Names That Will Make People Wonder If You are Over 65

A few baby names out there will instantly remind people of cuddling up to their grandmother's bosom and nibbling on homemade bread and beet jelly. They are names that have to be grown into not out of.

ADA
ADELAIDE
ADELE
ADINA
AGNES
ALBERTA
ALBERTINA
ALBINA
ALICE
ALLENE
ALMYRA
ALTHA
ALVERTA
ARDELIA
ARMINDA
ARTIE
ARVILLA
ATLA
AUGUSTA
AUGUSTINE
AVIE
BARBARA
BEATRICE
BENNIE
BERNICE
BERTHA
BERTIE
BESS
BEULAH
BIRDIE
BLANCH
BLANCHE
BONNIE
CARLOTTA
CECELIA
CELESTINE
CHANEY
CORDELIA
CORDELIA
CORNELIA
CREOLA
DAYSE
DELFINA
DELIA
DELIAH
DELLAR
DESSA
DICIE
DILLIE
DOLLIE
DOROTHY
DOSHA
DOSHIA
DOVIE
EDITH
EDNA
ELIZA
ELMIRE
ELNORA
ELVA
ERMA
ESSIE
ESTA
ESTHER
ETTER
ETTIE
EULALIA
EULALIE
EUNA
FIDELIA
FLOSSIE
FREDA
FRONIE
FRONNIE
GEORGIE
GERALDINE
GOLDA
GUSSIE
HARRIETT
HATTIE
HELMA
HENRIETTA
HERMINE
HESSIE
HETTIE
HILDA
HORTENSE
HULDA
HULDAH
IDA
IDELL
IMOGENE
IONE
IVA
JANIE
JEAN
JEANETTE
JOELLA
KITTIE
LEANA
LEATHA
LELIA
LENNA
LENNIE
LENORA
LEOTA
LETHA
LETTIE
LIDDIE
LILLA
LISSIE
LOIS
LORA
LOUISA
LOUISE
LOULA
LOVIE
LOVISA
LUCINDA
LUELLA
LUGENIA
LURA
LUVENIA
LYDIA
MABLE
MAGDALEN
MALINDA
MARGARET
MARGIE
MARGUERITE
MARIAN
MARTHA
MAUDE
MELLIE
MILLICENT
MILLIE
MINERVA
MINNIE
MITTIE
MOZELLA
MYRTA
MYRTIE
MYRTLE
NANCY
NELLE
NELLIE
NEPPIE
NETTIE
NOLA
NOLIA
NORMA
OLLIE
OPAL
OPHELIA
OSSIE
OTELIA
PENELOPE
RELLA
RENA
RILLIE
ROSALIE
ROSE
ROSETTA
ROWENA
SAMMIE
SHIRLEY
SOPHRONIA
SUE
SYBILLA
TEMPIE
TERESSA
THEODOSIA
THERESE
THURSA
TILLIE
TOMMIE
TRESSIE
ULA
VALLIE
VANNIE
VENA
VENIE
VERA
VERDIE
VERNA
VERONA
VINA
VINNIE
VIRGINIA
WILDA
WILLIE
WINNIE
ZONA

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Names that Work Until You are Over 65

Names have a lifespan that sometimes expires before the person wearing them is ready to hang up their dancing shoes and get off of the stage. As we grow older and tiny wrinkles make their way to our faces we need lipstick, a nice handbag and a nice name since we can't all get by on our looks alone.

Here are a few names that expire too early to easily qualify for terms like, "senior discount" and "grandma."

ALEXA
ALEXIS
ALLISON
ALONDRA
AMANDA
AMARIS
ANYA
ARIANNA
ASHANTI
ASHLEY
AUTUMN
BRITNEY
BRITTANY
CELESTE
CHERISH
COURTNEY
CRYSTAL
DAKOTA
DESTINY
DIAMOND
ELIETTE
EMILY
ERIN
GENESIS
HAILEY
HARPER
HAYDEN
HEAVEN
JASMINE
JAYDA
JAYDEN
JENNA
JESSIE
JORDAN
JUSTICE
KAILA
KAITLYN
KARA
KAYLA
KAYLEE
KEELY
KENNA
KINSLEY
KYLIE
KYRA
LACEY
LONDON
MARIAH
MARITZA
MCKAYLA
MCKENZIE
NATALIE
NEVAEH
NICOLE
PEYTON
PRINCESS
RYAN
SERENITY
SHANIA
SKYLAR
SYDNEY
TEAGAN
WILLOW
XIMENA
ZARIAH
ZOE

V is for Victim. V is for Villain.

Valedictorian
ABIGAIL
ADDISON
ADELINE
ADRIENNE
AINSLEY
ALEENA
ALEXANDRA
ALICE
ALLISON
AMELIA
ANDREA
AVERY
BRIANNA
CADENCE
CAMPBELL
CAROLINA
CAROLINE
CHARLOTTE
CHELSEA
CHRISTINA
CLAIRE
CLARISSA
DIANA
ELAINA
ELEANOR
ELIZABETH
EMILIA
FRANCESCA
FRANCIS
GABRIELLE
GIANNA
GILLIAN
GWENDOLYN
HELENA
JACQUELINE
JENNIFER
JULIA
JULIA
JULIANNA
KATE
KATHERINE
KESLEY
KIMBERLY
LANEY
LAUREN
LILLIANA
LUCY
LYDIA
MADELINE
MALORIE
MARGARET
MARIANNA
MEGAN
MEREDITH
MICHELLE
MIRANDA
NICOLE
NOELLE
OLIVIA
PAIGE
QUINN
RACHEL
SARAH
SHANNON
STEPHANIE
SYDNEY
VALERIE
VICTORIA
VIVIAN

Virtuous
ACCEPTANCE
ANGEL
BRAVERY
CAUTION
CHARITY
CREATE
CURIOUS
DETEMINE
DEVOTION
DISCRETION
EXCEL
FAITH
FOCUS
FORGIVE
GENEROUS
GENTLE
GRATITUDE
HEAVEN
HONEST
HONOR
HOPE
HUMBLE
IMPARTIAL
INNOCENT
JOY
JUSTICE
KIND
LOVE
LOYAL
MAJESTY
MERCY
MODERATE
MODEST
OBEY
OPEN
PATIENCE
PEACE
PEACE
PRUDENCE
RELY
REVERE
SENSITIVE
SERENITY
SERVICE
SIMPLE
SINCERE
STEADFAST
TACT
TOLERANCE
TRANQUIL
TRUST
UNITY

Vanilla
ABBIE
ABIGAIL
ALLISON
AMELIA
AMY
ANNE
ANNIE
AVA
BELLA
BETH
BREANNA
CADENCE
CASSIDY
CHELSEA
CLAIRE
EDEN
ELENA
ELLA
ELLA
EMILY
ESTHER
EVA
EVELYN
FAITH
GRACE
IRIS
JANE
LAURA
LEAH
LESLIE
LIBBY
LILY
LOLA
MEGAN
MIA
MICHELLE
NORA
NORA
SARAH
ZOE

Vintage
ADELINE
ALBERTA
ALICE
ALINE
AMELIA
BELVA
BESS
BETTY
BLANCH
CAROLINE
CASSIE
CECILE
CLARA
CLAUDIA
CLEO
CORNELIA
DIANE
DIXIE
DOROTHY
EDNA
ELDA
ELEANOR
ELIZA
ELIZABETH
ELLEN
ELSIE
EMMA
ESTELLE
ESTHER
ETHEL
EVANGELINE
EVLEYN
FLORA
FLORENCE
FRANCES
GEORGIE
GLADYS
GLENNA
GRACE
HAZEL
HELENE
HETTIE
JETTIE
KATHERINE
LEORA
LESSIE
LILLIAN
LOUISE
LUELLA
LYDIA
MABEL
MAGGIE
MARGARET
MARIE
MARTHA
MARY
MATILDA
MAYBELLE
MIRIAM
MONA
MYRA
NONA
PEARL
ROXIE
RUBY
SAMANTHA
TILLIE
VADA
VELMA
VICTORIA
WINIFRED
ZELLA

Varsity
ABBY
ADDISON
ALEX
ALLISON
AMITY
BAILEY
BERLIN
BRENNA
BROOKLYN
CADENCE
CARLY
CASSIDY
CHELSAY
CORRINE
DANICA
DANNA
DELANEY
ERICA
HADLEY
HAILEY
HAYDEN
HOLLY
JADE
JAYDEN
JESSICA
JOANNA
JOSIE
JOSLIN
KELSEY
KENNEDY
KENZIE
KINSLEY
KIRSTEN
KRISTEN
LAINEY
LINDSEY
LONDON
MADISON
MAGGIE
MAKENNA
MARIN
MARINA
MARLEY
MAYA
MCKENZIE
MEGAN
MELINDA
MORGAN
NICOLE
NORA
PAIGE
PEYTON
REAGAN
REBECCAH
REESE
RILEY
SAVANNA
SERENA
SHELBY
SIENNA
SYDNEY
TALIA
TAYLOR

Vixen
ADRIANA
ALEK
ALESSANDRA
ALEXA
ALINA
ALYSSA
ANDI
AUBREY
AUDREY
AVERY
BIANCA
BRIDGET
BROOKE
CLAIRE
CLAUDIA
ELLA
ESTELLA
GABRIELLE
GISELE
HAILEY
HANNAH
INGRID
ISABELLE
JESSICA
JOCELYN
KAITLYN
KATELYN
KAYLEE
KYLIE
MADELINE
MAKAYLA
MARIAH
MAYA
MELANIE
MORGAN
OLIVIA
RILEY
SOFIA
TATIANNA
THALIA
VANESSA


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Boxers or Briefs?

You can learn a lot about someone by rifling through their underwear drawer. We rummaged through hundreds of top drawers (not really) and carefully determined what these names wear most often (really).

