Posts Tagged ‘Baby Names’
Dec 15, 2009
Come on down, Madison and Matthew! You –
Whoa. Um, there sure are a lot of you. On second thought, don’t all come down at once, please.
As I was saying… Madison and Matthew topped the most popular American names in 2009.
Sep 30, 2009
A reenactment actor imagines how the baby responded to learning his name
Crazy: A Swedish couple named their son “Q.” Even crazier: The government took them to court to prevent them from doing so. Repeatedly.
Finally, however, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has overturned two previous rulings by lower courts and awarded them the right to name [...]
Jul 16, 2009
A new study in Social Science Quarterly — which I never miss an issue of — claims the more unpopular, uncommon or feminine a boy’s first name, the greater the chance he will end up behind bars.
May 10, 2009
In the heavyweight fight of baby names, 12-year reigning U.S. champion “Emily” has been toppled by “Emma,” the new number one name for girls in America.
WOW! From “Emily” to “Emma.” How… different.
“The girls names we see moving up most quickly tend to be quite feminine,” said “The Baby Name Bible” co-author Pam Satran, “names starting [...]
Mar 9, 2009
Back in the good ol’ days (read: five months ago), Mr. Candy and I would tipsily wax poetic over a pitcher of sangria about that day waaaaaaaaay in the future (read: now) when we’d create a life together. I would, of course, sail through my illness-free pregnancy and pain-free delivery to welcome a perfectly healthy, [...]
