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| Nameberry: The hottest trends in 2010 baby names - News & Observer Posted: 11 Jan 2010 04:24 AM PST For girls, the nickname trend adds an "ie" onto the end of every name: Gracie, Ellie, Evie, Maisie, Josie. Trendlet: boys' nicknames Lou, Charlie, Sam, Frankie for girls. NEWEST RETRO TREND We predict the revival of serious, no-frills names that haven't been considered for babies in several generations: Adele, Alice, Dorothy, Edith, Evelyn, Florence, Lenore, Louise and Marion for girls; Arthur, Frank, Harold, Harvey, Martin, Raymond, Victor, Vincent, Walter and Warren for boys. Having trouble imagining such sober names on cute little kids? We said the same thing about Moses and Matilda a handful of years ago. MOST FASHIONABLE CONSONANT L, by far, with the booming fashionableness of almost every L name for girls, and most especially those with two L sounds: Lila, Lola, Layla, Leila, Lily, Lillian, Delilah, Tallulah, even Lulu and Lucille. NEW "IT" VOWEL E, with Emma taking over from Emily (now number 3) at the top of the girls' list, and a range of E names for both boys and girls rising through the ranks: Ethan, Eden, Eleanor, Emmett, Eli, Eliza, Elijah, Ella, Evan, Eva, Eloise, Evangeline, Elliot, Esme, et nearly al. LATEST GENDER-BENDING TREND Male-female name equivalents: Auden and Audrey, Isaiah and Isabella, Theo and Thea. In fact, an association with a popular name of the opposite sex is enough to propel an unlikely choice to prominence: Edison on the coattails of Addison, for example, or Malachi hitching a ride with Makayla. BIGGEST POP CULTURE INFLUENCE Twilight, which has catapulted Edward (another E name) from boring old man name to sexiest boy on the block, may boost Bella to number one, and popularize such unlikely choices as Cullen and Esme. MOST SURPRISING COMEBACK NAME Felix, replacing Oscar. The X factor is important in several names getting another turn in the sun - Dexter, Rex, all forms of Max as well as some new choices, such as Maddox, Paxton, and Jaxon. COOLEST MIDDLE NAME TREND Double and triple middle names a la the British royals, using mother's maiden plus another, or honoring both grandmothers or fathers at the same time. MOST UNLIKELY MAINSTREAM TREND Jewish surnames, specifically Cohen and Jacoby, have become hot among middle-American, distinctly non-Jewish parents. Miller is also rising. Next up: Shapiro? FRENCH FASHION THAT WON'T MAKE IT HERE Prune, most chic among names for little Parisian girls, is unlikely to find a following in the U.S. Though it's true translation, Plum, is definitely finding favor. HOTTEST TREND INSPIRED BY A CELEBRITY BABY NAME Did an incipient trend for bird names inspire Nicole Richie and Joel Madden to name their newborn son Sparrow, or was it the other way around? No matter. Bird names are the latest genre of nature names, now that the gardens of flower names have become overgrown. Up and coming avian names: Lark, Wren, Hawk, Dove, Anything but the dated Robin. Then there's also the genetic Birdie, daughter of Maura West. ETHNIC NAME GROUP MOST LIKELY TO RISE Latin names, both Spanish and Italian - Seraphina, Mateo/Matteo, Valentina/Valentino, Cruz, Romeo, Lucia and Luciana, and Paloma. Even as one study says Hispanic parents in the U.S. are less likely to use Latin names after two or three generations, such choices are gaining in acceptance among non-Latino American parents. GIRL TREND READY TO JUMP THE SHARK Rose as a middle name has become as wilted as such old school connective names as Lee and Lynn, Ann and Marie. And Grace is coming up fast behind it. BOY TREND READY TO JUMP THE SHARK Two syllable faux surname-names. When people are naming their sons after prisons such as Ryker, it's time to stop. TREND WE'D MOST LIKE TO SEE DIE Reality TV names that feel about as authentic as the people behind them Khloe, Audrina, Jaslene. Come on, people, Even Jackson, as in Michael, is a more unambivalently worthy namesake. Nameberry (http://nameberry.com) is a baby-naming site produced by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz, co-authors of 10 bestselling baby name guides, including the newest, "Beyond Ave and Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Couples can pick from most popular baby names in Arizona - Tucson Citizen Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:50 AM PST Anyone who is expecting a child – or perhaps adopting a dog or other pet – may want to take a cue from this year's most popular baby names in Arizona.  Meet Baby Ryn the goat/Ryn Gargulinski You may want to follow the trend and give your kid the hippest name in the state today. Or you may want to go out on a limb and ensure your tot's kindergarten class is not full of 11 other Jacobs or 22 other Isabellas. Yes, Jacob and Isabella top the Arizona list this year, according to a news release from the Arizona Department of Health Services. The guys' side for 2009 is followed up by Alexander, Angel, Daniel and Anthony. Jacob has been leading the pack for the past two decades, with Michael the most popular name for the previous two, ending in 1979 and 1989. Little girls born this year, after Isabella, are most commonly named Sophia, Mia, Emma and Emily. Isabella's been leading for the past 10 years, with Samantha reigning for the 1990s, Jessica leading the 1980s and Jennifer taking center stage in the 1970s. The full 2009 lists appear below, with numbers reflecting how many children were given each name. Can you imagine all the chaos at the dog park if you named you new pooch Mia?  Baby Ryn/Ryn Gargulinski For you couples, or singles, that don't give a dang about popular names, you can go with another method to name your baby or pet. One is to name the child or dog after a long-dead relative, particularly one that no one really cared for, like big fat Aunt Bertha who always picked her teeth on public transit. You can also choose to pore through baby name books, look up all the different meanings of names and then argue over which is most beautiful or appropriate. "We can't call him Max," you say. "It means 'son of the wise leader' and you're kind of dumb." Of course, the arguments may veer far and away from baby names once the tiffs get started. A third tactic is to do like some celebrities and come up with the stupidest name you can imagine. Go with one that is ugly and hard to spell, like Phinnaeus, or perhaps name the child after an inanimate object or piece of fruit, like Apple. "Have you seen Truck? He's not in his playpen." If all else fails, you can always play it safe and call the dog "dog," call the cat "cat," and name the kid something original, like "Kid." *** MOST POPULAR NAMES AMONG ARIZONA BOYS BORN IN 2009 -Total resident boys born = 44,990 (January 1 – December 18, 2009) MOST POPULAR NAMES AMONG ARIZONA GIRLS BORN IN 2009 – Total resident girls born = 42,796 (January 1 – December 18, 2009) 1. ISABELLA 498 The above reflects the data collection and data entry as of 12/18/2009.
What do you think? How do you or did you come up with names for your children or pets? Do both parties have equal input? Should both parties have equal input? Did you ever argue over baby names? What happened? Did either of you throw a plate of spaghetti against the wall? Do you have any people or pets named after you? Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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