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Motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, and his wife Kanae Miyahara, welcomed their first child on February 13, and have named their son Kiyoshi James. Nick was born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare d... 
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Rivers are among the most ancient names of the British isles. They predate most of our placenames and certainly predate all our established surnames and first names.
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A great list. I love river names - sometimes with mysterious roots, sometimes preserving forgotten bits of language, sometimes with good personal or cultural associations, and always nature names. It's surprising how many are already in use independently as personal names.
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The most popular baby names in Northern Territory, Australia, for 2012 were William and Chloe.
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HELLO, MY NAME IS: JETT I can swing higher than most toddlers and also, I can smile EXACTLY like the dancing hot dog on my shirt. Yeah, I’m multi-talented like that. My parents were at war when it...
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Beyonce named her baby Blue. This possibility nods to same shade, but is much rarer than Blue, Sky, or Indigo. Would you consider Lazuli for a child?
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It certainly beats Woad :P
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Nick Malceski and his wife Laura welcomed their first child early this year, and have named their son Harrison. Nick plays for the Sydney Swans, who won the Grand Final last year. He and Laura (nee...
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Welcome, Harrison and Molly!
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The former Seventh Heaven actress Beverley Mitchell and husband Michael Cameron have a new bundle of joy—a brand new daughter. The name they gave her? Kenzie
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Welcome, Kenzie Lynne!
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Sara writes: Hello to you Swistle and your wonderful helpers! We are very much hoping for some name wisdom, as we seem to be stuck. We are expecting our 2nd little girl in June and she will be join...
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A choice between two lovely names! The poll results decidedly favour one over the other, though.
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Which baby names topped the charts in 2012? See our list of the year's most popular baby names for boys and girls.
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If you follow this blog, you know that I'm just a wee bit of a pop culture junkie. And my current addiction is Game of Thrones—my husband I plowed through
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Take the "meanings" with salt, but these are some of the more wearable names from the series.
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An interview with an Australian woman named Elizabeth.
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Worth reading for the interesting middle name story.
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Now that all the official data is out, here are the most popular names from parenting website Baby Center Australia, which has expanded their list from a Top 20 to a Top 40. It counts up the birth ...
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Biggest Movers Up James +14 at least Cooper +11 Xavier +9 Jackson +8 Liam and Thomas +6 Also Up Benjamin, Lucas, Samuel, Ethan, Mason James returned to the Top 20 after dropping off it in 2011 – Ba...
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Abigail Clara Albie Montero Anna Clarice Astrid Rose Bebtley Samuel Bo Raylee (girl) Brenner Lee Brixton Anthony Brysen Knight Cammen Dane Chester Oscar Crosby Kenneth Daxlynn Lorraine Drew Michael...
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And Luna Annora, Jenicaisobel, and more.
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Baby whisperer Sheyne Rowley welcomed her daughter Dasha Sofia in April last year. Even baby experts can have their own issues to work through, and Dasha was born prematurely, so that Sheyne was co...
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A belated welcome to Dasha Sofia - a name with a nice eastern European feel.
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Local Adelaide cricketer Robbie Colville, and his wife Trudie, welcomed their daughter Sophie on March 24. Sophie Colville was born at 8 pm at Flinders Medical Centre, weighing 4 kg (9 lb). She joi...
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Welcome, Sophie!
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Rory Sutherland and his wife Cheynna welcomed their daughter Aurelia on March 13. Aurelia Sutherland joins big brother Eston. Rory is originally from Canberra, and has been racing competitively sin...
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Welcome, Aurelia and Hugo!
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Baby names trends go hyperlocal, with trend reports from Nameberry readers.
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Pam says "I feel as if I’ve had a mini world tour of baby names", which pretty much sums it up (though mainly the English-speaking world, of course). So many responses I haven't read them all yet.
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I am new to this, but I THINK I have set things up so that you can see new Swistle Baby Names posts in your Facebook news feed, if you like to follow blogs that way: https://www.facebook.com/Swistl...
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Yep, it works!
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List of spellings for a name that's both a virtue and a plant. I wonder if all the names were based on "Honesty", as some are bordeline variants of other names. For example, Anesty could also be in the Anastasia-Anstice-Anstey group.
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"The third time is the charm! Or maybe a jewel. In this case, our little Paisley is both," the Olympian writes....
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Welcome, Paisley!
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Welcome to all the little newbies! I haven't read the full list yet, but am considering printing it off and reading it in the bath.
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He's a quirky British aristocrat of a baby name, with a distinctive -by ending. If Ashby, Crosby, and Rigby work, what do you think of Digby?
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Ooh, quite an appealing name, though Everard and Kenelm are more to my taste.
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Biggest Movers Up Amelia +11 Isabella +10 Isabelle +9 Zoe +8 Madison/Maddison +7 Also Up Isla, Scarlett, Emily, Sophia, Lily Amelia gained the most popularity, going up 11 places to make #1. This d...
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Welcome, Kiyoshi James!