Posts Tagged ‘Ruby’

For those of you in the US, I hope you had a firecracker of a holiday!
The big starbaby news of the week was the reveal of Tobey Maguire’s son’s name: Otis Tobias, little brother to Ruby Sweetheart.
Other celeb news:

Cobie Smulders of How I Met Your Mother welcomed a daughter, Shaelyn Cado;
Baywatch/Playboy alum Gena Lee Nolin posed [...]


It’s not really baby naming news – it’s meteorological, potentially catastrophic even.
And yet I can’t resist posting the 2009 list of Hurricane Names.


It’s springtime, and our family tree is blooming!  My brother-in-law tied the knot last week, meaning that I now have a sister-in-law with the lovely name Solange.  (She’s pretty fabulous, too.)
On the other side of the Atlantic, Alexei’s godmother, Paulina, is now engaged to Bartholomew.  I haven’t met him yet, but I did learn that [...]


We baptized our daughter this morning.  I mention this for two reasons:  first, even though our priest has baptized plenty of Jaydens and Ashleys without complaint, I’ll admit it was nice to have a saints’ name for our daughter’s baptismal certificate.
Second, my daughter’s godmother is named Sheryll.  As soon as the priest handed over the [...]


First of all, thank you, Anne Heche, for following up Homer with Atlas.  She may not be a mega-celeb, but she sure knows how to pick outstanding starbaby names.  Is it too soon to call Atlas the new Atticus?

Someone reading this post must surely have the chops to win Baby Name Wizard’s 2008 Baby Name Pool. [...]


Summer Names

26May08

Memorial Day weekend officially kicks off the start of the summertime here in the US, and if you’re expecting a special delivery in the next dozen weeks, perhaps you’re dreaming of a name that celebrates the season.
The choices are plentiful for girls, but we’ve discovered a few options for boys, too.  Read on for some [...]


A few decades back, naming your newborn Ocean, Daisy or Indigo branded you granola-eatin’, VW-bus drivin’ Flower Children who might not be quite ready for life off the commune.
The world has changed dramatically since the 60s, and naming has gotten a whole lot more liberal. Little wonder, then, that nature names have gone mainstream. [...]


AlternaGirl

29Jan08

If your muscial inclinations take you lower on the radio dial, you won’t be surprised to learn the following: in 1977, the Ramones released Rocket to Russia, their third LP. Track Six was Sheena is a Punk Rocker – an upbeat, surf-rock influenced number that remains one of the band’s better-known anthems. When [...]