Boxers
ADAM
AIDEN
ALDEN
ALEXANDER
AMOS
ANDREW
ATTICUS
AUGUST
BOSTON
BRENDEN
BRODIE
CAMDEN
CAMERON
CANNON
CARSON
CHASE
CHRISTOPHER
COHEN
CONNOR
DAWSON
DECLAN
DEVIN
DUNCAN
DYLAN
ETHAN
FINLEY
FINN
FINNEGAN
FISHER
GRAHAM
GRANT
GRIFFIN
GUNNER
HEATH
HENRY
HOLDEN
HUDSON
JAREN
JASPER
JAYDEN
JAYDON
JOSHUA
JUDAH
JUDE
KADEN
KALE
KELLAN
LANDON
MICAH
NOAH
OWEN
PRESTON
ROMAN
ROSS
RYAN
SAMSON
SOREN
SPENCER
STERLING
TALEN
TOLON
TRAVIS
TRUMAN
TURNER
TYLER
WYATT
ZACHARY

Briefs
ABEL
ABRAHAM
ALAN
ALBERT
ANTHONY
ARTHUR
BAILEY
BRADY
BRENT
BRYANT
BRYCE
CHRISTIAN
CLARK
COLLIN
COREY
DANIEL
DARRELL
DARREN
DAVID
DAVIS
DOUGLAS
EDWARD
EMERSON
ERIC
EZRA
GABRIEL
JACOB
JAMES
JOEL
JOHN
JOSEPH
KELVIN
KENNETH
KEVIN
LANDON
LEON
MARSHALL
MARTIN
MARVIN
MELVIN
MICHAEL
MITCHEL
NELSON
NICHOLAS
NOEL
NOLAN
PATRICK
PETER
QUINCY
REED
RHETT
ROBERT
RONALD
SETH
SOLOMON
STEVE
STEVEN
TERRELL
THOMAS
VANCE
WILLIAM
WILSON

Jock Strap
ALEX
ANDERSON
BECKETT
BENJAMIN
BENNETT
BRANDON
BRAXTON
BRAYDEN
BRETT
BROCK
CARTER
CHANDLER
COLT
COOPER
DAYTON
EASTON
FINN
GRADY
JACK
JACKSON
JAKE
JARED
JEFFREY
JETT
KEATON
MARC
MARCUS
MATTHEW
NATHAN
PARKER
PORTER
RACE
SAMUEL
SCOTT
SEAN
SLADE
TANNER
TATE
TREVOR
TUCKER
TY
TYSON
WADE
WESLEY
WESTON

Commando
ASHTON
AUSTIN
AXEL
BEAU
BRODY
BROOKS
COLTON
CONRAD
CRUZ
DAMON
DARIUS
DAVONJAX
DEREK
DEXTER
DOMINIC
DONOVAN
DRAKE
DYLAN
GAGE
GAVIN
GREYSON
HUNTER
JAXON
KANE
LOGAN
LUKE
MADDOX
MAVERICK
ORION
PHOENIX
PIERCE
RODERICK
RYKER
SAWYER
SERGIO
SILAS
TALON
TRACE
TRISTAN
XANDER
ZANE
ZAYDEN

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Beautiful Inside and Out

We have all met people who glow with enthusiasm, creativity, and inner beauty. They are a perfect package deal because not only are they gorgeous, but they are beautiful and kind on the inside. These people help little old ladies across the street and once saved a bus load of helpless school children from a giant man-eating crocodile. They bake pies on a regular basis to take to their neighbors and everyone likes them for who they are on the inside. They are also pros at shining up for a night on the town right after a day of cleaning oil-spill animal refugees. While we can't promise using one of these name for your child will guarantee that he or she will become a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, here are a few baby names for boys and girls that will definitely magnify the person's qualities in a way that names like Desiree and Gus cannot. We'll let you work out the details of the whole Nobel Prize thing. These names are beautiful inside and out, just like the people who wear them.


Girls
ABELINE
ABIGAIL
ABIGAIL
ADDLEY
ADELINE
ADELINE
ADLEAH
ALINA
AMANDA
AMITY
AMY
ANDIE
ANNA
ANNABELLE
AVA
AVERY
BELLA
BERLIN
BIANCA
BRIANNA
BRIETTA
BROOKE
CAMILA
CHARLOTTE
CHELSEA
CHLOE
CLAIRE
CORRA
CORRINE
ELAINA
ELENA
ELIANA
ELISE
ELIZABETH
ELLA
ELLE
ELLIE
ELLIETTE
ELYSE
EMILY
EMMA
FAITH
FELICITY
GABRIELLA
GRACE
GRACIE
GRETA
GWEN
HALEY
HANNAH
HAZEL
HEIDI
HOPE
IRIS
ISABELLE
JANE
JENNA
JENNIFER
JESSICA
JILLIAN
JOSLIN
JULIA
JULIANNA
JULIET
KAITLYN
KALLEN
KATE
KATIE
KATTISON
KAYDEN
KEIRA
KENDAL
KIANA
KIMBERLY
KINDY
KINSEY
LEAH
LESLIE
LILIAN
LILLIE
LILY
LINDIA
LINDSEY
LOLA
LONDON
LUCY
MACEY
MADELINE
MADELYN
MAGGIE
MAKAYLA
MARIA
MARIAH
MARIAN
MARIANNA
MARINA
MARY
MATILDA
MCKELL
MEGAN
MELANIE
MICHELLE
MOLLY
MORGAN
NATALIA
NATALIE
NATTIAH
NICOLE
NORELLE
OLIVETE
OLIVIA
PAYDEN
PAYETTE
REBECCA
RIETTA
RILEY
RINITY
RUBY
SABRINA
SADIE
SAMANTHA
SARAH
SAVANNA
SCARLETT
SERENITY
SIENNA
SINDLEY
SOVAH
STELLA
STENNA
STEPHANIE
TALIA
TARRIN
TESSA
TRINITY
VAYLIE
VERONICA
VIOLET
ZARA
ZELDA



Boys
ABEL
ADAM
ALEC
ALISTAIR
ANDREW
AUGUST
AUSTIN
AVEN
BENTON
BROGAN
CADEN
CALEB
CALLUM
CANNON
CARTER
CEDRIC
CHANDLER
CHARLIE
COHEN
COLE
CONNOR
COOPER
CORVIN
DAVIN
DAWSON
DECLAN
DEXTER
EFREN
ETHAN
EVAN
EVERS
FINN
GAVIN
GLENN
GRADY
GRAHAM
GRANT
GRAVEN
GRAY
GRIFFIN
HAYWARD
HENRY
JACK
JARED
JUDE
LANCE
LAWSON
LEANDER
LIAM
LUKE
MADDEN
MARC
MAREK
MATTHEW
MAYER
MICAH
NATE
NATHAN
NOAH
OLIVER
OTTO
OWEN
OWEN
PARKER
PIERCE
PIERS
PORTER
PRATT
PRESTON
ROWAN
RYAN
RYKEN
RYKER
SMITH
SPENCE
SPENCER
STERLING
SULLIVAN
SUTTON
THANE
THERON
THOMAS
URLIC
VIGGO
WARD
WARREN
WESLEY
WEST
WESTON
WILLIAM
WORTH
XAVIER
ZANDER
ZANE

Photo Credit: Two people who easily qualify as being beautiful inside and out and who happen to be married. Their names are listed. Can you guess their names?

In Who's Eyes are Storms Brewing?

Searching for baby names? Head over to YouTube and try a few of these on for size. Many, many songs include the names of girls. A great place to start is by listening to anything by Counting Crows.*** ABBY - Dear Abby - Hearts
ABIGAIL BEECHER - Freddy Cannon
ALISON - Elvis Castello
AMANDA - Boston
AMIE - Pure Prairie League
AMY - Paul Peterson
ANASTASIA - Pat Boone
ANDREA - Sunrays
ANGELIA - Richard Marx
ANGELINE - Dick Haymes
ANGELINA - Louis Prima
ANGIE - Rolling Stones
ANGIE BABY - Helen Reddy
ANNA - Counting Crows
ANNA MARIE -Jim Reeves
ANNIE - Roger Daltrey
ANN MARIE - Belmonts
ATHENA - The Who
BARBARA - Johnny Mathis
BARBARA ANN - The Beach Boys
BELLA LINDA - Grass Roots
BELLE - Beauty and the Beast
BERNADETTE - Four Tops
BETH - Kiss
BONNIE - Bobby Rydell
BRANDY - O'Jays
BRIDGET - Ray Stevens
CAREY - Joni Mitchell
CAROL - Neil Sedaka
CAROLINE - Neil Diamond
CAROLYN - Merle Haggard
CARRIE - Cliff Richard
CECILIA - Simon and Garfunkle
CHANTE - Chante Moore
CHARLOTTE - Patti Page
CHERIE - Johnny Average Band
CHERYL - Pat Boone
CHERYL MONA MARIE - John Rowles
CHINA GIRL - David Bowie
CINDY - Faces
CLAIRE - Planet Claire
CLAUDETTE - Every Brothers
CLEMENTINE - Bobby Darin
COCO - Sweet
CORINNA - Ray Peterson
DAISY JANE - America
DAKOTA - The Stereophoics
DAWN - Four Seasons
DEANIE - Shaun Cassidy
DELILAH - Plain White T's
DENISE - Randy and the Rainbows
DESIREE - Neil Diamond
DIANA - Paul Anka
DIANE - Bachelors
DONNA - Dion
DOROTHY - Judy Collins
ELAINE - Beatles
EILEEN - Dexy's Midnight Runners
ELEANOR - The Beatles
ELIZABETH - Counting Crows
ELLE - Celion Dion
ELOISE - Hollies
ELVIRA - Oak Ridge Boys
EMILY - Simon and Garfunkle
EMMA - Hot Chocolate
EMMALINE - Mike Markel's Orchestra
FLORA - Peter, Paul and Mary
FRANCENE - ZZ Top
FRANCES - Ada Jones and Bill Murray
GEORGIA - Ray Charles
GEORGIE - Seekers
GIDGET - Bobby Darren
GIGI - Vic Damon
GINA - Johnny Mathis
GINNIE BELL - Paul Dino
GLENDORA - Perry Como
GLORIA - Cadillacs
GYPSY - Fleetwood Mac
HAZEL - Gary and the Hornets
HEATHER - Tommy Roe
HELENA - My Chemical Romance
HENRIETTA - Jimmy Dee
IRENE - Jerry Reed
IRIS - Goo Goo Dolls
JACKIE - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
JANE - Barenaked Ladies
JANIE - Aerosmith
JACQUELINE - Franz Ferdinand
JEAN - David Bowie
JENNIE LEE - Jan and Arnie
JENNIFER - Bobby Sherman
JENNY - Jennifer Lopez
JESSICA - Allman Brother's Band
JILL - Raydio
JOANIE - Frankie Chen
JOANNA - Kool and the Gang
JOANNE - Michael Nesmith
JOSEPHINE - Bill Black's Combo
JOSIE - Steely Dan
JUDE - Beatles
JUDITH - A Perfect Circle
JULIA - Beatles
JULIE - Doris Day
JULIENNE - Harry Macdonough
JULIET - Reflections
JURA - Les Paul and Mary Ford
KAREN - The Carpenters
KATIE - Missy Higgins
KELLY - George J. Gaskin
LAURA - Freddie Martin
LEA - Toto
LEILANI - Bing Crosby
LILY - Bob Dylan
LOLA - Barry Manilow
LORELAI - Styx
LOUISE - Ironhorse
LUCILLE - Little Richard
LUCY - Hanson
LYLA - Oasis
MABEL - Woody Herman
MADELAINE - Sammy Kaye
MADELINE - Hanson
MAGGIE MAY - Rod Stewart
MANDY - Barry Manilow
MARGUERITE - Harry Macdonough
MARIA ELENA - Jimmy Dorsey
MARIANNE - Donny Osmond
MARILYN - Ray Anthony
MARION - Billy Murray
MAYBELLENE - Chuck Berry
MELINDA - John Denver
MICHELLE - The Beatles
NADIA - Perry Botkin
NADINE - Chuck Berry
NATALIA - Joan Baez
NAOMI - Neutral Milk Hotel
NIKITA - Elton John
NONA - Erskine Hawkins
OPHELIA - The Band
PENELOPE - Great Big Sea
POLLY - Nirvana
PRUDENCE - The Beatles
QUINELLA - Atlanta Rhythm Section
RHIANNON - Fleetwood Mac
ROBIN - Michael Jackson
ROXANNE - The Police
RUBY - Ray Charles
SADIE - Spinners
SAMANTHA - Village People
SARA - Bob Dylan
SHANNON - Henry Gross
STELLA - Harry James
SUSANNA - Wendall Hall
TESSIE - Ray Miller
TINA - Riddlin' Kids
TORI - John Mayer
VALERIE - Steve Winwood
VANESSA - Hugo Winterhalter
VENUS - Shocking Blue
VERONICA - Elvis Costello
VICTORIA - The Kinks
VIRGINIA - Train
WENDY - Beach Boys
WINONA - Jamie Walters
XENA - I Voted for Kodos
YOLANDA - Pablo Milanes
ZELDA - Nine Inch Nails

