A Baby Name Per Day

Last Saturday's notice that I would be switching over to a .com quickly transitioned into launching the new site, Once Upon a Time Baby Names . After 100,000 hits I was afraid of switching to a ...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/02/goodbye-to-baby-name-per-day.html

I'd say Eponine's lookin pretty good... A little while ago there was this debate  on Nameberry about the name Eponine (ay-poe-neen), now in the spotlight because the movie Les Misérables...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/02/eponine.html

This is a notice that I will be switching over to a .com site soon. I feel like the name of the blog isn't a perfect match for what I really want to cover, and how often I want to write. I will b...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/02/i-may-be-moving.html

I debated for a long, long (LONG) time whether I should post this or not, because a) it has little to do with baby names, and b) it's personal in a could-be-bad way, and c) who really cares? So t...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/an-alternative-to-maiden-name-vs-his.html

A small selection... Fleur - flower Blanche - white Etoile - star Belle - beautiful Beau - handsome Bijou - jewel Elle - she Boheme - Bohemia Miette - small and sweet Reve - dream Rev...

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Two of the easiest (only?) ways to get Letty as a nickname are Elettra  and Violetta. Violetta (vee-oh-let-ta) is a more elegant, romantic and European version of the trending and popular Viole...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/violetta.html

Why did I decide to highlight Carlo and not Carl or Carlos? Besides a really unpleasant association with a Karl, it's a very dated name, while Carlos, in the US, is very region and culture specif...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/carlo.html

Miike Snow - Silvia I was going to include Silvana and Silveria, and the male forms of the name, in this post, but I think I'll save them for another time and just mention that all Syl-/Sil- n...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/sylvie-sylvia-silvia.html

Go check it out!  I had a "Princesses and Queens" label, and thought it high time to add one for the boys.

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/new-label-princes-and-kings.html

(VIGG-oh) Viggo Mortensen, who is actually a junior, may be the first and only person that comes to mind with this name. The actor has been known for his roles in "Hidalgo" and "Lord of the ...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/viggo.html

  Italian actress Lavinia Longhi, who looks just like my mom Lavinia (lah-VIN-ee-ah) is a Latin name possibly meaning "purity," but the name is so old that no specific meaning can be given....

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/lavinia.html

  Available on Etsy Male or female? Mr. Darcy or vintage belle? While slightly resembling cutesy vintage names like Darla and dated names ending in -ie or -y, this name will never make me t...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/darcy.html

  The 1968 film "Isadora" about Isadora Duncan, the dancer Isadora, which can also be spelled Isidora, is a Greek and Latin name meaning "gift of Isis" and the feminine form of the boys nam...

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  Old Hollywood actress Ann Sheridan Sheridan is an Irish Gaelic surname meaning "seeker; peaceful" of which a playwright and Civil War general share as a namesake. In 1996 the masculine su...

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Another name with next to no info readily available. *sigh* Rhondine, as far as I can tell, is either the French variant of Rhonda, or more likely a created variant of Rhonda, meaning "rose" in G...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/rhondine.html

Halsten is an English and Scandinavian name meaning "hollow enclosure; settlement in a nook; rock/stone." This name has been used by Swedish royalty, the earliest namesake being Halsten Stenkilss...

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Iva is a lost vintage name that was once mildly popular in America. Originally from Ivana, meaning "God is gracious," from the male form Ivan, which is an international variant of John (which mea...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/if-ivy-and-ava-are-so-popular-why-not.html

I've been thinking of ways to get gender neutral Old Western nicknames for girls that you'd usually see on boys, and two of my best ideas so far are a) Orchid nn Kid (like Billy the Kid), which w...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2013/01/old-west-nicknames-for-girls.html

  Princess Cordelia Abidaoud and Hilary Clinton Today's headline: "Grab it while it's hot!" If the amount of labels under this post are any indication, Cordelia's a modestly rising, histori...

http://ababynameperday.blogspot.com/2012/12/cordelia.html

Mercade (murr-KAYD) is quite the interesting boy's name. It was used by Shakespeare in "Love's Labour's Lost." The character Mercade is a lord who attends the princess of France, and he has a tot...

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Ingela is a variant of Angela in some countries, like German (from engel), but means "Ing's protection" or "guarded by Ing" in Scandinavian/Old Norse. Ing, the Norse goddess, was also the foundat...

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I decided to do a quick name interview with my husband. Although his name, Shawn, is not as popular as it once was - #27 in 1973, people still might want to consider it. Other variants are still ...

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December  remains rare as a baby name, but parents do sometimes use it --33 times in 2011. It probably helps that Ember, a top 1000 name, can be its nickname. The same can be said of November, b...

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Yes, Matilda. We're all aware of her popularity. But what other names end in -ilda? The list is fairly long. QUENILDA CASILDA Hilda Clotilda Gilda Marilda OTTHILDA Romilda Serilda Swanhilda SOME...

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Goodbye, 2012. You've brought the world some amazing baby names, and some amazingly bad baby names. Let's take a look at some rare names that made the headlines this year... SEVERINE - the name ...

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