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What's
in a baby name?
Time was
when chidren were named after their parents, grandparents
or other highly respected ancestors, but today that's changing.
New moms
and dads are looking around at dozens of baby name books now
available, or are clicking around the Web for suggestions
that reportedly contain some 50,000 different names, spellings
& name meanings.
How
does it sound?
But finding
general guidelines or reading lists of baby names is only
the beginning. Then there's the middle name...
First,
say aloud any combination of first and middle names you've
tentatively chosen for your baby. For example, current Top
Ten popular baby names for girls in the U.S. include Alexis,
Samantha, and Hannah, but they don't exactly fall
trippingly off the tongue when you say them together in any
combination. Keep at it until both first and middle names
blend together, or view lists of popular
twins names that may help you come up with just the right
combination.
Can
you spell that?
Creating
an entirely new name using anagrams, a Scrabble board, or
just a wild imagination (Taffeta, Jenae, Gillus) can
be a fun pursuit while waiting for the baby to be born, but
be careful. Saddling a baby with a name that nobody can spell
or pronounce may make it unique, but also painful - and very
possibly result in your child being teased in school or misunderstandings
well into adult life.
Watch
out for nicknames
New parents
who thought they had picked the perfect baby name are caught
off-guard when their baby is called a derivation of the original,
i.e., "Joey" instead of Joseph, or "Lizzy"
instead of Elizabeth. Planning
ahead can avoid constant battle with well-meaning relatives
and friends to establish your baby's rightful name. One new
set of parents we know recently took the nickname dilemma
into account before naming their baby .... Jake.
More
about baby names around the Web:
Just up
ahead, check out the latest lists of popular baby names in
the U.S., U.K. and Australia, along with additional resources
in our worldwide guide to top sites offering tips
and advice, interactive tools, pronunciation guides, and
related stories, meanings and legends related to the name
of your favorite prize bundle or expectant newborn...
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Top
Ten Most Popular U.S. Baby Names
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Boys
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Girls |
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Jacob
Michael
Ethan
Joshua
Daniel
Alexander
Anthony
William
Christopher
Matthew
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Emma
Isabella
Emily
Madison
Ava
Olivia
Sophie
Abigail
Elizabeth
Chloe
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Top
Ten Popular U.K. Baby Names for Boys & Girls
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Boys
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Girls |
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Jack
Oliver
Thomas
Harry
Alfie
Charlie
Daniel
Joshua
James
William
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Grace
Olivia
Ruby
Sophie
Emily
Lily
Jessica
Chloe
Mia
Charlotte
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Top
Ten Popular Australian Baby Names
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Boys
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Girls |
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Joshua
Lachlan
Jack
Thomas
Ethan
James
Daniel
Nicholas
William
Benjamin
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Emily
Jessica
Chloe
Isabella
Sarah
Sophie
Olivia
Georgia
Grace
Hannah
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Babynamer.com
- From the popular cable TV channel for women and our favorite
pick for concise meanings and origins in a 23,000 name database
- featuring interactive tools for mixing and matching first
and middle names, inspiration in the form of daily lists,
user comments.
YeahBaby!
- Another top site for baby names and meanings, nicknames
and alternate spellings, pronunciation guides, celebrity baby
names, baby names especially for twins,
Irish and Australian names, popularity lists, baby naming
tips and advice.
Popular
Baby Names - Easy access to the huge U.S. Social Security
Administration database searchable by name popularity, year,
gender or by U.S. state, or request top names by year of birth
dating from 1880 through 1997.
Baby
Names.com - An extensive A-Z list of baby names, their
meanings and origins, plus feature articles, a daily blog
on a variety of baby news and topics, and check out a very
busy message board...
Colorful
Baby Names - Like it says, and searchable by red,
(Rose, Scarlet) blue (Indigo, Sapphire) green
(Jade, Olive) and lots more including pink, brown,
purple and other
colors.
Irish
Baby Names - Browseable by boy or girl, with origins
and meanings, audio pronuniciation guide, plus related Irish
histories, tales and legends.
Muslim Names - UK site featuring a database of names
and meanings, searchable by random name or by list, including
most popular Muslim names for boys and girls, prophet names,
related FAQ, discussion boards.
Indian
Baby Names & Meanings - One-stop browsing for
boy, girl, Muslim and Hindu names in an A-Z list plus lots
of related links, and check out a fine photo gallery of visitor-submitted
baby pictures from indianchild.com
Baby
Name Origins and Meanings - The world guide to girls
and boys names and meanings from China, France, Greece, Germany,
Ireland, Italy, Spain, Poland and many more, plus biblical
names, baby naming tips, advice.
also
see -> Baby
Names : Trendy or Traditional
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