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Jennifer Lopez picks Baby Names | Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony

Jennifer Lopez and husband/singer Marc Anthony have reportedly chosen Max and Emme as names for their soon-to-be-born twins.

Ethan, Ava Most Popular Baby Names in 2007

[in Alberta] And for the 7th year in a row, Ethan is the most popular name for male babies. For the second year in a row, Ava was the number one choice for girls. Some of the unusual choices last year were Unique, Whisper, Sparrow, Echo, Ocean, and Midnite. There was one family in 2007 who named their little girl Alberta.

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Funny Names

Key to the legend is the belief that the parents acted 'unknowingly' in bestowing an embarrassing name on the young 'un. Unusual names are not in themselves folkloric; what makes them so are the perceived motivations of the parents.

Lists | Names | ajc.com

Toyota? Philadelphia? Yep. Names in Georgia have ranged from trademarks and colors to places and occupations. A royal touch can add flair, and when one first name isn't enough, a hyphen or two comes in handy. Check our lists of some of the more unusual names given to kids in the state.

Biblical Baby Names for Girls - Jezebel, Pheobe, Sapphira, Tirzah

...he came up with 7 female names from the Bible that “deserve wider usage”: Tirzah, Jael, Deborah, Sophia, Susanna, Phoebe and Priscilla.

Skyping Baby Names

Enjoy this funny cartoon from bLaugh

Sage & Thyme: What's In a Name?

It makes me question then, what some parents are thinking when they name their children.

BabyCenter Top 10 Baby Names of 2007

What's the news in baby names? In 2007, Emma was finally knocked off its number one perch for the first time since it landed there in 2004! Sophia has been making steady progress since 2002, cracked the top 10 in 2005, and jumped six slots to be the new number one for 2007. Plus, there were nine newcomers to the girls' top 100: Kaelyn, Reagan, Maria, Sadie, Callie, Adriana, Sienna, Lila, and Alana.

Match the Names with the Celebrity Dads

These crazy celebrity dads have gone and misplaced their children. Can you reunite each group of kids with the correct father?

Decorating with Baby Names

Here is a different take on a popular idea. In children's rooms and nurseries around the globe, a good majority of parents seem to agree on a single detail. Letters that spell the child(ren)'s name are hung up on the wall.

Celebs choose names

Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran, best-selling authors of "The Baby Name Bible" (St. Martin's Press), recently released their list of the most inspiring baby names chosen by celebrities in 2007.

Worst Celebrity Baby Name?

It's one thing to saying something "offbeat" to the paparazzi or even go without all your undergarments on occasion--but, anchoring a kid with some crazy name because you're "artistic" is not cool.

First names statistics

[in Norway] 2007 saw the return of two former number ones. Sara was the most popular girls' name in 2002, while Mathias was number one in 2003 and 2004. The most popular baby names in 2006, Thea and Jonas, are now second. The trend with short girls' names ending in ”a” or ”ah” and biblical boys' names continued.

Top 10 Spam Names of the Month - January ‘08

Here are the ten most interesting spam names I saw this month:

How to ruin your child's life

Well, you can start by giving him or her a really stupid name. The Atlanta Journal has published a database of the most common baby names in Georgia. Some are truly horrendous.