Baby Names from Video Games
Here are my 5 favorite video game-inspired baby names: Mario, the name of the heroic Italian plumber who is currently the mascot of Nintendo. He was named for Mario Segale, a former landlord of the...
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Huge List of Anagram Baby Names
Looking for baby names with something in common? Perhaps for a set of twins or triplets? I’ve collected hundreds of anagram baby names for you. 2-Letter Anagram Baby Names Mo, Om 3-Letter Anagram Baby...
View ArticleBaby Names from Hockey
A reader named Elizabeth has sent me a rather cool list of hockey-inspired baby names. She writes: I’m a name enthusiast and a hockey fanatic, and my husband and I have been tossing around the idea of...
View ArticleAlanis Morissette Baby Boy Named Ever Imre
Alanis Morissette and husband Mario “MC Souleye” Treadway had their first child, a baby boy, on December 25. They named him Ever Imre. They haven’t explained the significance behind the name yet,...
View ArticleBaby Name Story – Rex Oxton
Canadian couple Andy Georgiades and Vivian Ng welcomed a son named Rex Oxton in September of 2009. Tradition dictated that the baby be named after Andy’s late father, Mario, but Andy didn’t feel...
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The Top Baby Name Debuts, 1881 to Today
Though vast majority of the baby names on the Social Security Administration’s yearly baby name lists are repeats, every list does contain a handful of brand-new names. Below are the highest-charting...
View ArticleThe Name Francesco Gets a Boost in Italy
The name Francesco became the top baby boy name in Italy after Pope Francis was elected in March, according to name researcher Enzo Caffarelli. He said: The name ‘Francesco’ is the most popular name...
View ArticlePopular Baby Names in Spain, 2013
What are the top baby names in Spain? According to data from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the most popular baby names last year were Lucia and Hugo. Here are Spain’s top 20 girl names and top...
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Name Quotes for the Weekend #23
River Phoenix, as quoted in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1995: When I was in first grade everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it’s kind of a big name to hold up when you’re nine years old. It...
View ArticlePopular Baby Names in Spain, 2014
According to data from Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, the most popular baby names in Spain in 2014 were Lucia and Hugo. Here are Spain’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2014: Girl...
View ArticlePopular Baby Names in Spain, 2015
According to data from Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), the most popular baby names in Spain in 2015 were Lucia and Hugo. Here are Spain’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of...
View Article9 Melbourne Siblings, All with M-Names
Putres and Nihal Yacoub of Melbourne, Australia, welcomed triplets in July. They now have a total of nine children, each with an M-name: Michael, 12 years old Marina, 10 Martin, 9 Marvin, 7 Martina, 6...
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Arrr! Baby Names for Talk Like a Pirate Day
Avast! Did you know that today is Talk Like a Pirate Day? “Arrr” itself doesn’t make a great name — even for pirates — but here’s the next best thing: over 120 names that feature the “ar”-sound....
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What Would You Name These Rams?
Entrances are typically guarded by lions. But in downtown Denver, I’ve found an entrance guarded by a pair of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep: Bighorn sheep statues from the left The entrance is to the...
View ArticlePopular Baby Names in Spain, 2016
According to data released on June 22nd by Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, the most popular baby names in Spain in 2016 were (again) Lucia and Hugo. Here are Spain’s top 10 girl names and...
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Numerology & Baby Names: Number 2
Here are hundreds of baby names that have a numerological value of “2.” I’ve sub-categorized them by overall totals, because I think that some of the intermediate numbers could have special...
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The Origin of Gia
The Italian name Gia is a pet form of Gianna, which itself is a contracted form of Giovanna (akin to Joanna). But Gia as a standalone name was very rare in the U.S. until the late 1950s, when usage...
View ArticlePopular Baby Names in Casper, WY, in 2020
In 2020, the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper welcomed 892 babies. The names of about 620 of these babies were shared online via the hospital’s website. A few days ago, the hospital “mined those...
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Quotes about the names of musicians
Madonna From a 1991 Vanity Fair interview with Madonna: “I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name,” continues Madonna, who was named after her mother. “How could I be anything else but what...
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Name quotes #111
Here’s the latest batch of name-related quotes… From the lighthearted obituary of Lindy Gene Rollins (1928-2022) in the Amarillo Globe-News: He had a lifelong obsession with airplanes which should not...
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