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The woman started experiencing labour pain moments after the walk was started outside Nyayo Stadium along Mombasa Road 
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She named the baby girl Chepkura, because she gave birth during the elections. (Pokots name their children after events or season).
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'Kura' is said to mean 'ballot' in Swahili.
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Kosovo isn’t the only place in the world where babies have been named after Tony Blair. There’s also the West African country of Sierra Leone: [Blair’s] decision [in 2000] to send…
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This blog post was first published on November 19 2011, and substantially rewritten and re-posted on November 19 2015. Famous Namesake This year is the sixtieth anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty, the...
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"If innovative birth names first appear as expressions of cultural capital, then liberal elites are most likely to popularize them."
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On naming cars, the possible influence of politics on naming, Chinese names, keeping names secrets, the origins of Ta-Nehisi, naming adopted children, junior footballers, finding personalised souvenirs, and full circle back to seagulls. Enjoy!
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A baby born at Durban's Addington Hospital on Tuesday has been given the name 'Khongolose' - a colloquial Zulu term for the African National Congress – on the 107th anniversary of the party’s founding.
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Three recent baby name stories from the news: Wrigley: The first Chicago-area baby born in 2017 was a baby girl with a Chicago Cubs-inspired name: Wrigley Rose. She arrived 12 minutes after midnigh…
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Of all the buzzing baby names this year, one of the biggest is probably Cairo. Cairo entered the top 1000 in 2015 for the first time ever. City names are nothing new, and they often enjoy unisex popularity. London currently ranks #105 for girls and #605 among the boys, while Milan ranks #424 for boys…
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The fact that this name starts with 'Cai' no doubt helps its popularity too.
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When asked by the naming authorities in Hanover why she had chosen that name, Adé replied that she liked Merkel.
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Babies born since the U.S. election Tuesday and named Barack and Mitt (twins) and Senator.
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