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KIIS FM radio star Tim "Rosso" Ross, and his wife Michelle, welcomed their second child on Australia Day and have named their son Bobby Arrow. Bobby Ross has a big brother named Bugsy, aged 2. Bugs...
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Welcome, Bobby! 
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"And so it has come to an end. I started with Capricorn, so that would make this the last one."
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Well done to Isadora for finishing the series! Archery-related names are pretty big right now, but Sagittarians have other potentially nameable features, like intelligence, good humour, and the colour purple. And guess which plant has the Latin name Saggitaria...
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Earlier this week, Las Vegas-based rock musicians Aja Volkman and Dan Reynolds announced the August birth of their daughter, and they named her Arrow Eve. I was intrigued. Unfortunately, in the int...
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Cintra is a real rarity, a place name with possible ties to an ancient goddess and a magical place in Portugal, too.
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Last week I covered the name Bede for Remembrance Day, partly with the idea that it had "been in my Request file for ages". When I went to cross if off the list, I found it wasn't there at all – it...
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A bright and vibrant flower that is worn with pride by millions of Brits every November. Origin: The name of a flower: originally papaver in Latin, which later became popæg in Old England.
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Early in October, the Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review was held, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first Royal Australian Navy fleet in Sydney Harbour, on October 4 1913. Aro...
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Oh, I do like Henry! By chance, this is quite the week for this name: http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2013/10/henry.html
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Daisy Turnbull-Brown, and her husband Captain James Brown welcomed their first child on September 19, and have named their son Jack Alexander. Jack Turnbull-Brown was born in the morning, weighing ...
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Welcome, Jack!
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A slick up-and-coming surname that offers an edgy 'formal' name for popular Archie. Origin: Archer started out as an occupational surname quite literally denoting a person who was an archer or a bowman.
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How interesting that it had a popularity surge in the late nineteenth century too.
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" Tucked away in a small corner of the Oakdale Cemetery in Jefferson, Ohio lie the remains of a towering figure in the history of Montana legal circles, Mr. Decius Spear Wade."
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Want to see the biggest baby name debuts of all time? Here's the boys' list, part 3. Inspired by singers, reality TV, a military leader, and more.
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The second baby I've found named after D-Day.
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Thanks for the reminder - this is indeed the 69th anniversary of D-Day, in honour of which we have a man whose middle name is D-Day, and a fact about that D.
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Names from weaponry are a surprisingly rich group, with names like Gage, Caliber, and Easton all sharing ties to archery, marksmanship, and more.
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"A baby boy born in Turkey in 2011 was named Ernesto Cheguevara Turgut after Argentine revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara."
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"I am unironically in favor of naming kids with numbers, and with brand names, if that's your thing. So to the Stratemeyers of Tillamook, I say congratulations and bravo, and I pop a can in your newest family member's honor."
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A controversial name for numerous reasons!
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Looking for a name for a baby to be born between now and December 21st? Guest blogger E. Wittig offers a long list of fitting possibilities. - baby names
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Fire! Generosity! Archery! Purpleness! This is where you'll find names with all these traits and more.
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On November 1, Corporal Daniel Keighran became the third Australian soldier serving in Afghanistan to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for bravery in Australia. C...
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I can't overstate how much I like this post (and the VB himself).
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It's time for another name from the recent election, and yet another case where voting went down to the wire in a safe seat. This time it was the Division of Fairfax, which is a rural seat on Queen...
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It will be Remembrance Day next Monday, so we are going to look at the name of another First World War hero. Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell was from the country town of Northam in Western Australian, t...
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Thomas Grady was the first recipient of the Victoria Cross resident in Australia. Originally from Ireland, at the age of 19 he was a private in the 4th Regiment of Foot in the British Army during t...
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I go out for pho, I discover a new name. Life is good.
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What a story.
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Which baby boy names have seen the biggest single-year popularity increases ever (since 1880)? Here's the list!
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Interesting stuff...and I'm curious to find out what the name that made a huge drop was.
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News, Mideast News: Despite tensions between Gaza, Cairo after Morsi toppled, Gaza man names son after Egyptian General al-Sisi, top military commander
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" This week is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. It was the bloodiest ever fought on US soil and ended up being the turning point in the Civil War in favor of the Union. ... The following is a list of some important names from the battle... there are some great finds!"
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