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This choice blooms kelly green. If you can’t quite bring yourself to call a daughter Clover, perhaps this equally Irish botanical will appeal.
Thanks to Fran for suggesting Róisín as Baby Name of the Day.
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Let’s begin with a random, rag-tag assortment of thoughts sparked by the arrival of a boy called Buddy Bear Maurice:
It’s not as if I expected Jamie and Jools to call their new kiddo Edward, but this one sparked more hmmm … than the usual unusual starbaby name. At least for me.
Let’s continue with the celebrity news:
Elsewhere online:
Lastly, I haven’t checked to see if it is on the shelves at my local Target, but I’m wondering if Temple St. Clair’s jewelry collection for the mega-retailer will boost the unusual name’s usage.
That’s all for this week, but as always thank you for reading, commenting, and name-spotting along with me!
I’ve written about quite a few nature names here – that means that you’ve requested quite a few! Here’s a quick round-up of some of them.
My week at the beach was spent listening for names (well, there was ice cream and sand and a giant waterslide called the Hippo) but I didn’t hear much. There was a Veronica nicknamed Vera, but mostly it was the pleasant Top 100 assortment of Ethan, Dylan, Emma, Riley, Noah, Chloe, Caleb, Jackson, Zachary, Ellie, and the like. I also heard a girl called Cooper and another girl named Gracen or Graycen or maybe Gracyn. Thanks for checking out Rerun Week while I was slathering on sunscreen!
In the meantime, a new neighbor has arrived and her kids names? Be still my heart: Nella and Arlo. I haven’t actually met them (she joined a listserv for local moms) but I might hug her.
Also in the real world, the incredibly talented Brooke at Dinkypopsnomore is now mom to two! The incredibly photogenic, more-stylish-at-3-than-I-am-at-37 Temperance is big sister to Verity Blythe. See the post about her name here.
Elsewhere online:
In starbaby news:
As always, thanks for reading!
We interrupt rerun week to post something a little bit different. I was certain I’d written a full post about this saint’s name, but instead she’s just mentioned in an early list of obscure saints’ names.
Inspired by British PM David Cameron’s new daughter, our Baby Name of the Day is Endellion.
Today’s Reader Baby Name Story comes to us courtesy of Fran, the mother to four beautifully named children.
But this is the story of her youngest – the most difficult to name!
Just when you think every name has been imagined, every option exhausted, pop culture surprises us.
First, Cecily von Ziegesar’s novel Cum Laude tackles the lives of privileged college students (as opposed to the privileged high school students in her Gossip Girl franchise.) One of the main characters is a girl called Shipley, and a minor character who answers to Tragedy.
On a similar note, there’s a Disney Channel original movie set to air in August called Den Brother. The characters are the predictable Alex and Emily, but they’re played by child actors Hutch Dano – born Hutchings Royal Dano – and G. Hannelius. Ten year old G. was born Genevieve. Den Brother also includes a girl character called Matisse. It’s not, say, Harry Potter, but I can imagine Hutch catching on.
Elsewhere online:
In Hollywood news:
Let’s end with what just might be The Best Baby Naming Advice Ever. Nancy’s post on writing out the stories behind each baby name could help you choose between your top options, narrow down a lengthy list to a few finalists, or even get un-stuck and start thinking about your choices in the first place.
That’s all for this week. As always, thank you for reading!
So the Glee baby was named Beth. And Nikki Blonsky has a new series on ABC Family called Huge, apparently set at a summer weight-loss camp. Her character’s name caught my eye: Willamina, though I believe she’ll be answering to Will.
In other, completely random news:
And then there’s the biggest discovery of the week: Nancy posted the Social Security Administration’s lists of Names outside the US Top 1000 that were given to 100 or more newborns in 2009. You can check out the girls’ list here and the boys’ list here. You’ll finds lots of variant spellings – Alexandrea, Jurnee, Olyvia and Kooper, Mykel, Trever - as well as some lovely surprises – Constance, Juniper, Honor and Thatcher, Perry, Gibson. And were more than 100 little girls really called Halo? And were the 177 baby boys called Major inspired by the Novogratz family?
Since the birth rate in Hollywood was a disappointing zero this week, I’ll leave you with Nameberry’s Will Maisie be the next Daisy? It’s a fascinating list, and it suggests why it is so very hard to find a name that is just a little bit different.
Have a great week, and, as always, thanks for reading!
She’s a compound name with a français feel and German heritage. How would she wear on a little American girl in 2010?
Thanks to Nicole for suggesting the name of her daughter-on-the-way as our Baby Name of the Day: Rosemarie.
Thanks to everyone who has submitted their Baby Name Stories. Keep ‘em coming! They’ll be found here on Saturdays starting in June. And I also appreciate all of you who de-lurked to suggest a Baby Name of the Day. I’ll be scheduling the lurker posts tomorrow, so check back and you’ll know when your name is going to be profiled.
Summer movie season is just beginning. Aly and I have plans to see Toy Story 3, but what I’m really wondering when I walk past the multiplex these days?
Will Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood revive interest in the name? He did wonders for Maximus. And, of course, there’s Jake Gyllenhaal’s upcoming turn as Dastan in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. If parents can embrace Daxton and Zayden, will Dastan be far behind? Oh, and Ellen Page plays Ariadne in the new Leonardo DiCaprio thriller Inception. Adrianna is fine, but Ariadne is stunning.
But the theme for this week seems to be more about those Really? name moments. Gracing the front page of my local paper Thursday morning was a pair of cute little girls at a community festival. Their names? Cashay and Lashay. Not twins, but sisters just a year apart.
Along the same lines, there’s:
Let’s turn to Tinsel Town, where the biggest starbaby news was the arrival of Aviana Olea, there’s also:
That’s all for this week. As always, thanks for reading!
