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British Baby Names: Tops of the pops
Jan 14, 2025
  British baby names were very much on the front burner this week, following the release of the official Top 100 popular British names lists for 2010.   At the top of the British names rankings was a pair of what sounds for all the world like matchy-matchy twin names, Olivia and Oliver. ...
New Zealand Name Report
Jan 14, 2025
  New Zealand native Anna Hamilton parses the recently released Kiwi name statistics and analyzes what’s up and down, in and out, including such surprise (to us) hits as Aria, Ayla, Anahera, Manaia, and Sione..   BOYS   Looking first at the boys: The big news here is that after a five-year reign,...
The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1
Jan 14, 2025
  This week, Appellation Mountain ‘s Abby Sandel travels around the country and across the pond to discover which  names ranked Number 1 where.   Baby name news is fast and furious at year’s end.  Lists of Worst and Best Celebrity Baby Names abound.  (Did anyone else notice that Zuzu Audrey, daughter of Top...
Question of the Week: How do you feel about sharing your name(s)?
Jan 14, 2025
  Today’s QOW was inspired by a comment from jgirl525.   This week it’s a two-parter:   a.  What’s your response when you meet someone who shares your own first name? Do you feel an instant kinship or do you feel more proprietary?  If it’s a popular name, do you immediately start comparing nicknames...
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