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Monday, January 14, 2008

Baby Name News Roundup

Huge Week For Celebrity Baby Names
More than a half dozen celebrities welcomed new babies in the past week. But with the exception of Nicole Richie’s new daughter, Harlow Winter Kate, the celebrity baby names that were ushered in are woefully lacking in creativity and originality.
Baby Names Along I-80: Anita, Dexter, Odessa, Shelton
I noticed some town names (much like Neola) that could make good baby names…
Grateful Dead Baby Names, Partial List
Names that appear as names in Grateful Dead Songs
NISRA - Demography
Jack and Katie were the most popular first names given to children whose births were registered in Northern Ireland in 2007. Jack has been the most popular boys name for the last five years and Katie the most popular girls name for the last four.
Names You Can't Say with a Stuffy Nose - Noam, Oona, Kingston, Jemima
Here are some names that might prove problematic to those with non-functional nasal passages:
More crazy baby names
This is totally my guilty pleasure. ...I really think some people are on crack or something when they decide baby names!
Irish Baby Names - Surviving A Turbulent History
The Irish are traditionally seen as a romantic people, full of fun,life and a love of the spoken word. Nowhere is this reflected more than in Irish baby names which are undergoing a major revival after many years of disuse.
Lots of Jacobs and Olivias
Jacob and Olivia, you're popular! Here are New Hampshire's top baby names from 2007:
Celebrity Baby Names on Squidoo
The names celebrities choose for their children often cause those names to shoot up in popularity polls. At other times, the names chosen are far too unusual to have that effect. This lens gives a few examples, and links to thousands more.
Let's play 'Name That Baby!'
My only other responsibilities: 1. Coming up with potential baby names that my wife can reject. 2. Rejecting my wife’s potential baby names.
Dreamy Baby Names
Would you name your child a name you heard in a dream?

Posted by KenW at 8:39 AM
Edited on: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:41 AM
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