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O’s Reign Supreme In The UK Baby Rankings
Add your comment | August 11, 2011 | Filed under: General names, Name popularity | Written by: LukeWith the annual release of the most popular baby names in the UK it was no surprise that yet again the letter O has seen itself cement it’s place at the top of the baby name table. Olivia and Oliver were named as the most popular baby names for the second year running, with the [...]
You Think You Can Call Your Baby That? Think Again!
Add your comment | July 18, 2011 | Filed under: General names, Name popularity | Written by: LukeWe all realise that the task of naming your baby can be an interesting adventure, and over recent years we have seen a wide variety of names being used for babies. Celebrities have continued the trend for unusual names for their babies; recently David and Victoria Beckham named their new born girl Harper Seven. While [...]
Save Money and the World?!
Add your comment | May 27, 2011 | Filed under: Blogroll, General names | Written by: LukeDuring the current economic climate money has become the major talking point throughout many families. Therefore being able to save money is something that everyone has had to come to terms with and try and make the most of. It has been estimated that bringing a baby into the world can cost upwards [...]
Baby’s Name Decided By Facebook!
2 comments | December 20, 2010 | Filed under: General names, Names in the news | Written by: LukeRemember we wrote a post about a mum letting Facebook users choose the name of her baby? Well she had it and true to her word she allowed Facebook to decide her baby’s fate. Around 20 thousand people took part in the online Facebook vote to choose a name for mother Alphinelli’s baby girl. This was [...]
Mum lets Facebook users choose her baby’s name!
Add your comment | November 28, 2010 | Filed under: General names, Names in the news | Written by: LukeRommy Alpinelli has come up with hundreds of first names to call her soon to be born little girl however she is not the one who is able to pick which one. She has opted to allow facebook users to have the privilege by voting for their favourite. The little girls due date is December 4th [...]
Florence Rose Endellion – David Cameron’s baby girl gets a name
5 comments | August 25, 2010 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeDavid and Samantha Cameron have chosen the name for their new baby girl – Florence Rose Endellion. We named Florence as the UK’s fastest rising girls name of 2010 last month, and it seems as though David Cameron is following the trend. In the 2008 official rankings (the latest currently available), Florence was ranked 94th [...]
Cornish girls names
Add your comment | August 25, 2010 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeFollowing yesterday’s news on the birth of David Cameron’s baby girl, and the PM’s subsequent comment about naming the baby something “Cornish”, we’ve put together a list of baby names which originate from Cornwall. (please excuse the obligatory picture of a pasty) Cornish baby names Beryan Blejan Caja Chesten Crewenna Demelza Ebrel Elowen Eseld Eva Hedra Jenifer Jenna Kensa Kerensa Kerra Kew Loveday Lowenna Mellyn Melyor Metheven Morveren Morwenna Rosen Senara Sowena Steren Tamsyn Tecca Tegen Tregereth Tryfena Wenna My guess would be Tegen, which means “pretty”; Channel 4 Political Editor [...]
Choosing a middle name for your baby
1 comment | August 15, 2010 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeI’ve noticed recently that a lot of posts in our forums are from expectant parents struggling to choose a middle name. So in this post, I’m going to address the middle name and provide a few tips that I hope will make it easier for you to settle on your baby’s name – in [...]
America’s most popular baby names of 2010 (so far)
Add your comment | July 29, 2010 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeThis guest post on popular names in the U.S. was fashioned for babynames.co.uk by Pamela Redmond Satran, cofounder of the baby names website nameberry.com and coauthor of ten books on names, including The Brilliant Book of Baby Names and Cool Names for Babies. The most popular baby names in the U.S. for 2010 won’t be [...]
The UK’s Fastest Rising Baby Names, 2010
Add your comment | July 14, 2010 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeInspired by a couple of recent baby name popularity articles – on the excellent Huffington Post and Parentdish – we decided to take a look at our own UK baby name data and analyse 2010’s naming trends to date. What did we do? Well, we’re constantly recording what people are searching for at BabyNames.co.uk (anonymously, of course!). [...]