Posts Tagged ‘Mary’
What’s Your Name Again, Kid?
They say that once you choose your child’s name, be it Kaydon or Atticus, Balthasar or Brady, your child becomes that name. They say that there’s no such thing as Namer’s Remorse.
I’m not so sure.
Filed under: Articles, Names for Boys, Nicknames | 21 Comments
Tags: Alasdair, Aleksander, Aleksey, Alex, Alexander, Alexei, Alexx, Alexy, Ali, Aly, Alyx, Amy, Arthur, Atticus, Balthasar, Brady, Caradoc, Chandra, Chantal, Clarina, Clio, Evander, Faustine, Iskander, Janet, Jason, Julius, Kaydon, Loosh, Madison, Mary, Michael, Olus, Sasha, Xander
Name of the Day: Flannery
Freakonomics co-authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner deemed this choice a likely Top Name of 2015 – but so far, the name remains decidedly underused.
Thanks to Wrenn for suggesting Flannery as Name of the Day.
Filed under: Kiss Me I'm Irish, Last Names First, Literary Babes, Names for Boys, Names for Girls, Names of the Day, Rarities | 8 Comments
Tags: Aidan, Delaney, Dorothy, Emery, Emily, Finley, Finn, Finnegan, Flann, Flannan, Flannery, Flynn, Harper, Kimberly, Mary, Nelle, Riley, Ronan
Into every generation a vampire romance is born. That’s usually not big news in baby naming circles.
But the current hot series about the undead – Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight – could influence baby names for the next generation.
Filed under: Hot Names of 2010, Literary Babes, Names for Boys, Names for Girls, Silver Screen | 18 Comments
Tags: Alice, Angela, Annabel, Arabella, Aro, Bella, Brady, Caius, Carlee, Carlie, Carlisle, Carly, Carmen, Charles, Charlie, Charlotte, Collin, Cullen, Demarcus, Edward, Embry, Emily, Ephraim, Esme, Gabrielle, Gianna, Grayson, Heidi, Irina, Isabella, Jacob, Jacoby, Jake, Jamarcus, James, Jane, Jared, Jasper, Jessica, Julia, Kachiri, Karlee, Karley, Karli, Karlie, Karly, Kate, Kebi, Lauren, Laurent, Leah, Lestat, Maggie, Makenna, Marcus, Marie, Mary, Nessie, Nick, Paul, Quil, Renesmee, Rosalie, Sam, Samuel, Senna, Seth, Siobhan, Spike, Stephanie, Stephen, Stephenie, Tia, Victoria, Willow, Xander, Zafrina
Sunday Summary: 6/7/2009
The big news this week was, of course, the new addition to Kimora Lee Simmons’ family, her son with actor Djimon Hounsou, Kenzo Lee. The self-proclaimed model-mogul-mom also has two daughters/reality starlets, Ming Lee and Aoki Lee.
In other starbaby news:
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried and welcomed son Max Aaron, a brother to Lily Aster. Max is clearly [...]
Filed under: Starbaby, Sunday Summary | 6 Comments
Tags: William, James, Mary, Grace, Stanley, Arthur, Isabelle, Isabel, Riley, Eugenie, Alice, Victoria, Madeleine, Katherine, Avery, Max, Maxwell, Maxim, Mackenzie, Dahlia, Edward, Oliver, Genevieve, Elspeth, Lily, Gemma, Ivy, Jasper, Claire, Vivienne, Finley, Susannah, Evangeline, Martin, Luke, Cassius, Abigail, Emery, Sophia, Rufus, Ursula, Lee, Kate, Ming, Aoki, Tiffany, Kenzo, Aaron, Aster, Maxfield, Kelley, Landon, LaPrincia, Bobby, Bobbi, Kalliyan, Taevy, Reckless, Hyatt, Alexi, Rabbit, Langdale, Eilidh, Nadege, Raphaelline
Sunday Summary: 5/10/09
The stats are here! Nameniks rejoiced as the US Social Security Administration unveiled the 2008 name data. Here’s a quick round-up of discussion posts:
Elisabeth’s Names on the Upswing at You Can’t Call It “It”
Nameberry’s post, as well as Pam’s Daily Beast article. Her big take-away? Celeb influence is serious;
The Baby Name Wizard has a series [...]
Filed under: Starbaby, Sunday Summary | 1 Comment
Tags: Allie, Gus, Hoke, Ignatius, Isabel, James, John, Lee, Madeline, Madison, Margaret, Mary, Matheson, Matilda, Mattie, McLanahan, Oliver, Phoebe
Name of the Day: Miriam
In the Old Testament, she was Moses’ quick-witted big sis. While plenty of Biblical names are white hot, this one remains undiscovered.
Thanks to Toni for suggesting Miriam as Name of the Day.
Filed under: Biblical Babes, Literary Babes, Names for Girls, Names of the Day, Silver Screen | 7 Comments
Tags: Mary, Miriam, Myriam
Name of the Day: Mariana
She’s an intriguing place name and a poem by Tennyson, too.
Thanks to Katheryn for suggesting Mariana as Name of the Day.
Filed under: Literary Babes, Little Ruler, Mapquest, Names for Girls, Names from Shakespeare, Names of the Day, Nature Babes | 8 Comments
Tags: Ana, Anna, Maria, Marian, Mariana, Marianna, Marie, Marion, Mary, Mia
Sunday Summary: 3/22/09
So M.I.A. was all in a huff when sites reported that her son was named Ickitt, but it turns out that he’s actually named Ikhyd. Ikhyd Edgar Arular, to be exact. Which is obviously, clearly, very different from Ickitt. Ahem.
In other news:
Emmy Jo did a great post on Names That Sound Like No Other;
In the [...]
Filed under: Sunday Summary | 7 Comments
Tags: Bernard, Cybil, Dorothy, Drayden, Elijah, Elroy, Hansel, Ikhyd, Irelyn, Iris, Jimme, Kadyn, Karter, Kieran, Konner, Landyn, Layne, Martina, Mary, Mykel, Myra, Philomene, Rita, Silas, Skye
Sunday Summary: 3/8/09
It’s here! Earlier this week, the Nameberry gurus published Cool Irish Names for Babies. I’ll publish a review in a few days, but for now, here’s the news:
Make Me a Supermodel Season Two is now showing on Bravo. Contestants included Salome, Sandhurst (he’s from Trinidad and Tobago) and Mountaha (she’s from Brazil.)
In more Bravo reality [...]
Filed under: Starbaby, Sunday Summary | 5 Comments
Tags: Angelica, Ann, Aven, Ciel, Connor, Eric, Ickitt, James, John, Kevin, Kieran, Kyle, Louise, Mary, Meghan, Mountaha, Peter, Rachel, Rebecca, Rose, Rufus, Ryan, Salome, Sandhurst, Sea, Tara, Thadeus
Name of the Day: Marisa
She’s pretty, she’s dainty and she’s a little bit misunderstood.
Thanks to Laura for suggesting her darling daughter’s moniker as today’s Name of the Day: Marisa.
Filed under: As Seen on TV, Names for Girls, Names of the Day, Silver Screen | 5 Comments
Tags: Maris, Marisa, Marissa, Mary
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