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Eliza writes: We are having the toughest time figuring out a name for our second daughter. Our first daughter was easy. We were deciding between Norah and Jayne (my two favorite names) and when she... 
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Sugestões de nomes para os irmãos de uma menina chamada Gabriela.
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What "goes" with Gabriela? Ricardo? Elena? Lots of lovely mellifluous Portuguese suggestions here.
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Resolute sounds like the extreme virtue names favored by Puritans, but his history is tied to Arctic exploration and the Oval Office instead.
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Did you know there was a pro soccer player in Australia named Norman Conquest?
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"For adventurous parents, for video game creators, and for anyone looking for an uncommon name that stays just on the right side of the cool/crazy divide, here are 30 names that say "Why Not?" with a punch."
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Till Bal is de schaamnaam van 2012. Luisteraars van BNN’s De Coen & Sander Show kozen deze naam tot raarste naam van het jaar. De winnaar van 2012 was Hendy Keppy. Hier een overzicht van alle schaamnamen tot nu toe.
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I'm going through the non-English backblog, and am in two minds about whether to post this. Really all it is is poking fun at people with humorous names, via a Dutch TV show. Some are understandable in English (e.g. Urly Coffee, Donald Duk). If you don't condone that, probably better not to click.
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Searching for baby boy name inspiration? You've come to the right place! Coming up with a striking, solid name that you'll love for a newborn and that will suit him well into adulthood is no easy task.
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Take the meanings with a little pinch, but a good list of of-the-moment names.
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"I am a self-professed name junkie, but I’ve got nothing on the parents of Tornado and Hurricane Black, who paired their daughters’ names with a pre-determined career path and brand strategy."
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I find C difficult. But here are the two I like the most. Casper- despite the ghost association (Caspar) which the spelling deflects a little... I really love this name, I like that it has a simila...
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Original choices.
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This is the sixth installment of my ‘Names Worn By Mythical Creatures’ series. The other posts can be found here: http://namingthefishes.wordpress.com/articles/ Today's creature of the day is the f...
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Including Puck, Nuala, Kururu, and more.
And I'm very happy to see "The Secret of Kells" mentioned: beautiful film.
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It’s worth reading the brief opinion piece by Jessica Wakeman to find out what people are upset about. Here's a snippet: “Some folks on Twitter are upset that in Gaelic, the name Kieran means ‘blac...
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“Tempest in a tea kettle” sounds right...
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My husband and I talked about names on our first date, but that's not exactly normal. Can you remember your first name discussion with your partner? - baby names
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Question of the day: Should baby names be discussed in prenatal classes?
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Hmm...whatever one's own preferences, it's difficult to predict how another person will feel about their name as they grow up. Who knows, he might be proud of Messiah because his parents liked it so much they fought for it. He might be indifferent because he knows a dozen people with the same name.
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I enjoyed reading an excerpt from Tom Purcell’s book “Comical Sense: A Lone Humorist Takes on a World Gone Nutty!” I think you’ll enjoy it too, because it’s an amusing blend of humor and advice. ...
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Hm...or we could teach children that everyone, including them, IS precious and special and doesn't deserve a wedgie.
And I rather like Albert.
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When it comes to baby names, the newspapers generally run with one of two stories. Either they tell us that "normal" baby names are "back in fashion" (what a relief!), or else they are give us dire...
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A welcome handful of salt thrown at recent media stories about naming trends. (The poll options are worth a read, too!)
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We're being inundated with a slew of brand new TV shows. Yeah, but how baby-usable are their characters' names? Davina? Duncan? Dash? - baby names
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And for more television-related predictions, see http://www.parents.com/blogs/in-name-only/2013/09/24/must-read/baby-names-to-watch-fall-tv-edition
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Best dancer and ballerina names = Les plus jolis prénoms de danseurs et ballerines - JolisPrénoms.fr
Coïncidence ou pas, les prénoms des danseurs sont souvent aussi créatifs, artistiques et aériens que leur célèbres porteurs.
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Allegra, Isadora, Anna, Loïe, Agrippina, Violette, and Auguste: as the post says, these dancers' names are as artistic and creative as their bearers.
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"Granted, they were no Puritans, but as Andy Osterdahl's blog ably proves, turn-of-the-last-century politicians had some unusual names.
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A few highlights from those oddly-named folks from American political history.
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Leah writes: My husband and I are hoping you can help us with a naming decision that is causing us a lot of trepidation. I have been reading your posts for a while now, and have yet to come across ...
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October 2 will be the 96th birthday of Rosaleen Norton. She was originally from New Zealand, born into a middle-class English family; the Norton family emigrated to Sydney when Rosaleen was eight. ...
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Here's a post to read all the way through: both a nature name loaded with symbolism, and a very interesting-sounding woman.
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Below is a selection of British siblings with Arlo, from the last century to modern times. The year relates to the decade of birth for that set. Brackets around the first name indicates that the person was called by their middle name.
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Here's a sibling spotlight which is mainly in recent decades. I like the neatness of sibling groups like Arlo, Lola and Otto, and Arlo and Ezra; also neat little middle names like Arlo Fyn and Arlo Venn. What about you?
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Philippa is lovely, quintessentially British name recently discovered by Americans. Her most common nickname is Pippa, which have very strong ties to Pippa Middleton. If you love Philippa, but want a less loaded nickname, here are some options.
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Brocken, Zebrule, Cabrilla--these and more unusual names of unusual animals and birds suggested by Dantea for inclusion into the menagerie of baby names. - baby names
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Do you know what type of animal Zander, Barbet and Vedalia are? Me neither, till I read this.
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From the fossil record to the jewelry box, via a bestselling novel, Amber became of the most popular girls' names of the 1980s.
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Lista de nomes preferidos começados por H.
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H is something of a "Duggar letter" for me, so I'm liking most of these. Hazael is a new (to me) male name. Perhaps biblical?
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