Monday, June 30, 2008

America's Next Top Baby Name

America's Top Model = Drama...Drama...Pose...Drama...Drama...Fierce...Drama...Drama...Scream and Jump Around. The contestants are very animated and an eclectic blend of styles and personalities (just like our sponsor Inventing Matilda). Here is a list of America's Next Top Model Contestants. Make a high fashion pose as you read it.

Adrianne Curry

Aimee Wright
Allison Kuehn
Amanda Babin
Amanda Swafford
Ambreal Williams
Amis Jenkins
Anchel Joseph
Ann Markley
Anna Bradfield
Anya Kop
April Wilkner
Ashley Black
Atalya Slater
Bethany Harrison
Bianca Golden
Brandy Rusher
Bre Scullark
Brita Petersons
Brittany Brower
Brittany Hatch
Brooke Miller
Camille McDonald
CariDee English
Cassandra Watson
Cassandra Whitehead
Cassie Grisham
Catie Anderson
Christina Murphy
Claire Unabia
Coryn Woitel
Danielle Evans
Diana Zalewski
Diane Hernandez
Dionne Walters
Dominique Reighard
Ebony Haith
Ebony Morgan
Ebony Taylor
Elyse Sewell
Eugena Washington
Eva Pigford
Fatima Siad
Felicia Provost
Gina Choe
Giselle Samson
Heather Blumberg
Heather Kuzmich
Jaeda Young
Jael Strauss
Janet Mills
Jasline Gonzalez
Jayla Rubinelli
Jenah Doucette
Jenascia Chakos
Jennifer Frost
Joanie Dodds
Julie Titus
Kahlen Rondot
Kari Schmidt
Katarzyna Dolinska
Katie Cleary
Kathleen DuJour
Kathy Hoxit
Keenyah Hill
Kelle Jacob
Kesse Wallace
Kim Stolz
Kimberly Leemans
Kimberly Rydzewski
Kristi Grommet
Kyle Kavanagh
Lauren Utter
Leah Darrow
Leslie Mancia
Lisa D-Armato
Lisa Jackson
Lluvy Gomez
Magdalena Rivas
Marvita Washington
Melrose Bickerstaff
Mercedes Scelba-Shorte
Michelle Babin
Michelle Deighton
Mila Bouzinova
Mollie Sue Steenis-Gondi
Naima Mora
Natasha Galkina
Nicole Borud
Nicole Linkletter
Nicole Panattoni
Nik Pace
Noelle Staggers
Norelle Van Herk
Rebecca Epley
Renee Alway
Robin Manning
Saleisha Stowers
Samantha Francis
Sara Dankleman
Sara Racey-Tabrizi
Sara Rhoades
Sarah Hartshorne
Sarah VonderHaar
Shandi Sullivan
Shannon Stewart
Stacy Ann Fequiere
Tatiana Dante
Tessa Carlson
Tiffany Richardson
Toccara Jones
Victoria Marshman
Wendy Wiltz
Whitney Cunningham
Whitney Thompson
Xiomara Frans
Yaya Da Costa
Yohanna House

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Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

...Actually I just play one on TV. Only I am not the doctor...I play the second assistant to the nightly gift shop decorator. OK, I was only in one scene and it was cut after production. However, good news from Inventing Matilda: here are a few notable docs, staff, and blood stained victims from The House of Grey's ER Scrubs.

Abby Lockhart

Addison Forbes Montgomery
Adele Webber
Alex Karev
Alexander Babcock
Alice Upton
Allison Cameron
Anna Del Amico
Archie Morris
Bonnie Crasnoff
Callie Torres
Carla Espinosa
Carol Hathaway
Charlotte King
Christine Harms
Christopher Duncan Turk
Cleo Finch
Colin Marlow
Cooper Freedman
Cristina Yang
Dave Malucci
Denny Duquette
Derek Shepherd
Doug Murphy
Doug Ross
Dylan Young
Elizabeth Corday
Elliot Reid
Ellis Grey
Eric Foreman
Erica Hahn
Erin Harkins
Finn Dandridge
Frank Martin
George O'Malley
Greg Pratt
Gregory House
Harold O'Malley
Helen Rubenstein
Izzie Stevens
Jake Scanlon
James Wilson
Janet Coburn
Jeanie Boulet
Jerry Markovic
Jing-Mei Chen
John Carter
John Dorian
Jordan Sullivan
Julia Dupree
Katherine Wyatt
Keith Dudemeister
Kerry Weaver
Kim Briggs
Laverne Roberts
Lexi Grey
Lisa Cuddy
Louise O'Malley
Lucy Knight
Luka Kovac
Maggie Wyczenski
Mark Greene
Mark Sloan
Meredith Grey
Michael Gallant
Miranda Bailey
Molly Grey Thompson
Naomi Bennett
Neela Rasgotra
Norman Shales
Olivia Harper
Perry Cox
Pete Wilder
Peter Benton
Preston Burke
Ray Barnett
Rebecca Pope
Richard Webber
Robert Chase
Robert Kelso
Rupert Romano
Sam Bennett
Samantha Taggart
Skye Wexler
Susan Grey
Susan Lewis
Sydney Heron
Ted Buckland
Thatcher Grey
Tony Gates
Violet Turner
Wendall Meade
William 'Dell' Parker

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Couture Baby Fashion Forecasting

Fashion Forward Baby Names List from Inventing Matilda. These are some of the most talented individuals when it comes to frosting the human body. These fashion designers are able to take all of the energy of a Cirque de Soleil performance and the staff of Martha Stewart Living during the holiday season and put it on paper and then into fabric and transform the human body into a creature of taste and sophistication...complete with the perfect accessories. So let's say the gene skips a generation and your child has the fashion sense (or any type of sense) of a Smurf. Your child will be able to get by just fine with a name like Vera, Madeleine, Natalia, Oliver, Pierre, Tarun, Thierry...You get the idea. Kids judge a book by it's cover...Parents judge a book by it's title.

Agnes B.

Alex Teih
Alexander McQueen
Alexandre Herchcovitch
Alicia Lawhon
Alice Roi
Amparo Alcayde Clavo
Anjana Bhargava
Anand Jon
Ann Louise Roswald
Anna Kiper
Anna Sui
Anya Hindmarch
Arkadius
Atil Kutoglu
Bernard Chandran
Beth Schaeffer
Betsey Johnson
Calvin Klein
Carolina Herrera
Cate Coles
Catherine Malandrino
Chad Evans
Charles Frederick Worth
Chloe Dao
Chloe Sevigny
Christian Dior
Christian Lacroix
Christian Oliver Herold
Christina Perrin
Coco Chanel
Cole Haan
Collette Dinnigan
Cristobal Balenciaga
Cynthia Rowly
Daniel Franco
Daniel Yam
Danielle Nault
Deepika Govind
Derick R. Cruz
Diane von Furstenburg
Dirk Bikkembergs
Domencio Dolce
Donatella Versace
Donna Karen
Dorothy Grant
Douglas Hannant
Dries Van Noten
Elaine Turner
Elie Saab
Eileen Fisher
Elsa Schiaparelli
Elsabet Yanagisawa
Emilio Pucci
Emma Hunt
Emmett McCarthy
Erica Tanov
Eugenie van Oirschot
Fahad
Fatima Lopes
Francesco Smalto
Francis Cheong
Franck Sorbier
Franco Mirabelli
Garavani Valentino
Georgio Armani
Gianfranco Ferre
Gianni Versace
Givenchy
Hanae Mori
Helmut Lang
Henner Buse
Ines Valentinitsch
Isabell Kristensen
Isabella Fiore
Issac Mizrahi
Issey Miyake
Jack McCollough
Jared Gold
Jasmine Di Milo
Jasper Conran
Jay McCarroll
Jean-Paul Beneilli
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jenni Kayne
Jesse Khong
Jessica McClintock
Jhane Barnes
Jill Stewart
Jimmy Chu
JJ Valaya
John Galliano
John Vavatos
Julien MacDonald
Kara Janx
Karen Walker
Karl Lagerfeld
Kate Spade
Kate Sylvester
Kathleen Madden
Kenneth Cole
Kimora Lee Simmons
Laura Mitchell
Lazaro Hernandez
Lee Angel
Liz Claiborne
Lloyd Klein
Louis Vuitton
Louise Goldin
Lulla Neeta
Luca Luca
Madeleine Vionnet
Manish Arora
Manish Malhotra
Manolo Blahnik
Manoviraj Khosla
Marc Jacobs
Maria Chen Pascual
Mark Montano
Marla Duran
Mary Quant
Melie Bianco
Michael Kors
Misha Tzar
Monisha Jaising
Mychael Knight
Nadia Green
Nanette Lepore
Narciso Rodriguez
Natalia Naftalieva
Nathaniel James
Nicola Trussardi
Nicole Miller
Norma Kamali
Oleg Cassini
Oliver Theyskens
Orlando Dominguez
Oscar de la Renta
Osmany Laffita
Pamela Dennis
Paresh Lamba
Paul Costelloe
Paul Smith
Perry Ellis
Peter Som
Philip Lim
Philip Treacy
Pierre Balmain
Pierre Cardin
Pierre Garroudi
Pietro Alessandro
Polly Ramm
Rajesh Pratap Singh
Ralph Lauren
Ranna Gill
Raymundo Baltazar
Rebecca Turbow
Rei Kawakubu
Rianne de Witte
Ritu Beri
Ritu Kumar
Roberto Cavalli
Rogan Gregory
Rohit Bal
Ron Chereskin
Ron Leal
Ron Orb
Ronen Chen
Rudi Gernreich
Rudolph Moshammer
Salvatore Cesarani
Santino Ric
Satya Paul
Saun Kara
Shabari Datta
Silvia Tcherassi
Simon Ekrelius
Starr Ilzhoefer
Steffano Gabbana
Stella McCartney
Sully Bonnelly
Susan Lake
Susana Monaco
Susie Tompkins
Tarun Tahiliani
Thierry Mugler
Thom Browne
Todd Oldham
Tom Ford
Tommy Hilfiger
Trina Turk
Trine Kryger Simonsen
Vanessa Riley
Vera Wang
Victoria Bartlett
Victoria Lesser
Vivienne Tam
Vivienne Westwood
Walter Van Beirendonck
Wolfgang Joop
Yoko Deveraux
Yoshio Ishikawa
Zac Posen
Zang Toi
Zuelma Griffin

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Hi-Yo Silver, Away!

You don't have to be a cowboy to enjoy a rodeo and you don't have to live in the west to choose a name that would fit right in on a ranch (yes, Dude Ranches count). Here is the Corn-Fed Baby Boy Names List from Inventing Matilda. We were going with outlaws, country western singers, ancestral pioneer names, and just good old names that would look good on a leather belt.

Acker

Alder
Allen
Allinder
Alpine
Audie
Baird
Bale
Beck
Ben
Blake
Blaze
Bo
Bolin
Bowen
Brannon
Brennen
Brent
Brody
Bronson
Bryce
Bryer
Buck
Burke
Butler
Byrne
Cadigan
Callahan
Cannon
Cashman
Chad
Chuck
Clancey
Clanton
Clayton
Cline
Clint
Colvin
Conlon
Connor
Conway
Cooper
Costner
Craig
Crockett
Cronin
Custer
Decker
Dolan
Doug
Doyle
Drake
Eagon
Eastwood
Emery
Ferris
Fess
Finn
Fleck
Fletcher
Flint
Flynn
Ford
Foster
Fox
Garner
Gearon
Glenn
Gray
Greer
Grey
Grim
Hank
Hansen
Harris
Henry
Hinkley
Holt
Hurley
Jack
Jackman
Jackson
James
Jay
Jesse
Justice
Justus
Keith
Ken
Kerrigan
Kirk
Kline
Landon
Lane
Ludlow
Mattson
McCoy
Micah
Mitchum
Nels
Norton
Patrick
Paxton
Perry
Peter
Pierce
Pratt
Prentice
Quaide
Rancher
Randy
Redford
Reed
Reese
Rhett
Rigley
Rodeo
Rodney
Russel
Samuel
Sawyer
Saxon
Saxton
Seaver
Selleck
Sullivan
Talbot
Tatlow
Thomas
Tilden
Tim
Toliver
Tolon
Trace
Tristen
Tucker
Wagner
Weaver
West
Weston
Wilder
Wyatt


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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Well Formed Molecules

We recently did a post on Track and Field athletes who are comfortable in spandex. These women are comfortable in spandex as well only they aren't running down a track, they are frolicking, scampering, and frisking,and reveling. All sort's of tomfoolery goes on over at Victoria's Secret. Here are a few of the model's names. Yes, a few of them are plain Jane names...but there are many that are lovely and unique on this list from Inventing Matilda.

Adriana
Karembeu

Adriana Lima
Adriana Sklenarikova
Aiesha Klugt
Ajuma Nasenyana
Alek Wek
Aleksandra Rastovic
Alessandra Ambrosio
Alina Puscau
Aline Nakashima
Almudena Fernandez
Amanda Marcum
Ana Beatriz Barros
Ana Claudia Michels
Ana Hickmann
Ana Sofia Martins
Andi Muise
Angela Lindvall
Angie Everhart
Anja Rubik
Anne Flore
Anne Vyalitsyna
Annette Roque
Anouck Lepere
Audrey Marnay
Audrey Quock
Aurelia Gliwski
Aurelie Claudel
Basia Milewicz
Behati Prinsloo
Bianca Balti
Bridget Hall
Britni Stanwood
Brooklyn Decker
Caitriona Balfe
Candice Swanepoel
Carla Campbell
Carmen Kass
Carolina Ardohain
Caroline Francischini
Caroline Ribeiro
Caroline Trentini
Caroline Winberg
Catherine McCord
Chandra North
Cintia Dicker
Claudia Cedro
Claudia Schiffer
Daelyn Leigh Anne Chase
Daniela Pestova
Daniela Urzi
Deanna Miller
Dewi Driegen
Diana Meszaros
Doutzen Kroes
Elaine Irwin
Elise Crombez
Elle Macpherson
Elsa Benitez
Elyse Taylor
Emanuela de Paula
Emma Heming
Erin Nass
Erin Wasson
Estella Warren
Esther Canadas
Eugenia Silva
Eugenia Volodina
Eva Herzigova
Fabiana Semprebom
Fabiana Tambosi
Famke Janssen
Fernanda Motta
Fernanda Tavares
Flavia de Oliveira
Frankie Rayder
Fredrique Van Der Wal
Gail Elliott
Geena Davis
Gisele Bundchen
Hana Soukupova
Hannah Davis
Heather Marks
Heather Stewart-Whyte
Heidi Klum
Helena Christensen
Hollyanne Leonard
Ines Rivero
Ines Sastre
Inga Savita
Ingrid Seynhaeve
Inguna Butane
Isabeli Fontana
Izabel Goulart
Jacquetta Wheeler
Jaime King
Jaunel McKenzie
Jarah Mariano
Jeisa Chiminazzo
Jessica Gomes
Jessica Stam
Jessica Van Der Steen
Jessica White
Jill Goodacre
Josie Maran
Joy Bryant
Julia Stegner
Julie Ordon
Karen Elson
Karen Mulder
Karolina Kurkova
Katie Wile
Katja Shchekina
K.D. Aubert
Kiara Kabukuru
Kim Smith
Kirsty Hume
Kristy Hinze
Kylie Bax
Laetitia Casta
Landi Swanepoel
Leilani Bishop
Leticia Birkeuer
Liberty Ross
Linda Evangelista
Lindsay Ellingson
Lindsay Frimodt
Liya Kebede
Lorri Bagley
Lujan Fernandez
Magdalena Wrobel
Maggie Rizer
Maja Latinovic
Manon Von Gerkan
Margarita Svegzdaite
Maria Gregersen
Marija Vujovic
Marios Lekkas
Marisa Miller
May Andersen
Megan Ewing
Meghan Douglas
Michaela Kocianova
Michelle Alves
Michelle Behennah
Michelle Buswell
Mini Anden
Miranda Kerr
Molly Sims
Morgane Dubled
Nadine Strittmatter
Naomi Campbell
Natane Adcock
Natasha Poly
Nicole Trunfio
Nichole Robinson
Niki Taylor
Noemie Lenoir
Oluchi Onweagba
Omahyra Mota
Pania Rose
Paulina Porizkova
Petra Nemcova
Polina Kouklina
Rachel Roberts
Rachel Williams
Raica Oliveira
Raquel Zimmermann
Rebecca Romijn
Reka Ebergenyi
Rhea Durham
Rie Rasmussen
Riley Keough
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Sabrina Jales
Saira Mohan
Selita Ebanks
Shakara Ledard
Shalom Harlow
Shiraz Tal
Stephanie Seymour
Susan Eldridge
Suzanne Lanza
Tamiris Souza-Freitas
Tasha Tilberg
Tatiana Kovilina
Tatiana Zavialova
Tatjana Patitz
Teresa Lourenco
Thelma Thormarsdottir
Trish Goff
Tyra Banks
Ujjwala Raut
Valentina Zelyaeva
Valeria Mazza
Valerie Avdeyeva
Vendela Kirsebom
Veronica Webb
Veronika Varekova
Yamila Diaz
Yana Gupta
Yasmeen Ghauri
Yasmin Le Bon
Yfke Sturm
Zoe Duchesne

Legends of the Native American Names

Here are a few Native American words and names from Inventing Matilda to consider for the bun in your oven. They are quite distinctive. Just imagine if Tallulah Willis had been named Emily or Kaitlyn? What would the world be coming to? She certainly wouldn't have the notoriety that a unique name provides.

