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Fashionable yet personal. Appealing yet unique. These are the golden means for baby names. What about timeless yet trendy? One might think timeless and trendy are opposites that can never co-exist,... 
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I realize by naming my blog 'Naming the Fishes' I have created some confusion... First, the main indication that my blog is about names in general (is in the subtitle). People think this blog is ab...
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This post almost makes me wish I had some fish to name. From the sublime (Saraswati, Okeanos) to the friendly (Kenny, Otto), to my favourites, Fishel and Fishke.
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Krystal writes: Hi Swistle, we are currently pregnant with our third (and probably last) baby, who we found out will be a boy and need help with naming. Our last name is Salazar (sale-ah-zar). Our ...
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"Firenze is the Italian name for the city of Florence. I think it would be a great way to honor someone named Florence. It was also the name of a famous racehorse. Firenze does not appear in the Social Security Administration's name database."
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HELLO, MY NAME IS: MATHER I am named after a boat. Well sort of… technically I am named after William G. Mather, an iron ore entrepreneur from the City Of Cleveland back in the early 1900’s. My...
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Hi, Mather!
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We all want our kiddos to feel special—so it's no surprise that unique baby names and unique spellings have become so popular in the U.S. In fact, the
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Fab infographic. Sadly, I can only choose one picture to display here, so click through to compare the boys' and girls' names.
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She's a lovely French possibility with many a current nickname option. Plenty of actresses answer to the fair Emmanuelle. Would you consider her?
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Yes, certainly seems to be a "why not?" name.
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A few months ago, Laura wrote in to the blog asking if she should change the spelling of her baby daughter's name, which is Lijsbeth, pronounced LEES-bet. People had trouble pronouncing it, and Lau...
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Nice to hear the end (for now) of the story. Lijsbeth is a lovely name, isn't it? And this: "I think Laura has made a very wise decision, and also did the right thing to communicate with others that it was bothering her. It’s a good reminder to us to always try a bit harder if a child we know has a difficult-to-pronounce name, because as you can see, it can really stress parents out when we keep getting it wrong."
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Um olhar sobre o nome Guterre.
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Google Translate tells me this is a (currently) very unusual name that may be related to Gunther.
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"Despite our aeronautic and geologic guesses back in March, new mom Lisa revealed that the name came to them thanks to their love of martial arts movies and badass rockers."
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"Hi! My name is Elizabeth, and while I think it is a nice name, it doesn't work well with my super-long last name. I want to shorten it to something"
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Fair play, I know an Elisabeth nicknamed Lilly, which feels quite natural.
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"There were 45 new additions to last year's top 1000. Here are highlights and thoughts."
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Abel Parker Adley Bren Analiese Emberly Aria Annette August Leopold Avonlea Laura Benson Chester Brody Ronald Hilton Camden Alberic Charlotte Moon Colie Matthew Dahlia Willow Darby Gloria Douglas D...
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And August Leopold, Sylvan Gabriel, and more.
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De jaarlijkse schaamnaamverkiezing van BNN beperkt zich tot Nederland, maar er lopen in de hele wereld mensen rond met opvallende namen. Vandaag deel 2 van mijn reeks over internationale schaamnamen.
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Some are apparently deliberate (and arguably awesome), others unfortunate oversights, and others no doubt perfectly fine in the original culture, but internationally not so much.
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Singer and actress Natalie Bassingthwaighte, and her husband Cam McGlinchey, welcomed their second child yesterday, May 21, and have named their son Hendrix John Hickson. Hendrix McGlinchey was bor...
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Welcome, Hendrix!
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Welcome to a new edition of 'Names worn by Mythical Creatures.' My other two posts can be found here: Names Worn By Werewolves Names Worn By Dragons Today I will be talking about Minotaurs. The Min...
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Who knew there were so many handsomely-named minotaurs out there?
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Coleen Rooney has just called her second son Klay, and Rochelle Humes recently went one up - naming her baby Alaia-Mai. The perfect time to celebrate the most unusual baby names in celeb-world...
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Welcome, Klay!
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As are many of you, I'll wager, I am passionate for names. I have been slowly collecting my favorite children's name displays from Apartment Therapy Family and across the web.
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Blimey, these are some seriously snazzy bedrooms - and names.
Top Banana Cornice Lady's curator insight,
June 6, 2013 10:18 PM
We can do the same thing on your windows ! Top Banana Cornice brings you easy and creative ideas!
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*Waves down the M4 to Swansea* Ailsa is positive about her name, with good reason I think. For more on Ailsa, see http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2013/03/ailsa.html
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"So what are the Geek Chic names that suggest a kid wearing glasses, in the cutest, coolest possible way? Warby Parker includes some boys’ names that qualify: Boyd, Clyde, Ellsworth, Marshall, Percy, Wilkie, along with one girls’ name that does by a stretch, Mabel."
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Glasses frame names, what a fertile source of inspiration!
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Mmm, Annie Day and Roc Love do have a certain appeal.
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"Ivelisse (ee-vel-eess) is a name you'll find in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and very rarely in the U.S. There's a handful of namesakes from the Latin community to represent this name"
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What a lovely array of spelling variations, too.
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After the tip-off in Appellation Mountain's Sunday Summary, let's try some Portuguese celebrity name news. Welcome, João Miguel!
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"Here are some French-Canadian choices found on old gravestones in Québec. In looking through the "F" names, I realized just how awkward F is, as a letter. It's strange-looking and not very popular as a name-beginner. But I think F is a versatile sound, just look at how it works in these names —"
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Hurrah for more old Québec names! Featuring Florémonde, Fénon, and more.
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