My husband and I just got back from a weekend at Disneyland. I did quite a bit of namewatching while standing in lines or walking between rides. Those embroidered Mickey hats sure make it easy. Here are the names I noticed on kids. The majority of these are from toddlers and preschoolers, but I [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Namewatching in Disneyland
Posted in Name Lists, tagged Cosmin, Lealy, Lois on April 26, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Ask Emmy Jo: A Name for Danielle’s Baby
Posted in Ask Emmy Jo, tagged Amabel, Anna, Anne, Caroline, Carys, Cecilia, Charis, Charissa, Charlotte, Dorothea, Dorothy, Hannah, Jane, Jean, Josephine, Kerensa, Lillian, Mateja, Mattea, Sophia, Theodora, Valentina on April 19, 2009 | 15 Comments »
This is the first of my advice column posts. I’d like to make this a regular weekly feature on the site, so if you have a name question or need name suggestions that meet certain criteria, please feel free to email me at the address found in the sidebar. Danielle Hurlock writes:
Multicultural Baby Names: The Globe-Trotting Girls
Posted in Name Lists, tagged Alina, Amaya, Asha, Ava, Ayla, Baby Name, Basia, Dalia, Dara, Daria, Darya, Dima, Eliana, Elke, Hana, Kaila, Kala, Kayla, Kira, Lara, Lila, Lina, Lulu, Mai, Maia, Malia, Maya, Melia, Mila, Mina, Mira, Mona, Nadya, Nana, Naomi, Nessa, Nia, Nina, Nita, Noa, Oona, Ora, Orna, Raina, Raisa, Rayna, Reina, Reyna, Rina, Rio, Sarita, Talia, Thalia, Tova, Una, Zahrah, Zara, Zelda, Zola on April 17, 2009 | 20 Comments »
In order to find names for their children, an increasing number of parents are turning away from English names and toward names that honor their family’s cultural background. But in our multicultural society, most children come from more than one ethnic background. What happens when you want to find a name that honors your Greek [...]
Much Ado About: Louisa
Posted in Featured Names, tagged Isa, Lissie, Lizzie, Lou, Louis, Louisa, Louise, Lucy, Ludwig, Luisa, Lulu on April 11, 2009 | 26 Comments »
Looking for a name that is supremely familiar, fits in with current naming trends, and isn’t in the top 1000? Consider the literary Louisa.
Naming Ahead of the Curve
Posted in Advice, Name Lists, tagged Anita, Arthur, Baby Name, Carol, Clarence, Cynthia, Dennis, Diana, Donald, Doris, Dorothy, Douglas, Edmond, Edward, Ernest, Esther, Franklin, Frederick, Gary, Gerard, Gilbert, Gloria, Joyce, Judith, Laurence, Lawrence, Leonard, Lewis, Lois, Louis, Margery, Marjorie, Martin, Nancy, Philip, Phyllis, Raymond, Ronald, Ruth, Shirley, Susanna, Sylvia, Theodore, Theresa, Walter, Warren on April 5, 2009 | 40 Comments »
Should we choose names for our children that will sound cute right now, or names that will sound cute 20 years from now?
Naughty Namesakes: Biblical Bad Girls
Posted in Name Lists, tagged Baby Name, Bathsheba, Delilah, Euodia, Eve, Jael, Jezebel, Magdalena, Magdalene, Orpah, Peninnah, Rahab, Salome, Sapphira, Syntyche, Tamar, Vashti on April 2, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Biblical names have always been popular — after all, what parents wouldn’t want their daughter to be as pure as Mary, as brave as Esther, as faithful as Hannah, or as loyal as Ruth? However, a new crop of biblical names is popping up. Not all the characters in the Bible are so angelic, and [...]