GIRL NAMES
Abedabun
Abequa
Abetzi
Abey
Abeytu
Adoette
Adsila
Aiyana
Alameda
Alaqua
Alawa
Algoma
Alsmoose
Altsoba
Amadahy
Amayeta
Amitola
Anaba
Anevay
Angeni
Ankti
Anna
Anpaytoo
Aponi
Aquene
Asdza
At'eed
Atepa
Awanata
Awenasa
Awendela
Awentia
Awinita
Ayasha
Ayita
Bena
Bly
Catori
Cha'kwaina
Cha'risa
Chapa
Chenoa
Chepi
Chilaili
Chimalis
Chitsa
Chochmingwu
Cholena
Chosovi
Chosposi
Chu'mana
Chu'si
Chumani
Cocheta
Dena
Dezba
Dibe
Doba
Doli
Donoma
Dyani
Ehawee
Enola
Etenia
Eyota
Fala
Flo
Gaho
Galilahi
Haloke
Halona
Hantaywee
Hausis
Helki
Honovi
Huata
Humita
Hurit
Huyana
Imala
Isi
Istas
Ituha
Kachina
Kai
Kaliska
Kanti
Kasa
Kaya
Kimama
Kimi
Kimimela
Kineks
Koko
Kolenya
Leotie
Lenmana
Liluye
Liseli
Litonya
Lomahongva
Lomasi
Lulu
Luyu
Macawi
Magaskawee
Magena
Mahal
Mahu
Mai
Maka
Makawee
Malia
Malila
Manaba
Mankalita
Mansi
Mapiya
Maralah
Mausi
Meda
Meli
Memdi
Migisi
Miakoda
Migina
Mika
Mimiteh
Minal
Misae
Mituna
Mona
Mosi
Muna
Nadie
Nahimana
Namid
Nara
Nascha
Nashota
Nata
Niabi
Nidawi
Nijlon
Nina
Nita
Nituna
Nokomis
Nova
Nukpana
Numees
Nuna
Nuttah
Ogin
Olathe
Ominotago
Omusa
Onatah
Onawa
Onida
Ooljee
Orenda
Pakwa
Pakuna
Pamuya
Papina
Pati
Pavati
Peta
Petunia
Poloma
Posala
Pules
Rozene
Sahkyo
Salali
Sanye
Satinka
Shada
Shadi
Shima
Shuman
Sinopa
Sisika
Satala
Sitsa
Sokanon
Soyali
Sunki
Tablita
Tadewi
Tadita
Taigi
Taima
Taipa
Takala
Takhi
Tala
Talulah
Talutah
Tama
Tansy
Tayanita
Tehya
Tiponi
Tiva
Tolinka
Totsi
Tuwa
Una
Urika
Utina
Wachiwi
Wakanda
Waki
Waneta
Wauna
Weeko
Wenona
Wikimak
Winema
Winona
Wyanet
Yamka
Yazhi
Yoki
Zaltana
Zihna
Zitkala



BOY NAMES
Achak
Adahy
Ahanu
Ahiga
Ahiliya
Ahmik
Ahote
Akando
Akecheta
Akule
Alo
Anoki
Apenimon
Aponivi
Aranck
Askook
Avonaco
Awan
Bemossed
Bimisi
Boaway
Chansomps
Chayton
Chesmu
Cheveyo
Chochmo
Chogan
Choovio
Chuchip
Chunta
Delsin
Demothi
Dichali
Dohosan
Dustu
Dyami
Elan
Elki
Elsu
Enapay
Enyeto
Etchemin
Etu
Gad
Guyapi
Hakan
Hania
Hassun
Helaku
Helki
Hesutu
Hiamovi
Hinun
Hinto
Honani
Honaw
Honon
Honovi
Hotah
Howi
Huritt
Igasho
Inteus
Istu
Jacy
Jolon
Kachada
Kaga
Kajika
Kangee
Kele
Keme
Kitche
Knoton
Kohana
Kono
Kosumi
Kotori
Kuruk
Kwahu
Kwatoko
Langundo
Lansa
Lanu
Lapu
Len
Lenno
Leyati
Lise
Liwanu
Lokini
Lonato
Lootah
Mahkah
Mahpee
Makya
Manipi
Maska
Masou
Matoskah
Matwau
Melvern
Milap
Mingan
Misu
Mochni
Moki
Molimo
Momuso
Mona
Motega
Muata
Mukki
Murako
Nahele
Nahiossi
Nastas
Nawat
Nawkaw
Nayati
Neka
Nigan
Nikiti
Nitis
Nodin
Nosh
Odakota
Ohanko
Otaktay
Ouray
Oya
Paco
Pahana
Pallaton
Pat
Patamon
Patwin
Paytah
Pinon
Pivane
Rowtag
Sahale
Sakima
Sani
Segenam
Sewati
Shilah
Shiriki
Shiye
Sike
Siwili
Skah
Songan
Tahkeome
Taima
Takoda
Taregan
Tasunke
Tata
Teetonka
Tocho
Tohopka
Tokala
Tupi
Uzumati
Viho
Vohkinne
Wahkan
Wakiza
Wamblee
Wanahton
Wanikiya
Wapi
Wematin
Wemilat
Wicasa
Wilny
Yahto
Yancy
Yanisin
Yas
Yiska
Yoskolo
Yuma

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Let's Invent the Baby's Name


Adolf Eugen Fick - contact lens
Adolphe Sax - saxophone
Alan Turing - the Turing machine
Alberto Santos-Dumont - non-rigid airship
Alessandro Volta - battery
Alexander Fleming - penicillin
Alexander Graham Bell - telephone
Alfred Nobel - dynamite
Anna W. Keichline - K-brick, folding bed, compressed-air radiator
Anne
Moore - pouch-like infant carrier
Antonio
Meucci - the telephone
Archimedes
Arnold O. Beckman - pH meter
Arthur Wynne - crossword puzzle
Arthur Young - Bell Helicopter
Asen Yordanoff - Douglas DC-3
August Schrader - Schrader valve
Augustus Siebe - standard diving dress
Aurel Stodola - gas turbines
Baldwin Wood - US inventor and engineer
Baltzar von Platen - refrigerator
Barnes Wallis - bouncing bomb
Benjamin Chew Tilghman - sandblasting
Benjamin Franklin - pointed lightning rod conductor, bifocals
Bette Nesmith Graham - Liquid Paper
Bi
Sheng - primitive movable printing types

Buckminster Fuller - geodesic dome
Carl Edvard Johansson - pipe wrench, modern adjustable spanner
Carl Rickard Nyberg - the blowtorch
Charles Babbage - analytical engine

Charles F. Kettering - automobile self-start ignition, Freon ethyl gasoline
Charles Wheatstone - microphone
Chester Carlson - electrophotography
Chester Greenwood - thermal earmuffs
Christopher Cockerell - Hovercraft
Christopher Polhem - modern padlock
Ci Ln - paper
Claudio Artemio Blotta - pastry circle cutter
Cornelius Drebbel - first navigable submarine
David Schwartz - Zepplin
Douglas Engelbart - computer mouse
Edwin Beard Budding - lawnmower
Edwin Land - Polaroid polarizing filters, Land Camera
Eli Whitney - the cotton gin
Elisha Otis - passenger elevator
Elizabeth Lee Hazen - nystatin antifungal antibiotic
Elmer Ambrose
Sperry - gyroscope-guided automatic pilot
Emile Berliner - gramophone
Erik Wallenburg - Tetra Pak
Erna Schneider Hoover - computerized telephone switching system
Ferdinand von Zeppelin - rigid airship
Franc Trkman - electrical switches, window opening accessories
Frank Hornby - Meccano
Frank Whittle - co-inventor of the jet engine
Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist - compressed air operated kerosene stove
Fritz Klatte - vinyl chloride
Garrett Morgan - gas mask, traffic signal
George Eastman - roll film
George Westinghouse - air brake
Gertrude Belle Elion - anti-leukemia drugs
Ghulam
Sediq Wardak - 341 inventions without formal patent
Giuliana Tesoro - chemical compounds and processes
Gleb
Kotelnikov - knapsack, parachute
Gordon Gould - laser
Grace Murray Hopper - COBOL computer language
Granville
Woods - Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph
Guglielmo Marconi - radio
Gustaf Daln - invented the AGA Lighthouse
Gustaf Erik Pasch - the safety match
Gustav de Laval - milk separator, milking machine
Hedy Lamarr - Spread spectrum technology
Heinrich Gbel - the first functional incandescent lamp
Helen Blanchard - zig zag sewing machine
Helen
Free - Glucose detection for diabetes
Helge
Palmcrantz - multi-barrel lever activated machine gun
Henry Perky - shredded wheat
Hidetsugu Yagi - Yagi antenna
Hkan Lans- STDMA, color computer graphics
Holger Crafoord - artificial kidney
Igor Sikorsky - helicopter
Irving
Langmuir - gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding
Isaac Newton - reflecting telescope
Ivan Knunyants - Nylon
Ivan Lupis-Vukic - self-propelled torpedo
Jack Kilby - patented the first integrated circuit
Jacques Cousteau - co-inventor of the aqualung

James Dewar - Thermos flask
James Fergason - improved liquid crystal display
James Gregory - reflecting telescope
James Hargreaves - spinning jenny
Jan Jansk - dicoverer of blood types
Jeremy McGowan - specialized wound dressing
Johann Gutenberg - modern movable type printing press
John Ambrose Fleming - vacuum diode
John Bardeen - co-inventor of the transistor

John Ericsson - the two screw propeller
John Hadley - the sextant
John Harrison - marine chronometer
John Logie Baird - a working television

John Stringfellow - airplane
John Vincent Atanasoff - modern computer

Jonas Wenstrm - three-phase electrical system
Josef Ressel - ship propeller
Joseph-Armand Bombardier - snowmobile

Joseph Aspdin - artificial cement
Joseph Henry - electromagnetic relay
Joseph Swan - inventor, physicist
Jozef Karol Hell - the water pillar
Jozef Murgas - wireless telegraph
Juan de la Cierva - the autogyro
Justus von Liebig - nitrogen-based fertilizer
Karl Benz - the petrol-powered automobile

Karl Drais - bicycle
Karl Ferdinand Braun - cathode-ray tube oscilloscope
Karl Jatho - airplane
Katherine Blodgett - nonreflective glass

Konrad Zuse - first functional tape-stored program-controlled computer
Lars Mangus Ericsson - the handheld micro telephone
Lee DeForest - triode
Leo Baekeland - Velox photographic paper and Bakelite
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
Levi Strauss - blue jeans
Lewis Latimer - worked with Thomas Edison, improved lightbulb manufacturing process
Lewis Urry - long lasting alkaline battery
Lillian Moller Gilbreth - electric food mixer, foot-pedal trash can
Louis
Braille - the Braille writing system

Manfred von Ardenne
Margaret Knight - box bottom brown paper bag machine
Marion Donovan - disposable diaper
Martha
Coston - signal flares for ships
Marvin
Camras - magnetic recording
Mary Dixon Kies - process for weaving straw with silk or thread
Mary
Phelps Jacob - brassiere
Narcis Monturiol
i Estarriol - steam-powered submarine
Mihajlo Pupin - pupinisation, tuable oscillator, Pupin coil
Nancy Johnson - American hank crank ice cream machine
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot - automobile
Nikola Tesla - induction motor, etc...
Nils Awall - the dialysis machine

Nils Bohlin - three-point seat belt
Orville Wright - aeroplane
Otto von Guericke - vacuum pump
Otto Wichterle - modern contact lenses
Patsy Sherman - Scotchgard textile protector
Paul
Winchell - the artificial heart
Peter Petroff - digital wrist watch, heart monitor, weather instruments
Philo Farnsworth - vacuum tube television display
Ralph Baer - the home video game console
Reginald Fessenden - two-way radio
Richard Cinque - Sock Clip, Plate Caddy
Richard Drew - cellophane tape
Richard Hall Gower - ship's hull and rigging
Robert Goddard - liquid fuel rocket
Robert Moog - the Moog synthesizer
Roger Bacon - magnifying glass
Rosalyn Yalow - radioimmunoassay
Rudolf
Diesel - Diesel engine
Rudolf Hell - the Hellschreiber
Rune Elmqvist - implantable pacemaker
Ruth Wakefield - chocolate chip cookies
Salvino
D'Armate - credited for inventing eyeglasses in 1284
Samuel Hunter Christie - Wheatstone bridge
Samuel Morey - internal combustion engine
Samuel Morse - telegraph
Sergei Vasiljevich Lebedev - synthetic rubber
Seth Boyden - nail making machine
Simon Sunatori - Sunatori pen
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala - ball point pen
Spede Pasanen - ski jumping sling
Stephanie Kwolek - Kevlar
Sven Wingquist - self-aligning ball bearing
Theophil Wilgodt Odhner - Odhner Arithmometer, a mechanical calculator
Thomas Edison - phonograph, practical lightbulb, etc...
Tim Berners-Lee - contributor World Wide Web

Trevor Baylis - a wind-up radio
Victor Hasselblad - single-lens reflex camera
Vladimir Zworykin - iconoscope, kinescope
Wallace Carothers - Nylon
Walter Houser Brittain - co-inventor of the transistor
Werner von Siemens - an electromechanical "dynamic"
Wilbur Wright - aeroplane
Wilhelm Conrad Rntgen - x-ray machine
Willem Einthoven - the electrocardiogram
William Bradford Shockley - co-inventor of the transistor
William Cullen - first artificial refrigerator
William Friese-Greene - cinematography
William George Armstrong - hydraulic crane
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson - motion picture camera
William Robert Grove - fuel cell

What If Little Dash Doesn't Like Track and Field?

Here is a new list from Inventing Matilda including Names of People Comfortable Running Around in Spandex (and competing at the Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR). The World of Track and Field is alive and fast in Eugene as competitors place years of training on the line for a chance at Olympic Gold.

WOMEN

Abbie

Alex
Alexandria
Alexis
Alice
Alicia
Allison
Alyce
Alysia
Amanda
Amber
Amy
Anastasia
Angel
Angela
Anna
Annie
April
Aretha
Ashley
Becky
Bettie
Bianca
Billie-Jo
Blake
Blessing
Brandy
Brenda
Brittany
Buky
Carlee
Carly
Carmelita
Cecilia
Chanelle
Christina
Christine
Chryste
Colleen
Crystal
Dana
D'Andra
Danielle
Deloma
Deserea
Desiree
Diana
Dominique
Elizabeth
Elva
Emily
Erica
Erin
Fiona
Gayle
Geena
Gia
Gloria
Hannah
Hasani
Hazel
Heather
Heidi
Hyleas
Inger
Jackie
Jacquelyn
Jenney
Jennifer
Jere
Jessica
Jill
Juanita
Julie
Kameisha
Kara
Karishna
Kasey
Katherine
Kathleen
Katie
Kayla
Kelichi
Khadija
LaDedra
LaShaunte'a
Lashinda
Latavia
Latosha
LaToya
Laura
Lauren
Lauryn
Lela
Lindsey
Lisa
Lynne
Magdelena
Maggie
Mallory
Markita
Marshevet
Mechelle
Meka
Melinda
Me'Lisa
Melissa
Merritt
Mikele
Miriam
Molly
Morgan
Muna
Neidra
Nichole
Nicole
Nikeya
Pascale
Phoebe
Queen
Rachel
Renee
Ronda
Ruby
Ryanne
Samantha
Sandra
Santana
Sara
Sasha
Scottesha
Serena
Shakeema
Shalane
Shalonda
Shani
Sharon
Sheena
Sherita
Sherlenia
Sherron
Shevell
Simidele
Stephanie
Summer
Suzy
Tacita
Tahari
Taiyshawna
Talaya
Tamara
Tangela
Tara
Tawanna
Temeka
Tiffany
Tiombe
Tomika
Toni
Torri
Trisa
Ty
Victoria
Virginia
Wyllesheia
Yvette


MEN
Abraham
Adam
Allen
Andrew
Angelo
Anthony
Bashir
Ben
Bernard
Bershawn
Bolata
Brad
Brandon
Brent
Brian
Bryan
Carlos
Chris
Chrisdon
Christian
Cory
Dabryan
Damian
Dan
Darren
Darvis
David
Demi
Derek
Dexter
Duane
Dustin
Dwight
Elliott
Elvie
Eric
Evander
Floyd
Galen
Garrett
Golden
Graeme
Hassen
Ian
Ivory
Jacob
Jake
James
Jamie
JaRod
Jason
Jebreh
Jeff
Jeffrey
Jeremy
Jeshua
Jesse
J-Mee
Joe
Joey
John
Johnny
Jon
Jonathan
Jordan
Josh
Joshua
Justin
Kai
Kendall
Kenneth
Kerron
Kevin
Khadevis
Kyle
LaBronze
LaRon
Leonidas
Leroy
Lopez
Mardy
Mark
Matt
Matthew
Michael
Mickey
Miguel
Mike
Mikese
Mitch
Mitchell
Nathaniel
Neville
Nicholas
Nick
Noah
Norris
O'Darien
Patrick
Paul
Preston
Rae
Randall
Ray
Reese
Reindell
Reuben
Rhuben
Rickey
Robert
Rod
Rodney
Rory
Rubin
Russ
Ryan
Sam
Sean
Shawn
Sheldon
Stephen
Steve
Teddy
Terry
Tetlo
Thomas
Tim
Timothy
Toby
Tommy
Tone
Tony
Travis
Trent
Trevell
Trindon
Tye
Tyler
Tyrone
Tyson
Vincent
Wallace
Walter
Xavier
Zach

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Friday, June 27, 2008

But It's a Scholarship Competition



Elbow Elbow Wrist Wrist Wrist...Oh, and World Peace.
Here is Inventing Matilda's list of Beauty Pageant contestants. We chose Miss America, Miss Teen USA, and Miss Universe pageants to highlight. Check out how many contestants are named Ashley in the Miss America Pageant. Also, for a little variety and worldly spice, look through the names of the Miss Universe contestant list. These women hail from all over the globe.

