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I’m sorry, I know your grandfather was called Donald Donaldson, but we can’t, we just can’t. 
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Baby names usually follow the maxim that "there's no such thing as bad publicity." Even the name Harvey—our 2017 Name of the Year based on the double-whammy of Hurricane Harvey and Harvey Weinstein—rose by 10% last year. But it appears that there are limits. Parents shy away from a name that takes orders.
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Thanks to retail giant Amazon, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may want to ponder creating a new “endangered” list containing the following HUMAN species: —People who leave thei
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Tennis star Arthur Ashe and his wife, photographer Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, adopted a baby girl in December of 1986. What did they name her? Camera Elizabeth Ashe, “Camera” in tribute t…
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Aw, this reminds me that when I was about 12 I thought that Camera was a great name (pronounced cam-AIR-a, with the same rhythm as Tamara)...but then I realised it was also the word camera.
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As I read the lists, I'll make note in my phone of anything that seems right for this hypothetical child I'm not even sure I want.
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We've found some of the best baby name apps to help you pick the perfect baby name for your newborn and you can do it all from the comfort of your sofa.
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One of my favourite discoveries was a bizarre app, free to use (but with some in-app purchases), and absolutely not aimed at me in the slightest: Babyname. The app, and there is no other way to put this, is Tinder for baby names. You and your partner both install it, link your accounts, and swipe left or right on a list of names. If you both approve of the same name, it shows up as a match; if you don’t, it doesn’t. It let me secretly express my liking for unusual names such as “Landyn” and “Ricardo” without the risk of being mocked by my other half. And there was always the chance that we might find that secretly, Odo perfectly matches our shared desire for our future progeny to be named after an eighth century French count.
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This post isn't about baby names, but I enjoyed the bit quoted here.
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Great News star Briga Heelan and her husband Rene Gube had some difficulty when it came to choosing the name for their now 6-month-old daughter Bennet Alejandra
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'Isla was our only match, and she doesn't even have a middle name, because we couldn't agree on something!'
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My uncle Steve insists that people should be called what they want to be called. It’s the kind of principle that makes all the sense in the world, and yet we struggle to make it so. When technology gives us an assist, it’s a good thing.
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Apparently the team at Amazon wanted to replicate the computer in Star Trek, which answered when the crew called out "computer," but they needed a word people didn't ordinarily use in everyday life.
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The number of babies named Alexa has dropped off significantly since the birth of Amazon's AI assistant.
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Dad wants to change his daughter's name for the most unfortunate reason
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She's called Alexa.
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Overall, 55 per cent of parents would be very worried if their child had a name linked to a hashtag, meme or other internet trend, with one in 25 encouraging their child to use a middle name or change their name altogether.
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Really?
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“I think you’re very lucky if you have a loving family and if you do not, you deserve one. I feel this way for robots and humans alike,” she said, adding she would name her baby Sophia.
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They’ve struggled throughout history to get recognition for their work, but many women have made significant contributions in the fields of science and math…
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If you're a fan of Ada Lovelace (or even if you're not), I highly recommend this book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29952886-the-thrilling-adventures-of-lovelace-and-babbage
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Dzogbetsi said that his son was also named after popular music and movie producer and business tycoon, Ahmed Banda. Google Ahmed Banda was born on October 10, 2017.
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I calculate that I would be earning 20% more if I had an interesting or even memorable name.
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To prove his point, I do indeed know another Andrew Martin.
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“We had to ditch a couple names,” he said, explaining that the monikers were already taken online.
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Erm...
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So, who's up for another round of everything old is new again, aka "names generated by a neural network on twitter that are actual medieval names"? Aulia— neural names (@neuralnames) August 15, 2017 Aulia is a feminine name found in Rome in 1527. Sania— neural names (@neuralnames) August 15, 2017 Sania is a feminine name…
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It's Alexa.