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The Plague of the Popular Name

When I grew up, I was plagued with a boy name. My name is Alexandra, but my friends have always called me Alex. I hated it. I was so ugly, my mom made me keep short hair, and my name just didn’t help. When I finally did outgrow the boy look, I still had trouble [...]

Baby Naming Etiquette

I am astounded at the things I am learning about pregnancy, even though this is not my first.  Today, I learned that I had angered a distant relative when I named my now 11 year old child Rebekkah.  Apparently, the distant relative wanted to name her child Rebekkah and felt I’d “stolen” her name.
This situation [...]

Babies Online Baby Names of the Week 2-16-09

Choosing your baby’s name can be a very emotional experience. Sometimes it’s easy. Usually, it’s not. There’s so much to consider, but the most important thing to remember is to love the name. Below is a list of baby names submitted by Babies Online Members in the past 7 days. Maybe you can find the [...]

Who Gets To Name Baby?

Now that I am officially 12 weeks pregnant, and everything seems to be OK, we’ve begun to think about names.
I remember as a young girl, playing with my dolls and giving them names.  I asked my mother if she thought I might be able to name my children those same names when I grew up.  [...]

Boys With Unpopular Names “More Likely to Become Criminals”

So here’s some more mom guilt for you. Baby boys with uncommon or unpopular names are more likely to commit crimes as teenagers and young adults.
Researchers from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania compared the names of juvenile male delinquents to male names in the general population.
They concluded that boys with common names like Micheal, Robert and [...]

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