2008 Miss America Contestants

Miss Alabama, Leigh Langley
Miss Alaska, Cari Makanani Villareal Leyva
Miss Arizona, Nicole Turner
Miss Arkansas, Katie Bailey
Miss California, Melissa Chaty
Miss Colorado, Maggie Ireland
Miss Connecticut, Dana Elaine Daunis
Miss District of Columbia, Shayna Rudd
Miss Delaware, Brittany Dempsey
Miss Florida, Kylie Jean Williams
Miss Georgia, Leah Massee
Miss Hawaii, Ashley Ku'ualoha Layfield
Miss Idaho, Sadie Quigley
Miss Illinois, Ashley Nicole Hatfield
Miss Indiana, Nicole Elizabeth Rash
Miss Iowa, Diana Reed
Miss Kansas, Alyssa Anne George
Miss Kentucky, Kaitlynne Postel
Miss Louisiana, Amanda Joseph
Miss Maine, Tara Allain
Miss Maryland, Shana Powell
Miss Massachusetts, Valerie J. Amaral
Miss Michigan, Kirsten Haglund
Miss Minnesota, Jennifer Ann Hudspeth
Miss Mississippi, Kimberly Nicole Morgan
Miss Missouri, Lindsay J. Casmaer
Miss Montana, Kristen Mantooth
Miss Nebraska, Ashley Bauer
Miss Nevada, Caleche Manos
Miss New Hampshire, Rachel Barker
Miss New Jersey, Amy Nicole Polumbo
Miss New Mexico, Jenny Marlowe
Miss New York, Elisabeth Baldanza
Miss North Carolina, Jessica Marie Jacobs
Miss North Dakota, Ashley Anne Young
Miss Ohio, Roberta Camp
Miss Oklahoma, Makenna Lee Smith
Miss Oregon, Kari Virding
Miss Pennsylvania, Rachel Marie Brooks
Miss Rhode Island, Ashley Bickford
Miss South Carolina, Crystal Alicia Garrett
Miss South Dakota, Kate Wismer
Miss Tennessee, Grace Gore
Miss Texas, Molly Leigh Hazlett
Miss Utah, Jill Stevens
Miss Vermont, Rachel Ann Cole
Miss Virginia, Hannah Martine Kiefer
Miss Virgin Islands, Janeisha John
Miss Washington, Elyse L. Umemoto
Miss West Virginia, Summer Elizabeth Wyatt
Miss Wisconsin, Christina Anna Thompson
Miss Wyoming, Jennifer Lee McCafferty

2007 Miss Teen USA Contestants
Alabama Canden Bliss Jackson
Alaska Muriel Clauson
Arizona Tiffany Danielle Martin
Arkansas Tiffany Greenstreet
California Kylee Lin
Colorado Hilary Carol Cruz
Connecticut Olga Litvinenko
Delaware Holly Shively
D.C. Jasmine Alexis
Florida Annilie Hastey
Georgia Jena Michelle Sims
Hawaii Sereny Karnagy
Idaho Krista Ann McNeal
Illinois Victoria Davis
Indiana Victoria Tomlinson
Iowa Dakota Crosswhite
Kansas Jaymie Stokes
Kentucky Katrina Marie Giannini
Louisiana Logan Brook Travis
Maine Amanda Noel Pelletier
Maryland Allison Farrow
Massachusetts Kathleen Megan McNiff
Michigan Caitlin Klug
Minnesota Vanessa Marie Vonbehren
Mississippi Anne Elise Parks
Missouri Lauren Peterson
Montana Chelsea Mae Nelson
Nebraska Lauren Clabaugh
Nevada Danielle Hashimoto
New Hampshire Alexandra MacDonald
New Jersey Alyssa Campanella
New Mexico Elizabeth Kranz
New York Tatiana Pallagi
North Carolina Kaitlin Coble
North Dakota Taylor Kearns
Ohio Rachel Epperly
Oklahoma Paige Hill
Oregon Whitney Whitehouse
Pennsylvania Kelsie Sinagra
Rhode Island Rochelle Rose
South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton
South Dakota Kari Schull
Tennessee Macy Paterese Erwin
Texas Sommer Easton Isdale
Utah Kelsey Brigel
Vermont Olivia Hubbard
Virginia Emily Bruce
Washington Shalane Larango
West Virginia Chelsea Welch
Wisconsin Shauna Angel Sabir
Wyoming Mollie Smith

2008 Miss Universe Pageant Contestants

Matilda Mecini
Lesliana Pereira
Athina James
Silvana Maria Belli
Tracey Nicolaas
Laura Dundovic
Sacha Scott
Alizee Poulicek
Katherine David
Natalia Anderle
Samantha Tajik
Rebecca Parchment
Ziya Wei
Taliana Vargas
Maria Teresa Rodriguez
Snjezana Loncarevic
Jenyfeer Mercelina
Dimitra Sergiou
Eliska Buckova
Marie Sten-Knudsen
Marianne Cruz
Domenica Saporitti
Yara Naoum
Rebeca Moreno
Julia Kovaljova
Satu Tuomisto
Laura Tanguy
Gvantsa Daraselia
Madina Taher
Yvette Nsiah
Dionisia Koukiou
Siera Robertson
Jennifer Chiong
Diana Barrasa
Jazmin Dammak
Simran Kaur Mundi
Putri Raemawasti
Lynn Kelly
Shunit Faragi
Claudia Ferraris
April Jackson
Hiroko Mima
Alfina Nassyrova
Sun Lee
Zana Krasniqi
Levy Li Su Lin
Marie-Anne Olivia Carey
Elisa Najera
Dasa Zivkovic
Charlotte Labee
Samantha Powell
Thelma Rodriguez
Stephanie Oforka
Mariann Birkedal
Carolina Dementiev
Giannina Ruffinelli
Karol Castillo
Jennifer Barrientos
Barbara Tatara
Ingrid Rivera
Vera Krasova
Bojana Boric
Shenise Wong
Sandra Manáková
Anamarija Avbelj
Tansey Coetzee
Claudia Moro
Aruni Rajapaksha
Amanda Ammann
Amanda Ole Sulul
Gavintra Photijak
Anya Ayoung-Chee
Sinem Sulun
Angelica Lightbourne
Eleonora Masalab
Lisa Lazarus
Paula Diaz
Crystle Stewart
Dayana Mendoza
Nguyen Thuy Lam

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I was Born in a Bar...Not Barn, Bar



True Story:
Parents have a baby boy. They have a unique last name...perfect for the first name Jack. Jack Daniels lives up to his name. One day he meets a girl. Her name is Brandy. They immediately notice that they have something in common: Alcohol Names. They get married. They are Jack and Brandy Daniels. EEK.

People of America: Seriously. Stop naming your children Brandy and Margarita. Here is Inventing Matilda's list of Names that Belong Behind a Bar Counter and in the Trash Can at AA Meetings. NOT ON BABIES.
(We know, we know...some of these alcohol brands are a lot less obvious than Brandy, but all the same, they should be avoided.) Naming your baby after a beverage that leaves you disoriented, puking sick, or unsure of where you left your car should not even be considered. You need to turn in your parent card until you find more appropriate names for your child. What are you going to tell people about your child's name (more importantly, what will they just assume)??

Abita

Absinthe
Absolut
Alize
Amaretto
Amberhill
Amstel
Angostura
Antinori
Aquelia
Arbor
Bacardi
Bafferts
Balvenie
Banrock
Bass
Beaujolais
Beaulieu
Becks
Beefeater
Belvedere
Beringer
Bernardus
Biltmore
Blackstone
Bombay
Bonterra
Bordeaux
Bouchard
Brandy
Brava
Brugal
Bulleit
Busch
Callaway
Campari
Castello
Cavas
Cavit
Cerveza
Chablis
Chambord
Champagne
Chardonnay
Chateau
Chivas
Ciclon
Cockburn
Cointreau
Colada
Coors
Corona
Courvoisier
Coyopa
Cruzan
Daiquiri
Danzante
Dekuyper
Delicato
Dewar
Disaronno
Drambuie
Dubonnet
Folonari
Fosters
Frangelico
Glenfiddich
Glenlivet
Gosling
Gossamer
Gruet
Guinness
Heineken
Hennessy
Icehouse
Ironstone
Kahlua
Keystone
Killian
Kokanee
Korbel
Kutskova
Labatt
Labrot
Lanson
Lillet
Lindemans
Macallan
Magners
Magnotta
Margarita
Markham
Martell
Martini
Merlot
Merryvale
Michelob
Midori
Miller
Mionetto
Molson
Morgan
Mumm
Opici
Penfolds
Pilsner
Raynal
Redhook
Reisling
Ruffino
Rum
Saki
Sangria
Schlitz
Seagram
Sherry
Shiraz
Skyy
Steinlagar
Sutter
Taittinger
Talea
Talisker
Talus
Tecate
Tequila
Turi
Vendange
Vodka
Wallaby
Winebow
Zima

Naming your baby after alcohol is as bad a getting a tattoo of a man's name on your chest. You will come around later when it is too late to change it. Yes, you can always change your child's name...but we suggest just getting it right in the first place.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Have you ever heard of those stories about people who go out one night for a good time and wake up married to a stranger, sporting a Minnie Mouse tattoo on their neck, and unsure about which city they are standing in? These baby names beg the question of whether they were carved in stone before the drugs wore off and everyone came to their senses.

Here is a tip: Generally new dads are slightly traumatized having watched such an amazing feat and consequently, they don't have a problem with allowing their wife to pick the baby's name. The wife has been through something substantial as well and may not be in a position to decided the permanent name for this new person. (Really, we are just digging for some reasonable explanation as to why names like these are happening to children across the country.)

If you happen to read our List of Really Bad Baby Names from Inventing Matilda and you find a few baby names that are on your list, we want to encourage you to sleep on it, go to a local park and yell it, and write it out a resume using the name and submit it to a corporation for review.

The plus (?) side of these baby names comes in the form of pioneering baby names. We bet that the first few children named Hadley and Gavin had parents who were forward thinkers like you and were looking to avoid current trends and/or start their own. The baby names on our list below will either be pioneering trend starters or just give your child a difficult time having to spell their name to people every day for the rest of their life and the name will never take off like Madison or Jade. You are taking your chances.

Oh, and one more thing: A creatively spelled common name is really just a misspelled common name.

GIRLS

Adreonna

Affrickah

Ahmyleigh

Alleah

Annnadee

Angel'leeque

Arizona

Armonie

Ar'Myyah

Arrieron

Atraselyn

Aubreynique
Au'Je'Nay

Austynn
Awtiah

Aylahnna

Blakeleigh

Bleubarrie

Bradey

Braidee

Brailey

Braylynn

Brazil
Brecklyn

Breelinn

Breklee

Brennan

Brentiylah

Brett
Bricenn

Brihannah

Bryleigh

Bunnie

Byler

Caddinse

Caisley
Calvi'Onna

Cambri

Camdin

Campbella

Camrynn

Caydynce

Cerennedie

Champaign

Chandon

Channing

Charleigh

Chatlaysiah
Chaylan

Chazlynn

Chellbee

Chesni

Clayr

Codi

Codie

Corbynn

Cylee
Cyreniti

Deighton

DeKodda

Denvyr

DessaLee

Destannie
De'Zyiar

D'Lay
Eisleigh

Eisley

Engelsee

Fenleigh

Fenway

Ferrari

Ferris

Franki

Gabbryal

Gaige

Gintry

Gracinn

Greysen

Haidyn

Halo

Hampton

Hanessa

Harlem
Hartley

Hayden

Heaven
Helizabeth

Hennessa
Hensleigh

Hensley

Iclyn
Irelyn

Jacksyn

Jacolbi
Jadelynn

Jadence

Jaidlyn

Jakota

Jamison

Jazandia

Jennings
Joshalyn

Juleea
Kadenze

Kaili

Kaligah

Kamberlyn

Kambrie

Kammdon

Karsen

Kassydie

Kawaii

Keagganne

Keagyn

Kennlynn

Kesslynn
Keylia

Kieranne
Kierstynn

Kighyia
Kindell

Kinnisyn

Kirtley

Klalyssa

Kodak

Kodiack

Koleigh

Kurstie

La'mere

La'Nareyha

Landri

La'Zairyah

Lennox

Leottah

Lexington

Logan
Login

Logynn

Londynn

Lotterie

Love
Mackaylee

Mackayleigh
Makaylynn
Maddalee
Maddixa

Madridanna
Maison

MaKayleigh
MaKeighlee
Manatannah

Mattinglie

Maybarely
Mazzilyn

McCarten

McKinsey

Mercadyz

Miracle

Montaevia

Mylee

Mylie

Ochean

Paeyten

Paishence

Paitlyn

Paizley

Paradyce
Pixie
Presslee

Purity

Quaile

Quannabell

Quancy

Queen

Quen

Quinlan

Raichyl

Randee
Remmingten

Renner

Riddel

Riddlynn

Robbee

Royonna

Royallie

Rylanne

Rylinn
Ryver

Samerayah

Saygen

Secret

Setiva

Shade

Shyanaray

Shyleigh
Sirennedy

Skylie

Stairey

Starrbourne

Stormie

Story

Surrinety

Taelar
Taight
Timbburlynn

Trennedie

Triniddy

Trissity
Tru'Nique

Tyleigh

Tytiannah

Unity

Waver

Xavieryonna

Zaidon
Zacklin
Z'Mahira
Z'Mattie


BOYS
Aceim
Acezeus
Aidayn
Alabama
Alyx
Ambions
Amire
Asscon
Axel
Baldwyn
Bladen
Blank
Blayze
Blazer
Bledso
Bray
Brayshon
Bridge
Burgan
Cassim
Cavin
Cavity
Caywood
Cazzom
Chameran
Chancit
Chatter
Chosen
Clem
Coldiron
Coltt
Contur
Crew
Cricket
Crider
Cumber
DaRick
DeCole
Denim
Diezel
Dirrick
Doepel
Dragon
Draydon
Drannon
Eathin
Ebb
Eddyllio
Eithon
Eldridger
Emperor
Endlow
Evart
Excelle
Farley
Flosston
Fray
Freeman
Fultz
Future
Gallup
General
Haedin
Harlan
Hemi
Hiery
Holbrook
Horizon
Huth
Iesspean
Iron
Jacks
Jammaroe
Jaystom
Javelin
Javon
Jaxzen
Jaycub
Jaydin
Jayssen
Jayvyn
Jetson
Jewlious
Jonnyton
Joshue
Jurney
Justus
Kaidon
Kaisey
Kalober
Kalvery
Kannon
Kash
Kasthon
Keyondre
Kodiak
Kover
Krayson
Ky'Reese
LaGeorge
Law
Leeland
Leoto
Lion
Lynch
Major
Mal
Marcius
Mavric
Maycen
McNeil
Mefford
Meltony
Mikota
Mitt
Napier
Napoleon
Ninja
Nixon
Number
Odysseous
Partridge
Pascon
Peanut
Penix
Pharroh
Pierced
Pikeston
Pinnacle
Pirate
Plez
Poser
Price
Princetan
Private
Putney
Rando
Raine
Raise
Ray-Nathan
Rayvon
Roark
Rowdy
Ryse
Safe
Salem
Salmon
Sergent
Shader
Shatevione
Sioux
Sir
Skator
Skynight
Slab
Sladen
Slate
Slaton
Slay
Snowy
Soar
Soda
Sparrow
Special
Stones
Submit
Sway
Symphon
Synster
Syntorio
Taiwan
Takellin
Tayten
Tayze
Tenacious
Texas
Thorn
Thunder
Tide
Tieon
Tiger
Tistic
Together
Tokyn
Toledo
Totz
Treyden
Trigger
Tyton
Utivo
Vault
Wage
Wagon
Wallin
Warrior
Wilderness
Wisdom
Wrayden
Xandor
Xayden
Xzaviour
York
Zachsdon
Zadok
Zaydon
Zaybren
Zen
Zuma

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Fly Me to the Moon

If you name your child Moon, people may automatically assume you recycle, have long straight hair, and drove a VW Bus until 2005 when you decided to buy the latest Subaru. They will wonder whether you shop exclusively at Farmer's Markets and wear organic clothing. They will make assumptions about your political position, your religious preference, and your marital status. This will happen because of the generalized lifestyle stereotypes associated with names like Moon and Comet. This doesn't mean you cannot find a great name that is out of this world for your baby. Here are a few Moon Names from Inventing Matilda. Even people who wouldn't make it onto Jaywalk All-Stars may not know that Himalia is a moon of Jupiter.