***Yes, we love Counting Crows around here. Not only do they sing songs using cool girl's names like Elizabeth and Anna, they are also just a kick-A band. Anytime, Any Day, Any Mood. Sad? Put on Counting Crows. Get a promotion at work? Put on a little Counting Crows. Pregnant? Sit back, put up your swollen ankles, read Buzzworthy Baby Names and listen to Counting Crows.Timmy Fell in the well? It is Counting Crows time. We never liked Timmy anyway.


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Labor Day

Any couple gearing up for a baby during the next few weeks may be aiming for Labor Day to head to the store and buy baby gear. They will need the last few accessories for the baby's room and perhaps some letters for the wall. But wait! What better way to commemorate the Labor Day shopping trip than to name the baby using a trade/profession name. Here are a few name that will go to work for your baby.

ACCOMPTANT - Accountant
ALMONER - Giver of Charity to the Poor
ARCHER - Bow and Arrow Hunter
ARTIFICER - Maker or Fixer of Intricate Objects
BAILIE - Bailiff
BAKER - Food Preparer
BANKER - Digger of Drainage Ditches
BARKER - Tanner
BAXTER - Baker
BELHOSTE - Tavern Keeper
BILLITER - Bellfounder
BONIFACE - Innkeeper
BOOKER - Book Binder or Typesetter
BOWYER - Bowmaker
BRASILER - Dyer
BRAZIER - Brass Worker
BREWER - Drink Maker
BREWSTER - Brewer; Beer Maker
BURL - Cup-Bearer
BURNISHER - Metal Polisher
CAMPANER - Bell Maker
CARNER - Granary Keeper
CARNIFEX - Butcher
CARTER - Maker or Driver of Carts
CAULKER - Filler of Cracks
CHALONER - Dealer in Shalloon
CHANDLER - Make or Seller of Candles
CHAPMAN - Merchant
CHESTERMAN - Guard
CHIFFONIER - Wigmaker
CHIRUGION - Apothecary or Surgeon
CISSOR - Tailor
CLARK - Clerk
CLARKE - Cleric or Scribe
CLERK - Clergyman
COBBLER - Shoe Maker
COHEN - Priest
COLLIER - Coalminer
COLPORTEUR - Peddler of Books
COMBERE - Wool Comber
CONNOR - Inspector or Tester
COOK - Preparer of Food
COOPER - Maker or Repairer of Vessels
COPPICE - Caretaker of Small Wood
CORVISOR - Shoemaker, Leather Worker
COTILER - Cutler
CRAYMAN -Driver of a Cart Made for Heavy Loads
CROCKER - Potter
CROWNER - Coroner
CULLER - Gelder of Male Animals
CURRIER - Tanner of Leather
CUTLER - One who Makes or Sells Knives
DANCER - Performer
DAREMAN - Dairyman
DAUSEL - Groom; Squire
DEAN - One of the Heads of a Church
DELVER - One Who Digs Ditches
DEXTER - Dyer
DOCKER - Dock Worker
DOWSER - Finder of Water
DRAPER - Dealer in Dry Goods and Cloth
DROVER - Driver of Animals to Market
DRUMMER - Traveling Salesman
DUFFER - Peddler
DUKE - Royalty Rank
DYER - One Who Dyes Cloth
ELLERMAN - Seller of Lamp Oil
ELYMAKER - Oil Maker
EXPLORER - Path Maker
FABER - Smith
FACTOR - Commission Merchant
FALLON - Textile Worker
FARRIER - One in Charge of Horses; Horse Doctor
FAULKNER - Falconer
FISHER - Victualler
FLASHER - Glass Maker
FLESHER - Butcher
FLETCHER - Maker of Bows and Arrows
FRAMAR - Farmer
FILLER - Fuller of Cloth
FOREST - One Who Works in the Forest
FOSTER - Woodsman
GARDNER - Green Thumb
GARTH - Gardner
GLAZIER - Fitter or Repairer of Windows
GLOVER - Dealer or Maker of Gloves
GUARDIAN - Personal Advocate
GUIDE - Leader
GUNNER - One Who Mans a Gun During War
HACKER - Hoe Maker
HANSARD - Weapon Maker or Seller
HARPER - Musician
HATCHELER - Flax Comber
HAWKER - Peddler
HAYWARD - Fence Keeper
HEDGER - One Who Tends Hedges
HIGGLER - Peddler
HOOPER - Maker of Hoops
HOWARD - Noble Watchman
HUCKSTER - Seller of Small Wares
HUNTER - One Who Hunts
JORMAN - Journeyman
JOINER - Skilled Carpenter
JUDGE - Expert of the Law
KEELER - Bargeman
KELLER - Salt Keeper
KELLOGG - Slaughter Man
KEMPSTER - Wool Comber
LARDNER - Store Keep
LAWYER - Expert of the Law, Legal Advocate
LEROY - The King
LIMNER - Draftsman
LORIMER - Bridle Maker
MARSON - Mason
MALENDER - Farmer
MARSHALL - Horse Groomer
MASON - Stone Cutter
MAYER - Physician
MEDICUS - Doctor
MERCATOR - Merchant
MILLER - Grain Grinder
MILLOW - Miller
NEDDER - Needle Maker
NETTIR - Knitter
OSLER - Bird Catcher
OUTRIDER - Mounted Attending Rider Ahead of or Behind a Carriage
PALMER - Pilgrim
PANELER - Saddler
PARKER - Park Keeper
PANNARIUS - Clothier
PATTON - Clog Shod Maker
PINDER - Keeper of the Pound
PIPER - Music Maker
PISTOR - Miller; Baker
PORCHER - Keeper of Pigs
PORTER - Gate Keeper
PROCTOR - Official
PUDDLER - Wrought Iron Worker
PYNNER - Pin Maker
QUARRIER - Quarry Worker
QUISTER - Bleacher
RIGGER - Hoist Tackler Worker
RIPPER - Fish Monger
ROPER - Rope Maker
ROTARIUS - Wheelwright
ROWER - Maker of Wagon Wheels
SADDLER - Maker and Repairer of Saddles
SAVANT - Servant
SAWBONES - Physician
SAWYER - Sawer of Wood; Carpenter
SEVIER - Sieve Maker
SEWER - Tailor
SHERMAN - Sheep Shearer
SHRIEVE - Sheriff
SLATER - Roofer
SOLDIER - Protector
SORTER - Tailor
SPENCER - Provision Distributor
SPICER - Grocer
SQUIRE - Country Gentleman
STABLER - Ostler
STEWART - In Charge of Royal Family Affairs
STOKINER - Stocking Maker
SUTLER - Army Provision Supplier
TACKLER - Overseer of Powerloom Weavers
TAILOR - Maker or Fitter of Clothing
TANNATOR - Tanner
TANNER - Person Who Tans
TAPER - Candlewick Maker or Seller
TAPSTER - Bartend
TASKER - Reaper
TAWYER - One Who Taws
TAYLOR - Cloth Cutter
TEXTOR - Weaver
THATCHER - Roofer
TINCTOR - Dyer
TIPSTAFF - Policeman
TODD - Fox Hunter
TONSOR - Barber
TRAVERS - Toll Bridge Collector
TRAVIS - Toll Collector
TRIPPER - Dancer
TUCKER - Cleaner of Cloth Goods
TURNER - Spindler
TYLER - Roof Tile Setter
VATMAN - Skilled Paper Mill Worker
VENATOR - Huntsman
VITNER - Wine Merchant
VULCAN - Blacksmith
WAGNER - Wagon Builder
WAINWRIGHT - Wagon Maker
WALKER - Fuller
WEBBER - Weaver
WEBSTER - Loom Operator
WHITCHER - Chest Maker
WHISTER - Cloth Bleacher
WRIGHT - Workman
YVES - Archer; Bow Maker

We're Thinking of Naming the Baby CLAVICLE

** A friend who named her son Colin wrote in to assure us she pronounces it Cullen and didn't name her son after the body's waste processor. This is the post to which she was referring:

Forget about baby name books. Just pick up a copy of Anatomy and Physiology for baby name ideas.

ARETHA – Urethra-I have to pee like a racehorse.

COLIN – Colon-Yes, by all means name your kid after your body's waste processor.

OLIVER - Liver-The liver is the largest visceral organ in the human body.That can be your child's comeback when he is being teased about his name.

ADRIANNE– Adrenal Glands - They are chiefly responsible for regulating the stress response.

EWAN – Urine – you know, pee, peeps, pee pee, oops mom, etc.

ARCHER – Arch – Allows the body to support weight in an erect posture.

SHAWN – Shin – The only part Beckham covers up in photo shoots.

TALBOT – Tail Bone – Yes, it can break.

AMARIE – Mammory – The parts that have to be covered during wardrobe malfunctions.

PHILLIP – Fallopian Tubes – Your first trip down a water slide.

AVERY – Ovary – Your child's class might have two of them.

STONE – Kidney Stone-Not really a body part, but great boy/girl twin names: Stone and Kidney. Takers?

BRIAN – brain – You say tomato...

DESTINY – Intestine – You are destined to think of your intestine.

MICK – neck – Nick and Nick were neck and neck.

NEIL – Nail – That goes for fingers or toes.

EMBRIE – Embryo – We know you are excited about your pregnancy, but avoid names like ept and fertilized along with Embrie

AUDREY - Artery-She might have a lot of heart.

MAXIM – Maximus-We hope your son isn't a glutious.

AUGUSTUS – Esophagus – Your esophagus is very similar to the chocolate river tube that little Gloop was sucked up in Wonkaville.

ACE - A**

CULLEN – Colon-Here is another blatant disregard for the actual portal of Number 2.

DARIEN – Derrière – If you aren't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

RHETT – Retina – Surely you have an eye for better baby names.

