Drumroll, please! The Great Halloween Baby Names contest serves up some delightfully spooky October fun. We’ve voted our way through witches and vampires, Harry Potter names, and more over the years. Along the way, we’ve chosen many a frightful favorite: In 2019, the supernatural names from The Vampire Diaries took the spotlight, and Rafael and Sabine […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2022 Final
The final round is here! We’ve voted our way through Edgar Allan Poe’s most haunting character names. Some of the most obvious picks have fallen over the past three rounds. We’ve bid farewell to Annabel and Raven. (Which, okay, isn’t a character name. But is undeniably forevermore connected to the poet.) As of last week, […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2022: SemiFinals
We’ve made it all the way to the SemiFinals in the Great Halloween Baby Names Contest for 2022! That means that we’ve reduced our list from sixteen contenders to eight to now just four last names standing. Before we move on to this week’s competition, let’s look back at last week’s results. Eleonora ousted Madeline, […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2022: Quarter Finals
Time for the Quarter Finals in the Great Halloween Baby Names contest! The Opening Round is over, and your votes have narrowed our list of dramatic, romantic Edgar Allan Poe-inspired names from sixteen to just eight. Let’s look back at last week’s results. Madeline swept past Ulalume, with almost 68% of the vote. That’s a […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2022: Edgar Allan Poe Edition
It’s October, so let’s play the Great Halloween Baby Names Contest! In years past, we’ve voted our way through some delightfully spooky categories of names: In 2019, the supernatural names from The Vampire Diaries took the spotlight, and Rafael and Sabine won. 2018 featured all things Harry Potter. Arthur and Luna won the tournament. A long […]
READ MORE >>Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: The Winners
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 […]
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