Adrastea

Amalthea
Ananke
Ariel
Atlas
Belinda
Belior
Bianca
Callisto
Calypso
Carme
Ceres
Charon
Cordelia
Cybele
Davida
Deimos
Desdemona
Dione
Elara
Enceladus
Endor
Epimetheus
Europa
Ganymede
Helene
Himalia
Hygeia
Hyperion
Iapetus
Idrial
Interamnia
Io
Janus
Juliet
Kyrrdis
Leda
Lysithea
Metis
Mimas
Miranda
Mormallor
Nereid
Oberon
Ophelia
Pallas
Pandora
Pasiphae
Persephone
Phobos
Phoebe
Portia
Prometheus
Puck
Rhea
Rosalind
Saturn
Shanganagh
Shankill
Shilmore
Sinope
Telesto
Tethys
Thebe
Timor
Titan
Titania
Triton
Umbriel
Venus
Vesta

As long as we are up there, we might as well throw in a few Comet Names:

Anderson
Arend
Ashbrook
Barnard
Batters
Bernardi
Biela
Blanpain
Boethin
Borrelly
Bradfield
Brewington
Brooks
Brorsen
Broughton
Bus
Catalina
Chernykh
Chiron
Christiensen
Ciffreo
Cineos
Clark
Crommelin
Denning
Dubiago
Echeclus
Encke
Faye
Finlay
Forbes
Gale
Garradd
Gahrels
Giacobini
Gibbs
Gilmore
Gunn
Halley
Hartley
Helin
Hill
Holmes
Howell
Jager
Jedicke
Johnson
Klemola
Korlevic
Kowal
Kowlaski
Kushida
Larsen
Larson
Lemmon
Levy
Lexell
Li
Loneos
Longmore
Lovas
Machholz
Maury
McNaught
Mellish
Montani
Mueller
Olbers
Oterma
Petriew
Pigott
Read
Reinmuth
Russel
Sanguin
Schorr
Schuster
Scotti
Shoemaker
Spitaler
Taylor
Tempel
Tritton
Wirtanen
Whipple
Wild
Wilk


Buzz Worthy Baby Names is sponsored by Inventing Matilda and they sell Birth Announcements and Holiday Cards that are out of this world. Get it? Out of this world...and it is funny because this article is all about names of moons and comets.

This Green Tie Goes with Your Campaign Platform

Some parents dream of watching their child perform at the Grammy Awards Show, while others look forward to wearing a jersey with their own last name on it as they sit in the VIP box at the game. If you are a parent who aspires to own a bumper sticker one day that says, "My child let me pick out his curtains in the oval office," you may want to have a look at these presidential names from Inventing Matilda. They reek of polyester suits and silk ties.

43. George Walker Bush
42. William Jefferson Clinton
41. George Herbert Walker Bush
40. Ronald Wilson Reagan
39. James Earl Carter, Jr.
38. Gerald Rudolph Ford
37. Richard Milhous Nixon
36. Lyndon Baines Johnson
35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
34. Dwight David Eisenhower
33. Harry S Truman
32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
31. Herbert Clark Hoover
30. Calvin Coolidge
29. Warren Gamaliel Harding
28. Woodrow Wilson
27. William Howard Taft
26. Theodore Roosevelt
25. William McKinley
23. Benjamin Harrison
22/24 Grover Cleveland
21. Chester Alan Athur
20. James Abram Garfield
19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes
18. Ulysses Simpson Grant
17. Andrew Johnson
16. Abraham Lincold
15. James Buchanan
14. Franklin Pierce
13. Millard Fillmore
12. Zachary Taylor
11. James Knox Polk
10. John Tyler
9. William Henry Harrison
8. Martin Van Buren
7. Andrew Jackson
6. John Quincy Adams
5. James Monroe
4. James Madison
3. Thomas Jefferson
2. John Adams
1. George Washington

If you can't have the job you want, love the job you're in. Here is Inventing Matilda's List of People Who have Been Names Official Shotgun (aka Vice President):

Dick Cheney
Al Gore
Dan Quayle
George Bush
Walter Mondale
Nelson Rockefeller
Gerald Ford
Spiro Agnew
Hubert Humphrey
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Richard Nixon
Alben Barkley
Harry S Truman
Henry Agard Wallace
John Nance Garner
Charles Curtis
Charles Dawes
Calvin Coolidge
Thomas Riley Marshall
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Charles Fairbanks
Theodore Roosevelt
Garret Hobart
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Levi Parsons Morton
Thomas Hendricks
Chester Alan Arthur
William Wheeler
Henry Wilson
Schuyler Colfax
Andrew Johnson
Hannibal Hamlin
John Cabell Breckenridge
William Rufus King
Millard Fillmore
George Mufflin Dallas
John Tyler
Richard Mentor Johnson
Martin Van Buren
John Caldwell Calhoun
Daniel Tompkins
Elbridge Gerry
George Clinton
Aaron Burr
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams

If you really want to go the distance as a parent and have proof that your son was destined for the White House from the beginning, visit the sponsor of Buzz Worthy Baby Names, Inventing Matilda for Birth Announcements and Holiday Cards. We are sure you can find something that proves your family bleeds red, white, and blue. (Inventing Matilda sells lots of different designs, so don't worry if the whole presidential thing isn't your thing.)

Monday, June 23, 2008

You Came Along and You Cut Me Loose

When Gwyneth Paltrow (beautiful girl next door, with a great resume) and Chris Martin (Cold Play) named their firstborn daughter Apple Blythe Alison everyone sort of freaked out a little. Then of course they came around. They always come around.

"Apple?" they asked.
"Apple?" they joked.
"Apple?" they mused.
"Apple, " they thought, "Why the heck not."

"Apple," they considered...as they browsed minivans online.


Looking for a little Natural Inspiration for naming your baby? Here is a list from Inventing Matilda (super cool, modern birth announcement divas).

Abaca

Abiu
Abyssinian
Acerola
Achiote
Achira
Akebia
Akee
Alfalfa
Allspice
Almond
Alpine
Alupag
Ambarella
Ambra
Amra
Ananasnaja
Annatto
Annona
Anonilla
Apple
Apricot
Arkubal
Artichoke
Asparagus
Atemoya
Aubergine
Augula
Avocado
Azarole
Babaco
Bacae
Bacuri
Bael
Bakuri
Barberry
Batoko
Bay
Beet
Beetroot
Belimbing
Bell
Betel
Bignai
Bilimbi
Biriba
Black
Blackberry
Blackcap
Blue
Blueberry
Bok Choi
Borecale
Boysen
Brier Rose
Broccoli
Brussels
Cabbage
Cactus
Calubura
Canistel
Canteloupe
Caper
Capulin
Cardoon
Carob
Casava
Cattley
Cauliflower
Celery
Ceylon
Chamomile
Chard
Chaste
Chayote
Cheremai
Cherry
Chess
Chicory
Chives
Choke
Chou Precoce
Cilantro
Cinnamon
Ciruela
Citron
Clove
Cocoa
Collard
Corn
Cornsalad
Courgette
Cranberry
Cress
Cucumber
Curlykale
Currant
Dalison
Dalo
Damson
Dandelion
Daikon
Dasheen
Date
Delicata
Durian
Dill
Elderberry
Emblic
Endive
Engkala
Enoki
Escarole
Fava
Fennel
Fig
Filbert
Galangale
Gamboge
Garlic
Golden
Gooseberry
Grape
Green
Greengage
Guava
Habbel
Hackberry
Hazel
Hilama
Hottentot
Husk
Imbe
Imbu
Jambolan
Jicama
Jojoba
Jujube
Juneberry
Kaffir
Kako
Kale
Kalo
Karanda
Kashon
Katman
Kava
Kei
Kenaf
Kepel
Keppel
Kitembilla
Kivai
Kiwi
Kola
Kwai
Langsat
Lazone
Leek
Lemon
Lettuce
Lime
Lingaro
Luma
Mabolo
Mabulo
Macadamia
Mache
Madrono
Makopa
Makrut
Malabar
Malay
Malanga
Mamey
Mandarine
Mandioca
Mango
Mangosteen
Manis
Mape
Marang
Marany
Marrow
Martin
Matsano
Mate
May
Medlar
Melon
Montesa
Mora
Moringa
Mulberry
Mustard
Myrtle
Nagami
Nance
Nauclea
Nectarine
Neem
Nutmeg
Okari
Okra
Ollalie
Onion
Orange
Pacay
Pacura
Palm
Palmyra
Pak Choy
Pandanus
Papaya
Paprika
Parsley
Parsnip
Paterno
Peach
Pear
Pepper
Perisimmon
Pimento
Pine
Pitanga
Plum
Pomelo
Pore
Pumpkin
Queen
Quince
Quinine
Rabe
Radiccio
Radish
Raisin
Rambeh
Rapini
Raspberry
Red
Rhubarb
Rinon
Rocket
Romaine
Roselle
Rowan
Rukam
Salak
Santol
Sarvis
Sepiaia
Sesban
Sesnania
Shaddock
Shallot
Sierra
Silver
Soncoya
Soy
Spinach
Spring
Sprouts
Squash
Starfruit
Strawberry
Stemberry
Sunchoke
Surinam
Swede
Sweet
Tamarillo
Tamarind
Tampoi
Tangelo
Tanger
Tangerine
Tavola
Thimbleberry
Tomatilo
Turnip
Umari
Ume
Waterberry
Wild
Wonderberry
Zambo
Zapote
Zubravka
Zulu


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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Just Call Them Coop and Lexi for Short


Can you figure out this baby name category without our help? These are possible baby names that are unique and yet have been heard of before. If you get stuck, just as Sienna Miller for help. And yes, we know that not all of them have the potential to kick Emily and Jacob off of their Most Popular Ranking Spots...or even be realistically used as a name - but we are a kinder, gentler Buzz Worthy Baby Names (for today at least).

Once you have figured out our category for the day, reread the list and try not to imagine what the name has been used for and just consider the aesthetics of the word itself.

Acadia

Accent
Accord
Acura
Aerio
Alero
Altima
Amanti
Amigo
Armada
Ascender
Aspen
Astro
Audi
Aura
Aurora
Avalanche
Avalon
Avenger
Avenue
Aveo
Aviator
Axiom
Azera
Aztek
Baja
Beetle
Benz
Blackwood
Blazer
Bonneville
Boxster
Bravada
Breeze
Buick
Cadillac
Caliber
Camaro
Camry
Canyon
Caravan
Carlo
Catera
Cavalier
Cayenne
Cayman
Celica
Century
Charger
Cherokee
Chevrolet
Cirrus
Civic
Cobalt
Colorado
Commander
Compass
Concorde
Continental
Cooper
Corolla
Corvette
Cougar
Country
Crossfire
Crown
Cruiser
Crysler
Cutlass
Daewoo
Dakota
Deville
Diamante
Discovery
Dodge
Durango
Echo
Eclipse
Econoline
Edge
Elantra
Eldorado
Element
Elise
Endeavor
Entourage
Envoy
Equinox
Escalade
Escape
Escort
Esteem
Excursion
Expedition
Explorer
Express
Firebird
Fit
Focus
Ford
Forenza
Forester
Freelander
Freestar
Freestyle
Frontier
Fusion
Galant
Golf
Highlander
Hombre
Honda
Hummer
Hyundai
Impala
Impreza
Infiniti
Insight
Integra
Intrepid
Intrigue
Isuzu
Jaguar
Jeep
Jetta
Jimmy
Kia
Lacrosse
Lancer
Land
Lanos
LaSabre
Legacy
Leganza
Lexus
Liberty
Lincoln
Lotus
Lucerne
Lumina
Magnum
Malibu
Mariner
Mark
Marquis
Matrix
Maxima
Mazda
Mercedes
Mercury
Metro
Miata
Milan
Millenia
Mini
Mirage
Mitsubishi
Montana
Monte
Montego
Montero
Monterey
Mountaineer
Murano
Mustang
Mystique
Navigator
Neon
Nissan
Nitro
Nubira
Oasis
Odyssey
Oldsmobile
Optima
Outback
Outlander
Outlook
Pacifica
Park
Paseo
Passat
Passport
Pathfinder
Patriot
Phaeton
Pilot
Plymouth
Pontiac
Porsche
Prius
Prizm
Protege
Prowler
Quest
Rabbit
Raider
Rainier
Ram
Range
Ranger
Regal
Relay
Rendezvous
Ridgeline
Rio
Riviera
Rodeo
Rondo
Rover
Saab
Sable
Safari
Santa Fe
Saturn
Savana
Scion
Sebring
Sedona
Sentra
Sephia
Sequoia
Seville
Sienna
Sierra
Silouette
Silverado
Sky
Solara
Solstice
Sonata
Sonoma
Sorento
Spectra
Sportage
Sprinter
Stratus
Subaru
Suburban
Sunfire
Suzuki
Swift
Tacoma
Tahoe
Taurus
Tercel
Terraza
Thunderbird
Tiburon
Titan
Torrent
Toureg
Town
Toyota
Tracer
Tracker
TrailBlazer
Tribeca
Tribute
Trooper
Tucson
Tundra
Uplander
Venture
Veracruz
Verona
Versa
Vibe
Victoria
Villager
Viper
Vitara
Volks
Volvo
Voyager
Vue
Wrangler
Windstar
Xterra
Yaris
Yukon
Zephyr

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Keanu Reeves Rocks My World

If you have ever been on a cruise, you know how everyone gets crazy. On cruise ships people eat a little more, spend a little more, and think getting their hair braided is super cool. A few days into any cruise, you are sure to see women walking around a la Bo Derek. The funny thing is, everyone is so hopped up on all night disco and all you can eat shrimp that they don't really care how awkward all of these ladies look with their hair freshly braided and beaded by the locals. The looks and questions only begin when the cruise is over and The Braided can easily be picked out of a crowd (as easily as tourists in New York City with their huge doe-eyed smiles, excessively audible talking, and jazz hand pointing). The same thing goes for Hawaiian Names on Mainlanders. Now before you write in with angry letters...Hawaiian names are beautiful and creative. We like Hawaiian names. We are just warning that they need to be selected with care if you have only seen Hawaii in books or were there for your two week honeymoon. You child might need a little more than that when explaining to her classmates why she is named Hula.

That said, here is the Great Big List of Hawaiian Baby Names from Inventing Matilda:

EDITOR'S NOTE: Traditionally Hawaiian names contain various punctuation (dashes and the okina consonant/glottal stop)
that we have not included in our list. If Keanu Reeves can drop the dash (Ke-anu), then by darn, Inventing Matilda can too. Oh, and we bolded the names that we would enter in The Pageant for Cool Names That Could Make It Big Someday.

Ailana
Aka Aka
Akamu
Akana
Akeakamai
Akela
Alakai
Alamea
Alana
Alani
Alapai
Alika
Ali
Alika
Aloha
Alohi
Alohilani
Amaui
Amoe
Anela
Anuenue
Anuhea
Aolani
Alaula
Aukai
Aulani
Awapuhi
Ehukai
Ekewaka
Enoka
Ewalani
Haaheo
Haleakala
Halia
Hanalei
Hanohano
Haoa
Haunani
Hauoli
Hawea
Healani
Hekili
Hiapo
Hiaka
Hilani
Hilei
Hilinai
Hina
Hinano
Hiwahiwa
Hoku
Hokulani
Hualani
Hueu
Ihilani
Ikaika
Ilima
Imaikalani
Inoa
Ioane
Iokepa
Iolana
Ionakana
Ipo
Ipolani
Iwalani
Kaena
Kaena

Kaeo
Kahai
Kahalaomapuana
Kahale
Kahalewai
Kahanuola
Kahealani
Kahiau
Kahikilani
Kaholo
Kahula
Kai
Kaia
Kaihe
Kaila
Kailani
Kaileo
Kaili
Kailikea
Kaimana
Kaimi
Kaimipono
Kaina
Kainoa
Kainalu
Kainoa
Kainoakupuna
Kaiolohia
Kaipo
Kaiu
Kaiulani
Kaiupono
Kala
Kalae
Kalahikiola
Kalai
Kalaiakea
Kalama
Kalani
Kalanikiekie
Kale
Kalea
Kalehuawehe
Kalei
Kaleialoha
Kaleikaumaka
Kaleinani
Kaleiokalani
Kaleionaona
Kaleiwohi
Kalena
Kaleo
Kaleolani
Kaleponi
Kali
Kalia
KaLiko
KalikoLehua
Kalili
Kalua
Kaluhi
Kamaile
Kamaka
Kamakanamaikalani
Kamakanamakamaemaikalani
Kamakani
Kamala
Kamalani
Kamalei
Kamalu
Kameaiomakamae
Kamealoha
Kamila
Kamuela
Kanai
Kanani
Kanaiaupuni
Kanakanui
Kanamu
Kanani
Kane
Kaniela
Kanoa
Kapena
Kapono
Kapua
Kaulana
Kawena
Kawika
Keaka
Keala
Kealani
Keani
Keanu
Keawe
Kekapa
Kekipi
Kekoa
Kelil
Keola
Kiana
Kiani
Kiele
Kiele
Kimo
Kimokea
Kina
Klei
Koma
Kona
Konane
Koukakala
Lahapa
Lahela
Laka
Lana
Lanakila
Lani
Lea
Lehua
Lehuanani
Lei
Leialoha
Leihua
Leiko
Leilani
Leilehua
Leimamo
Leimomi
Leinaala
Leinani
Leolani
Li
Lihau
Li'ili'i
Likeke
Lilia
Lilinoe
Lilo
Liloa
Loke
Lokela
Lokelani
Lono
Lopaka
Luana
Luka
Mahealani
Mahiai
Mahina
Maika'i
Maile
Maka
Makaala
Makai
Makalapua
Makamae
Makana
Makani
Makanui
Makoa
Malama
Malia
Malika
Maleko
Malia
Malialani
Malie
Malina
Maluhia
Malulani
Mamo
Mana
Manu
Manuia
Mapuana
Maui
Maunakea
Mele
Melia
Mikaele
Mikahala
Mikiala
Mililani
Moana
Moani
Moanikeala
Mokihana
Momi
Momilani
Nahele
Nahenahe
Naia
Nalani
Nanea
Nani
Napua
Napualani
Nikolao
Noa
Noe
Noelani
Nohea
Nohealani
Nohelani
Okalani
Oliana
Oliwa
Onaona
Pakelika
Palani
Pali
Palikapu
Pauahi
Paulo
Pekelo
Pikake
Pilialoha
Pohaikealoha
Pohaku
Pomaikai
Pua
Pualani
Pualani
Puamana
Puanani
Pumehana
Puna
Punahele
Punohu
Uilani
Ululani
Uluwehi
Wahineaukai
Waianuhea
Wailani
Wainani
Waiola
Waipuna
Wehilani

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Friday, June 20, 2008

The Other Brady Girl

Inventing Matilda has taken the top 50 boy names and girl names for babies and found their lesser known siblings. The first name is the popular one and the second name is a cool alternative. We think of it as the Brady Bunch issue between Jan and Marsha. It was always all about Marsha. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! What did she have that Jan didn't? Jan's skirts were all just as short and plaid. Jan's hair was just as long and blonde. Jan's personality was only slightly less neurotic than Marsha's. All of these similarities and yet somehow Marsha always came out on top. Inventing Matilda would like to take a stand for all of the underdogs out there just waiting to be discovered and rocketed onto birth certificates everywhere.