Well that's enough anatomical fun for today. Here's a quick bonus for you just in case you aren't really into anatomy and you are still trying to find the perfect unique name. Just imagine essay day in second grade...

MALIYAH – Malaria – Hello, I am named after a vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites.

High School Musical

If the top 100 boy names and girl names were high school students, this is how the hallway would look.
Doesn't it just make you want to break into song about dating and getting zits right before prom?

Boy's Names
The Jocks
ALEX
CHASE
COLE
HUNTER
IAN
JACK
JACKSON
JACOB
MASON
MATTHEW
OWEN

Marching Band
AARON
BRANDON
CALEB
DIEGO
DOMINIC
JONATHAN
JOSEPH
KEVIN
MICHAEL
RICHARD
SEAN
STEVEN

Garage Band
ADAM
CARSON
CHRISTIAN
CONNOR
ETHAN
EVAN
GAVIN
HAYDEN
KADEN
KYLE
LUCAS
NOAH

Straight A Students
ANDREW
ANGEL
BENJAMIN
BRYAN
CARLOS
ERIC
ISAAC
JAMES
JOHN
NATHAN
THOMAS
TIMOTHY
WILLIAM

The Emo Kids
ADRIAN
AIDAN
AIDEN
ANTONIO
BRAYDEN
ELIJAH
GABRIEL
ISAIAH
JADEN
JASON
JAYDAN
JEREMIAH
JESUS
JULIAN
JUSTIN
LUIS
SEBASTIAN
TYLER

Science Club
ALEXANDER
BRADY
BRIAN
CHARLES
DANIEL
DAVID
JORDAN
JOSE
JUAN
MIGUEL
NATHANIEL
NICHOLAS
ROBERT
SAMUEL

Prom Royalty
AUSTIN
BLAKE
CADEN
CAMERON
CARTER
COOPER
DYLAN
HENRY
RYAN
LANDON
LIAM
LOGAN
LUKE
TRISTAN
WYATT
XAVIER
ZACHARY







Girl's Names

Cheerleaders
ADDISON
ALEXIS
CHLOE
EMILY
HAILEY
HALEY
KAYLA
KYLIE
SOPHIA
SOPHIE

Science Club
AMELIA
ANNA
ASHLEY
BRIANNA
CAROLINE
EMMA
GABRIELLA
JENNIFER
JULIA
KIMBERLY
LEAH
LILLIAN
MACKENZIE
MARIA
MARY
MEGAN
MIA
NICOLE
SAVANNAH

Straight A Students
ABIGAIL
ALEXANDRA
ALLISON
ANDREA
BROOKLYN
ELIZABETH
KATHERINE
LAUREN
MADISON
NATALIE
RACHEL
SAMANTHA
SARA
SARAH
STEPHANIE
TAYLOR
VICTORIA

Popular, But Never the Queen Bee (Usually the Trusty Sidekick)
ALEXA
AVERY
BROOKE
ELLA
GABRIELLE
JESSICA
JOCELYN
MADELINE
MARIAH
MAYA
MORGAN
KAYLEE
SOFIA

Queen Bees
ALYSSA
AUBREY
AUDREY
CLAIRE
HANNAH
ISABELLE
KAITLYN
KATELYN
MAKAYLA
MELANIE
OLIVIA
RILEY
VANESSA


The Emo Kids
AALIYAH
ANGELINA
ARIANNA
AUTUMN
DESTINY
EVELYN
ISABELLA
JASMINE
NEVAEH
VALERIA
ZOE

Cool But Not Ragingly Popular Girls
ARIANA
AVA
BAILEY
FAITH
GIANNA
GRACIE
ISABEL
JADA
JORDAN
LAYLA
LILY
MICHELLE
MOLLY
PAIGE
TRINITY

You're the Nile, You're the Tower of Pisa

We like to periodically like to republish a previous post to save our readers from having to wade through articles looking (although Buzzworthy Baby Names is a searchable blog, go ahead, try it). Here are the 2007 most popular baby names for boys and girls.

You're the top, you're the Coliseum,
You're the top, you're the Louvre Museum,
You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss,
You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're Mickey Mouse.
You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa,
You're the smile on the Mona Lisa,
I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,
But if baby I'm the bottom, you're the top.


Top 100 Baby Boy Names in 2007
1. JACOB
2. MICHAEL
3. ETHAN
4. JOSHUA
5. DANIEL
6. CHRISTOPHER
7. ANTHONY
8. WILLIAM
9. MATTHEW
10. ANDREW
11. ALEXANDER
12. DAVID
13. JOSEPH
14. NOAH
15. JAMES
16. RYAN
17. LOGAN
18. JAYDEN
19. JOHN
20. NICHOLAS
21. TYLER
22. CHRISTIAN
23. JONATHAN
24. NATHAN
25. SAMUEL
26. BENJAMIN
27. AIDEN
28. GABRIEL
29. DYLAN
30. ELIJAH
31. BRANDON
32. GAVIN
33. JACKSON
34. ANGEL
35. JOSE
36. CALEB
37. MASON
38. JACK
39. KEVIN
40. EVAN
41. ISAAC
42. ZACHARY
43. ISAIAH
44. JUSTIN
45. JORDAN
46. LUKE
47. ROBERT
48. AUSTIN
49. LANDON
50. CAMERON
51. THOMAS
52. AARON
53. LUCAS
54. AIDAN
55. CONNOR
56. OWEN
57. HUNTER
58. DIEGO
59. JASON
60. LUIS
61. ADRIAN
62. CHARLES
63. JUAN
64. BRAYDEN
65. ADAM
66. JULIAN
67. JEREMIAH
68. XAVIER
69. WYATT
70. CARLOS
71. HAYDEN
72. SEBASTIAN
73. ALEX
74. IAN
75. SEAN
76. JADEN
77. JESUS
78. BRYAN
79. CHASE
80. CARTER
81. BRIAN
82. NATHANIEL
83. ERIC
84. COLE
85. DOMINIC
86. KYLE
87. TRISTAN
88. BLAKE
89. LIAM
90. CARSON
91. HENRY
92. CADEN
93. BRADY
94. MIGUEL
95. COOPER
96. ANTONIO
97. STEVEN
98. KADEN
99. RICHARD
100. TIMOTHY

Top 100 Baby Girl Names in 2007
1. EMILY
2. ISABELLA
3. EMMA
4. AVA
5. MADISON
6. SOPHIA
7. OLIVIA
8. ABIGAIL
9. HANNAH
10. ELIZABETH
11. ADDISON
12. SAMANTHA
13. ASHLEY
14. ALYSSA
15. MIA
16. CHLOE
17. NATALIE
18. SARAH
19. ALEXIS
20. GRACE
21. ELLA
22. BRIANNA
23. HAILEY
24. TAYLOR
25. ANNA
26. KAYLA
27. LILY
28. LAUREN
29. VICTORIA
30. SAVANNAH
31. NEVAEH
32. JASMINE
33. LILLIAN
34. JULIA
35. SOFIA
36. KAYLEE
37. SYDNEY
38. GABRIELLA
39. KATHERINE
40. ALEXA
41. DESTINY
42. JESSICA
43. MORGAN
44. KAITLYN
45. BROOKE
46. ALLISON
47. MAKAYLA
48. AVERY
49. ALEXANDRA
50. JOCELYN
51. AUDREY
52. RILEY
53. KIMBERLY
54. MARIA
55. EVELYN
56. ZOE
57. BROOKLYN
58. ANGELINA
59. ANDREA
60. RACHEL
61. MADELINE
62. MAYA
63. KYLIE
64. JENNIFER
65. MACKENZIE
66. CLAIRE
67. GABRIELLE
68. LEAH
69. AUBREY
70. ARIANNA
71. VANESSA
72. TRINITY
73. ARIANNA
74. FAITH
75. KATELYN
76. HALEY
77. AMELIA
78. MEGAN
79. ISABELLE
80. MELANIE
81. SARA
82. SOPHIE
83. BAILEY
84. AALIYAH
85. LAYLA
86. ISABEL
87. NICOLE
88. STEPHANIE
89. PAIGE
90. GIANNA
91. AUTUMN
92. MARIAH
93. MARY
94. MICHELLE
95. JADA
96. GRACIE
97. MOLLY
98. VALERIA
99. CAROLINE
100. JORDAN

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Hybrid Baby Names

We have been busy in our baby name lab mixing up some names for your naming pleasure. We have come up with a few names by mixing and matching existing names. Enjoy responsibly.

Hybrid Boy's Names
AIDSON
ALEXIAN
AMEATON
ANDRISCO
ANSON
ANTOPHER
ASHARD
ASHOX
BENLAN
BLADY
BODON
BRADWIN
BRANTYL
BRASHTON
BRAXDER
BRAXWELL
BRAYCA
BRAYTER
BROMAN
BRYLER
BRYLEX
CAMSTIL
CAMSTIN
CARBAN
CHASER
COLRICK
COLRUS
CONEXIS
CONORSON
COPIAN
CRISOLAS
DALTSON
DANOAH
DARESON
DAVANDER
DAVOLAS
DERTIAN
DEVER
DOMERSON
EDRANT
ELIDON
ELLESTON
ETHIAM
EVARON
GAVOLAS
GEREK
GRADEN
GRAMAN
JADESON
JAMICH
JAMID
JAMIEL
JAYLAS
JEFFTON
KADESON
KEVACK
KYLINIC
LANDARON
LANKER
LANSON
LANSTON
LANTER
LEONERY
LEORICK
LOSTIAN
LUCAN
LUDAN
MARDEN
MARKER
MARSON
MATTIAM
MAXDEN
MAXTREN
MICHAN
MILEX
MOSTEN
NOREK
ORLANTON
PATENT
PORTIAS
RIGORY
RONDON
RYALL
SAKE
SETHTON
SHAWNTON
TALNEY
TANNEX
TOPHERON
TRAVNER
TRAX
TRECLAN
TRYLES
TUCKIAN
TYMIN
VANSTIN
WALANCE
WYLIAN
ZANISON
ZEVAN

Hybrid Girl's Names
ABINZIE
ADELEIGH
AINSIA
ALEXANA
ALEXENNA
ALLERSON
ALLIET
AMANTHA
AMERSON
ANNOSA
AUBERLY
AUBRIELLE
AVADISON
BELLAGAN
BRENESSA
BRENNICA
BREYAN
BRIASHA
BRIELYN
BRIENNA
BRIEXA
BRINITY
CAINSLE
CAITLET
CAMPTYN
CASSIVIA
CHARIAH
CHLYSSA
CRIABREY
DACKLIN
DANANDA
DENLEY
DULIA
ELIMINE
ELIZALLY
ELLESTINE
EMELLA
EVERIA
FRANCELINE
GABLEY
GENEKA
GENISSA
GRATALIE
HAILSEY
HAYLIA
HAYLICA
ISAGAN
JELANNA
JESSANDRA
JESSON
JOSANDRA
JOSLETT
KALLMED
KAMLEY
KASSLIE
KATHORIA
KAYOLIT
KEIRLIE
KELAYNIE
KESLEY
KIMISON
KIMLEY
KIRSTOW
KYDRA
KYLEXIE
KYLIN
LAURIA
LINELLE
LYBRIEL
MADECCAH
MADORA
MADRIEL
MAGRENNA
MAKAYLIN
MARIANCA
MCKENLIA
MEGALIE
MIRLIE
NATOLINE
NILEY
NORELLA
PARLIE
PAYELLA
PAYLIE
RELINE
RENNEDY
RIERA
RISTYDEN
SARAPHIE
SAVAYLA
TALCEY
TAYANNA
TELIVIA
TENLIE
TESSLIE
TOREN
VALANA
VAZEL
VINITY
WENDOLA

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Untitled Baby Project

This is our regular feature of baby names being considered right now by expectant parents. We scrounge popular baby naming boards and pull names that are being considered for babies coming soon.

