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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 [...]
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 its [...]
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, [...]
How much of an impact does a name have on the child?
Add your comment | July 6, 2010 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeThere’s an intriguing article over at CSmonitor.com which talks about the impact a child’s name can have on the rest of its life. A few key areas have been highlighted by author Jeanna Bryner, who’s been speaking to David Figlio or Northwestern University in the US. We’ll touch on a few of them here, though [...]
The final word on bad baby names?
Add your comment | July 6, 2010 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeThere have been numerous cases of parents naming their children strange things – off the top of my head, there’s “New Zealand”, “@”, “Metallica” and “Sparrow” – and I’m sure you’ve heard of worse. In fact, just last week it emerged that a British man named his child “Meggie Maisie Lady Gaga”. However, a new [...]
With baby name popularity, it’s easy come, easy go
Add your comment | May 19, 2009 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeA study of historical baby name data has revealed that names that rapidly rise to popularity often then crash back out of the limelight.Read more about the baby name popularity study here.
Top Names of 2008 on BabyNames.co.uk
Add your comment | December 22, 2008 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeWe’ve been finding out the names that our readers are looking for throughout 2008, and the results are in: Boy’s Names Girl’s Names james emma jack sarah david charlotte john amy matthew hannah michael chloe daniel grace andrew rebecca paul ava thomas emily
Which baby names are our visitors looking for? [#1]
Add your comment | October 26, 2008 | Filed under: General names | Written by: LukeAs part of a new monthly feature on the blog, we’re going to be answering the question – Which baby names are our visitors looking for? On the our main baby names site, we use Google Analytics web analytics software to monitor how people interact with our site. We recently enabled ‘Site Search’, which lets [...]