All we're saying is that before you jump on the popularity bandwagon, that perhaps you will consider all of the Jans out there who are just as pretty as their sister and really fed up with hearing Marsha singing The Wind Beneath My Wings.

Mr. Popular and His Cool, Undiscovered Brother
1. Jacob Atticus

2. Michael Miller
3. Ethan Ellerman
4. Joshua Dash
5. Daniel Dexter
6. Christopher Crispin
7. Anthony August
8. William Hudson
9. Matthew Maddox
10. Andrew Archer
11. Alexander Armstrong
12. David Docker
13. Joseph Matson
14. Noah Luca
15. James Schuler
16. Ryan Roderick
17. Logan Lander
18. Jayden Wickham
19. John Preston
20. Nicholas Niles
21. Tyler Tolon
22. Christian Carver
23. Jonathan Bronson
24. Nathan Newton
25. Samuel Stonewall
26. Benjamin Borden
27. Aiden Quaide
28. Gabirel Garrison
29. Dylan Devlin
30. Elijah Emerson
31. Brandon Chapman
32. Gavin Vance
33. Jackson Erickson
34. Angel Glenn
35. Jose Eliseo
36. Caleb Cooper
37. Mason Payson
38. Jack Fiske
39. Kevin Dallen
40. Evan Finnegan
41. Isaac Dietrich
42. Zachary Maverick
43. Isaiah
Zain
44. Justin Foxton
45. Jordan Judd
46. Luke Leo
47. Robert Ryker
48. Austin Weston
49. Landon Lawson
50. Cameron Bourne


Miss Popular and Her Cool, Lesser Known Sister
1. Emily Eleanor
2. Isabella Ireland
3. Emma Emmeline
4. Ava Allegra
5. Madison Marina
6. Sophia Hazel
7. Olivia Bianca
8. Abigail Adeline
9. Hannah Amelia
10. Elizabeth Elodie
11. Addison Elliot
12. Samantha Scarlet
13. Ashley Afton
14. Alyssa Andrea
15. Mia Matilda
16. Chloe Claudia
17. Natalie Melinda
18. Sarah Sienna
19. Alexis Ellison
20. Grace Gwen
21. Ella Tessa
22. Brianna Brielle
23. Hailey Hadley
24. Taylor Thalia
25. Anna Fiona
26. Kayla Kalaya
27. Lily Libby
28. Lauren London
29. Victoria Genevieve
30. Savannah Sable
31. Nevaeh Natalia
32. Jasmine
Tylin
33. Lillian Amberly
34. Julia Bella
35. Sofia Brigida
36. Kaylee Keaton
37. Sydney Felicity
38. Gabriella Giselle
39. Katherine Cadence
40. Alexa Stella
41. Destiny Delaney
42. Jessica Ramsey
43. Morgan Miriam
44. Kaitlyn Kimberly
45. Brooke Kaiya
46. Allison Elise
47. Makayla McKenly
48. Avery Amarie
49. Alexandra Arabella
50. Jocelyn Aislynn

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Two Buns in One Oven

So you found out that you need two of everything...including names. Inventing Matilda is happy to display for you the Social Security Administration's list of the Most Popular Twin Baby names for 2007. After that, we have some suggestions of our own. See our picks for the best Twin Boy Names, Twin Girl Names, Boy Girl Twin Names, and your Best Bets for Choosing Twin Names from Among the Top 100 Most Popular Names from 2007.

As you are reading through the first list of twin names, which is from the Social Security Administration's records, notice that no one really goes crazy with names and parents tend to stay within traditional twin naming rules. Inventing Matilda looks at naming twins a lot differently. To compile our lists of Twin Name Suggestions we broke several traditional rules and established a few of our own.

Inventing Matilda's Rules for Naming Twins
A) Do not use two names beginning with the same letter. Having two babies will be complicated enough without the added perk of having two very similar names. How will you mark their belongings? Will the babysitter be able to differentiate? If they play on the same team later both of their jerseys will have their first initial with their last name and then the second letter in each name, which will just look funny. NO: Matt and Marc, Adam and August, Kailey and Kalea, Olivia and Oliver...

B) No Rhyming Names...Twins gets enough attention without having to have names that rhyme. We all know that they are twins, a pair, and two peas in a pod...No one needs the rhyming names to drive the point home that these two shared a uterus. NO: Molly and Holly, Jaxon and Braxton, Hayden and Aiden, Peyton and Satan...

C) Do not do themes. NO: Faith and Hope, Archer and Carver, Fate and Destiny, Jack and Jill...

D) Do not steal famous duo names. NO: Max and Emmie, Phinnaeus and Hazel, Ross and Rachel, Starsky and Hutch, Saturday and Sunday...

See for yourself the difference when using Inventing Matilda's Rules for Naming Twins.

The Most Popular Twin Names for Babies Born in 2007 According to the Social Security Administration:
1. Jacob, Joshua

2. Matthew Michael
3. Daniel, David
4. Isaac, Isaiah
5. Ella, Emma
6. Madison, Morgan
7. Taylor, Tyler
8. Landon, Logan
9. Brandon, Bryan
10. Christian, Christopher
11. Gabriella, Isabella
12. Andrew, Matthew
13. Faith, Hope
14. Joseph, Joshua
15. Ethan, Evan
16. Jacob, Joseph
17. Mackenzie, Madison
18. Alexander, Nicholas
19. Jeremiah, Joshua
20. Hailey, Hannah
21. Isabella, Sophia
22. Madison, Matthew
23. Emily, Ethan
24. Joshua, Matthew
25. Nathan, Nicholas
26. Andrew, Anthony
27. Jayden, Jordan
28. Madison, Mason
29. Elijah, Isaiah
30. Alexander, Nicholas
31. Jeremiah, Joshua
32. Emma, Ethan
33. Olivia, Sophia
34. Ava, Emma
35. Haley, Hannah
36. Hayden, Hunter
37. Jacob, Zachary
38. Logan, Luke
39. Natalie, Nathan
40. Benjamin, Samuel
41. Christopher, Nicholas
42. Nathan, Noah
43. Alexander, Christopher
44. James, John
45. John, William
46. Jordan, Justin
47. Megan, Morgan
48. Alexander, Anthony
49. Andrew, William
50. Christopher, Matthew
51. Isabella, Olivia
52. Jacob, Jordan
53. Joseph, Michael
54. Alexander, Andrew
55. Andrew, Jacob
56. Elijah, Ethan
57. Jacob, Matthew
58. Jacob, Samuel
59. James, Joseph
60. Jordan, Joshua
61. Matthew, Ryan
62. Nicholas, Noah
63. Ava, Olivia
64. Emma, Grace
65. Emma, Hannah
66. Jason, Justin
67. Jennifer, Jessica
68. Makayla, Makenzie
69. Natalie, Nicole
70. Zachary, Zoe
71. Ava, Sophia
72. Benjamin, Jacob
73. Emma, Olivia
74. Ethan, Nathan
75. Gabriel, Michael
76. Grace, Olivia
77. Jacob, Justin
78. Jacob, Tyler
79. Jaden, Jordan
80. Jonathan, Joshua
81. Jose, Juan
82. Logan, Lucas
83. Mark, Matthew
84. Robert, William
85. Samuel, Sophia
86. Abigail, Emily
87. Abigail, Emma
88. Alexander, William
89. Anna, Emma
90. Ashley, Emily
91. Ava, Ella
92. Cameron, Christian
93. Emily, Sarah
94. Emma, Jacob
95. Emma, William
96. Grace, Hannah
97. Hannah, Sarah
98. Jayden, Jaylen
99. Joseph, Nicholas
100. Joshua, Zachary
101. Madison, Megan
102. Parker, Preston


Inventing Matilda's Suggestions for Twin Girl Names
1. Audrey, Elizabeth
2. Charlotte, Annabel
3. Eleanor, Gretchen
4. Iris, Kate
5. Lily, Sarah
6. Olivia, Molly
7. Penelope, Quinn
8. Rachel, Madeline
9. Veronica, Alexis
10. Violet, Kendra
11. Gwen, Valerie
12. Emma, Isabelle
13. Julia, Sophia
14. Ellerby, Madley
15. Moran, Oakby
16. Robin, Maggie
17. Adelaide, Caroline
18. Annalise, Charlotte
19. Adeline, Elizabeth
20. Claudia, Penelope
21. Constance, Scarlett
22. Victoria, Savana
23. Trinity, Mary Kate
24. Corrine, Thalia
25. Tatianna, Kimberly
26. Natalie, Maybelle
27. Lauren, Sarah Kate
28. Meredith, Juliet
29. Mckinley, Aubrey
30. Marina, Isabelle
31. Felicity, Miranda
32. Dominique, Bianca
33. Faith, Amber
34. Paris, Kendall
35. Brooke, Livia
36. Maggie, Belle
37. Maddie, Chelsea
38. Phoebe, Abigail
39. Taylor, Lindsay
40. Andrea, Lillian
41. Addie, Paige
42. Nikki, Rebecca
43. Riley, Abeline
44. Eve, Tabitha
45. Jessica, Whitney
46. Serena, Ava
47. Allison, Maya
48. Claire, Melanie
49. Afton, Elodie
50. Fiona, Hazel

Inventing Matilda's Suggestions for Twin Boy Names
1. Alastor, Falco
2. August, Evan
3. Tucker, Henry
4. Deacon, Fitch
5. Broderick, Galvin
6. Topher, Hudson
7. Beckett, Gilliam
8. Marc, Axton
9. Brock, Finn
10. Graham, Ryan
11. Noah, Bosen
12. Dresdon, Fitch
13. Keane, Thatcher
14. Keiser,
Stockton
15. Burdock, Oliver
16. Roman, Samuel
17. Eldred, Finnegan
18. Fletcher, Luke
19. Tolon, Alexander
20. Cedric, Jasper
21. Forest, Benjamin
22. Anderson, Maxim
23. Jarod, Ross
24. Baxter, Gavin
25. Tilden, Burke
26. Weston, Carter
27. Chandler, Peirce
28. Alderton, Jack
29. Fisher, Burton
30. Comstock, Boden
31. Maddox, Stretton
32. Charlie, Dexter
33. Roderick, Sturgis
34. Stonewall, Harrison
35. Bowman, Gulliver
36. Alcott, Easton
37. Parker, Tate
38. Emerson, Cade
39. Alfred, Crispin
40. Max, Corbin
41. Hunter, Nathan
42. Archer, Ryan
43. Carson, Baylor
44. Fallon, Spencer
45. Blaise, Owen
46. Sawyer, Logan
47. Rigger, Jacob
48. Gulliver, Zachary
49. Angus, Newton
50. Carver, Dawson


Inventing Matilda's Suggestions for Boy Girl Twin Names
1. Henry, Caroline
2. Alistair, Elizabeth
3. Tucker, Amelia
4. Carter, Bella
5. Alderton, Felicity
6. Damon, Abbigail
7. Ross, Julia
8. Oliver, Trinity
9. Connor, Hailey
10. Abbott, Gisselle
11. Griffin, Audrey
12. Deacon, Amber
13. Finn, Rebecca
14. Max, Gretchen
15. Noah, Abigail
16. Adam, Charlotte
17. Alfred, Mary Kate
18. Sebastian, Olivia
19. Cutler, Molly
20. Henry, Claire
21. Samuel, Andrea
22. Thorne, Kate
23. Alston, Sienna
24. Brock, Eleanor
25. Prentice, Hailey
26. Teagan, Jessica
27. Truman, Vanessa
28. Andre, Iris
29. Ashton, Natalie
30. Tennyson, Scarlet
31. Topher, Emma
32. Chandler, Hannah
33. Orion, Lindsay
34. Garrison, April
35. Christian, Holly
36. Sullivan, Brooke
37. Ollerton, Madeline
38. Atticus, Melanie
39. Andrew, Lily
40. Roderick, Esther
41. Crispin, Veronica
42. Cooper, Nikki
43. Burdock, Chloe
44. Beck, Madison
45. Schuyler, Alyssa
46. Grant, Sydney
47. Magnus, Katelynn
48. Anderson, Elodie
49. Broderick, Allison
50. Seth, Constance

Inventing Matilda's Suggestions for Twin Names Using Top 100 Most Popular Names Only
1. Ryan, Alexander
2. Noah, Gavin
3. Caleb, Evan
4. Luke, Nathan
5. Jack, Aaron
6. Connor, Tristan
7. Hunter, Brian
8. Hayden, Cole
9. Kyle, Henry
10. Caden, Brady
11. Steven, Cole
12. Cooper, Dominic
13. Chase, Ian
14. Carter, Sebastian
15. Eric, Alex
16. Molly, Isabel
17. Layla, Sophie
18. Paige, Bailey
19. Sara, Amelia
20. Trinity, Claire
21. Madeline, Rachel
22. Kylie, Jocelyn
23. Riley, Brooke
24. Allison, Brianna
25. Alyssa, Nevaeh
26. Hannah, Abigail
27. Ava, Madison
28. Emma, Avery
29. Makayla, Stephanie
30. Maya, Alexandra
31. Carson, Avery
32. Cole, Isabella
33. Jaden, Melanie
34. Ian, Trinity
35. Adam, Claire
36. Diego, Mia
37. Aidan, Chloe
38. Thomas, Lillian
39. Timothy, Vanessa
40. Brandon, Emily
41. Ryan, Ava
42. Christopher, Aubrey
43. Jacob, Kayla
44. Ethan, Alexis
45. Michael, Anna
46. Anthony, Elizabeth
47. Benjamin, Samantha
48. Gabriel, Victoria
49. Mason, Olivia
50. Evan, Brooke

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Parry Hotter

We have this friend who is a massive, raging Happy Potter fan. We won't call her over the top since everyone has to love something (in addition to other people) during their lives to find complete fulfillment. She has the bookends, books, movies, bedsheets...all things Potter. We have a pool going on whether she will marry someone with an uncanny resemblance to Mr. H. Potter. Perhaps if the guys she dates just gussy up with some round spectacles and a nice Arizona State University scarf, they will be able to win her over. It's goes without saying that she and her future husband will want this list from Inventing Matilda rather than the standard baby name books. J.K. Rowling has amassed an entire world from her imagination. Here are a few of the names from her world of twists and turns.

NOTE: Read through these names. You don't have to know the difference between a Puffskein and an Acromantula to appreciate this list from Inventing Matilda.

