This was originally posted on August 22, 2010 Double barrelled (or hyphenated) first names – how popular are they, and which names are parents picking? We’ve been trawling through the 2008 official baby names data from the UK government to find out. Note: the data we’ve received does not include very rare names – i.e.… Read More
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Harper Rain Sinclair: Natalie Bassingthwaighte’s Baby Daughter
This was originally posted on August 21, 2010 Natalie Bassingthwaighte, all-round Australian entertainer best known for being part of band Rogue Traders and for playing Izzy in “Neighbours,” has given birth to a baby girl named Harper Rain Sinclair McGlinchey. Natalie and fiancé Cameron had apparently decided on this name before the baby was born and… Read More
Ethan Edward Smith: Dannii Minogue’s Baby Boy
This was originally posted on July 7, 2010 Danni Minogue and Kris Smith welcomed the arrival of a baby boy, Ethan Edward, on the 5th July. The pair are said to be “thrilled” with the birth of their first child. The news was confirmed by a posting on Twitter by Dannii’s spokesman: “Kris Smith and… Read More
America’s Most Popular Baby Names of 2010 (So Far)
This was originally posted on June 29, 2010 This 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… Read More
The UK’s Fastest Rising Baby Names, 2010
This was originally posted on June 14, 2010 Inspired 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… Read More
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