Girl's Names Being Thrown Around By Expectant Parents
AISLINN
ALLEY
AMELIA
ANDIE
ANNA
ANNE
ANNIE
ANNIKA
ANOUK
ATHENA
AUDREY
BAILEY
BELLE
BELLE
BONNIE
BRONWEN
BROOKE
BROOKE
CALLIOPE
CARA
CHARLIE
CHARLOTTE
CHEYENNE
CLAIRE
CLARA
CLARA
COLBIE
COLLEEN
COSETTE
DAISEY
DANAE
DANAYA
DANICA
DAPHNE
DELORES
EKATERINA
ELANA
ELIZABETH
ELORA
ELORA
EMILY
EMME
ESME
FELICITY
FRANCES
GENEVA
GILLIAN
GLORIA
GRETA
GWEN
HARPER
HELENA
HERMIONE
HOLLAND
IMOGEN
INDIA
IRINA
IRIS
JADZIA
JANE
JANEL
JOAN
JOANIE
JULIA
JULIANNE
JULIET
JULIETTE
JUNO
KAREN
KARIS
KATE
KATHERINE
KATHLEEN
KIERSTIN
LAINE
LARA
LAUREN
LINDSEY
LOUISA
LYDIE
MADDEN
MADELINE
MARGOT
MARISSA
MATILDA
MEARA
MILENA
MIRIAM
NADIA
NATALIE
NELL
OLIVIA
OONA
OPHELIA
PAIGE
PEYTON
POPPY
ROSALIE
ROSEMARY
RUTH
RUTHIE
SAGE
SASKIA
SAVANNA
SCARLETT
SHEA
SOPHIE
SOPHIE
STELLA
SUSANNA
SYDNEY
SYLVIA
SYLVIE
VADA
VALENTINE
VIOLET
VIVIAN
ZARA



Boy's Names Being Thrown Around By Expectant Parents
ABEL
ABRAM
ADDISON
ALEC
ALISTAIR
AMORY
ANDREW
AUGUST
AUGUSTEN
AUSTIN
AVEN
BENTON
BRIGGS
BROGAN
CADEN
CALEB
CALLUM
CALVIN
CANNON
CANNON
CANON
CARL
CEDRIC
CHARLIE
CHASE
COHEN
COLE
CORVIN
DAVIN
DECLAN
DEVON
DEXTER
DIGBY
DORAN
EFREN
ELIAS
ELIJAH
ELLIOT
ELLIOTT
ETHAN
EVAN
EVANDER
EVERS
FINIAN
FINN
FREDERIC
GALEN
GARETH
GARIEL
GARRETT
GAVAN
GAVIN
GEORGE
GERRARD
GLENN
GRAHAM
GRANT
GRAVEN
GRAY
GREYSON
GRIFFIN
GUS
HARPER
HAYWARD
HENRY
HOPPER
JACK
JASE
JASON
JASPER
JASPER
JOACHIM
JOEL
JONAH
JONAH
JORDAN
JUDE
JULIAN
KENDALL
LAWRENCE
LAWSON
LEANDER
LENNON
LIAM
LINCOLN
LOGAN
LUCIUS
LUDOVIC
LUKE
MADDEN
MALACHY
MALCOLM
MAREK
MATTHEW
MAX
MAYER
NASH
NATHANIEL
NOLAN
OLIVER
OTTO
OWEN
PARIS
PAUL
PIERCE
PIERS
PROSPER
REED
REED
REESE
REID
REMI
ROWAN
RYAN
RYKEN
RYKER
SHERLOCK
SMITH
SPENCE
SPENCER
STERLING
STUART
SULLIVAN
SUTTON
TAVON
THANE
THEO
THERON
THOMAS
TIMOTHY
URLIC
VIGGO
VINCENT
WALDO
WARD
WARREN
WESLEY
WEST
WILLIAM
WORTH
XAVIER
ZANDER
ZEB

What? There are Other Players on the Team?

Despite the fact that Becks is usually in the spotlight, there are many other great soccer players in Major League Soccer. Here are a few sporty names from MLS.

AARON HOHLBEIN
AARON PITCHKOLAN
ABDUS IBRAHIM
ABE THOMPSON
ADAM CRISTMAN
ADAM MOFFAT
ADAM SMARTE
ADRIAN SERIOUX
ALAN GORDON
ALECKO ESKANDARIAN
ALEJANDRO MORENO
ALEX NIMO
ALEX ZOTINCA
ALVARO PIRES
AMAECHI IGWE
AMANDO GUEVARA
AMIR LOWERY
ANDRE ROCHA
ANDREW BOYENS
ANDREW DANIELS
ANDREW KARTUNEN
ANDREW PETERSON
ANDY GRUENEBAUM
ANDY HERRON
ANDY IRO
ANDY WILLIAMS
ANTE JAZIC
ANTE RAZOV
ANTHONY HAMILTON
ANTHONY WALLACE
ARTURO ALVAREZ
ATIBA HARRIS
AUSTIN WASHINGTON
BAKARY SOUMARE
BEN OLSEN
BLAKE WAGNER
BOBBY BOSWELL
BOBBY BURLING
BOBBY RHINE
BORIS PARDO
BOUNA COUNDOUL
BRAD DAVIS
BRAD EVANS
BRAD KNIGHTON
BRANDON MANZONELLI
BRANDON MCDONALD
BRANDON PRIDEAUX
BRANDON TYLER
BREK SHEA
BRENNAN TENNELLE
BRIAN CARROLL
BRIAN CHING
BRIAN EDWARDS
BRIAN GRAZIER
BRIAN MCBRIDE
BRIAN MULLAN
BRUNO GUARDA
BRYAN JORDAN
BRYAN NAMOFF
C.J. BROWN
CALEB PATTERSON-SEWELL
CALEN CARR
CAREY TALLEY
CARL ROBINSON
CARLOS MARINELLI
CARLOS MENDES
CARLOS RUIZ
CESAR ZAMBRANO
CHAD BARRETT
CHAD MARSHALL
CHANCE MYERS
CHARLES ALAMO
CHASE WILEMAN
CHRIS ALBRIGHT
CHRIS KLEIN
CHRIS LEITCH
CHRIS MEGALOUDIS
CHRIS ROLFE
CHRIS SEITZ
CHRIS SHARPE
CHRIS TIERNEY
CHRIS WINGERT
CHRIS WONDOLOWSKI
CHRISTIAN GOMEZ
CIARAN O'BRIEN
CLAUDIO LOPEZ
CLAUDIO SUAREZ
CLYDE SIMMS
COLIN CLARK
CONOR CASEY
CORBIN WALLER
COREY ASHE
CORY ELENIO
CRAIG THOMPSON
CRAIG WAIBEL
CUAUHTEMOC BLANCO
DAN KENNEDY
DAN STRATFORD
DANE MURPHY
DANE RICHARDS
DANIEL PALADINI
DANIEL WOOLARD
DANLEIGH BORMAN
DANNY DICHIO
DANNY O'ROURKE
DARIO SALA
DARREN HUCKERBY
DASAN ROBINSON
DAVE VAN DEN BERGH
DAVID BECKHAM
DAVID HORST
DAVID ROTH
DAVID WAGENFUHR
DAVY ARNAUD
DAX MCCARTY
DEMA KOVALENKO
DEREK GAUDET
DEVON MCTAVISH
DIEGO GUTIERREZ
DIEGO JIMENEZ
DOMENIC MEDIATE
DOMINIC ODURO
DOUG WARREN
DREW MOOR
DUILIO DAVINO
DUNCAN OUGHTON
DUSTIN KIRBY
DWAYNE DE ROSARIO
EDDIE GAVEN
EDDIE ROBINSON
EDSON BUDDLE
EDUARDO DOMINGUEZ
ELY ALLEN
EMMANUEL EKPO
ERIC AVILA
ERIC DENTON
ERIC EBERT
ERIC KRONBERG
ERIK USTRUCK
EZRA HENDRICKSON
FABIAN ESPINDOLA
FACUNDO ERPEN
FRANCIS DOE
FRANCISCO LIMA
FRANCISCO MENDOZA
FRANKIE HEJDUK
FRED
GABE GALA
GABRIEL CICHERO
GARY FLOOD
GAVIN GLINTON
GEOFF CAMERON
GEORGE JOSTEN
GERSON MAYEN
GINO PADULA
GONZALO MARTINEZ
GONZALO PERALTA
GONZALO SEGARES
GORDON KLJESTAN
GREG DALBY
GREG SUTTON
GREG VANNEY
GUILLERMO BARROS SCHELOTTO
GUY-ROLAND KPENE
HERCULEZ GOMEZ
HUNTER FREEMAN
IAN JOY
ISRAEL SESAY
IVAN GUERRERO
IVAN TRUJILLO
JACK JEWSBURY
JACOB PETERSON
JAIME MORENO
JAMES RILEY
JAMES THORPE
JAMIE WATSON
JAMIL ROBERTS
JAMISON OLAVE
JARROD SMITH
JASON GAREY
JASON HERNANDEZ
JAVIER MORALES
JAY AYRES
JAY HEAPS
JED ZAYNER
JEFF CARROLL
JEFF CUNNINGHAM
JEFF LARENTOWICZ
JEFF PARKE
JESSE MARSCH
JILL BRENNAN
JIM CURTIN
JIMMY CONRAD
JOE CANNON
JOE FRANCHINO
JOE GERMANESE
JOE VIDE
JOEY MELO
JOHN CUNLIFFE
JOHN DIRAIMONDO
JOHN GILKERSON
JOHN MICHAEL HAYDEN
JOHN THORRINGTON
JOHNNY ALCATRAZ
JON BUSCH
JON CONWAY
JONATHAN BORNSTEIN
JONATHAN LEATHERS
JORDAN HARVEY
JORGE FLORES
JORGE ROJAS
JOSE BURCIAGA JR.
JOSH LAMBO
JOSH TUDELA
JOSH WICKS
JOSH WOLFF
JOVAN KIROVSKI
JUAN PABLO ANGEL
JUAN PIETRAVALLO
JULIAN VALENTIN
JULIUS JAMES
JUSTIN BRAUN
JUSTIN HUGHES
JUSTIN MAPP
KAI KASIGURAN
KEI KAMARA
KEITH SAVAGE
KELLY GRAY
KENNY COOPER
KENNY CUTLER
KENNY DEUCHAR
KENNY MANSALLY
KENNY SCHOENI
KERRY ZAVAGNIN
KEVIN BURNS
KEVIN GOLDTHWAITE
KEVIN HARMSE
KEVIN HARTMAN
KEVIN REIMAN
KEVIN SOUTER
KHANO SMITH
KHELI DUBE
KILIAN ELKINSON
KOSUKE SIMURA
KRAIG CHILES
KURT MORSINK
KYLE BECKERMAN
KYLE BROWN
KYLE REYNISH
LANCE PARKER
LANCE WATSON
LANDON DONOVAN
LAURENT ROBERT
LAWSON VAUGHN
LIDER MARMOL
LOGAN PAUSE
LUCIANO EMILIO
LUKE SASSANO
MARC BURCH
MARCELO GALLARDO
MARCELO SARAGOSA
MARCO PAPPA
MARCO VELEZ
MARVELL WYNNE
MATT HATZKE
MATT MARQUESS
MATT REIS
MAURICE EDU
MAURICIO CASTRO
MAYKEL GALINDO
MEHDI BALLOUCHY
MICHAEL DELLO-RUSSO
MICHAEL GAVIN
MICHAEL GUSTAVSON
MICHAEL HARRINGTON
MICHAEL KRAUS
MICHAEL PALACIO
MICHAEL PARKHURST
MIKE BANNER
MIKE CHABALA
MIKE MAGEE
MIKE MUNOZ
MIKE PETKE
MIKE RANDOLPH
MIKE ZAHER
MIKEL ARCE
NANA ATTAKORA-GYAN
NAT BORCHERS
NATE JAQUA
NATHAN STURGIS
NED GRABAVOY
NELSON PIZARRO
NICK GARCIA
NICK HATZKE
NICK LABROCCA
NICK NOBLE
NICK RIMANDO
NICO COLALUCA
NIKOLAS BESAGNO
OMAR CUMMINGS
OSCAR ECHEVERRY
PABLO MASTRENI
PABLO RICCHETTI
PAT CARROLL
PAT NOONAN
PAT ONSTAD
PAT PHELAN
PATRICK IANNI
PATRICK NYARKO
PAULO NAGAMURA
PETER LOWRY
PETER VAGENAS
PRESTON BURPO
QUAVAS KIRK
RAMIRO CORRALES
RAPHAEL WICKY
RAUWSHAN MCKENZIE
RAY BURSE
RICARDINHO
RICARDO CLARK
RICARDO PIERRE-LOUIS
RICHARD MULROONEY
ROB VALENTINO
ROBBIE FINDLEY
ROBBIE ROGERS
ROBBIE RUSSELL
ROBERTO NURSE
ROD DYACHENKO
ROGER ESPINOZA
ROHAN RICKETTS
RYAN COCHRANE
RYAN CORDEIRO
RYAN JOHNSON
RYAN JUNGE
RYAN MCMAHEN
RYAN MILLER
RYAN PORE
SACHA KLJESTAN
SAINEY NYASSI
SAM BRILL
SANTINO QUARANTA
SASHA VICTORINE
SCOTT BOLCAN
SCOTT SEALY
SEAN FRANKLIN
SETH STAMMLER
SHALRIE JOSEPH
SHAVAR THOMAS
SHEA SALINAS
SINISA UBIPARIPOVIC
SPENCER WADSWORTH
STEFANI MIGLIORANZI
STEPHEN KEEL
STEPHEN KING
STEPHEN WONDOLOWSKI
STEVE CRONIN
STEVE RALSTON
STEVEN LENHART
STUART HOLDEN
TAYLOR TWELLMAN
TERRY COOKE
TIM WARD
TINO NUNEZ
TODD DUNIVANT
TOM MCMANUS
TOMASZ FRANKOWSKI
TONY BELTRAN
TONY CAIG
TROY ROBERTS
TYLER HEMMING
TYLER KETTERING
TYLER ROSENLUND
TYRONE MARSHALL
TYSON WAHL
UGO IHEMELU
VARDAN ADZEMIAN
VICTOR SIKORA
WADE BARRETT
WELLS THOMPSON
WILLIAM HESMER
WILMAN CONDE
YURA MOVSISYAN
ZACH THORNTON
ZACH WELLS