Names

A

Aberforth
Abraham
Abraxas
Adalbert
Adrian
Agatha
Aidan
Alasdair
Alastor
Alberic
Alberta
Albus
Alderton
Alecto
Alfred
Algie
Ali
Alice
Alicia
Almerick
Alphard
Ambrosius
Amelia
Amos
Amy
Amycus
Andrew
Andromeda
Angelina
Angus
Anthony
Antigone
Antioch
Antonin
Apolline
Appolyon
Arabella
Araminta
Archibald
Arcturus
Argus
Ariana
Arkie
Armando
Arnold
Arsenius
Artemisia
Astoria
Audrey
Augusta
Augustus
Aurora
Axebanger

B
Balfour
Barberus
Barnabas
Barnaby
Barry
Bartemius
Barufio
Basil
Bathilda
Bathsheba
Beatrix
Bellatrix
Belvina
Benjy
Bertha
Bertie
Bertram
Betty
Bill
Billy
Blaise
Blenheim
Bob
Bole
Bowman
Bradley
Bridget
Broderick
Bruno
Brutus
Buckley
Burdock

C
Cadmus
Callidora
Caractacus
Caradoc
Carlotta
Carrie
Caspar
Cassandra
Cassiopeia
Catriona
Cedrella
Cedric
Celestina
Charis
Charity
Charlie
Charlus
Chauncey
Cho
Colin
Cormac
Cornelius
Crispin
Cuthbert
Cyngus
Cyprian

D
Dagbert
Dai
Daisy
Daphne
Darren
Davy
Dean
Dedalus
Demelza
Demetrius
Dempster
Dennis
Derrick
Derwent
Devlin
Dexter
Dilys
Dirk
Dolores
Dominique
Donaghan
Dorcas
Dorea
Doris
Draco
Dragomir
Druella
Dudley
Dugald
Dunbar
Duncan
Dymphna
Dzou

E
Eddie
Edgar
Eileen
Eldred
Eleanor
Elfrida
Elias
Ellador
Elladora
Ellerby
Ellie
Elliot
Eloise
Elphias
Elsie
Emeric
Emma
Emmeline
Enid
Eric
Erica
Ernie
Ethelbard
Euan
Eunice
Evan
Everard

F
Fabian
Fabius
Falco
Faris
Felix
Fenrir
Fifi
Filius
Flavious
Fleur
Florean
Frank
Fred

G
Gabrielle
Galater
Galvin
Gaspard
Gawain
Gellert
Geoffrey
George
Gertie
Gibbon
Gideon
Gifford
Gilbert
Gilderoy
Ginevra
Ginny
Gladys
Glanmore
Glenda
Glover
Glynnis
Godric
Gondoline
Goodwin
Graham
Grant
Gregory
Greta
Griselda
Grogan
Grugwyn
Gubhilda
Gulliver
Guthrie
Gwendolyn
Gwenog

H
Hagrid
Hambledon
Hamish
Hannah
Harfang
Harold
Harry
Harvey
Hassan
Havelock
Heathcote
Hector
Helena
Helga
Heliotrope
Hepzibah
Herbert
Hereward
Herman
Hermione
Hesper
Hestia
Hetty
Hippocrates
Honoria
Horace
Howland
Hugo
Humphrey

I
Idris
Ignatia
Ignatius
Ignotus
Igor
Inigo
Irma
Isla
Ivanova
Ivor

J
Jack
James
Janus
Jason
Jeremy
Jim
Jimmy
Joscelind
Jocunda
Joey
John
Josef
Jugson
Justin
Justus

K
Karl
Katie
Kendra
Kennilworthy
Kenneth
Kevin
Kingsley
Kirley

L
Ladislaw
Laura
Laurentia
Lavender
Laverne
Leonard
Leopoldina
Libatius
Lily
Lisa
Lorcan
Louis
Lucius
Lucretia
Lucy
Ludovic
Luna
Lycoris
Lysandra
Lysander

M
Mafalda
Magnus
Maise
Malcolm
Mallory
Mandy
Marcus
Marietta
Marius
Marjorie
Mark
Marlene
Marvelo
Mary
Matilda
Melania
Melinda
Merope
Merton
Michael
Miles
Millicent
Minerva
Mirabella
Miranda
Miriam
Mnemone
Modesty
Molly
Montague
Moon
Morag
Moran
Mordicus
Morfin
Mundungus
Mungo
Musidora
Myron

N
Narcissa
Natalie
Neville
Newton
Nicholas
Nicolas
Nobby
Norvel
Nugent
Nymphadora

O
Octavius
Olive
Oliver
Olympe
Orion
Orla
Orsino
Oswald
Otto
Owen

P
Padma
Pansy
Parvata
Patricia
Patrick
Penelope
Percival
Percy
Perenelle
Perpetua
Petrova
Petunia
Philbert
Phineas
Pierre
Piers
Pius
Po
Pollux
Pomona
Poppy
Porpentia

Q
Quentin
Quintius
Quirinus

R
Rabastin
Ragmar
Randolph
Randolphous
Reginald
Regulus
Remus
Rita
Ritchie
Roderick
Rodolphus
Roger
Roland
Rolanda
Rolf
Romilda
Ronald
Rosalind
Rose
Rosier
Rowena
Roxanne
Royden
Rubeus
Rudolf
Rufus
Rupert

S
Sacharissa

Salazar
Sally-Anne
Samson
Scorpius
Seamus
Selwyn
Septima
Septimus
Severus
Sirius
Spudmore
Stamford
Stan
Stebbins
Stewart
Stubby
Sturgis
Susan
Sybill

T
Tarquin
Ted
Teddy
Terence
Terry
Thaddeus
Theodore
Thorfinn
Tiberius
Tilden
Tilly
Timothy
Tobias
Tom
Troy

U
Urquhart
Ursula

V
Valmai
Vernon
Veronica
Victoire
Victoria
Viktor
Vincent
Violetta

W
Walburga
Walden
Walter
Warty
Wilbert
Wilfred
Wilhelm
Wilhemina
Wilkes
Wilkie
William
Williamson
Willy
Winkus

X
Xavier
Xenophilius

Y
Yardley

Z
Zacharias
Zograf


Surnames

A
Abbott
Abercrombie
Ackerly
Aesalon
Agrippa
Alderton
Anderson
Aubrey
Avery

B
Babbling
Baddock
Bagman
Bagnold
Barbary
Barkwith
Baruffio
Bashir
Bayliss
Beamish
Belby
Belcher
Bell
Benson
Binns
Bishop
Black
Blane
Blenkinsop
Bletchley
Bloxam
Boardman
Bobbin
Bode
Bole
Bonaccord
Bones
Bonham
Boot
Borage
Borgin
Bott
Bradley
Bragge
Braithewaite
Brand
Branstone
Broadmoore
Brocklehurst
Brookstanton
Brown
Bryce
Bulstrode
Bundy
Bungs
Burbage
Burke
Burrow

C
Cadogan
Cadwallader
Capper
Carmichael
Carrow
Catchlove
Cattermole
Cauldwell
Chambers
Chang
Chittock
Chorley
Chub
Clagg
Clearwater
Clogg
Cole
Comstock
Connolly
Cooper
Coote
Corner
Crabbe
Creevey
Cresswell
Croaker
Crockford
Cronk
Crook
Crouch
Crumb
Cuffe

D
Dagworth-Granger
Davies
Dawlish
De Mimsy-Porpington
Dearborn
Delacour
Delaney
Derrick
Derwent
Deverill
Diggle
Diggory
Dillonsby
Dimitrov
Dingle
Dippet
Dobbs
Dodderidge
Doge
Dolohov
Dorkins
Dorny
Dukelow
Dumbledore
Dunstan
Dursley
D'Eath

E
Edgecombe
Egg
Ellerby
Elphick
Evans

F
Fancourt
Fawcett
Fenwick
Figg
Filch
Finch-Fletchley
Finnigan
Fisher
Flamel
Fleet
Fletcher
Fletwock
Flint
Flitwick
Flume
Fortescue
Frobisher
Fubster
Fudge
Furmage

G
Gamp
Gaunt
Gibbon
Godelot
Goldstein
Gorgovitch
Goshawk
Goyle
Granger
Graves
Greengrass
Gregorovitch
Greyback
Griffiths
Grimstone
Grindelwald
Grubby-Plank
Grunnion
Gryffindor
Gudgeon
Guffy

H
Hagrid
Harkiss
Harper
Harris
Higgs
Hipworth
Hitchens
Hooch
Hookum
Hooper
Hopkirk
Hornby
Horton
Hufflepuff

I
Imago
Inglebee
Ivanova
Jenkins
Jewkes
Jigger
Johnson
Jones
Jordan
Jorkins
Jugson

K
Karkaroff
Keddle
Kegg
Keitch
Ketteridge
Kettleburn
Kiely
Kirke
Kneen
Knightley
Krum

L
LaFolle
Leach
Lestrange
Levski
Llewellyn
Lochrin
Lockhart
Longbottom
Lovegood
Lupin
Lynch

M
MacBoon
Mangus
Macdonald
MacFarland
MacFusty
Macmillan
Macnair
Maddox
Madley
Malfoy
Malecrit
Malkin
Marjoribanks
Marsh
Mason
Maxime
McClivert
McCormack
McDonald
McGonagall
McGuffin
McKinnon
McLaggen
McTavish
Meadowes
Malifua
Merrythought
Midgen
Mockridge
Montmorency
Montague
Montgomery
Moon
Moran
Mordaunt
Morgan
Mortlake
Mostafa
Mulciber
Muldoon
Mullet
Mumps
Munch
Murray

N
Nettles
Norris
Newton
Nott
Nutcombe

O
Oakby
Oblansk
Oddpick
Ogden
Oglethorpe
O'Hare
Oldridge
Oliphant
Ollerton
Ollivander

P
Page
Parkin
Parkinson
Patil
Paws
Payne
Peakes
Peasegood
Pennifold
Pepper
Perkins
Perks
Pettigrew
Peverell
Philpott
Pilliwickle
Prince
Pinkstone
Pips
Pittiman
Platt
Plumpton
Plunkett
Podmore
Poke
Pokeby
Poliakoff
Polkiss
Pomfrey
Pontner
Porskoff
Potter
Prewett
Prince
Pringle
Pritchard
Prod
Proudfoot
Pucey
Puddifoot
Purkiss
Pye

Q
Quigley
Quince
Quirke
Quirrell
Quong

R
Rabnott
Rackharrow
Radford
Rastrick
Ravenclaw
Riddle
Ridgebit
Robards
Roberts
Robins
Rookwood
Rosier
Rosmerta
Rufford
Ryan

S
Samuels
Sawbridge
Scabior
Scamander
Schmidt
Scrimgeour
Selwyn
Shaklebolt
Shimpling
Shingleton
Shunpike
Sinistra
Skeeter
Skively
Slinkhard
Sloper
Slughorn
Slytherin
Smethley
Smethwyk
Smith
Snape
Spavin
Spinnet
Spore
Sprout
Spudmore
Stainwright
Stalk
Starkey
Stebbins
Stimpson
Stretton
Strougler
Strout
Stubbs
Stump
Summerbee
Summerby
Summers
Sweeting
Switch
Sykes

T
Thickey
Thicknesse
Thomas
Thurston
Thurkell
Timms
Tofty
Toke
Tomks
Toothill
Toots
Towler
Travers
Trelawney
Tremlett
Trimble
Troy
Tugwood
Turpin
Twiddle
Twonk
Twycross

U
Umbridge
Umfraville
Urquhart

V
Vablatsky
Vaisey
Vance
Vane
Vector
Viridian
Voldemort
Volkov
Vulchanov

W
Wadcock
Waffling
Wagstaff
Wagtail
Warbeck
Warrington
Watkins
Weasley
Wellbeloved
Wenlock
Whisp
Whitby
Whitehorn
Wiblin
Wiggleswade
Wigworthy
Wildsmith
Wilkes
Williams
Williamson
Willis
Wimple
Wintringham
Withers
Wood
Worple
Wright
Wronski

Y
Yaxley
Yen
Youdle

Z
Zabini
Zamojski
Zeller
Zograf

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Oh, my goodness. Everybody behave naturally.


Jane Austin was an English novelist with an unmatched ability to write with realism, irony, and social commentary. Her feisty characters found themselves in the most tangled of webs, love, and societal traps and shortcomings. When reading her pieces, one cannot help but to break out and dust off their best Birtish accent and stand on the couch to read Elizabeth's line, "And those are the words of a gentleman. From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realize that you were the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry." One may even dab their tears with a renewed sense of proper manners while celebrating Mr. Darcy's love for Elizabeth. Here is Inventing Matilda's list of Names Jane Austen Chose for her characters.

Anne - Pride and Prejudice,
Sense and Sensibility
Augusta - Emma
Caroline -
Pride and Prejudice
Catherine -
Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey
Charles -
Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion
Charlotte
- Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility
Edmund - Mansfield Park
Edward
- Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility,
Eleanor -
Northanger Abbey
Elinor
- Sense and Sensibility
Eliza
- Sense and Sensibility
Elizabeth -
Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion
Emma
- Emma
Fanny
- Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park
Frank -
Emma
Frederick
- Northanger Abbey, Persuasion
George
- Emma, Pride and Prejudice
Georgiana -
Pride and Prejudice
Harriet
- Emma
Henrietta
- Persuasion
Henry
- Emma, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey
Isabella -
Northanger Abbey
James
- Persuasion
Jane
- Pride and Prejudice, Emma
John - Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey
Julia -
Mansfield Park
Louisa -
Persuasion
Lucy
- Sense and Sensibility
Lydia -
Pride and Prejudice
Margaret
- Sense and Sensibility
Maria
- Mansfield Park
Marianne
- Sense and Sensibility
Mary
- Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion
Philip
- Emma
Robert
- Sense and Sensibility
Sophia
- Persuasion
Susan
- Mansfield Park, Lady Susan
Thomas
- Mansfield Park
Tom
- Mansfield Park
Walter
- Persuasion
William
- Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Persuasion


Surnames from Jane Austen Novels:


Allen
Northanger Abbey
Bates Emma
Bennet Pride and Prejudice
Benwick Persuasion
Bertram Mansfield Park
Bingley
Pride and Prejudice
Brandon Sense and Sensibility
Churchhill Emma
Clay Persuasion
Collins Pride and Prejudice
Crawford Mansfield Park
Croft Persuasion
Dalrymple Persuasion
Darcy Pride and Prejudice
Dashwood Sense and Sensibility
De Bourgh
Pride and Prejudice
Elliot Persuasion
Elton Emma
Fairfax Emma
Ferrars Sense and Sensibility
Fitzwilliam Pride and Prejudice
Grant Mansfield Park
Grey Sense and Sensibility
Harville Persuasion
Middleton Sense and Sensibility
Morland Northanger Abbey
Morton Sense and Sensibility
Musgrove Persuasion
Norris Mansfield Park
Jennings Sense and Sensibility
Knightley Emma
Palmer Sense and Sensibility
Pratt Sense and Sensibility
Price Mansfield Park
Rushworth Mansfield Park
Russell Persuasion
Smith Emma, Persuasion
Steele Sense and Sensibility
Stornoway Mansfield Park
Thorpe Northanger Abbey
Tilney Northanger Abbey
Wentworth Persuasion
Weston Emma
Wickham Pride and Prejudice
Williams Sense and Sensibility
Willoughby Sense and Sensibility
Woodhouse Emma
Yates Mansfield Park

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

That Name Will Never Fit on a Trophy

What says boy's names better than a urinal and a soccer game? We bet they have those in every men's room across the country (we wouldn't know). We are gabbing about long names today. Long boy's names. We found a few, but we want to be careful to remind all of the parents-to-be about the hazards of a long name.
Whether you are yelling up the stairs or across the field, if your boy has a long name it may become a hassle.
The rule for good naming is for the child to be able to say it, write it, and spell it without any major interventions.
Here are a few long boy's names from Inventing Matilda that you might add to your long list of long names you would like to give your long overdue son:

Abdullah
Abelardo
Adalberto
Adelbert
Adolphus
Albertus
Alejandro
Alexande
Alexander
Alexandre
Alexandro
Algernon
Aloysius
Alphonse
Alphonso
Alphonsus
Anastacio
Anderson
Anfernee
Anthoney
Archibald
Arlington
Armstead
Augustin
Augustine
Augustus
Benedict
Benjaman
Benjamen
Benjamin
Benjamine
Benjiman
Bernardo
Bernhard
Bertrand
Blanchard
Bradford
Brantley
Broderick
Burdette
Burleigh
Campbell
Carleton
Carlisle
Casimiro
Celestino
Chadrick
Chadwick
Chalmers
Chandler
Channing
Charlton
Chauncey
Cheyenne
Christian
Christion
Christop
Claiborne
Clarance
Clarence
Claudius
Clearence
Cleveland
Clemence
Clemente
Clifford
Columbus
Commodore
Coolidge
Cornelius
Courtland
Crawford
Cristian
Cristobal
Cristofer
Crockett
Damarcus
Damarion
Deangelo
Deforest
Demarcus
Demarion
Demetric
Demetrios
Demetrius
Dimitrios
Devaughn
Devontae
Dionicio
Domenick
Domenico
Dominick
Dominque
Donaciano
Douglass
Ebenezer
Elbridge
Eldridge
Ellsworth
Elsworth
Emiliano
Emmanuel
Epifanio
Esequiel
Everette
Ezequiel
Faustino
Federico

Fernando
Fidencio
Fielding
Finnegan
Fitzhugh
Fletcher
Florencio
Francesco
Francisco
Franklin
Franklyn
Frederic
Frederick
Fredrick
Garfield
Garrison
Geoffrey
Gerhardt
Germaine
Giancarlo
Gilberto
Giovanni
Giovanny
Giuseppe
Gladstone
Glenwood
Gottlieb
Governor
Granville
Grayling
Greggory
Gregorio
Griffith

Guilford
Guillermo
Gustavus
Hamilton
Hansford
Harrison
Hartwell
Henderson
Heriberto
Herschel
Hershell
Hezekiah
Hilliard
Humberto
Humphrey
Ignatius
Immanuel
Jamarcus
Jamarion
Jedediah
Jedidiah
Jefferey
Jefferson
Jennings
Jeramiah
Jeremiah
Jerimiah
Jermaine
Johathan
Johnathan
Johnathon
Johnpaul
Jonathan
Jonathon
Joseluis
Josephus
Kendrick
Kenyatta
Keyshawn
Kingston
Kristian
Kristofer
Ladarius
Lafayette
Lamarcus
Laurance
Laurence
Lawrance
Lawerence
Lawrence
Leighton
Leonardo
Leonidas
Leopoldo
Lindbergh
Lisandro
Littleton
Macarthur
Mansfield
Marcelino
Marcello
Marcellus
Marchello
Margarito
Marquise
Marshall
Matthias
Mauricio
Maverick
Mcarthur
Mckinley
Melbourne
Melville
Menachem
Mitchell
Mohammad
Mohammed
Montrell
Mordechai
Mortimer
Muhammad
Napoleon
Nathanael
Nathanial
Nathaniel
Nehemiah
Nicholas
Nicholaus
Nicklaus
Nickolas
Norberto
Octavius
Pasquale
Percival
Pershing
Pleasant
Porfirio
Prentice
Prentiss
Randolph
Rayfield
Raymundo
Rayshawn
Reginald
Reinaldo
Reinhold
Remington
Reynaldo
Reynolds
Richmond
Rigoberto
Roderick
Roosevelt
Rosevelt
Sabastian
Salvador
Salvatore
Santiago
Schuyler
Sebastian
Shaquille
Shedrick
Shepherd
Sheridan
Sherrill
Sherwood
Silvester
Spurgeon
Stafford
Stanford
Starling
Sterling
Stonewall
Sullivan
Sylvanus
Sylvester
Talmadge
Tayshaun
Terrance
Terrence
Thaddeus
Theadore
Theodore
Theophile
Thompson
Thornton
Thorwald
Thurston
Timmothy
Torrance
Torrence
Tremaine
Tremayne
Trinidad
Tristian
Trumaine
Valentin
Valentine
Valentino
Vincenzo
Waldemar
Wilfredo
Williams
Williard
Winfield
Winthrop
Zachariah
Zechariah


Long names look best on Birth Announcements, Birthday Invitations, and Custom Holiday Cards from our sponsor, Inventing Matilda. Since they don't charge by the letter you can feel good about naming your son Finnegan Remington Stonewall...what's another letter or two?

