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"My husband and I are expecting our second child, a girl. We are considering giving her my middle name as her middle name, mostly because it sounds good with the first name we have chosen for her. We gave our son my surname as his middle name. Is it too narcissistic to name both children after myself? Both names are very unique and it's obvious that they are mine."
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"But if giving two children surnames after one parent is reasonable, is it really so “narcissistic” to give them middle names after the other? I’d read it as an admirably balanced approach: honoring both sides of the family, while leaving the first name to be a joint choice based on your personal tastes." 
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Stay up to date on baby naming news!
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So this is a scoop of a post about posts about stories about names...it's getting very meta. But fair play, I think paper.li is very clever, and it'll be interesting to see which stories catch The Art of Naming's eye each week.
Kara @ The Art of Naming's curator insight,
November 5, 2013 1:58 PM
News that is integrated directly into The Art of Naming!
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Which were the top names of the Elizabethan era?
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This post does more than it says on the tin: we also get bonus 13th-century and 11th-century names, yay!
Kara @ The Art of Naming's curator insight,
November 5, 2013 2:00 PM
The 11th century names are fascinating! But my favorites are in the 13th century list.
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He's a classic from the ancient world with friendly, modern nicknames. No wonder the enduring Theodore and the upbeat Theo are catching on.
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We've heard of Ily, and now here's Jetaime. To be fair, it's a bit more sonorous than Ichliebedich.
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1980's
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"Bottom 32 of the top 1000 for the 1910's."
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Chilling near the bottom of the charts, you'll find Trudie, Dawn, Luna, Margueritta, and more.
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Boys Girls
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Bei nomi! Get your Italian names here!
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Clare has a wonderful Name News page on the Scoop.it website, which collects interesting blog posts and stories in the news about names. Her collection includes posts in languages other than Englis...
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I'm delighted to be on Waltzing More Than Matilda this week!
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Allison writes: I love your blog and was reading it even before being pregnant. I am hoping you will be able to help with our baby naming dilemma. We have baby boy # 2 arriving in 25 days. My husba...
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A compilation of names from BAs announced in this week's newspapers, including two national papers (Times, Telegraph) and a broad range of local newspapers from across England, Wales and Scotland. Sibling names are in brackets.
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Hurrah hurray, it's UK Birth Announcements day! This week featuring Kai Owain Peter Martin, Amelie Mo, Sorrel Raven, and more.
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De oogst valt dit keer wat tegen. Vlamingen die in oktober 2013 een kind kregen, waren vrij conservatieve naamgevers. Toch wel een paar opvallende namen: Sky Angel (overleden kindje?), Lifted, Pierrot, Rover en Sjaakie.
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It's one of the highlights of the Flemish-baby-name calendar, this month featuring Amaryllis, Archange, and more.
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"It’s currently a top 500 baby name, but on a bit of a decline right now. It has a great meaning—famous—and a Shakespearean pedigree, thanks to his beloved play, As You Like It. Author Virginia Woolf also penned a novel titled Orlando."
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This writer was having namer’s block, and just needed a nudge of inspiration to get going again. The Writer Describes the Character Male, late teens/early twenties Born in a mountainous kingdom as ...
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I quite like the sound of this character and hope he ends up with a suitably good name.
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Why? Her husband is Javi Marroquin. They’re looking for a name that will work well in both English and Spanish. As soon as I read the headline of the article in TheExaminer.com, I had an answer. On...
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Rather nice lists inspired by Spanish place names in California: Rosa, Rafael, and more.
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What do you do when people criticize your favorite baby name?
Kara @ The Art of Naming's curator insight,
November 4, 2013 6:16 PM
Good advice! It is often better to keep the name to yourself until after the baby is born!
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Her last name is misleading: Berry Juice blogger Angela Mastrodonato is of German descent. Here she offers a wide selection of attractive names that contradict that culture's somewhat stodgy reputation.
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I do like a good German name, and here are some of the best: Lisbeth, Gretel, Siegfried, Claus, und so weiter.
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Appellation Mountain's Abby Sandel has found some names you've never heard before for this week's Nameberry 9--Winsome? Edelweiss? Allifair? wdyt? - baby names
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November 4, 2013 6:27 PM
I like Francisca and Marceline. Allifair isn't bad!
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" These are the most popular names for Pakistan."
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"The name would be Hemphill Gay Whiteside. How's that for an intriguing name! In all probability one of the oddest named Alabama political figures you'll get a chance to read about here on the site, Mr. Whiteside was a well-known insurance man and former Mayor of Oxford in the aforementioned state during the 1940s and 50s. "
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Girls:
Canary
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What glorious lists! They covr the whole spectrum from "familar but a bit quirky" to "gosh, you can use that as a name?!"
Kara @ The Art of Naming's curator insight,
November 4, 2013 6:40 PM
This is a great list! I can't help but love the idea of a quirky middle name since most middle names are never known to others anyway. Might as well make it fun!
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Another week has gone by with a whoosh!In all of my weekend wanderings – dinner at a local restaurant’s patio for the last warm-enough night of the season, a class brunch for our third grader, a pumpkin patch for the final weekend of harvest festival,...
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With six minutes left in my time zone...Happy Sunday!
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So, it’s a Diwali baby! While we wish you ‘Heartiest Congratulations’, a certain something caught our attention. What will you name your bundle of joy born on this beautiful time of the year? We stayed away from the usual fare such as Deepak...
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A good find from Abby. Who doesn't need Diwali-inspired names in their life?
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Adriadne Zeta AftonJo Ann Amelia Echo Augustine Elizabeth Braigan Nay Brodie Valencia Carson Riddick Chance LaRue Chester Albert "C.J. Cole Anderson Declan Edge Egypt-Leia Marlize Elizabeth Acey El...
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And Oz Lo, Mary Faustina, and more.
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These bottom 32 names are turning out to be brilliantly varied samples. Here we have the full spectrum from Caleb and Oakley to Christ and Mildred.