Did Timmy Fall In Well?

We want to put a few pet naming trends on your radar. Not because you are thinking of naming your kid Peanut or Gizmo, but because somewhere out there is a group of girls who will be raised without any kindness parameter. They will eventually nab your daughter and the ring leader will zing her with comments like, "My dog has the same name as you."

This girl will eventually grow up to live a meaningless life having burned any and all bridges. She will figure out that she has a problem while sitting in the police station for assaulting her nanny. An episode of Oprah will come on showcasing women who will die alone because of their inability to be anything but a bully and their major self-esteem issues. Your daughter will receive an apology call after the bully undergoes Anger Management and Self Esteem for Queen Bees. The truth is, she never even had a dog and she was just trying to make everyone else just as miserable as herself.

Top 60 Male Dog Names from USA
1. MAX
2. JAKE
3. BUDDY
4. BEAR
5. BAILEY
6. SHADOW
7. SAM
8. LUCKY
9. ROCKY
10. BUSTER
11. CASEY
12. CODY
13. BRANDY
14. DUKE
15. CHARLIE
16. BANDIT
17. JACK
18. HARLEY
19. RUSTY
20. SANDY
21. TOBY
22. MURPHY
23. PEPPER
24. SMOKEY
25. SHELBY
26. BO
27. REWARD
28. ALEX
29. SPARKY
30. BEAU
31. RILEY
32. BARNEY
33. WINSTON
34. SCOUT
35. TEDDY
36. SIMBA
37. ZEUS
38. HUNTER
39. GUS
40. CHANCE
41. OSCAR
42. DUSTY
43. BUCK
44. COCOA
45. SPIKE
46. HERSHEY
47. TAZ
48.BUBBA
49. MADISON
50. CHESTER
51. BLUE
52. SUNNY
53. MICKEY
54. PEANUT
55. OLIVER
56. BABY
57. SAMSON
58. GIZMO
59. SCOOTER
60. BOONE


Top 60 Male Dog Names from Australia
1. MAX
2. SAM
3. JACK
4. JAKE
5. TOBY
6. OSCAR
7. CHARLIE
8. JESS
9. ZAC
10. MONTY
11. TYSON
12. BUDDY
13. BEN
14. BUSTER
15. HARRY
16. ROCKY
17. BEAU
18. RUSTY
19. SHADOW
20. SIMBA
21. BEAR
22. MILO
23. LUCKY
24. REX
25. HARLEY
26. JASPER
27. SANDY
28. BARNEY
29. JACKSON
30. BILLY
31. BOBBY
32. BENSON
33. BENJI
34. GEORGE
35. SCRUFFY
36. BAILEY
37. GYPSY
38. CASPER
39. ANGUS
40. PATCH
41. TIGER
42. CODY
43. BRANDY
44. GIZMO
45. BASIL
46. BUNDY
47. GUS
48. DUKE
49. JOCK
50. ZEUS
51. BRONSON
52. CHESTER
53. HENRY
54. CASEY
55. TEDDY
56. SNOWY
57. PEPPER
58. RALPH
59. MAC
60. CLYDE


Top 60 Female Dog Names from Australia
1. JESSIE
2. MOLLY
3. CHLOE
4. BONNIE
5. LUCY
6. SASHA
7. SALLY
8. TESS
9. DAISY
10. ZOE
11. COCO
12. MISSY
13. HOLLY
14. ROSIE
15. BELLA
16. SOPHIE
17. RUBY
18. MAGGIE
19. SHADOW
20. LADY
21. BEAR
22. LUCKY
23. CASSIE
24. PENNY
25. HONEY
26. JESSE
27. MISTY
28. GEMMA
29. SANDY
30. CINDY
31. TARA
32. SHEBA
33. ROXY
34. MILLIE
35. TESSA
36. BOBBY
37. MEG
38. KELLY
39. MINNIE
40. SCRUFFY
41. BELLE
42. GYPSY
43. JAZZ
44. PATCH
45. SAMMY
46. TIGER
47. BUFFY
48. EMMA
49. TASHA
50. BRANDY
51. CHELSEA
52. ELLIE
53. AMBER
54. MUFFIN
55. CLEO
56. JEMMA
57. POPPY
58. JEDDA
59. SNOWY
60. HEIDI


Top 60 Female Dog Names from the USA
1. MAGGIE
2. BEAR
3. MOLLY
4. SHADOW
5. LADY
6. SADIE
7. LUCKY
8. LUCY
9. DAISY
10. BRANDY
11. BANDIT
12. GINGER
13. ABBY
14. SASHA
15. SANDY
16. MURPHY
17. PEPPER
18. DAKOTA
19. KATIE
20. ANNIE
21. CHELSEA
22. PRINCESS
23. SAMMY
24. SOPHIE
25. SMOKEY
26. MISSY
27. BO
28. COCO
29. REWARD
30. ALEX
31. TASHA
32. SPARKY
33. SAMANTHA
34. SHELBA
35. PENNY
36. MISTY
37. BELLE
38. DIXIE
39. ZOE
40. SCOUT
41. ANGEL
42. ROSIE
43. JESSIE
44. CHLOE
45. HEIDI
46. JASMINE
47. CHANCE
48. SUGAR
49. SASSY
50. EMMA
51. DUSTY
52. COCOA
53. HOLLY
54. HERSHEY
55. BUBBA
56. HANNAH
57. BLUE
58. SUNNY
59. PEANUT
60. HONEY


Top 60 Male Cat Names from the USA
1. TIGGER
2. TIGER
3. MAX
4. SMOKEY
5. SAM
6. KITTY
7. SHADOW
8. SIMBA
9. PATCH
10. LUCKEY
11. OREO
12. CHARLIE
13. BOOTS
14. OLIVER
15. OSCAR
16. FLUFFY
17. WHISKERS
18. GIZMO
19. TAZ
20. MIDNIGHT
21. BUDDY
22. BABY
23. TOBY
24. SPIKE
25. RUSTY
26. JAKE
27. ALEX
28. BUSTER
29. SYLVESTER
30. ROCKY
31. PEPPER
32. MILO
33. DUSTY
34. BAILEY
35. MITTENS
36. CASEY
37. SOCKS
38. SNOWBALL
39. SIMON
40. SEBASTIAN
41. SCOOTER
42. GEORGE
43. BO
44. MICKEY
45. JACK
46. COSMO
47. BEAR
48. WILLIAM
49. TOM
50. FELIX
51. ROMEO
52. MURPHY
53. CASPER
54. PEANUT
55. CHESTER
56. GARFIELD
57. BLACKIE
58. THOMAS
59. FRED
60. CUDDLES


