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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Baby Names in the News

* Palestinian baby names celebrate Hezbollah fight
Nahed Ghurani worried that naming his new son Hezbollah might cause the boy problems when he grows up. But young Hezbollah Ghurani won't be the only Palestinian in this predicament.

* Google Trends shows the mind of Utah
Consider that predominantly Mormon, family-friendly Utah leads the nation in searches on such terms as Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints President "Gordon Hinckley," "Jesus," the "second coming," "scrapbooking," "baby names,"

* Angelina Jolie & Katie Holmes: Babies Win 'Bizzare' Poll
UPI reports that regarding "bizarre baby names," Suri Cruise -- the new child of actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes -- got top billing with 29 percent of the votes. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's new arrival, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, was a close

* PARADE.COM Pop Culture Poll Finds: Hottest Sex Symbols Of All Time
Brooke Shields (11%) and Tori Spelling vs. her mom, Candy Spelling (8%). * Bizarre baby names run rampant in Hollywood. But what's the weirdest name given to celebrity spawn? Suri Cruise (29%) and Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt

* Harvey H. Jackson: Welcome to the world, ‘Sweet Pea’
She discovered me and my address while looking for baby names. It seems a friend of hers was pregnant; they were checking the Internet for names that were unique. Overblue liked Southern names, so they Googled around and came across a column I had ...

* From the SSA
KFOR - Most Popular Baby Names for 2005

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