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February 26, 2018 3:46 PM
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Ich habe gerade ein Update für meine Smartphone-App Kevinometer fertiggestellt. Neu in der aktuellen Version sind die Daten des Jahrgang 2017.
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February 11, 2018 12:24 PM
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I don’t know how I feel about our son carrying the presumed namesake of a person not canonized or family.
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February 6, 2018 5:30 PM
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Today marks 100 years since the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1918! To celebrate the occasion, I've rounded up 55 fabulous fighting names for girls, together with their powerful meanings — because why should the boys have all the fun?
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December 17, 2017 2:25 PM
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November 18, 2017 3:47 PM
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Destry is a tough name in meaning and association. It is also very rare! What would you pair with it?
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October 24, 2017 1:33 PM
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The rules also highlight the importance of archery, even suggesting that the best name for a baby born into the samurai class is "Yumi," which means "bow."
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September 26, 2017 9:03 AM
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Brynja (pr. brin-yah) is an Old Norse female name meaning "armor; coat of mail", derived from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ (breastplate). Origin: Proto-Germanic Male forms: Brynju
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August 6, 2017 4:41 PM
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Somerilda is female name meaning "summer battle" from Old Norse sumar (summer) and hild (battle). Origin: Old Norse Variants: Sumarhild (Old Norse) Somerhild Somerild
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July 11, 2017 1:57 PM
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So my post on Beretta got a lot of attention! Not only did I get a lot of great comments here, but even Linda from Nameberry weighed in on Twitter! The overwhelming reaction was, "That's a gun name," followed by, "Don't name your child after a gun." I posted that post, followed by this one,…
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July 2, 2017 5:37 PM
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What do you think of the name Beretta as an honor name for St. Gianna Beretta Molla?
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April 9, 2017 4:47 PM
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From the Charleston Daily Telegram, February 11, 1937. The Mountain State yields another strange name political figure in Leom
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March 29, 2017 3:16 PM
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Pinterest Origin: Old Norse Meaning: a Norwegian and Icelandic masculine name derived from Old Norse geirr meaning "spear".
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March 17, 2017 4:14 PM
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I have a 3-year-old son named Pax (meaning "peace"). I'm now pregnant with another son. This time around, I want a name that's simple, classic, easy to spell and recognize. I like the sound and simplicity of Mark, and how it sounds with our last name. Problem is, Mark means "warlike." So we'd have "war and peace" in our household! Big deal, or not?
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February 14, 2018 12:41 PM
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Origin: Arabic Meaning: "summer;" or "sword." Gender: Masculine (Sah-eef) The name can either be derived from the Arabic صَيْف (summer) or the Arabic سَيْف, (sword). The latter is believed to be a borrowing from the Greek xiphos or the Ancient Egyptian word sfet. Saiph, traditionally pronounced (SAFE) in English, is also the name of the 6th brightest star…
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February 6, 2018 9:01 PM
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her heavily pregnant mother hid in a mud hut where she proceeded to deliver her baby alone in the middle of a firefight. When the soldiers eventually found her and her newborn they laughed but left her alone.
Her mother named her Rasaas, which means bullets.
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December 19, 2017 4:05 PM
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On August 17, the family welcomed their new little bundle of joy, Dax, who they named in honor of the two men that saved Mills’ life: Combat Medics Daniel Bateson and Alexander Voyce
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November 26, 2017 3:50 PM
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Amazing archery-related names for the Sagittarius babe.
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November 15, 2017 8:39 AM
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She's naming their baby Ryan Jo Lohrey, her husband's first name and her middle name.
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October 3, 2017 4:01 PM
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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt had been given a due date of Oct. 19 for their first child, whose impending arrival they announced in April
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August 8, 2017 3:40 PM
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Inspirational Greatest Generation hero names for babies.
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July 18, 2017 4:31 PM
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JOHNSON, Kannon Kenneth, son of Morgan Carl and PJ Johnson of Burlington, was born June 19 at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. Grandparents are John and Ann Carl
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July 4, 2017 5:32 PM
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Battle baby names are a rare and obscure topic in the 21st century, but 100+ years ago this was just another form of patriotic baby naming.
Here is a selection of Revolutionary War battle names and could-be names
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May 10, 2017 4:02 AM
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Kemper is believed to have been bestowed the name "Kosciusko" in honor of Tadeus Kosciuszko (1746-1817), the famed Polish military engineer and officer who during the Revolutionary War served as a Colonel with the Continental Army.
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April 4, 2017 4:20 PM
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There’s a strange trend popping up in America: super aggressive baby names, especially for boys. Names of guns and weapons of various kinds are gaining popularity. Weapons, warriors, and fighters have generally been associated with masculinity, so perhaps parents turn to these choices in an effort to find clearly masculine nontraditional names. I’ve wondered if…
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March 28, 2017 4:43 PM
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Gunther seems like he should be more popular, especially since Gunner and Gunnar are in the top 1000. However, in 2015 the name Gunther was only given to 26 boys
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Knud has updated the Kevinometer (a tool for predicting whether a name is likely to be the next Kevin, aka super-trendy then super-passé) with 2017 statistics and new names.
Journalists are covering The Great Mohammed Spelling Conspiracy (again).
In 2015, Kurdish people were reportedly using Milan as a boys' name, after the anti-tank missile, and Angela Merkel was touched by this.