Ike might fit right in with Max and Jack. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from this list. ISAAC Most of the time, Ike comes from Isaac. The Biblical boy name ranked in the US Top 100 in the late 1800s, and it’s back again, cracking the current Top 100 in 1995. It comes […]
READ MORE >>Virtue Baby Names: The Ultimate List of Lists
Thanksgiving means Pilgrims, and that makes us consider virtue baby names. Some are right at home on Plymouth Rock, the kind of names the early colonists chose to set themselves apart. Others are modern innovations, the product of the 1960s counterculture, or twenty-first century families’ search for meaning. Some might feel tough to live up […]
READ MORE >>Miles: Baby Name of the Day
Miles feels like an antique revival, but it’s actually more popular today than ever before. Thanks to Kelly for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Good-Gracious-Soldier Debate surrounds this name’s meaning and origin. My best guess? It’s an all-of-the-above scenario, with more than one backstory behind the name. The Germanic element mil means generous […]
READ MORE >>Hale: Baby Name of the Day
Hale might make a bold, meaning-rich, and unusual name for a son. This recent post at Swistle inspired our Baby Name of the Day. Hello! If your first thought is “Hail, Caesar,” you’re not alone. The Old Norse heill meant health or good fortune. In Old English, a similar phrase meant “be well.” We’ve been […]
READ MORE >>Forrest: Baby Name of the Day
Forrest blends our love of surname-names with all things green and growing. Thanks to Annabel for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Forrest: Outside In Latin, forestem silvam refers to the “outside woods.” Forestum comes from foris – the same root as our word foreign. Medieval Latin gives us forestis, a game preserve. Other […]
READ MORE >>Lincoln: Baby Name of the Day
Lincoln makes for a very Americana name, even if it gets its start in England. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from this list of fastest rising boy names. Lincoln: On the Map The Romans called it Lindum Colonia, but they weren’t the first to settle there. That happened way back around the Iron […]
READ MORE >>Red: Baby Name of the Day
Red became a gold medal name at the PyeongChang Olympics in February 2018. Will it catch on with parents? Our Baby Name of the Day was inspired by snowboarding. Red: Color Red begins the rainbow – remember your ROY G. BIV? It’s a primary color, and one found throughout nature. As a word, it’s been […]
READ MORE >>Chicago: Baby Name of the Day
Could Chicago join London and Savannah as go-to place names for babies? The newest Kardashian-West arrival prompts this bonus Baby Name of the Day post. Chicago: Windy City Some place names pop up all over the map. There are Jacksons galore, more than one Astoria, and so on. But Chicago stands alone. It comes from […]
READ MORE >>Hadley: Baby Name of the Day
Hadley soared as the world fell in love with a real-life literary figure from a New York Times bestseller. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from the Sweet Spot Girl Names list. Hadley: Mrs. Hemingway Elizabeth Hadley Richardson married the young Ernest Hemingway in 1921. Her first name had disappeared by the time she […]
READ MORE >>Alice: Baby Name of the Day
Alice went chasing rabbits, but this storybook name carries considerable substance. Thanks to Nessa for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Alice: Wonderland Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865. Carroll borrowed the character’s name from a family friend. Even if you’ve never read the book, you know the famous scenes […]
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