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June 5, 2019 10:47 AM
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Radio show host tattoos baby's name on his foot after losing selfie challenge

Radio show host tattoos baby's name on his foot after losing selfie challenge | Name News | Scoop.it
Czepczynski's mom, Sara, entered the 8-month-old into the contest, thinking it would be amusing for Oliver's long name to be chosen.
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September 29, 2016 6:40 PM
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Smash-Names

I've been fascinated for a while about what makes a good "smash-name". Although many people think they hate them, there are quite a few that predate the current -ley & -lyn craze (Marlene, Marilyn, Rosanna, etc), and that aren't even thought of as "smash-names" anymore.
I set out to try and come up with more classic-sounding, potentially usable smash-ups, and decided eventually to just make a new generator out of it.
Clare's insight:

I could happily sit pressing the 'generate' button all day! Some of my favourites to far: Kaliabella, Jayalie, Amden, Zatten.

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August 30, 2018 3:45 PM
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Old-Fashioned Double Names: Jimbob, Troydale, Earlray –

Old-Fashioned Double Names: Jimbob, Troydale, Earlray – | Name News | Scoop.it
Last month I posted a long list of old-fashioned double names for girls, so this month let’s follow up with a similar list for boys. To come up with these names, I used the same search method…
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