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Cricketer Shane Watson, and his wife Lee Furlong, welcomed their first child on March 14 and have named their son Will. Will Watson was born in St George Hospital, and Shane apparently got himself ... 
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If you were having a daughter, and you had to name her either Moon or Pepper, which would it be?
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Goodness, there are a lot of lovely names flying around here!
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"Well-chosen character names help set the scene in innumerable books...(Conversely, I find that careless naming is often a warning sign of sloppy writting to follow.) But occasionally, the character names go even further, becoming...well, characters."
Absolutely!
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Twins Billie Donna and Bonnie Bree (Van) Brody John and Charlie Samuel Mason James and Jaxon Thomas Girls Adelaide Jane Billie Riva (Alyra, Tarnee) Chinyere Onyesonam Isla Stonehouse Kalani ...
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Late last year, a Redskins fan and a Cowboys fan made a baby name bet...
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Below is a selection of British siblings with Conan, from the last century to modern times. The year relates to the decade of birth for that set.
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What do you call Conan's siblings? A lot of typically Irish and/or Roman Catholic names here (Cormac, Conor and Conan is rather neat) but also some outliers (Conan and Tao).
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Amita Faith Astrid Louise Atlantah Destiney Mari Axel Ryan Bernadette Anne Bruce William Cecilia Haven Colter Michael Coraline Rose Darla Lucia Eden Paisley Ephraim Thomas Fievel Elliot Ellsworth G...
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Aha, so *that's* how it entered the Australian radar!
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The discussion in the comments is not so much "should you" as "would you" or "did you". Some interesting stories coming out, and a reminder that everyone's situation and preferences are different.
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Musician Ash Grunwald, and his wife Dannii Carr, welcomed their daughter Aria on March 18. Aria Grunwald joins big sister Sunny, aged 4. Ash (born Ashley Groenewald) is a blues musician and song-wr...
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Welcome to a fittingly-named Aria!
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Interesting comparison of names in the top 100 in the two countries.
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Girls names ending with ia are quite stylish - and very popular. Looking for something just like Olivia or Amelia, but much less common? Look no further!
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A great list - lots of lovely and established -ia names.
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An interesting mix, and pretty much every one can be linked with famous people, or their children, or the characters they play - which is what you'd expect for names that have risen suddenly, I imagine.
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On Monday March 25, it will be the Feast of the Annunciation, which celebrates the angel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive a son; Gabriel also tells her that the child is...
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Gabriel Oak is one of my top best favourite literary chracters ever. So yes, a good name.
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Dog names that are most popular, trendiest, and falling the furthest mirror baby names trends.
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He's an upbeat, ends-with-o choice for a son If you're looking for something more daring than Leo, how about the saintly, mythological Leandro?
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A list of names in the top 100 in Scotland but not in the USA. Good luck with the move!
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Anyone else excited by the news that there's a new Veronica Mars movie in the works? Apparently, quite a few people are—producer Rob Thomas went on
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Conclusion: probably not. Some of the characters' names are right on the pulse, others not.
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How did U.S. skier Picabo Street come to have the name Picabo? Have any other U.S. babies ever been named Picabo?
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It's a Scottish river - and one from Greek myth, too. Leith rhymes with Keith and isn't so far from Leigh. But how would Leith wear for a child in 2013?
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Welcome to Will, Hunter, Lani, Emerson and Hayley.