Top 60 Male Cat Names from Australia
1. OSCAR
2. MAX
3. TIGER
4. SAM
5. SIMBA
6. TIGGER
7. SMOKEY
8. MILO
9. SOOTY
10. MONTY
11. PUSS
12. KITTY
13. FELIX
14. JACK
15. LUCKY
16. CASPER
17. CHARLIE
18. THOMAS
19. TOBY
20. OLIVER
21. GIZMO
22. FLUFFY
23. SEBASTIAN
24. BILLY
25. JASPER
26. TOM
27. SYLVESTER
28. GEORGE
29. KIMBA
30. HARRY
31. SOX
32. SMUDGE
33. BASIL
34. HARLEY
35. CLAUDE
36. HENRY
37. SHADOW
38. BORIS
39. CUDDLES
40. BUSTER
41. LEO
42. CHESTER
43. JAKE
44. MOET
45. MICKEY
46. POSSUM
47. SNOWY
48. COSMO
49. CLYDE
50. JERRY
51. REX
52. MISCHIEF
53. ZAC
54. BENSON
55. PEPPER
56. PIXIE
57. BAILEY
58. GARFIELD
59. MURPHY
60. ZIGGY


Top 60 Female Cat Names from the USA
1. TIGGER
2. TIGER
3. SMOKEY
4. KITTY
5. SASSY
6. SHADOW
7. PATCH
8. LUCKY
9. MISTY
10. SAMMY
11. PRINCESS
12. OREO
13. SAMANTHA
14. BOOTS
15. LUCY
16. PRECIOUS
17. MISSY
18. FLUFFY
19. WHISKERS
20. MOLLY
21. MIDNIGHT
22. BABY
23. SOPHIE
24. PUMPKIN
25. ALEX
26. MAGGIE
27. CALLIE
28. PEPPER
29. DAISY
30. CLEO
31. CHLOE
32. ANGEL
33. DUSTY
34. MITTENS
35. SOCKS
36. SNOWBALL
37. SCOOTER
38. NALA
39. SADIE
40. BO
41. KATIE
42. JASMINE
43. BEAR
44. PEACHES
45. GINGER
46. SUGAR
47. SHEBA
48. MURPHY
49. PEANUT
50. PENNY
51. GRACE
52. BLACKIE
53. ABBY
54. TABITHA
55. CUDDLES
56. ZOE
57. SUNSHINE
58. STORM
59. SOX
60. SABRINA



Top 60 Female Cat Names from Australia
1. TIGER
2. MISTY
3. COCO
4. CHLOE
5. LUCY
6. MISSY
7. MOLLY
8. TIGGER
9. SMOKEY
10. CLEO
11. PUSS
12. KITTY
13. BELLA
14. LUCKY
15. GINGER
16. DAISY
17. MUFFIN
18. JESSIE
19. SOPHIE
20. FLUFFY
21. JASMINE
22. SASHA
23. ZOE
24. PHOEBE
25. LILLY
26. KIMBA
27. HOLLY
28. MINNIE
29. SAMMY
30. SOX
31. BONNIE
32. SMUDGE
33. MAGGIE
34. MILLIE
35. ANGEL
36. PRINCESS
37. ROSIE
38. TABITHA
39. SALLY
40. SHADOW
41. CUDDLES
42. CASSIE
43. MOET
44. NATASHA
45. POPPY
46. POSSUM
47. SNOWY
48. MEG
49. MISCHIEF
50. CINDY
51. MIA
52. MITZI
53. PEPPER
54. PIXIE
55. SABRINA
56. MIMI
57. TASHA
58. TILLY
59. MATILDA
60. RUBY

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Baby Name Bashing Disclaimer

*DISCLAIMER* These articles are purely for entertainment value.

A note from your hostess, Bonnie Bell:
Is your name on our bad baby name list? Are you thinking of using one of these bad baby names? Let me help you feel better. My name is Bonnie. I have endured spontaneous renditions of “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.” I have been told to shake my Bon Bon and I've been called Garbanzo Bean. I have been teased for being named Bonnie because it means beautiful (It was during my lanky awkward stage that I don't like to talk about). I am actually doing parents a favor by giving them the straight talk about baby names that none of their friends are willing to say. I wish my parents had been in the know and chosen something like Kate or Sienna for me. Oh, and one more fun fact before we get started: My parents had a horse named Bonnie and they always dodge questions about the connection.

This is Why You Shouldn't Name a Baby Right After the Drugs Wear Off

What were they thinking? There should be some sort of mandatory waiting period for new parents. A break between giving birth and naming the baby is a must. Here are a few names that made it into the top 1000 baby names of 2007, and that we're convinced were set in stone before the parents came back down to earth after the baby was born.

Boys

ADRIAN - There is nothing masculine about this name. Stop using it for your sons.

AGUSTIN - The wind was agustin and the rain was afallin.

ARJUN - We we arjun about how to spell Argentina. I was right.

ATTICUS - We will put his nursery in the atticus or maybe in the sparicus bedroomicus.

AVERY - Every Avery is a girl...except your Avery.

AXEL - How many doctors or CEO's do you know named Axel? Maybe he can be an accident injury lawyer.

BOBBY - Does not play well with others. Has a Brady Bunch Complex.

BILLY - Psycho killer.

BROOKS - My parents are water conservationists.

CANNON - Just keep your arms at your side. You will hear me countdown and then...BLASTOFF!!

CHANCE - We took a chance and didn't wear a condom and now here you are!

CLARENCE - The rack in the back of the store with the reduced prices.

COLIN - We've covered this name before, but parents continue to name their sons after the body's Number 2 storage system.

COLTON - Is this is reference to the horse or the koolaid drinkers?

CRISTIAN - Is this your way of taking the word Christ out of the name?

DAKOTA - The only Dakota we know wants pink frosting on her birthday cake.

DALE - Our first choice was Chip, but we really liked the sound of Dale.

DAMIAN - Dang Demon

DAWSON - Like those river kids...or was it a creek?

DENNIS - The Menace?

ENRIQUE - He can be your hero, baby.

ERICK - Relax, no one will think that you are illiterate if you just spell it without the c and k together. Just choose one or the other.

EZEQUIEL- No, this one isn't hard to spell at all. Your kindergardener won't have any trouble.

FABIAN - We didn't want anything as flamboyant as Fabio.

FRANCISCO - Is your sister San?

GRAYSON - This is our son Grace.

HAMZA - My parents are carnivores.

HECTOR - Heckling Hector

HOLDEN - What are your busy holding, Holden? You're certainly not holding your own.

HUGO - Hugo that way and I will go this way.

JAMARCUS - It's James and Marcus put together since everyone knows that you can't give a child two names...so I just combined them.

JASON - We have enough Jasons left over from the 80's, stop using this name.

JIMMY - Mullet.

JONAS - Soon enough all of the girls who are screaming and crying over those brothers will be vehemently denying that they ever liked the Jonas Brothers and your kid will be stuck with the name.

JOSUE - We can't figure out how to pronounce this name. Is it Joe Sue? EWWW

JULIAN - This is a girl's name. You are effectively naming your son Julie Anne.

JULIUS - We both really love oranges and we met at Jamba Juice.

KEEGAN - This is way to close to "kegel," you know, pelvic floor muscle exercise for women.

KRISH - I have had a crush on you ever since the crash on the way home from the creche exhibit.

LEONARDO - We're not sure you want the word NARD in your child's name.

MARCO - Polo

MARIO - Did someone say they still have an old Nintendo? I want to be Luigi.

MILES - I would walk 500 hundred miles and I would walk 500 more, just to be named after a unit of measurement.

MISAEL - Weapons of mass destruction.

MOSHE - A pit in which concert goers ram into each other sometimes inflicting injury.

NICHOLAS - As in St. Nick.

NOE - Really cute, mom and dad. Your kid won't hear NO enough during his childhood.

OSCAR - You win one if you can pretend really well.

PAXTON - Double-blind studies of this drug have shown an increase in diarrhea, constipation, headache, fever, and chills. Rash and irritation may occur and fainting is possible after standing for more than ten minutes. Do not take Paxton if you have liver disease. Talk to your doctor today about the benefits of Paxton.

PRINCE - Who named that kid?

RIVER - Brooks' brother.

ROMEO- The target of many a wedgie during grade school.

RONALD - As in McDonald? You are naming him after a clown that sells heart disease by the bag full?

RUDY - Like that kid who got to play in the game or is it a reference to The Cosby Show?

SIMON - We are really hoping he can destroy other people's self-confidence in one cruel zing after they sing.

SLADE - He had never killed anyone before, but he had read about men who had slayed.

SONNY - I've got you, babe.

URIEL - Urinal.

WAYLON - He was waylon on the saxophone during the concert.

WILLIE - Wee willie winkie. He's so stinky.

WYATT - Quiet Wyatt!

XZAVIER - We weren't sure how to spell it and didn't want to take the time to Google the name, so we guessed.



Girls

ADAMARIS - A damar is someone who builds dams for a living and not a name for a baby girl.

AKIRA - No, I am not named after a car. It would have to be Acura for that. My name means akira about you.

ARACELY - Let's go harass Aracely.

ARIELLE - Our little mermaid and be spelled it differently to make it less obvious that we name our children after animated characters from Disney. Her brothers Sebastian and Flounder are so excited to finally have a sister.

ASPEN - Ash, Birch, Cedar, Conifer, Maple, Oak, Pine, Willow...

AZARIA - The state is called Arizona, not Azaria.

BARBARA - Someone lost a bet.

BRIA - It's a little too close to "bra."

CHARITY - The most selfish girl we know.

CHASTITY - Guaranteed to have a teen pregnancy.

CHAYA - Chaya always chafes when she is chasing chipmunks.

CLARISSA - How long can you hold the S sound?

ESSENCE - Essence of dirty diapers and dried on applesauce.

FRIDA - Her parents other choices were Monda, Tuesda, Wednesda, Thursda, Saturda, and Sunda.

GILLIAN - Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip and a girl named after Gilligan's Island.

GIULIANA - We know whose parent wrote their thesis on guillotines.

HAVEN - A word better suited for the name of a retirement home than a person's name.

JAKAYLA - Just stick to Jake for a boy and Kayla for a girl. Compromise just means that you work together. It doesn't mean that you are supposed to actually combine your choices.

JALIYAH - The creative spelling for the word July or maybe they really wanted to name their daughter You Liar.

JAMYA - We went to Jamaica on our honeymoon. Yeah man.

JANESSA - It's like she is a child of the 80's. She wants to wear her bangs really big and sing Madonna songs.

JAYLYN - How many more Y's can we add? How about Jaylyney?

