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Did you all see the amazing thing BabyNames.com did? I saw it on CNN.com! Here's a screenshot: "Each one of these names was somebody's baby." I love that. I've written before about how knowing a person's name pulls them out of the masses into clear focus. Motherhood has really helped deepen the impact for me…
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Amos ‘n’ Andy baby-naming contest ad, 1936 The similar names Arbadella and Arbedella both debuted in the SSA baby name data in 1936, and both saw peak usage the following year: Arbadell…
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Thinking of you + yours today, and what happens in the midst of upheaval. Will names be dramatically different? Maybe ... some guesses here.
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Thinking of this thoughtful, big-hearted, and generous community today, and setting a challenge for myself going forward.
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In addition to a shared first name, Sun, a 23-year-old Chinese-American, doesn’t exactly match the stereotype of a middle-aged
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At first I thought her four names were a beautiful compromise. But at 18 months old, her eyes are bluish-gray, her hair is light brown. While I’ve tried to wrestle with what it means for her to appear so light in a society that hugely privileges whiteness, I’ve grown more uneasy about her name. Her first and last names, the most salient parts, look and sound as white as her features.
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Leon Gilbert with children Leon and Tondalaya© 1955 Jet The sudden appearance of Tondalaya in the SSA’s baby name data in the mid-1950s had me stumped for a long time. 1956: unlisted1955: 11 …
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Had a stranger really just reacted with disgust at the sound of my child's clearly Māori name? Yes. Not only that; she'd acted almost as if it were a personal insult.
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Booker T. Washington Origin: English Gender: Male Meaning: "Book Maker" Pronunciation: BUWK-er Other Forms: N/A A surname-nam
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Chloe x Halle Origin: Germanic and Norse Gender: Unisex Meaning: "Hall" or "Rock" Pronunciation: HAL-ee Other Forms: Halley, Hall
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Remembering some of the important names of people and places in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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© 1961 Jet The baby name Charlayne saw peak usage in 1961 — after a decade of being used so infrequently that it didn’t even register in the U.S. baby name data. 1963: 29 baby girls nam…
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Poorna Bell has faced decades of confusion, racism and unconscious bias around her 'difficult' name. Here, she explains why this is categorically not OK.
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The fact that the name Kevin is far more common and cross-generational than Jamal further reinforces the impression of the white character in the video as the everyman, and the black character as the other.
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Each of these names was somebody’s baby
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Names have power to evoke the people and issues behind the Black Lives Matter movement for justice and equality. What you can do to help.
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O blog dos nomes portugueses de A a Z. Nomes portugueses e Nomes brasileiros. Significados. Nomes antigos e modernos, rankings, debates!
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If each and every person matters – and of course I believe that’s true with every fiber of my being – then so do their names, gifted to them by parents, carrying them through a lifetime. Our names matter, because our individual, precious, fragile human selves matter. Each and every one.
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A frustrated mom-to-be is warning others not to share their baby names before giving birth.
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It's your baby, and therefore the baby name decision is all yours. But before you take the plunge, consider these six questions.
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Ganz hübsch, so ein Moosglöckchen, oder? Kein Wunder, dass es die Lieblingsblume des schwedischen Botanikers Carl von Linné (1707 - 1778)war. Auf diesem
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Dorothy Dandridge Origin: Greek Gender: Female Meaning: "Gift of God" Pronunciation: DOR-eh-thee, DOR-thee Other Forms: Dorothea
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Finding a baby name for his incoming son that was the right cross of Indian and Canadian was more difficult than he’d imagined, writes Karan Gill
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“I looked in the audience … and [my mom] kind of cringed,” he said. “And I was like, ‘Dude, what am I doing?’
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