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Here is the tally for the most popular names announced in The Telegraph in 2021, according to the Telegraph Announcements online database. Henry topped for boys for the second year running, with Theodore sharing the top spot in 2021. For girls, Charlotte and Margot both moved up several place 
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Parents are looking at royal families, old Hollywood celebrities and classic novels to find the perfect fancy name to match their baby.
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From the TV show Friends, a quote from character Chandler Bing: You know, I can handle it. Handle’s my middle name. Actually it’s the, uh…the middle part of my first name. From Co…
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Leider gibt es nur wenige Datensammlungen, die Rückschlüsse auf die Eltern geben, die die Babynamen ausgewählt haben. Ich wüsste zu gern, wie alt die Eltern
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The most popular baby names registered in Munich in 1974, based on the occupation of one parent.
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"Once a name catches on among high-income, highly educated parents, it starts working its way down the socioeconomic ladder," they wrote. "Amber, Heather, and Stephanie started out as high-end names.
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Looking at history, we can point to many female names that fell out of favor as soon as they became linked to lower class activities (e.g., servitude, prostitution). Examples include Abigail, Joan, Nan/Nanny, Jill, and Parnel.
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In-keeping with the Boden aesthetic, its names are a study in just quirky enough, just exotic enough, just classic enough, just cool enough. And they tend to skew just ever-so-slightly younger and funkier than the names you’d expect to see written on the address labels of the brand’s many loyal customers.
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I’m intrigued by a phenomenon. Parents often look for names that are broadly familiar, easy to spell and pronounce, but not too common. In fact, I’d say that more than half of all wish lists include these qualities in some combination. And yet, we’re not willing to choose names that fit those criteria – but …
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Lots of fascinating name thoughts from the week that's been. And thanks to Abby for the shout-out :)
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In this article we draw on qualitative interviews with 41 parents to focus on class and gender distinctions in naming practices. Naming a child was considered to be an important responsibility and names were viewed as central to identity and social classification. Through our exploration of naming preferences and judgements by middle-class parents, contemporary processes of social distinction come to light. Discussion of name choices illustrated parental aspirations and fears and the drawing of symbolic class-, gender- and sexuality-based cultural boundaries in Australia.
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There’s not much chance the United States will ever see a president whose name is Mercedes, Diezel or Spontaniouse.
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A really good, balanced, sensible post...with some fantastic names!
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Gibt es Städte, in den häufiger Vornamen mit einer hohen Kevinismuswahrscheinlichkeit vergeben werden als anderswo? Ja, die gibt es – und die Hauptstadt des
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Which German towns and cities use the most "Kevinismus" names? Here are the rankings, according to the Kevinometer.
(The German word Kevinismus is the phenomenon of names from the American/English-speaking culture, that are seen as low-culture, trendy and insubstantial.)
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Find out your Sloane nickname with the Tatler Sloane name generator
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Found via this week's Sunday Summary. Enjoy! -Chippers Beaufort-Redesdale
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As the top 100 list of most popular girls and boys names is published, Tatler looks at the ones falling in and out of the zeitgeist
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Antique boys’ names can be an elusive target. Past generations of parents just didn’t leave us much to draw on. While girls’ names swung in and out of fashion, the same boys’ classics—John, William, James—dominated decade after decade. If a name never falls out of popularity, it can’t develop vintage …
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If people make huge judgements about what people can do because of their names or what job they’re worthy of because of their names, then it’s a problem.
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Dad's 'chavvy' and 'lower-class' baby name demand causes huge row with other parents - Mirror Online
I frequently see the majority on here post how they dislike hyphenated names - is there any particular reason?
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There are reasons people may want to avoid hyphens, but class shouldn't be one.
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The rules also highlight the importance of archery, even suggesting that the best name for a baby born into the samurai class is "Yumi," which means "bow."
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Le monde social est fait de routine et de familiarité. De surprises parfois, de fascinations, mais d'habitudes aussi. C'est pourquoi, cette année encore, les toutes nouvelles bachelières prénommées Diane ont plus souvent obtenu la mention « Très bien » que leurs camarades prénommée
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Once again, Baptiste has analysed the results of the Baccalauréat (the final school exams in France) to show how well people of each name did.
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“Dropping your pants and [urinating] in the person’s briefcase would be only a little ruder than calling him/her by his/her first name.”
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The most popular names among the British elite--the popular and posh.
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A really interesting dive into the data!
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When you meet someone who loves names that you probably would never – in a million trillion years – put on your personal shortlist, you’ve met somebody who is almost certainly very different from you. And if they’re willing to share the names they love and why they chose them?
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Yes, I love these thoughts! Hearing the story behind name choices is always special. Plus some of the namey highlights of the week, plus thanks to Abby for the mentions :)
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Nicknames are rife in other male-dominated peer groups, such as the Mafia and, um, Jackass.
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Another article found via the Sunday Summary. It's a jolly good read.
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