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Unusual Names: 5 Ways to Stay on the Right Side of Weird
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  Unusual names can be attractive, distinctive, intriguing….until they cross the line to weird.   Parents in search of unusual names often worry about how to stay on the right side of that line.   Here, five ways to choose unusual names that have all the best qualities of the genre and...
Do Kre8iv Spellings Make Names More Special?
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Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name
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  Canadian guest blogger and name book writer Shandley McMurray offers some advice on global baby names–picking a name that will travel well. (And those are her beautiful kids in the illustration.)   Growing up with a name like Shandley in Canada wasn’t always easy. I became tired of correcting people’s spelling and...
5 Mistakes Even Smart Baby Namers Make
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  Ever feel like you’re a baby name klutz and that there are other, infinitely smarter baby namers out there who do everything right and magically arrive at the perfect name with no fuss or wrong turns?   Not true.  Here are the five most common mistakes even the smartest baby namers...
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