Rapunzel Would Want It This Way

This picture is from Pottery Barn Kids and as you know, their catalog layouts are the Cliff Notes to being a Perfectly Stylish Posh Mommy. Notice the stylish letters on the wall. Aren't they great? Now imagine the cost and wall space it would take if they had named the girl Christianna instead of Mia. At $10 per letter, by the time you have completed the name you will not only have no more room on your wall, but you will have spent $110 on the letters and might as well have gone for a Personalized canvas print from The Land of Nod.

This is only the first of many problems a child with a long name may face. Continuing with our example, Christianna has 11 letters. That is a long name to say, write, and spell, especially when her friends are Emma and Jade. There might be a great corner on the playground that everyone vies for every day. Your daughter will already be behind on the worksheet by the time she rattles off her long name before even starting. Her friends will have a few minutes together each day. Emma and Jade will become Best Best Friends and Christianna will just be their Best Friend. Middle School will hit and when hormones kick in, Christianna won't have a strong enough bond with them to stay in the loop. All this because she had to spend lots of extra time writing her name because you couldn't go for something simple like Meg or Kate. She will blame you as she cries and slams her door after they dump her for a girl named Emily.

That said, long names can be beautiful and are generally traditional and ladylike. Here are a few long baby names from Inventing Matidla.

Abbigail
Abigayle
Adamaris
Adelaide
Adrianna
Adrianne
Adrienne
Albertha
Albertina
Albertine
Alejandra

Alexandra
Anabelle
Anastacia
Anastasia
Angelique
Angelica
Angelina
Angeline
Angelita
Anjanette
Anjelica
Annabell
Annabella
Annabelle
Annalise
Annamarie
Anneliese
Annemarie
Annmarie
Antonetta
Antonette
Antonina
Arabella
Araminta
Ashleigh
Audriana
Audrianna
Augustina
Augustine
Beatrice
Berenice
Bernadine
Berneice
Bernetta
Berniece
Bettyjane
Bettylou
Beverlee
Beverley
Birdella
Blanchie
Bridgett
Bridgette
Brigette
Brigitte
Brittaney
Brittani
Brittanie
Brittany
Brittnay
Brittnee

Brittney
Brittnie
Brooklyn
Brooklynn
Caitlynn
Caldonia
Campbell
Capitola
Carlotta
Carmelita
Carmella
Carolann
Carolina
Caroline
Carolyne
Carolynn
Casandra
Cassandra
Cassondra
Catalina
Catharine
Catherine
Cathleen
Cathrine
Celestia
Celestine
Chandler
Chanelle
Chantelle
Charissa
Charisse
Charleen
Charlene
Charline
Charlize
Charlotta
Charlotte
Charlsie
Charmaine
Chastity
Cherelle
Cherilyn
Cherrelle
Chestina
Cheyanne
Cheyenne
Chiquita
Chrissie
Christal
Christeen
Christel
Christen
Christena
Christene
Christian
Christie
Christin
Christina
Christine
Chrystal
Cinnamon
Citlalli
Clarence
Claribel
Clarinda
Clarissa
Claudette
Claudine
Clemence
Clifford
Clotilda
Clotilde
Collette
Columbia
Concetta
Constance
Consuela
Consuelo
Cordelia
Cordella
Cornelia
Courtney
Cristina
Cristine
Daniella
Danielle
Dannielle
Danyelle
Dayanara
Deborrah
Delphine
Demetria
Destinee
Destiney
Deyanira
Domenica
Dominique
Domonique
Dominque
Dorathea
Dorothea
Drucilla
Drusilla
Eleanora
Eleanore
Eleonora
Eleonore
Elfrieda
Elisabeth
Elizabet
Elizabeth
Elizebeth
Elizbeth
Emmaline
Enriqueta
Ernestina
Ernestine
Esmeralda
Esperanza
Estefani
Estefania
Estefany
Estrella
Ethelene
Euphemia
Felicitas
Felicity
Fernanda
Filomena
Florance
Florence
Floretta
Francesca
Francies
Francisca
Francina
Francine
Frederica
Gabriela
Gabriella
Gabrielle
Gearldine
Genevieve
Genoveva
Georganna
Georgeann
Georgene
Georgetta
Georgette
Georgiana
Georgiann
Georgina
Georgine
Geraldine
Gertrude
Giovanna
Gisselle
Giuliana
Gracelyn
Graciela
Gregoria
Gretchen
Griselda
Guadalupe
Gwendolyn
Harriett
Harriette
Hayleigh
Henretta
Henrietta
Henriette
Herlinda
Herminia
Hildegard
Hortencia
Hortensia
Idabelle
Ingeborg
Isabella
Isabelle
Izabella
Izabelle
Jackeline
Jacquelin
Jacquelyn
Jacquline
Jaqueline
Jacqulyn
Jannette
Jaquelin
Jeanetta
Jeanette
Jeanmarie
Jeannette
Jeannine
Jennette
Jennifer
Jenniffer
Jeraldine
Jerilynn
Jerrilyn
Jessenia
Jocelyne
Jocelynn
Johannah
Jonathan
Josefina
Josefita
Joseline
Josephine
Joycelyn
Julianna
Julianne
Juliette
Kaitlynn
Kasandra
Kassandra
Katarina
Katelynn
Katerina
Kathaleen
Katharina
Katharine
Katharyn
Katherin
Katherine
Katheryn
Kathleen
Kathlene
Kathrine
Kathryne
Kaydence
Kayleigh
Kenyatta
Khadijah
Khalilah
Kiersten
Kimberely
Kimberlee
Kimberley
Kimberli
Kimberlie
Kimberly
Kourtney
Kristian
Kristina
Kristine
Krystina
Lakeisha
Lakendra
Lakeshia
Lashanda
Lashonda
Lashunda
Latarsha
Latricia
Lauretta
Laurette
Leatrice
Leontine
Lilianna
Lilliana
Lillianna
Lissette
Lizabeth
Lorraine
Lorrayne
Louisiana
Louvenia
Lucretia
Lynnette
Machelle
Mackenzie
Madaline
Madalynn
Maddison
Madeleine
Madelene
Madeline
Madelynn
Madilynn
Maebelle
Magdalen
Magdalena
Magdalene
Magnolia
Makenzie
Malissie
Mallorie
Manervia
Manuelita
Marcelina
Marceline
Marcella
Marcelle
Margaret
Margarete
Margarett
Margarita
Margarite
Margeret
Margrett
Margretta
Margurite
Marianita
Marianna
Marianne
Maribeth
Maricela
Marietta
Marilynn
Marisela
Marjorie
Marquita
Maryanne
Marybelle
Marybeth
Maryellen
Maryjane
Marykate
Mathilda
Mathilde
Maybelle
Mckenzie
Mckinley
Mechelle
Melissia
Mellissa
Mercedes
Meredith
Merrilee
Michaela
Michaele
Michelina
Michelle
Migdalia
Milagros
Millicent
Minervia
Missouri
Monserrat
Nannette
Narcissus
Nathalia
Nathalie
Nichelle
Nicholas
Nicolette
Parthenia
Patience
Patricia
Pauletta
Paulette
Pearlene
Pearline
Penelope
Permelia
Philomena
Philomene
Phylicia
Precious
Pricilla
Princess
Priscila
Priscilla
Prudence
Rachelle
Rhiannon
Richelle
Rochelle
Rosabelle
Rosalind
Rosalinda
Rosaline
Rosamond
Roseanna
Roseanne
Rosemarie
Rosemary
Ruthanne
Samantha
Sanjuana
Savannah
Scarlett
Serenity
Shalonda
Shanelle
Shanequa
Shaniece
Shaniqua
Shantell
Shaquana
Shaquita
Sharleen
Sharlene
Sharonda
Shavonne
Shawanda
Sheridan
Sherilyn
Sherrill
Shirleen
Shirlene
Sophronia
Stefanie
Stephani
Stephaine
Stephania
Stephanie
Stephany
Stephenie
Sunshine
Susannah
Sylvania
Tatianna
Tatyanna
Tennessee
Tennille
Theodocia
Theodora
Theodosia
Theresia
Thomasina
Tiffanie
Treasure
Trinidad
Valencia
Valentina
Valentine
Vernelle
Vernetta
Veronica
Victoria
Victorine
Vincenza
Violetta
Violette
Virginia
Viridiana
Vivienne
Williemae
Willodean
Winifred
Winnifred
Yessenia


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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Bon Jovi's Middle Name is Francis

You spend nine months pouring over Buzz Worthy Baby Names to find the perfect name. You find the name that makes you feel warm and fuzzy all over inside. You name your baby. You raise your child to be a confident, intelligent adult. You bake cookies from scratch. You drive to three different stores to find the right brand of shirt for them. You drive them around and do their laundry. You pay for their college experience (because you had to work three jobs while taking 18 hours per semester and were always super jealous of the people who played frisbee on the quad everyday).

How do they thank you? They drop out of college and move to LA to be an actor and find themselves. Then, as fame knocks on their door, they drop that name like a rock.

At least you will get a Hi Mom when they accept their Oscar (or when they call you from a pay phone broke and tired and done with pursuing their dream.

Inventing Matilda has been sleuthing for the birth certificates of celebrities. Here are a few people who put their pants on one leg at a time but then tuck in a driver's license with a new name into the back pocket:

50 Cent - Curtis Jackson

Adam Ant - Stuart Leslie Goddard

Adam Faith - Terence Nelhams

Alan Alda - Alphonso D'Abruzzo

Albert Brooks - Albert Einstein

Alice Cooper - Vincent Damon Furnier

Alicia Keys - Alicia Augello Cook

Andre the Giant - Andre Rene Roussimoff

Angelina Jolie - Angelina Jolie Voight

Anna Nicole Smith - Vickie Lynn Hogan

Anne Bancroft - Anna Maria Italiano

Ashton Kutcher - Christopher Ashton Kutcher

Axl Rose - William Bailey

Babyface - Kenneth Edmonds

Barbara Eden - Barbara Huffman

Barbara Windsor - Barbara-Ann Deeks

Barry Manilow - Barry Alan Pinkus

Beatrice Arthur - Bernice Frankel

Beau Bridges - Lloyd Vernet Bridges III

Benny Hill - Alfred Hawthorne Hill

Bez - Mark Berry

Big Daddy - Shirley Crabtree

Bill Wyman - William Perks

Billy Idol - William Broad

Billy Ocean - Leslie Sabastian Charles

Bing Crosby - Harry Lillis Crosby

Bob Dylan - Robert Allen Zimmerman

Bono - Paul Hewson

Boy George - George O Dowd

Brandy - Brandy Rayana Norwood

Brigette Bardot - Camille Javal

Buddy Holly - Charles Hardin Holley

Carmen Electra - Tara Patrick

Carrot Top - Scott Thompson

Cary Grant - Archibald Alexander Leach

Charles Bronson - Charles Buchinski

Charlie Sheen - Carlos Irwin Estevez

Charlton Heston - John Charles Carter

Cher - Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere

Cheryl Baker - Rita Crudgington

Chris De Burgh - Christopher Davidson

Chuck Norris - Carlos Ray

Cilla Black - Priscilla White

Clay Aiken - Clayton Holmes Grissom

Cliff Richard - Harry Webb

Conway Twitty - Harold Lloyd Jenkins

Crystal Gayle - Brenda Gail Webb

Danny DeVito - Daniel Michaeli

David Bowie - David Robert Jones

David Copperfield - David Kotkin

David Essex - David Albert Cook

David Jason - David John White

David Tennant - David McDonald

David Walliams - David Williams

Demi Moore - Demetria Gene Guynes

Diana Ross - Diane Earle

Dido - Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong

DJ Jazzy Jeff - Jeffrey Townes

Don Johnson - Don Wayne

Doris Day - Doris von Kappelhof

Elle Macpherson - Eleanor Gow

Elton John - Reginald Dwight

Elvis Costello - Declan Mcmanus

Eminem - Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Englebert Humperdinck - Arnold George Dorsey

Enya - Eithne Ni Bhraonian

Eric Clapton - Eric Clapp

Fabio - Fabio Lanzoni

Faith Hill - Audrey Faith Perry McGraw

Fergie - Stacy Ferguson

Frank Skinner - Chris Collins

Freddie Mercury - Farrokh Bulsara

Freddie Starr - Freddie Powell

Gary Glitter - Paul Gadd

Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz

Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman

George Michael - Georgios Panaylotou

George Orwell - Eric Blair

Gloria Estefan - Gloria Fajardo

Goldie - Clifford Price

Harry Houdini - Erich Weiss

Hulk Hogan - Terry Bollea

Jackie Chan - Chan Kwong-Sung

Jamie Foxx - Eric Bishop

Janet Street Porter - Janet Bull

Jason Alexander - Jay Greenspan

Jay-Z - Shawn Carter

Jennifer Aniston - Jennifer Anastassakis

Joe Strummer - John Graham Mellor

Jon Bon Jovi - John Francis Bongiovi

John Cleese - John Cheese

John Denver - Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.

John Wayne - Marion Morrison

Jordan - Katie Price

Julie Andrews - Julia Wells

Kenny Everett - Maurice Cole

Kid Rock - Robert James Ritchie

Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch

Lulu - Marie Lawrie

Madonna - Madonna Louise Ciccone

Marilyn Manson - Brian Warner

Marilyn Monroe - Norma Baker

Mark Twain - Samuel Longhorne Clemens

MC Hammer - Stanley Kirk Burrell

Meatloaf - Marvin Aday

Meg Ryan - Margaret Hyra

Mel Gibson - Columcille Gibson

Michael Barrymore - Michael Parker

Michael Caine - Maurice Micklewhite

Michael Crawford - Michael Dumble-Smith

Miley Cyrus - Destiny Hope Cyrus

Moby - Richard Melville Hall

Mos Def - Dante Terrell Smith

Muhammad Ali - Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.

Natalie Portman - Natalie Hershlag

Neil Diamond - Noah Kaminsky

Nicolas Cage - Nicolas Coppola

Nicole Ritchie - Nicole Camilla Escovedo

Nina Ricci - Maria Nielli

Nina Simone - Eunice Wayman

Omar Sharif - Michael Shalhoub

Ozzy Osbourne - John Osbourne

Paul McCartney - James Paul McCartney

Pele - Edson Arantes Do Nascimento

Pink - Alecia Moore

Prince - Prince Nelson

Queen Latifah - Dana Elaine Owens

Ralph Lauren - Ralph Lipschitz

Ray Charles - Ray Charles Robinson

Ricky Martin - Enrique Morales

Ringo Starr - Richard Starkey

Robert Palmer - Alan Batley

Russ Abbot - Russell Roberts

Sandra Dee - Alexandria Zuck

Seal - Sealhenry Samuel

Shakin Stevens - Michael Barratt

Shakira - Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll

Shania Twain - Eileen Regina Edwards

Snoop Doggy Dogg - Calvin Broadus

Spike Milligan - Terence Alan Milligan

Stevie Wonder - Steveland Judkins/Morris

Sting - Gordon Sumner

Suggs - Graham Mc Pherson

Ted Danson - Edward Bridge Danson III

The Edge - David Evans

The Rock - Dwayne Johnson

Tiger Woods - Eldrick Woods

Tim McGraw - Samuel Timothy Smith

Tina Turner - Anna Bullock

Tiny Tim - Herbert Buckingham Khaury

Tom Cruise - Thomas Cruise Mapother IV

Tony Bennett - Anthony Benedetto

Tony Danza - Anthony Ladanza

Tori Amos - Myra Ellen Amos

Twiggy - Lesley Hornby

Usher - Usher Raymond IV

Vanilla Ice - Robert Van Winkle

Vic Reeves - Jim Moir

Vin Diesel - Mark Vincent

Whoopi Goldberg - Caryn Johnson

Winona Ryder - Winona Laura Horowitz

Woody Allen - Allen Konigsberg


The best way to pull a guilt trip on your kid when they tell you that they are changing their name is by showing them how much thought and care you put into choosing their birth announcements from Inventing Matilda when they were born.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Kind of Like a Ship in a Bottle

Some women curl up with a pint of Ben and Jerry's and HGTV, I prefer to go to Baby Center and give out baby name advice. Here are a few of my latest posts.

