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Monday, July 03, 2006
Baby Name Search News
* World strange, wondrous, curious placeContemporary baby names are dooming a generation of children to a lifetime of misery. Try living with the name April if your last name is Rain or try teaching a child's teachers how to spell
* Mexico Just
Says No to Funky Baby Names
Oh baby! You can make it, carry it around for nine months and bring it
onto the planet whenever, wherever and with whomever you’d like
(theoretically, at least), but when it comes to naming it, one Mexican
state says you’d better say adios to
* The
D-List's Dart-Wielding Doyenne
And TomKat's taste in baby names? "It's ree-diculous. . . . That little
girl is going to have to spend her whole life telling people, 'It's
Hebrew for princess.' They should've just named her Hebrew-for-Princess
Cruise."
* What's
in a name?
A local dad sent me a link to a web site with the top 10 baby names for
countries all over the world. He also suggested a post on baby names.
Here it is: Did you know the most popular names in the U.S. are Emily
and Jacob? They have been the most
* What's
your name?
Wanna know the history of your name? Visit www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
to find out past and present popular baby names by year, by state and
how the popularity of a name has changed over time.
* Microsoft
Says Google Is For Girls
I run another test, this time for 'baby names' (one of MSN's
recommendations). Once again the results strongly line up with what I'd
expect - 76% female, and 71% between 18 and 34 years old. At this point
I'm starting to get that warm fuzzy feeling
* Family
and kids
Behold the list of most popular baby names. I feel the need to tell you
the truth about the top four boys' names. They're not real names. Sorry
moms, the most popular boys' name, Jacob, is not a real name. People
don't call people Jacob.