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Friday, March 14, 2008
Baby Names Weekend Reading
- Our children are gods, legends and great lovers - icWales
- ...one mother wanted more inspiration than most and instead of flicking through an A to Z of baby names Elaine Romaeo picked up books on history and mythology.
- McConaughey To Name Son After Beer? - Entertainment News Story - KXAS | Dallas
- There are reports that Matthew McConaughey wants to name his unborn son after his favorite beer.
- Baby Names inspired by text messaging, Web 2.0 : Gina Hughes : Yahoo! Tech
- It appears young parents are so desperately trying to be techno hip, that they're going so far as to giving their offspring names inspired by phonetic spelling typically used in email and text messaging.
- There's no place for these kid names -- chicagotribune.com
- But celebrities aren't the only ones naming their children for pushpins on a travel map.
- Island's favourite baby names for 2007 - Isle of Man Today
- Old favourites topped the list of names given to babies born in the Island last year.
- World On the Web - Name, please
- Apparently, bad baby names aren’t a very new trend...
- Do you know of a bad baby name? - TODAY: Participate - MSNBC.com
- Do you know someone who managed to give their little one a silly, bizarre or downright cruel name? If you have a funny or kooky submission, send it to us and we might feature the unfortunate name on TODAYShow.com.
- Bad Baby Names - A Boy Named Sue, and a Theory of Names - John Tierney - New York Times
- Studies showed that children with odd names got worse grades and were less popular than other classmates in elementary school. In college they were more likely to flunk out or become “psychoneurotic.” Prospective bosses spurned their résumés. They were overrepresented among emotionally disturbed children and psychiatric patients.
- Fans await Pi Day in eager anticipation - Inside Bay Area
- Chad and Robyn Barker are no math geeks, but they had thought that Pi would make a good baby name years before they knew they would have children together.
- 'Odds and Ends' in Business | Richmond.com / Richmond Virginia / Richmond VA - The Official Online City Portal
- ...launching the Web site with a special emphasis on promoting Our365's Baby Namescape application. With 1.3 million names, it is the largest single source for up-to-date baby names. The application allows expecting parents to search for the most popular baby names in their state, city or even a local hospital,...