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February 27, 2016 7:08 AM
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The baby name Norman is based on the Germanic words nord, meaning “north,” and man, meaning “man” (i.e., Norseman).
Here are more than a dozen impressive people named Norman
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February 19, 2016 4:21 PM
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I thought it would be fun to blog about all these cool people as I find them. The names below will magically turn into links as each new post goes up (every week or two).
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February 4, 2016 4:28 PM
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Krosuri Veera Raghava Chary of Andhra Pradesh, India, was both a space-lover and a devoted communist highly opposed to India’s caste system.
So he gave all five of his children, born from the 1960s to the 1980s, space-themed names that were so unconventional that they made it impossible to determine the family’s caste.
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January 6, 2016 4:15 PM
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With NASA relaunching its space program, we identified the most common names among astronauts.
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December 18, 2015 4:38 PM
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In late 2007, Greenpeace held a competition to name some endangered humpback whales in the South Pacific Ocean.
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November 21, 2015 4:57 AM
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Now a Tinder competitor, The Grade, has broken down swiping rates by name.
Here are their most right-swiped names:
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September 2, 2015 3:23 PM
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It's time for the monthly round up of geeky names from other blogs.
Nancy's Baby Names suggested Perseid for babies born or conceived during the meteor shower. I love the idea!
Appellation Mountain profiled Clark, as in Superman's first name, and Andromeda.
The Art of Naming talked about Nova.
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August 7, 2015 5:39 AM
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In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, J.A.R.V.I.S. was Tony Stark's A.I. computer system.
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July 17, 2015 5:06 PM
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"swipe right if you like the name and left if you don’t. It’s simple and very pastel."
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July 4, 2015 12:41 PM
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June 14, 2015 5:37 PM
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In Stargate, Janus was an ancient scientist. He lived in Atlantis, and was one of the Lantean survivors who escaped to Earth. Janus used unorthodox methods, and his controversial experiments and inventions were often done in defiance of the Lantean Council.
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March 6, 2015 1:32 PM
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From the fields of astronomy and physics, guess blogger Jackie offers some inspirational hero names like Dalton, Pascal and Thorne.
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December 11, 2014 6:14 PM
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Tesla was a misunderstood genius, a hero of steampunk, a heavy metal band, and now a potentially world-changing car. But is it a baby name?
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February 19, 2016 4:24 PM
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The baby name Edwin is based on the Old English words ead, meaning “riches, wealth,” and wine, meaning “friend.”
Here are nearly two dozen impressive people named Edwin:
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February 4, 2016 4:38 PM
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At first this post was just going to feature the names of women who've been in space, but since part of my inspiration was the amazing Katherine Johnson, that just didn't seem right (the other inspiration was explaining to my 8-year-old why Valentina Kerman is named Valentina).
And so, here's a list of women from space-exploration history. :)
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January 22, 2016 5:18 PM
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I recently downloaded 14 different free baby name and name generator apps (for iPhone). This post is a review of my top three!
I myself have toyed with the idea of creating an app, and of course I think Nameberry should create one based on their website!
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December 21, 2015 3:43 AM
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Mögen Sie Ihren Vornamen? Ja, ich mag ihn sehr gerne, da er so selten ist, ich kenne niemand anderen, der so heißt.
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December 1, 2015 5:13 PM
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Is this an out-there celebrity baby name, or a modern virtue pick that signals achievement? Our Celebrity Baby Name of the Day is Rocket. Rocket: Celebrity Favorite Australian actor Sam Worthington and wife Lara Bingle welcomed a son named Rocket Zot in March 2015. They’re not the first to choose the name, and Rocket has made crazy …
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September 20, 2015 1:45 PM
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Husband and I have been traveling a lot recently, so we’re often dealing with not-so-great internet connections, and I’m often seeing (and playing) that T-Rex game on Chrome’s …
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September 2, 2015 2:43 PM
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Picken Out Baby Names A couple of years ago the blog featured celebrity parents Liam Picken, an AFL footballer, and his partner Annie Nolan, who had just had twin girls, Delphi and Cheska, sisters ...
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July 31, 2015 4:48 PM
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MyHeritage.com, a website for discovering, preserving and sharing family history, recently launched Global Name Translation™, a new technology that translates historical records and family trees between languages.
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July 7, 2015 10:09 AM
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In science and mathematics, an Axiom is a premise that is accepted as fact.
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June 28, 2015 7:24 AM
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Members of California government tried (but failed) to force the state to add diacritical marks to birth certificates.
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April 14, 2015 7:08 PM
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To see the baby name popularity graphs via mobile, just switch over to the full version of the site. (They'll be available on mobile soon!)
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January 23, 2015 1:14 PM
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If you or someone you know is expecting, there’s a new app that could help you a ton.
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They are impressive! Featuring scientists, surgeons, inventors and more. Come back Norman, you're a super name.