British Baby Names: New sibsets
　　It’s another morning with British baby names in the London Telegraph here, and this time I thought I’d focus on charming sibsets from the recent birth announcements. 　　I always love the slightly off-kilter (from the American perspective) British baby names plus the eccentric string of middle names. But including the...
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　　For her The Nameberry 9 this week, Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain sees more adventurous names for boys, some recent revivals for girls, and one surprising gender switch. 　　Last week’s baby name news demonstrated two things: first, there’s no such thing as a name too fusty to make a comeback. Girls’...
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　　Today, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel, finds some 2013 baby name predictions embedded in this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names. 　　As 2012 faded into 2013, the world welcomed many a new little life.  Re-reading birth announcements, I was struck by something. 　　None of them received outlandish names, but every one of...
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