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When actor Mahershala Ali was born in California in 1974, his name was even longer: Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore. Where did that first name come from? In the Bible, [Mahershalalhashbaz is] the name o…
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Mary Astor Starting out, my posts featuring " Names Worn By " by different actors and actresses (usually vintage ones) were some of m
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In the TV sitcom Family Affair, which premiered in 1966, a Manhattan bachelor suddenly becomes a father of three when he takes in his late brother’s orphaned children: 15-year-old Cissy and 6…
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Pippa Scott as Lucy in The Searchers The baby name Pippa was popularized recently by royal sister Pippa Middleton, but an even earlier pop culture Pippa put the name on the map initially: 1959: unl…
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With the presidential inauguration just two days away, now is a good time to take a closer look at the baby name Kamala. Most Americans already know that Kamala Devi Harris’ first name is pro…
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Below is a guest post written by my sister, Abby, who occasionally blogs over on The Beautiful Strange . We hope you enjoy this post an
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In today's Name Spotlight is charming Chadwick! Chadwick Boseman is the inspiration for this baby name, which feels formal and fun at the same time.
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Vor wenigen Tagen, am 26. Juli, starb Olivia de Havilland. Sie wurde 104 Jahre alt. Olivia wer?! Die bekannteste Rolle der britisch-amerikanischen
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Did you notice the name Vilma on the movie poster in yesterday’s Rudolph Valentino post? Silent film star Vilma Banky was born in Hungary circa 1901 and started appearing in American movies a…
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Looking for an under-the-radar girl name with a retro feel? Check out this post and the rest of the “early cinema” series, featuring thousands of uncommon female names collected from ol…
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The Italian name Gia is a pet form of Gianna, which itself is a contracted form of Giovanna (akin to Joanna). But Gia as a standalone name was very rare in the U.S. until the late 1950s, when usage…
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Actress Angelina Jolie was a rising star in the late ’90s and early 2000s, thanks to movies like Gia (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (…
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Chinese-American movie star Anna May Wong was born “Wong Liu Tsong” in Los Angeles in 1905. Here’s what she had to say about her birth name in 1926: I was named Wong Lew Song, whi…
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© 1960 Life In 1960, the name Nedenia showed up in the U.S. baby name data for the first and only time: 1962: unlisted1961: unlisted1960: 9 baby girls named Nedenia [debut]1959: unlisted1958: unlis…
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Angourie herself is named after a town in New South Wales where her grandmother lived.
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In British Vogue cover feature, Thandiwe Newton reclaims the original spelling of her name and reveals all the ways in which she was pushed, manipulated, prompted not to be herself in her career
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The name Viveca may bring to mind American actress Vivica Fox, but she wasn’t the woman who put this name it on the map way back in in 1948: 1951: 9 baby girls named Viveca1950: 15 baby girls…
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June Allyson The names Alison and Allison had been in the U.S. baby name data for decades by the time the names Alyson and Allyson popped up, one after the other, in the mid-1940s: YearAllyson usag…
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Laryssa Lauret as Dr. Karen Werner The name Laryssa debuted in the U.S. baby name data in 1968, when it was suddenly given to nearly 70 baby girls: 1971: 12 baby girls named Laryssa1970: 7 baby gir…
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Mala Powers in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) The name Mala first appeared in the SSA’s baby name data in the early 1950s: 1957: 17 baby girls named Mala1956: 51 baby girls named Mala [peak]1955: …
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Jördis Triebel at the "Dark" Premiere Julika and Jördis - A couple of weeks ago I finished my favorite series of all time - Netflix'
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The compact name Keir first appeared in the U.S. baby name data in the early 1960s: 1968: 28 baby boys named Keir1967: 6 baby boys named Keir1966: 12 baby boys named Keir1965: 6 baby boys named Kei…
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A few weeks ago, I watched the Khmer-language film First They Killed My Father (2017), which essentially portrays the horrors of life under the Khmer Rouge through the eyes of a 5-year-old girl. Th…
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Red Foley These days, main association for the name Jolie, from the French word for “pretty,” is actress Angelina Jolie (who single-handedly turned Maleficent into a baby name a few yea…
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Welcome to the monthly quote post! There are a lot of celebrities in this one, so let’s start with… Actor Emilio Estevez — who pronounces his surname ESS-teh-vez, instead of the S…
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