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"We are happy to announce the birth of our precious baby girl," Harris Ackles wrote. "She was born happy and healthy."... 
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"Ack! We’re almost done. But don’t worry… next week is going to be filled with some fun analysis, plus a very public baby name consultation. Stay tuned, and keep naming."
Clare's insight:
Love them or loathe them? It's a mixture of non-English names, Irish heritge choices, unusual spellings, and classics from an older generation.
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Ajax verpletterde in 1966 de Engelse kampioen Liverpool met 5-1 en speelde in de returnwedstrijd verdienstelijk gelijk. Een dag na de return kwam een
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Spotted: people who share names with two Dutch football teams (yes, I know Ajax is more than just a football team). Particularly striking is Aragorn Ajax Alexander.
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Apparently a rare-but-not-unknown name in Portugal. It could appeal to fans of Greek mythology, if you can get past poor Icarus' fate.
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Love them? Hate them? Let me know what you think of these names :) My vlog channel: http://www.youtube.com/anastasiarubyfamily Instagram: anastasiaruby Forms...
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Is Ariel too Disney? Do you know the story behind Angelou's name? What would AnastasiaRuby name a brother for Caleb and Logan? And how to compromise between modern and traditional naming tastes?
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He's straightforward and wily, all at once. Thanks to the X-Files, he's also considered a given name in the US. How would Fox wear for your little cub?
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...who has just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University.
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"Abby Sandel of appellationmountain.net spots a new trendlet: preppy boys' names that end in 's', as in Eames, Yates and Keats."
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"Last time, I introduced the girls' names of the "100 Club": names that reached the threshold of 100 new American babies for the first time last year. (Read that post for more background information.) Now, it's time to meet the boys."
Clare's insight:
A mixed bag of boys' names on the verge, including non-English names, mashups of popular sounds, pop culture influences, and the odd place name.
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Parents' choice of baby names is influenced by an evolutionary tendency to make boys sound large and girls sound small, thus improving their chances of procreating, scientists have claimed.
Clare's insight:
Could this be? Do people generally favour lower, more open vowels for boys and higher, more closed ones for girls? It's tempting to go through the top 100 checking for vowels now, but I'd better save that for another day.
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Kacie writes: Long time reader here! My husband and I are expecting our 2nd child, a girl, in October. Our first born is Eli Schwarz. Our last name sounds like Ingamann- only starts with a E. Our d...
Clare's insight:
At issue here: Mills on its own? Mills as a nickname? Or Isla, but is that too close to Eli?
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" So in case you can't tell, I'm pretty excited because one of my posts has been put on Nameberry!"
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Well done, Brooke! Said post: http://nameberry.com/blog/fantastical-names-from-the-eighties And if you like that, try searching this page for tags such as "film", "fantasy", and "character names"
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Herbert Stocker was a rather eccentric and interesting man, with children's names to match. Herbert started out as a bricklayer in Clewer near Windsor.
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Republicans go for traditional names with hard consonants. Liberals like more unique names with softer sounds.
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Interesting summary of research into the differences between naming trends in Democratic and Republican neighbourhoods in the US.
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The study was based on previous research that claimed that the parents choose names for babies based on 'sound symbolism.'
Clare's insight:
Justa little more on those vowels.
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Tot de jaren vijftig heette 1 op de 20 meisjes Anna. De roepnamen bij Anna variëren van Annigje in de 19e eeuw tot Nina nu. Ook Hanna is heel populair.
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Anna is a truly classic name in the Netherlands, consistently ranking highly through the decades, and with strong literary associations to boot. Hanna(h) has not been popular until recently, and is now on the rise. Other variants (such as Antje, Ans and Anouk) have had their haydays, as shown in a handy list - worth a look.
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Um olhar sobre o nome Carlota.
Clare's insight:
A cousin of the French Charlotte and Italian Carlotta which is much more popular than the author expected.
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Um olhar sobre os nomes Eulália e Olália
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Unusual and old-fashioned names that, the author suggests, could appeal to fans of Olivia, Amelia and Layla, or could at least sound nice as second/middle names. I can't decide whether I prefer the Portuguese or English pronunciations.
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Baby Name Pondering marks its first year!
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Happy blog-birthday to you, and may there be many happy returns. 67,000 views is truly impressive, and I have a feeling those most-viewed posts are about to become even more viewed.
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Thanks for the reminder - this is indeed the 69th anniversary of D-Day, in honour of which we have a man whose middle name is D-Day, and a fact about that D.
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"TV shows can sometimes provide creative inspiration--as in such current examples as Aria, Arya and Artemis."
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I don't know most of these shows, but I'm all up for more Rafe and Rollo. For more TV inspiration, filter this site by the tags "television" or "character names".
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Names such as Thomas and Oliver are popular for boys because they contain broader vowels while girls are given daintier-sounding names like Emily and Olivia, scientists claim.
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A shorter version of the previous scoop.
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Pour rajouter un prénom qui n'est pas encore sur le blog, c'est ici MARIE-JOHANNA vient de mar-yam signifiant "Celle qui élève" en hébreu et vient de yohanân signifiant "Dieu fait grâce" en hébreu....
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Another double-barelled name with a list of approximate equivalents in other languages. (Mais pourquoi Johanna et pas Jeanne?)
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"Parents have been using place names as their children's names a lot over the years. I compared the Top 1000 for 1912 with 2012 and there seems to be an increase in place names given after 100 years."
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Aries Denise Bryer Cole Camden Gray Dario Martin Daylee Kate Ellison Ann Engil Alexander Gibson Blue Greyden Rilee Hayes Elliot Hazzen Patrick Jameso Michael Kizzie Kay Koy Thomas Laney Roxanne Lex...
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And Jameso Michael, Tuc Michael, and more.
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I love boys names beginning with Z! Here are a few of my favourites. Zappa- another musican inspired anthroponym. Frank Vincent Zappa composed a variety of musical genre works along with directing...
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They certainly are fun to say. All together now: Zedekiah, Ziggy, Zocalo.
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