{In case you haven't heard of Baby Center, it is a great resource for moms and pregnant women. They have boards where you can post about pretty much anything involving parenthood. I loiter on the baby name boards late at night. I have a lot of fun.}

Jaycee
can work as a girl's name. Jacinda should be left completely out of the picture. I would also caution the pronunciation. When said quickly, the name sounds like Jacey. However when said slowly, it sounds like JC which just doesn't work for a girl or a boy.


Love Love Love Madeline.
In fact, I am secretly contemplating poking a few holes so that I might have another girl and name her Madeline. It is a fantastic name that will serve her well during childhood and adulthood.

Perri - I would have to stretch to see on a girl. I think of Mr. Mason and the name Terri that was big for boys and then for girls and is now kind of a blah name of people in their 40's - men and women.

I like Jack. I know a family who named their son John and specified (even on the birth announcement) that his nn would be Jack. I call him Jack Jack. You are right about Jack gaining recent popularity. It is so interesting how names come and go...just like fashion trends. Soon we will all be naming our babies Jennifer and wearing jelly sandals.

Sam is another good pick...and a lot of other parents think so, too. The popularity mosquito has bitten this name.
I had McKay and McKell in my class as a teacher and McK names work well on little girls. I haven't actually heard the name McKenly...I like it. My husband just adores the name Brooke and I know a little Brooke who is delightful.

Ryan is a boy's name that won't be stolen by the girl's team in the same way that Riley, Taylor, and Kendall have been taken by storm...but the sad truth is that the name Ryan is slowly seeping into that grey area that everyone calls "unisex names," which really should be called Boy's Names that the Girls Stole since boys aren't jacking any girl's names like Abigail or Emily. I had a mad crush on a boy named Ryan when I was in high school. It is an amazing boy's name. Just remember that and take note of all of the other posters who really like Ryan for a boy.

Corbin Matthew - This is a good strong name for a boy.
Corbin Matheiu - I just learned about this spelling today. I think I like the American spelling, unless you have a familial connection to the name...or perhaps cultural or acestoral.
Corbin Lee - I can't say I like the name Lee on a boy or girl or goldfish.

Mia Olivia Grace - If I didn't like Rebekah so much, I would plant my vote here.
Mia Rae - Mia is a wonderful name and is magnified when coupled with a longer middle name. Rae is a touch too short to pair with Mia.
Rebekah Olivia Grace - My middle name is Rebeccah. I am a fan by default of this name. It is also not very common and the length of it matches your other daughter's names.

Names ending in -S are not favorites of mine because of all of the esses that have to be used to describe something that belongs to the person. The green dress is Ailis' and the red dress is Agnes'...
I am willing to bet 10 marshmallows that only 1 in 5 people will be able to correctly pronounce your daughter's name on the first try without assistance.


She will be called:
A-list
Alice
Ails
Ellis
That one girl
Double or nothing that the spelling will be an issue as well...always...throughout her entire life.

Carter Hunter?
There is only room in a name for one -ter and if your last name has it, Carter has to go.

I am fairly certain that the name Drake makes it onto every Soap Opera Character Naming Resource List. Drake is young and restless and he only has one life to live. He might end up marrying a desperate housewife but be a guiding light for all of his children...especially those who become doctors and intern for McSteamy.

When I hear the name Zane, I think of the description Zaney...which rhymes with Laney - like Laney Boggs on She's All That. It also sounds a lot like insane.

Chloe Elizabeth is a beautiful name. You can go ahead and place your monogram order with Pottery Barn Kids. You have found a lovely name for your daughter.

I like Hayden and Kinsley for girls. I am not a fan of Creative Spelling. If you go with Hayden, I would keep the original spelling. My qualm with Hayden Maran is that you are using two names consecutivelythat end with an -n sound. Saying the names together sounds like the beat of a drum. Kinsley Maran gets my vote.

Dustin is a bit of a girl's name or at least on it's way to becoming one. Spelling it Dustyn only bumps it up in the line for Endangered Boys Names.

Not a lot of boy names begin with K. Kyle and Kade are the only two I can come up with off the top of my head. If I were your son's teacher and it was the beginning of the year and I was looking over my incoming class roster if I saw Kolby I would have to consider whether I needed to make a butterfly name badge or a kite name badge. Colby Hunter is nice.

Caleb and Creed are quite similar but if you end up using them together it won't be a terrible thing...Consider how often the names will be said together. Are you the type of mom to use the first and middle name when your child has spread pudding all over your brand new white couches and then fled or has decided to decree Naked Day at his preschool graduation and you need to get his attention as you are frantically heading toward him through the crowd of giggling parents? More important than first and middle names working really well, are the first and last names meshing well. In your case, Caleb Roberts will do nicely.

I like the name Keira. I must admit I first think of Keira Knightly, which certainly isn't a bad thing. I would stay away from Brintey, Lindsay, Paris, and any other Hollywood Sorority member, though.

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Wherefore Art Thou, Hermoine

William Shakespeare should have written a baby name book. He was arguably the best writer to have graced the page and he put a lot of thought into names.

Juliet:
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

Romeo:
[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

Juliet:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy:
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand nor foot,
Nor arm nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O be some other name!
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
and for thy name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.
Romeo and Juliet Act 2, scene 2, 33-49


Here is Inventing Matilda's list of perfect names to shout from a balcony. We have mixed the Boy names and Girl's Names for all of our Unisex Baby Name fans. We left out names like Elbow, Hippolyta, Sextus, Cobweb, Dull, Shallow, Dorcas, Seyton, Pisanio, and Dull because, after all, we are a baby name blog, but other than that there is a little something for everyone in this list from inventing Matilda.

Aaron - Titus Andronicus
Abhorson - Measure for Measure
Abraham - Romeo and Juliet
Achilles - Troilus and Cressida
Adam - As You Like It
Adrian - The Tempest
Adriana - Comedy of Errors
Adriano - Love's Labour's Lost
Aegeon - Comedy of Errors
Aemilia - Comedy of Errors
Aemilius - Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar
Aeneas - Troilus and Cressida
Agamemnon - Troilus and Cressida
Agrippa - Antony and Cleopatra
Ajax - Troilus and Cressida
Alarbus - Titus Andronicus
Alexander - Troilus ans Cressida
Alexas - Antony and Cleopatra
Alcibiades - Timon of Athens
Alice - Henry V
Alonso - The Tempest
Amiens - As You Like It
Andrew - Twelfth Night
Angelo - Measure for Measure
Angus - Macbeth
Anne - Richard III
Antenor - Troilus and Cressida
Antigonus - A Winter's Tale
Antiochus - Pericles
Antipholus - Comedy of Errors
Antonio - Merchant of Venice, Much Ado..., Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona
Apemantus - Timon of Athens
Archidamus - A Winter's Tale
Ariel - The Tempest
Aruiragus - Cymbeline
Audrey - As You Like It
Autolucus - A Winter's Tale
Balthasar - Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet
Balthazar - Comedy of Erros
Banquo - Macbeth
Baptista - Taming of the Shrew
Bardolph - Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry V
Barnardine - Measure for Measure
Bassanio - Merchant of Venice
Bassanius - Titus Andronicus
Bassett - King Henry VI
Bates - Henry VIII
Beatrice - Much Ado About Nothing
Belarius - Cymbeline
Benedick - Much Ado About Nothing
Benvolio - Romeo and Juliet
Bernardo - Hamlet
Berowne - Love's Labour's Lost
Bianca - Othello, Taming of the Shrew
Biondello - Taming of the Shrew
Borachio - Much Ado About Nothing
Bottom - Midsummer Night's Dream
Boult - Pericles
Boyet - Love's Labour's Lost
Brabantio - Othello
Brandon - Henry VIII
Butts - Henry VIII
Caithness - Macbeth
Caius - Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra, Merry Wives of Windsor, Cymbeline, Coriolanus
Caliban - The Tempest
Camillo - A Winter's Tale
Candidius - Anthony and Cleopatra
Caphis - Timon of Athens
Capucius - Henry VIII
Capulet - Romeo and Juliet
Cassio - Othello
Cato - Julius Caesar
Celia - As You Like It
Cerimon - Pericles
Charles - As You Like It
Chattillon - King John
Chiron - Titus Andronicus
Christophero - Taming of the Shrew
Cicero - Julius Caesar
Clachas - Troilus and Cressida
Claudio - Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure
Claudius - Hamlet, Julius Caesar
Cleomenes - A Winter's Tale
Clitus - Julius Caesar
Cloten - Cymbeline
Cominus - Love's Labour's Lost
Conrade - Much Ado About Nothing
Constance - King John
Cordelia - King Lear
Corin - As You Like It
Cornelius - Hamlet, Cymbeline
Cromwell - Henry VIII
Costard - Love's Labour's Lost
Court - Henry V
Cranmer - Henry VIII
Cupid - Timon of Athens
Curan - King Lear
Curio - Twelfth Night
Curtis - Taming of the Shrew
Cymbeline - Cymbeline
Decretas - Antony and Cleopatra
Deiphobus - Troilus and Cressida
Desdemona - Othello
Diana - All's Well that Ends Well
Diomedes - Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida
Demetrius - Antony and Cleopatra, Midsummer Night's Dream
Dennis - As You Like It
Dion - A Winter's Tale
Dogberry - Much Ado About Nothing
Dolabella - Antony and Cleopatra
Domitus - Antony and Cleopatra
Donalbain - Macbeth
Dromio - Comedy of Errors
Dumaine - Love's Labour's Lost
Duncan - Macbeth
Durdanius - Julius Caesar
Edgar - King Lear
Edmund - King Lear
Egeus - Midsummer Night's Dream
Eglamour - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Emilia - Othello, Winter's Tale
Eros - Antony and Cleopatra
Escalus - Measure for Measure, Romeo and Juliet
Escanes - Pericles
Fabian - Twelfth Night
Falstaff - Merry Wives of Windsor
Fenton - Merry Wives of Windsor
Ferdinand - The Tempest, Love's Labor Lost
Feste - Twelfth Night
Flavius - Timon of Athens
Fleance - Macbeth
Floritzel - A Winter's Tale
Fluellen - Henry V
Francisca - Measure for Measure
Ford - Merry Wives of Windsor
Fortinbras - Hamlet
Francis - Much Ado About Nothing
Francisco - Hamlet, The Tempest
Frederick - As You Like It
Froth - Measure for Measure
Gallus - Antony and Cleopatra
Gertrude - Hamlet
Gonzalo - The Tempest
Gower - Henry V
Grandpre - Henry V
Gratiano - Merchant of Venice, Othello
Gregory - Romeo and Juliet
Gremio - Taming of the Shrew
Griffith - Henry VIII
Grumio - Taming of the Shrew
Guiderius - Cymbeline
Guidenstern - Hamlet
Hamlet - Hamlet
Hecate - Macbeth
Hector - Troilus and Cressida
Helen - Cymbeline
Helenus - Troilus and Cressida
Helicanus - Pericles
Hermia - Midsummer Night's Dream
Hermione - Winter's Tale
Holgernes - Love's Labour's Lost
Horatio - Hamlet
Hortensio - Taming of the Shrew
Hortensius - Timon of Athens
Hugh - Merry Wives of Windsor
Iago - Othello
Imogen - Cymbeline
Iris - The Tempest
Isabella - Measure for Measure
Jamy - Henry V
Janius - Coriolanus
Jaquenetta - Love's Labours Lost
Jaques - As You Like It
Jessica - Merchant of Venice
John - Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing
Julia - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Juliet - Romeo and Juliet
Julius - Julius Caesar
Katharina - Taming of the Shrew
Katharine - Love's Labour's Lost
Lachima - Cymbeline
Laertes - Hamlet
Lartius - Coriolanus
Launce - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Launcelot - Merchant of Venice
Laurence - Romeo and Juliet
Lavinia - Titus Andronicus
Lear - King Lear
LeBeau - As You Like It
Lennox - Macbeth
Leonato - Much Ado About Nothing
Leonine - Pericles
Leontes - A Winter's Tale
Lodovico - Othello
Longaville - Love's Labour's Lost
Lorenzo - Merchant of Venice
Lucentio - Taming of the Shrew
Lucetta - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Luciana - Comedy of Errors
Lucio - Measure for Measure
Lucius - Julius Caesar, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus
Lucullus - Timon of Athens
Lymoges - King John
Lysander - Midsummer Night's Dream
Lysimachus - Pericles
Macbeth - Macbeth
Macduff - Macbeth
Macmorris - Henry V
Malvolio - Twelfth Night
Mamillius - A Winter's Tale
Marcade - Love's Labour's Lost
Marcellus - Hamlet
Marcus - Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus
Mardian - Antony and Cleopatra
Margarelon - Troilus and Cressida
Margaret - Much Ado About Nothing
Maria - Love's Labour's Lost
Mark - Antony and Cleopatra
Martius - Titus Andronicus
Melun - King John
Menas - Antony and Cleopatra
Menecrates - Antony and Cleopatra
Menelaus - Troilus and Cressida
Menenius - Coriolanus
Menteith - Macbeth
Mercutio - Romeo and Juliet
Miranda - The Tempest
Montague - Romeo and Juliet
Montano - Othello
Moth - Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labor Lost
Mountjoy - Henry V
Mustardseed - Midsummer Night's Dream
Mutius - Titus Andronicus
Nathaniel - Love's Labour's Lost
Nerissa - Merchant of Venice
Nestor - Troilus and Cressida
Nym - Henry V, Merry Wives of Windsor
Oberon - Midsummer Night's Dream
Octavius - Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra
Oliver - As You Like It
Orlando - As You Like It
Orsino - Twelfth Night
Osric - Hamlet
Oswald - King Lear
Othello - Othello
Pandarus - Troilus and Cressida
Panthino - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Paris - Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida
Patroclus - Troilus and Cressida
Peaseblossom - Midsummer Night's Dream
Pedro - Much Ado About Nothing
Pericles - Pericles
Peter - Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure
Petruchio - Taming of the Shrew
Philario - Cymbeline
Philo - Antony and Cleopatra
Philostrate - Midsummer Night's Dream
Philotus - Timon of Athens
Pinch - Comedy of Errors
Pindarus - Julius Caesar
Pisanio - Cymbeline
Pistol - Henry V, Merry Wives of Windsor
Polixenes - A Winter's Tale
Polonius - Hamlet
Popilius - Julius Caesar
Posthumus - Cymbeline
Priam - Troilus and Cressida
Proculeius - Antony and Cleopatra
Prospero - The Tempest
Proteus - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Puck - Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince - Midsummer Night's Dream
Quintus - Titus Andronicus
Rambures - Henry V
Regan - King Lear
Reynaldo - Hamlet
Robin - Merry Wives of Windsor, Midsummer Night's Dream
Roderigo - Othello
Romeo - Romeo and Juliet
Rosalind - As You Like It
Rosaline - Love's Labour's Lost
Rosencrantz - Hamlet
Ross - Macbeth
Rugby - Merry Wives of Windsor
Sampson - Romeo and Juliet
Saturnius - Titus Andronicus
Scarus - Antony and Cleopatra
Sebastian - The Tempest, Twelfth Night
Seleucus - Antony and Cleopatra
Sempronius - Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus
Shylock - Merchant of Venice
Silvia - Two Gentlemen of Venice
Silvius - As You Like It
Simonides - Pericles
Simple - Merry Wives of Windsor
Siward - Macbeth
Slender - Merry Wives of Windsor
Solanio - Merchant of Venice
Solinus - Comedy of Errors
Speed - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Starveling - Midsummer Night's Dream
Stephano - Merchant of Venice, The Tempest
Strato - Julius Caesar
Taurus - Antony and Cleopatra
Thaliard - Pericles
Thersites - Troilus and Cressida
Theseus - Midsummer Night's Dream
Thidias - Antony and Cleopatra
Thomas - Measure for Measure, Henry VIII
Thurio - Two Gentlemen of Verona
Timon - Timon of Athens
Titiana - Midsummer Night's Dream
Titus - Coriolanus, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus
Toby - Twelfth Night
Touchstone - As You Like It
Tranio - Taming of the Shrew
Trinculo - The Tempest
Tubal - Merchant of Venice
Tullus - Aufidus Coriolanus
Tybalt - Romeo and Juliet
Ulysses - Troilus and Cressida
Ursula - Much Ado About Nothing
Valentine - Titus Andronicus, Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona
Varrius - A