Jul
15
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Lorain County Moms
By Nameberry.com
When Matthew McConaughey chose the name Levi for his son, he was, in a subtle way, naming the baby after himself. How so? Because in the New Testament, Matthew and Levi are two names for the same person.
There are many other such pairs of names with close connections that aren’t immediately evident, whether they are different ethnic versions of the same name, double identities for the same person, having historic or literary ties, or as sharers of linguistic elements. Being aware of this can be a useful tool for baby namers seeking not-too-obviously linked twin or sibling names or, like McConaughey, another less egoey version of your or your spouse’s name.
And of course it could also come in handy when looking for a more modern...
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Jul
02
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Lorain County Moms
nameberry.com
We’re always coming across names on nameberry that we never thought of before, undiscovered gems that suddenly seem attractive and eminently usable for a real live person.
How come everyone flocks to Ava and Aiden, or even Avery and Atticus, when there are so many names like this hiding in plain sight? Beats us.
Here, the first in a series of names you might not have considered … but definitely should.
ABIJAH A Biblical name used in the Colonial times that can work for both boys and girls. Rhymes with Elijah, stands in for that name or Abigail.
AMORET Redolent of love, this unusual name comes from...
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Jun
22
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Lorain County Moms
In honor of the rapidly approaching Father’s Day, we present today’s guest blogger Brian Sargent, the stay-at-home dad of now-four-year-old twin girls and a third-grader and the author of lookydaddy.com.
My wife and I knew it would be tough to name twin girls, so we assigned ourselves jobs. My wife’s job was to suggest possible names for consideration. My job was to say I didn’t like them.
Not to be immodest, but I did my job well.
“Rebecca.”
“No.”
“Jocelyn.”
“No.”
“Hester.”
“You’re not even trying, anymore, are you?”
I did...
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Jun
21
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Lorain County Moms
nameberry.com
A Nameberry visitor commented recently that she loved ultra-feminine proper names with tomboyish nicknames. That’s a sentiment we echo.
If you’re torn between girls’ names with a conventionally female image and ones that sound more androgynous, these choices have it all. They give you (and your daughter) the choice between going totally girly and sidestepping conventional gender identity, at least when it comes to your name.
Some very feminine names with tomboyish nicknames are:
Alexandra — Alex
Allegra — Al
Antonia — Toni
Araminta or Arabella...
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Apr
03
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besttech
nameberry.com
One thing we learned when we wrote about hipster baby names is that nobody wants one. Many people were horrified if they found their favorite names — or worse, their actual children’s names — on our list of hipster names. No matter how much they’d loved the name before, they immediately went in search of something new, something different, something with a bit less of the whiff of hipsterdom about it.
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Mar
27
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besttech
Ooh-la-la. Tra-la-la. What sounds could be more lilting, more rhythmic, more energetic than these? This is surely one reason why parents — both celebrities and civilians — are flocking to names with double L-starting syllables, such as:
LILY. This is the most classic of the bunch, a lovely flower name that has re-blossomed in the last several years, and has been given some modern celeb cred by singer Lily Allen. We’ve counted at least eight recent starbaby Lilys — and that doesn’t even count Lou Diamond Phillips’ LILI, Chris O’Donnell’s LILLY and Johnny Depp’s LILY-ROSE. The more formal versions, LILLIAN and LILIANA, are also showing signs of rebirth.
LILAC is another floral option,...
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Mar
04
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besttech
I was lucky enough to go to Paris recently, and like most tourists, I ate croissants in sidewalk cafes, visited museums and walked along the Seine. Unlike most tourists, I also investigated the chicest French baby names.
“Prune,” pronounced a very stylish and knowledgeable Parisian woman of my acquaintance. “Prune is the newest, most charming name for little girls.”
It’s hard to imagine Prune as a charming name for a child in any country, until you realize that in French it’s the equivalent of Plum. Now THAT makes sense.
For boys, this same friend offered the name Illan, another unlikely translation to English. In France, it’s pronounced Ee-lahn and sounds quite...
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Mar
01
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besttech
When I was a little girl I wanted to be named Susie. Cute, perky, popular: the name Susie seemed to embody all the things I wanted to be, everything not associated with prissy, proper Pamela.
While I’ve come to prefer Pamela to Susie, I’m still fascinated by all the variations of that early beloved name. Susannah is one of my very favorites, for example, undoubtedly inspired by my early love of Susie. If I had six daughters, I’d certainly name one of them Susannah.
Alas, I had only one daughter, and a husband who didn’t like the name Susannah — upon hearing it, he could never resist breaking into a chorus of “Oh Susannah!” Which, obviously, is one of the few big downsides of this otherwise beautiful name.
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Feb
16
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nameberry.com
OK, here’s a thought: Suppose you find yourself beginning to really like some of those classic mid-century nicknames like the ones you’ve been hearing on shows like “Mad Men” and in movies like “Revolutionary Road,” but you don’t really care for the names they’ve been traditionally attached to. Some of them might be too “grandma;” some of them overused in the recent past. As in “Don”? Maybe. “Donald”? No, thanks. So we’ve put together a list of more contemporary, interesting or less common alternatives that manage to hold on to the desired nickname.
ALBY — ALBANY rather than Albert
ALEX — ALEXIO rather than...
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Jan
20
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besttech
There’s no way around it — every baby needs a name. It isn’t always an easy decision, but with these real-mom tips, it can be a fun one.
BRAINSTORM
“For most couples, picking a name has become a nine-month process — even beyond,” says Pamela Redmond Satran, author of “The Baby Name Bible” and cofounder of Nameberry.com. It all starts with an idea, so … ready, set, go! Don’t think — just grab your partner and jot down every semisweet name that comes to mind (favorite teacher, great-grandpa, the cute kid in that Lifetime movie — anything goes).
BE NOSY
“A radio talk show host here in the Philadelphia area suggested...
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