Drum roll, please! The winners are in for this year’s Great Halloween Baby Names contest. But before we talk about this year’s results, let’s look back at the last few years. In the very first year of competition, we pitted witch names against vampire names. Turns out they’re very different kinds of choices. Amelie and […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Boys Final
Time for the final round in the boys’ Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019! Your votes have narrowed it down to just two names left. But before we get to the very last contest of the season, let’s take a look back at where we’ve been. All of this year’s contestants are drawn from Vampire […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Girls Final
Your votes have narrowed down the field to two final names! But before we get to the two beguiling finalists, let’s review the girls’ SemiFinals in the Great Halloween Baby Names Contest. To recap, all of the names in this year’s showdown are drawn from Vampire Diaries and its two spin-offs, The Originals and Legacies. […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Boys SemiFinals
The votes are in for the opening round of the boys’ Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019! As with the girls’ contest, there were some serious surprises … and a few expected outcomes, too. AM readers aren’t shy about favoring a more obscure name over a mainstream chart-topper, and that tends to come out in […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Name Contest 2019: Girls SemiFinals
You’ve voted on your favorite girl names drawn from Vampire Diaries characters. The results? A mix of surprises and upsets, along with some results I figured would go exactly as they did. Things get tricky in our next round. There will be THREE names in both match-ups, but you can only vote for one. I […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Boys Opening Round
The Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019 is here. This year, the names of Vampire Diaries characters are vying for the title of the spookiest, most spectacular of the names. Of course, you could name triplets after the show’s characters and not necessarily sound like a superfan. (Okay, Elena, Damon, and Stefan? That could be […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Girls Opening Round
The Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019 has arrived! This year, we’re pitting the names of Vampire Diaries characters against each other. The series featured, obviously, plenty of Dracula’s kinsmen. But witches, werewolves, and other creatures appeared, too, along with the occasional mere mortal. (If there’s any such thing on a show so soaked in […]
READ MORE >>Vampire Diaries Names: Elena, Alaric, and More
Vampire Diaries names come from the best-selling young adult books turned smash-hit series on The CW. While the original show ended its run in 2017, spin-off The Originals lasted until 2018, and its spin-off, Legacies, is still going strong. The third season of Legacies debuts in January 2021. That’s quite a run. But then again, […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2018: The Winners!
We started out with oh-so-many delightful baby names borrowed from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. There’s Harry, of course, and Hermione. But also slightly more obscure choices, like Rowena and Phineas. Thanks to your votes, we narrowed those down to two finalists in both the Witches’ Final Match-up and the Wizards’ Last Showdown. And […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2018: Wizards Final
With just a few days between now and October 31st, it’s time for the Great Halloween Baby Names contest final … wizards’ edition. This year, all of the names come from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. We started out with twelve magical monikers, but have reduced them to just two finalists, thanks to your […]
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