncing baby boy – also with no name released;
- Kendra Wilkinson is a mom. She and husband welcomed Hank Randall Baskett IV. Of course, they’d announced his name when HB4 was still a zygote;
- American Idol alum Jessica Sierra welcomed son Kayden Cash.
Is it me, or is it more fun when celebs don’t release their baby names while their offspring are still in utero? Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take a baby name announcement whenever it comes. (Is Pilot’s little sister really named Casper? Inquiring minds want to know.) But I kind of enjoy the whole “So and So Had a Girl and Named Her Guess What?” part of the process.
Perhaps I’ve been conditioned by reality television’s big reveals.
Thanks for reading – have a great week!
Name of the Day: Lark
Sunday Summary: 8/30/09
It’s been a quiet week here at AppMtn as we all enjoy the last sweltering days of summer. The stores are filling up with sweaters (and Halloween candy – already!) and television is premiering brand new can’t-miss-shows.
Which brings me to a trio of Project Runway related thoughts:
- Contestant Qristyl squeaked by for another week. With every second she spends on the small screen, I expect another mom-to-be to consider swapping out her kreativ K for a qreat’yff Q. Bring on Qaden, Qonor, Qaylee and Qadynz – Shudder;
- Then there’s the talented Shirin, who told us in her intro that her name means sweet in Farsi. There’s also an appealing legend about a seventh-century Persian Queen by the same name;
- She’s not showing on this season (yet) but Heidi Klum says that she has no name picked out for her fourth starbaby, little sister to Leni, Henry and Johan. In an interview with USA Today, Klum says she and Seal are “waiting for the lightbulb to come on” this time.
Off the Runway:
- Once again, the Toronto Star reports on a surprisingly lovely name - Phillipa Skye, nn Pippa. But there’s a catch – her last name is Walker;
- Legit Baby Names brings us Adelind, a nice alternative to Adalyn and the intriguing Korbinian;
- Nancy’s Baby Names has a list of interesting choices culled from Tropical Cyclone names. Call me shallow, but I’d rather be menaced by weather named Aletta or Zoelle than the boring Bill;
- Bewildertrix reports on a bumper crop of babies with unusual spellings, including some serious h-abuse: Khiara, Jhett Baiden, Zoeigh and Caleyb caught my eye. She also reported the rise of Nash;
- And then there’s this sibset: Harriette Pop, Archie Falcon, Jarvis Jello and Astrid Bean;
- True Blood’s Stephen Moyer has a daughter named Lilac - I can’t decide if I love it or find it completely over the top.
On a more scholarly note:
- A new article from Ancestry.com reports that 49% of all Americans are named after a family member;
- Then there’s the Menachem Mystery on Baby Name Wizard. First, I’ll admit I didn’t realize that the US Top 1000 stats were revised. But Laura Wattenberg spotted one more unusual quirk in the latest revision – Menachem appeared in the rankings, when he hadn’t appeared in the prior list. And this had happened year after year. In fact, a number of names popular among Orthodox Jews tend to rise during the revisions. There’s much conversation about why that might be in the comments, but here’s my second thing-I-didn’t-know. Can you actually leave the hospital in the US without naming your baby? I had no idea.
That’s all for now – thanks for reading!
