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From Bertha to Angina: One Mom’s (Mostly Frustrated) Search for the Right Name
Nov 27, 2024
  We found Stephany Aulenback’s wonderful blog Crooked House when she wrote about nameberry, and now we’re fans.  Here, Stephany‘s take on looking for a name for her baby girl, due in June, and finding that nothing, old or new, feels quite right.   It was around Christmas time when we started...
Tiger Woods Baby Name Charlie, a Sibling for Sam. But Which Is The Boy and Which Is The Girl?
Nov 27, 2024
   Charlie and Sam are typical of an emerging pattern linking two current trends: nicknames and ambigender names. Sam followed on the avalanche of Samanthas, often called Sam, which resulted in some parents cutting straight to the short form–Denise Richards, for one, used it for her daughter in 2004. And Charlie,...
Mom Names: The Names of Famous Mothers
Nov 27, 2024
  In anticipation of Mother’s Day, we thought we’d turn the tables and look at the names of some distinguished moms. Turns out that a surprising number of past (and a few present) notables have had mothers with interesting names. Probably too far-fetched to think there’s any correlation, but in any...
Middle Name Rose: Is The Bloom Off?
Nov 27, 2024
  Okay, I’m going to come right out and say it: There are now officially enough little girls with the middle name Rose.   I can hear the screams of protest and wails of anguish already.  But Rose is my grandmother’s name! Rose goes perfectly with my favorite first name!  I’ve been...
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