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Baby Names Needed for Twin Girls
A reader named Bridgette is having twin girls in October and would like some name suggestions. The plan is to use the babies’ grandmothers’ names, Eileen and Patricia, as middle names. So Bridgette and her husband are interested in names that sound good in front of either Eileen or Patricia. (Especially Patricia–that’s the one they’re [...]
Baby Named After Hurricane Andrew
Most of the hurricane-inspired baby names I know of (e.g. Alicia, Gloria, Hazel) were given to girls. So I had to end the series with a boy. :) Hurricane Andrew hit Florida on 24 August 1992. It ended up demolishing Homestead Air Force Base. Luckily, Kevin Hicks–who had been stationed at Homestead–was off the base [...]
Baby Named After Hurricane Elena
On 30 August 1985, while Hurricane Elena was threatening the Mississippi coast, Cheryl Brimage of Biloxi, Mississippi, gave birth to a baby girl at Biloxi Regional Medical Center. The baby, born four days late, was named Elena. “The baby waited on the hurricane, so I just had to name her Elena,” Cheryl noted. (The mother [...]
Baby Named After Hurricane Isabel
A baby born just after midnight on 18 September 2003 at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, was named after the approaching Hurricane Isabel. The hurricane, which entered Virginia later that day, went on to become one of the costliest disasters in the state’s history. Source: “Residents Commemorate, Cope with Storm.” Virginian-Pilot 20 Sept. 2003: [...]
Baby Named After Hurricane Alicia
On the night of 17 August 1983, a baby girl was born to Rachelle and Kenneth Sanders at St. Mary’s Hospital in Galveston, Texas. Rachelle had already picked out a name, but changed her mind after nurses suggested she name her baby after the approaching Hurricane Alicia. The hurricane made landfall near Galveston just a [...]
Babies Named After Hurricane Gloria
Two baby girls born in Virginia while Hurricane Gloria was passing through (on 27 September 1985) were named after the storm. One of the babies belonged to Linda Cowell of Newport News. “Everyone in the shelter was saying if you go into labor, you’ve got to name her Gloria,” she said. And so she did. [...]
Baby Named After Hurricane Hazel
A post on hurricane names over at The Stir reminded me of a few hurricane-inspired baby names that I know of. Hazel, for instance. Hurricane Hazel struck Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on 15 October 1954. The next day, a Rock Hill newspaper reported that a doctor had been “called out and delivered a baby” in [...]
The Strongest Girl Names in the Top 20
A few weeks ago I reordered the top 20 boy names according to their relative masculinity. I called that post the The Strongest Boy Names in the Top 20. But we can’t stop at boy names. That wouldn’t be fair. So here are the top 20 girl names reordered according to relative femininity. (For this [...]
Trump Named Daughter Tiffany After Jewelry Store
Trump Tower, located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, was completed in late 1983 thanks in part to a $5 million deal with Tiffany & Co. to purchase the unused air space above their flagship store next door. On 13 October 1993, almost a decade later, Donald Trump and Marla Maples had a baby girl they [...]
Popular Saint Name – Monica
Today is the feast day of St. Monica (or Monnica). She was a 4th century woman of Berber descent and is perhaps best known for being the mother of St. Augustine. She also had two other children, Navigius and Perpetua. As with several other saint names (like Theresa, Katherine, Anthony, Ignatius and Casilda) no one [...]
Jockey Names Daughter After Horse
On 7 February 2010, with over 20,000 people watching, Irish jockey Richard Hughes won the McDowell Signature Indian Derby at Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai. He was riding a filly named Jacqueline. After the race, he was quoted as saying: “You know what, my wife gave birth a couple of days back and I named [...]
Baby Named After Ship’s Doctor and Captain
The SS La Guardia left New York on 30 May 1950 for a month-long trip to the Mediterranean under the command of Capt. Hugh L. Switzer. About a week before it returned to New York, Mrs. Gertrude Segelman of Spring Valley, NY, gave birth to a baby boy with the help of the ship’s surgeon, [...]
How Many Babies Have Been Named Sephora?
Sephora, the French cosmetics store, opened its first U.S. location in New York in 1998. By late 1999, close to 40 Sephoras had opened. Today there are over 250 Sephora stores and over 200 “Sephora inside JCPenney” stores in the U.S. How many U.S. babies have been named Sephora in the last couple of decades? [...]
Baby Named Queenie After Bus Company
On 5 June 1950, Myrtle Melvin of North Carolina gave birth to a baby girl in the back seat of a Queen City Trailways bus. She kept the baby wrapped in seat covers until the bus arrived at its destination, Fayetteville. Myrtle later decided to name the baby Queenie “in honor of the bus company.” [...]
Baby Named Westbury After Rest Area
I’ve posted about baby names inspired by a street sign, a freeway and a highway exit, but this is the first rest area-inspired baby name I’ve seen: On 8 April 2009, Kate Flello of Gloucestershire, England, went into labor a month early. Her partner Brian Sterry began driving her to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital via A48, [...]
6 New Catholic Saints in October, 2010
The mention of St. Endelienta in my last post reminded me that there are some canonizations coming up. In two months, we’ll have six new saints: Mary MacKillop (1842-1909), who will be the very first Australian saint. André Bessette (1845-1937), founder of Saint Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal. Stanis?aw So?tys (1433-1489) of Poland. Cándida María de [...]
British PM Cameron Names Daughter Endellion
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, welcomed a baby girl on Tuesday (Aug. 24). Their fourth child was born a month early while the Camerons were on vacation in Cornwall. Regarding the baby’s name, Cameron was quoted as saying, “It was very exciting having a baby in Cornwall. We’ll have to have [...]
Unisex Baby Names – Even Splits of 2009
Hundreds of unisex names were given to both baby boys and baby girls last year. But only 65 were split evenly between the two genders, according to SSA data. Name Boys Girls Total Michel 55 55 110 Michal 48 48 96 Storm 43 43 86 Haydyn 32 32 64 Avry 27 27 54 Adi 26 [...]
Baby Named Friday February Eleven
Mike and Georgina Biddle of Surrey, England, were having trouble thinking of a name for their daughter, born on Friday, Feb. 11, 1977. So…they just named her Friday February Eleven. Reactions to the name were mixed, according to Mike: Some of my friends think it’s a brilliant idea. Others think I’m mad. And the name [...]
Baby Named Linda Ann After WWII Plane
The 1940s baby named Linda from the other day reminded me of another 1940s baby named Linda: On 31 July 1944, a baby named Linda Ann was born to parents Manuel and Ida Bonito of San Jose. “The baby was named after the airplane on which an uncle, Frank Bonito, a member of the Army [...]