JEWEL - And these foolish games are tearing me apart so I think I'll name my baby after a lady who sings about taking off clothing and standing in the rain.

JIMENA - Jimena girl had a baby.

JOURNEY - Truck driver.

JUDITH - Grandma, is that you?

KEELY - She is as slippery as an eel.

KELIS - She is going to kelis all.

KHLOE - We were concerned that her name wouldn;t be mispronounced often enough, so we switched out the C for a K.

LETICIA - The problem with names that end with an -ia sound is that all of her life she will have to explain that her name isn't Letisha.

LITZY - Ditzy Litzy has a fitzy when she doesn't getzy to stay in the ritzy.

LIZETH - Because her parents couldn't decide which Grey's Anatomy character to name her after, they just combined Izzy Stevens, Meredith, and Lexie Grey.

MAEVE - Mauve?

MARITZA - The merits of never cracking a baby name book.

MARLEN - Is this some sort of Finding Nemo reference?

MAYRA - Junera, Julyra, Augustra, Septembra....

MEADOW - Her parents wanted to always remember where Bambi's mother was killed.

MONSERRAT - Monster Rat.

NATHALY - We are concerned that your daughter Natalie needs speech therapy, although she really only has trouble saying her name. She seems to have a very limited speech impediment that only effects her name.

NEVEAH - How about yllis eman instead?

NOEMI - No means no. You don't noemi.

PATIENCE - Let's see, she is the one over there screaming at those toddlers.

PRECIOUS - We named her after Grandma's Dog.

PRINCESS - Guaranteed to wear dresses and wave with an elbow elbow wrist wrist wrist whether she likes it or not.

RYANN - Just adding an extra N doesn't make one of the best boy's names out there into a girl's name.

SALMA - Her parents never wanted to forget the great salmonella poisoning incident that happened during the pregnancy.

SANAA - What?

SANIYAH - This is our girl version of Sanjaya because we are raging American Idol fans and we cried and sent angry letters when Sanjaya was voted off.

SHARON - Are you sharon all of your 1980's relics with your friends?

SHILOH - No, we aren't ripping off the name of that Jolie-Pitt kid. It's a family name, we promise.

SHIRLEY - Surely Shirley will be here shortly to watch the Golden Girls with me.

SHYANN - We are really hoping she will be outgoing and chatty.

STACY - Hey, the 80's called and they want their name back.

TIARA - Now you will never know how mommy felt when she always got runner up in beauty contests because you will always be the biggest tiara of all and no one can take it away from you when you finally do win because of the photos that surface of you smoking banana peels and streaking through chess tournaments...but mommy wouldn't know anything about that.

XIOMARA - It's "see you tomorrow," said fast.

YAMILET - We just couldn't figure out why no one would take us up on our idea to act out Hamlet while dressed up like Sweet Potatoes.

YARITZA - My parents met at a Yatzee convention held at the Ritz.

YULIANA - Mom, everyone keeps calling me Juliana because that is a real name.

It's Harder Than It Sounds to Name a Boy

We have gathered the top 500 baby boy names from 2007 and shuffled them and then categorized them based on their ending sound. Just as with our previous post for girls, this list will be especially helpful for parents with hard last names to work with when naming babies, for those looking to form a matchy-matchy sib set, or for parents hoping to avoid the same ending bandwagon.

-A
DAKOTA
DEANDRE
ELIJAH
EZRA
ISAIAH
ISIAH
IZAIAH
JAY
JEREMIAH
JONAH
JOSHUA
JOSIAH
JUDAH
LUCA
MICAH
NEHEMIAH
NOAH
ZACHARIAH

-B
CALEB
JAKOB
KALEB

-C
ALEC
DOMINIC
ERIC
ISSAC
MARC

-CK
DOMINICK
JACK
PATRICK

-D
CADE
DAVID
DESMOND
DONALD
EDWARD
JARED
JUDE
KADE
LELAND
MOHAMED
RAYMOND
REED
REID
RICHARD
RONALD

-ER
ALEXANDER
ASHER
CARTER
CHANDLER
CHRISTOPHER
CONNER
COOPER
HUNTER
JASPER
JAVIER
KRISTOPHER
KYLER
OLIVER
PARKER
PETER
PORTER
ROGER
RYDER
SAWYER
SKYLAR
SKYLER
SPENCER
TANNER
TUCKER
TYLER
WALKER
WALTER
XANDER
XAVIER
ZANDER

-EW
ANDREW
DREW
MATTHEW

-I
ELI
GIOVANNI
KAI
LEVI
MALACHI

-K
BLAKE
BROCK
DEREK
DERRICK
DRAKE
ERICK
ERIK
FRANK
JACK
JAKE
LUKE
MALIK
MARK

-L
ABEL
ANGEL
AXEL
CARL
DANIEL
EMANUEL
EMMANUEL
EZEKIEL
GABRIEL
GAEL
ISMAEL
ISRAEL
JOEL
KHALIL
LEONEL
MANUEL
MARSHALL
MAXWELL
MICHAEL
MICHEAL
MIGUEL
MITCHELL
NATHANAEL
NATHANIEL
NOEL
PAUL
RAFAEL
RAUL
RUSSELL
SAMUEL
SAUL
URIEL

-M
ABRAHAM
ADAM
GRAHAM
LIAM
SAM
WILLIAM

-N
AARON
ADAN
ADEN
ADRIAN
AIDAN
AIDEN
ALAN
ALLEN
ANDERSON
ASHTON
AUSTIN
AYDEN
BENJAMIN
BRADEN
BRAEDEN
BRANDEN
BRANDON
BRAXTON
BRAYAN
BRAYDEN
BRAYDON
BRAYLON
BRENDAN
BRENDEN
BRENNAN
BRIAN
BRYAN
BRYSON
CADEN
CAIDEN
CALVIN
CAMDEN
CAMERON
CAMRON
CARSON
CAYDEN
CHRISTIAN
CLAYTON
COHEN
COLIN
COLLIN
COLTEN
COLTON
CORBIN
CRISTIAN
DALTON
DAMIAN
DAMIEN
DAMON
DARREN
DAVION
DAWSON
DEAN
DECLAN
DEVIN
DEVON
DILLON
DONOVAN
DORIAN
DUSTIN
DYLAN
EASTON
EDWIN
EMERSON
ESTEBAN
ETHAN
EVAN
FABIAN
FINN
FRANKLIN
GAVIN
GRAYSON
GREYSON
GRIFFIN
HARRISON
HAYDEN
HOLDEN
HUDSON
IAN
IVAN
JACKSON
JADEN
JADON
JAIDEN
JALEN
JAMARION
JAMESON
JASON
JAVON
JAXON
JAXSON
JAYDEN
JAYDON
JAYLEN
JAYLIN
JAYSON
JERMAINE
JOAQUIN
JOHAN
JOHN
JOHNANTHAN
JON
JONATHAN
JONATHON
JORDAN
JUAN
JULIAN
JUSTIN
KADEN
KAIDEN
KAMERON
KAYDEN
KEATON
KEEGAN
KELVIN
KEVIN
KINGSTON
KRISTIAN
LANDEN
LANDON
LANDYN
LEON
LINCOLN
LOGAN
MARCO
MARTIN
MARVIN
MASON
MAXIMILLIAN
MELVIN
MORGAN
NATHAN
NELSON
NOLAN
OWEN
PAYTON
PEYTON
PRESTON
QUENTIN
QUINN
QUINTON
RAMON
ROMAN
ROWAN
RUBEN
RYAN
RYLAN
SEAN
SEBASTIAN
SHANE
SHAUN
SHAWN
SIMON
SOLOMON
STEPHEN
STEVEN
TALON
TRENTON
TRISTAN
TRISTEN
TYSON
WESTON
ZION

-O
ALBERTO
ALEJANDRO
ALDO
ALDREDO
ARMANDO
ARTURO
ANGELO
ANTONIO
BEAU
DIEGO
EDUARDO
EMILIANO
EMILIO
ERNESTO
FERNANDO
FRANCISCO
GERARDO
GUILLERMO
GUSTAVO
HUGO
JOE
JULIO
LEO
LEONARDO
LORENZO
MARIO
MATEO
MAURICIO
NOE
ORLANDO
OSVALDO
PABLO
PEDRO
RICARDO
ROBERTO
ROCCO
RODRIGO
SANTIAGO
SERGIO

-R
AMIR
ARTHUR
CESAR
CHRISTOPHER
CONNOR
CONOR
EDGAR
HECTOR
NASIR
OMAR
OSCAR
SALVADOR
TAYLOR
THEODORE
TREVOR
VICTOR
YAHIR

-S
ALEXIS
ANDRES
BRYCE
CARLOS
CHANCE
CHARLES
CHASE
CHRIS
CURTIS
CYRUS
DALLAS
DARIUS
DAVIS
DEMETRIUS
DENNIS
DOUGLAS
ELIAS
JACE
JAMES
JESUS
JONAS
JULIUS
JUSTICE
LOUIS
LUCAS
LUIS
LUKAS
MARCOS
MARCUS
MAXIMUS
MILES
MOISES
MOSES
MYLES
NICHOLAS
NICKOLAS
NICOLAS
NIKOLAS
REESE
SILAS
THOMAS
TITUS
TOBIAS
TRAVIS

-T
ALBERT
BENNETT
BRETT
BRYANT
ELLIOT
EVERETT
GARRETT
GRANT
ROBERT
SCOTT
TATE
TRENT
VINCENT
WYATT

-TH
KEITH
KENNETH
SETH

-X
ALEX
FELIX
MADDOX
MAX
PHOENIX

-Y
ALI
AMARI
ANDY
ANTHONY
AVERY
BILLY
BRADLEY
BRADY
BRODIE
BRODY
CASEY
CHARLIE
CODY
COLBY
COREY
CORY
DANNY
EDDIE
GARY
GRADY
GREGORY
HENRY
JAIME
JAMARI
JEFFERY
JEFFREY
JEREMY
JERRY
JESSE
JESSIE
JIMMY
JOHNNY
LARRY
PHILLIP
QUINCY
RANDY
RICKY
RILEY
RODNEY
ROY
TERRY
TIMOTHY
TOMMY
TONY
WESLEY
ZACHARY
ZACKARY

Other-
ANDRE
BRUCE
CASH
COLE
CRUZ
DANE
DANTE
ENRIQUE
FELIPE
GAGE
GEORGE
ISAAC
JAYCE
JACOB
JORGE
JOSE
JOSEPH
JOSUE
KYLE
LANCE
LANE
LAWRENCE
MATHEW
MAURICE
MEKHI
PHILLIP
PIERCE
REECE
ROY
TERRANCE
TRAY
TROY
TY
ZANE

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It's Harder Than It Sounds to Name a Girl

We have gathered the top 500 baby girl names from 2007 and shuffled them and then categorized them based on their ending sound. This list will be especially helpful for parents with hard last names to work with when naming babies. