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I didn't peek at the other comments... 1. Melissa 2. Alejandro 3. Asher 4. Lucretia 5. Eoghan 6. Nora
I didn't look at the others, until I finished A. Shih Tzu B. Golden Retriever C. Corgi D. Saint Bernard E. Poodle
I was going to comment about Elliotte too. (I want to pronounce Elliotte all drawn out like E.T. did in the movie... ell-eeee-OTTTT.) My cousin's son is named Eliot and they pronounces it EL-yot. Meanwhile, at my daughter's daycare there's a female Eliot. Her parents want the name pronounced EL-ee-ette, because they call her Ellie. Which leaves me dumbstruck.. why didn't they just spell it Elliette or name her Elisabet instead of forcing an atypical pronunciation.
The only one I got right was Lucy. ;) As for Alistair: Hamish, Angus, Callum, Logan, Cameron Fiona, Una, Isobel, Lilias, Maisie
1. Sierra 2. Lucy 3. Dashiel 4. Joseph 5. Liberty 6. Hugo
There's also the Scottish name Senga, which is believed to be derived from an anagram of "Agnes". I've never actually heard of anyone with this name, but I remember this name from my mother's baby name books in the 70's.
Anthony: 1. The over-hyped media circus that was the Casey Anthony trial. 2. Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal "Weinergate". 3. Marc Anthony's and Jennifer Lopez's split. 4. Anthony "Tony" La Russa announcing his retirement after the Cardinals won the World series. Ok, the last one is pushing it and I'm not sure how "essential the name is to the story"... but the name Anthony has spent much of the year in the news.
Apparently there's also a Indian TV series with a lead character named Nakusha. Nakusha is played by Mahi Vij, a popular model turned actress, so I wonder if some of the girls were named after her character? In the long run it doesn't matter -- the show has only aired since 2009, so the character's name is most likely a response to the phenomenon and not the source. Can you imagine the uproar if the US government lead a campaign to change the names of 285 American children? Ron Paul's head would literally explode!
My daughter is named Maria and the various "Maria" songs are part of the reason we picked the name. I just liked the idea of singing "how do solve a problem like Maria" to a cranky baby. My names is Julie and there's a Bobby Sherman song called "Julie, Do You Love Me?" A creepy guy at work used to sing it to me... I'd never even heard of it before, but now my skin crawls when ever I hear it.
I kept my maiden name through my first marriage, because my then husband felt burdened by his Slovakian surname and had no interesting passing down the name. For my current marriage, I kept my maiden name for five years until then we adopted a child... and I changed my mind. My husband, step-daughters and daughter shared a surname and it just felt odd to have a name separating me from the rest of my family. (It didn't hurt that I went from a unusual surname that is difficult to spell/pronounce, to a name that is more widespread.)
It's not just the blog, the entries to the Namepedia entered between 6/23 and 7/1 are also missing.
According to my parents my given name was First-Anne Margaret Surname, but my birth certificate said: First Ann Surname. My baptism record said First Ann Margaret Surname and the SSA spelled my name First Anne Surname. When I got married for the first time I became legally changed it to First Anne Married. No one considered this an issue until my current husband and I attempted to become adoptive parents, suddenly I have "aliases" all over the place and it looked like I was trying to hide something. (After our adoption process was complete, I ditched those troublesome middle names and became First Maiden NEWmarried.)
Cecily. Visually, I like the "round" letters and the "pointy" letters separated. Also, since the origin is Caecilius, but really I don't mind either one.
My name was #7 the year I was born, since my mom LOVES my name I would never change it completely, I'd just like to pick a more formal variant. If I wasn't worried about hurting anyone's feelings, I'd be very happy as an Ingrid or a Veronica.
Leisl: I was also going to recommend Octavia too. For O: Odelia, Olwen, Onora, Oriane, Ottilie. Orrin, Olaf, Orlando, Orson For U: Ulrika, Uri, Uriah
I made an earlier suggestion, but I fell Betty is a more "naminess." Between the ever present Betty White, Hillary Swank's character in Conviction, January Jones' character in Mad Men and the end of the show Ugly Betty. It's Betty's time to shine (and return to the SSA's top 1000.)
I nominate Salvatore. In honor of Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta.
Adam - Adah Austin - Augustine Brandon - Branwen Chase - Charis Colton - Collette Connor - Constance Cooper - Juniper Ethan - Étaín Gavin - Gwen Ian - Jane Isaac - Isla Jackson - Jacinda Joshua - Joscelin Kevin - Keelin Landon - Linden Lucas - Lucia Owen - Owena Wyatt - Wynne
I'm voting for Hank. Besides the rising popularity of Henry as a baby name, an incredible number of characters named Hank lately. Off the top of my head, "Royal Pains", "Breaking Bad", "King of the Hill" and "Californication" all have a Hank.
I guess I didn't win the Baby Name Pool, because I picked Kaylee as a falling name. I just couldn't imagine naming a baby after a murdered toddler.