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A study of more than 50,000 pet names has found that the most popular for both cats and dogs was Poppy - also the 13th most popular name for a baby girl last year. 
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"So I recently watched the movie Pacific Rim, which reminded me of how much I love the name Raleigh."
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In a shocking act of omission, this is the first time I've scooped a post from this very fine-looking blog (mentioned in Appellation Mountain's most recent Sunday Summary). May there be many more to come!
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Jane is a tailored, restrained name, rich with history. If you're looking for a classic name that is relatively underused, Jane could be one to consider.
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I do like a good map, especially when it contains names. I also like it how Iceland is sitting aloof in the corner, smirking down at all the chumps who use surnames.
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It's been a dramatic week for baby names in the news--from Cruz to Carmen to Shooter. Check out Appellation Mountain's Abby Sandel's Nameberry 9. - baby names
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"Adair (pronounced ah-DARE) may seem like a quiet, innocuous little name, but I when you look a little closer, there's a lot to like about Adair."
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"Carmen" is the name of an opera by French composer, George Bizet, which features a beautiful and fiery gypsy who becomes involved in a romantic triangle that doesn’t end well for her—but the music...
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An extra seal of approval.
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Lior-Paul-Michael, gesehen in Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim
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A triple-barrelled name!
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Guest blogger Brooke Cussans has found some unusual names that have entered the charts for both genders for the first time. Music, anyone? - baby names
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From word names to surnames to Nigerian languages: what an interesting group, well spotted.
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To celebrate the bank holiday weekend (or to commiserate if it's not a long weekend for you), I've made a crossword of the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales last year.
It's a print-out, unless you can cleverly write on PDFs.
It breaks several golden rules of crosswords (like symmetry) and the clues are a bit silly, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. I haven't included the solution, but if you're struggling, you could take a peek at a list of top 100.*
*Such as this one: http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2013/08/top-100-most-popular-names-in-england-and-wales-2012.html
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EMMA Gender: Feminine Pronunciations: EM-a (English), E-mah (German) Meaning: whole, universal Etymology: from Germanic ermen Popularity: 2 Famous Emmas: Emma Watson Emma Thompson Emma Roberts Emma Bunton Emily “Emma” Stone...
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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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It's that time of week again! Featuring Ernestine Faye, Wilfred Kit Diggory, and more.
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With 'star' and 'sky' names on the rise, perhaps this celestial choice is due for a boost. Origin: Celeste is the English form of the French name Céleste, or can be a shortened form of Celestine or Celestina.
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Eric Christian Olsen and his wife, actress Sarah Wright welcomed son Wyatt Oliver on Friday, Aug. 16, the couple tell PEOPLE exclusively....
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Welcome, Wyatt!
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IN a sign of the state's cultural and religious diversity, Muhammad is now officially one of our most popular baby names.
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What was the 'runner-up name' to the name you eventually selected for your baby?
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Found via helpful sharing people on Facebook. Loads and loads of responses.
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In Hartlepool, a town in North East England, the top baby names of 2012 were Charlie and Amelia.
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Also a link to Hartlepool's top names five years ago. Well done, Hartlepool, and if only more towns released their name stats.
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Expert advice about pregnancy, your life, and family time from the editors of Parents magazine.
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Yay! Robin is one of my top best favourite boys' names.
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Rare and unique baby name meanings, popularity, nicknames, origins, and stories!
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I'd love to see this name used more. I'm also tempted to visit Croatia just to meet people called Petra.
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"Hailing from the Clay County in Minnesota, Dr. Bottolf T. Bottolfson was a prominent public figure in the city of Moorehead for over five decades, being a reputable ophthalmologist and two term mayor of that city."
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I do rather like Bottolf, though in this case it might be a little much.
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Rare and unique baby name meanings, popularity, nicknames, origins, and stories!
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"Like the man in the moon, and the west wind..."
I thought Zephyr sounded familiar, and when I searched this page (using the "filter" button), it turns out it's appeared in several announcement lists in the last few months, as well as being featured on the "My Name Is Pabst" website. Perhaps a grower?
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Let’s start with a quote from Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers. One character is speaking to another, who can’t decide on a baby name: “It’s not that big a deal,” he went on. “Just think of a flower or a bird or a month. Call her Rose or Robin or...
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What a great bunch of book character names - plus all the other highlights of the week! (Including a mention, thank you muchly!)
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Ainsley Drexel Atom StephenRae Antonia Mia Bentley Christian Bonnie Blu Cason Thor Celestina Maria Channing Philip Dacey Edlyn Drace James Lee Emma-Claire Lyra Everett Cullen Ezra Maxwell Gabriel B...
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And Stephen Sincere, Atom StephenRae, and more.
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PETER Gender: Masculine Pronunciations: PEE-ter (English), PE-ter (German, Slovak), PAY-ter (Dutch) Meaning: Stone Etymology: from the Greek Petros Saint Name Popularity: 205 Famous Peters: Peter Boyle (actor, Everybody Loves Raymond) Peter “Pete”...
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The baby name world changed forever when Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz penned their seminal work, Beyond Jennifer & Jason, back in the 1980s. Many more books were to follow, and a...
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I always enjoy WMTM's interviews, and this one, with one of the "fairy godmothers" of the name world, has made my day.
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Yep, I met another dog called Alfie just today (Alfred when his owners are cross with him). Very different from the cats of my youth, Churchill and Velociraptor.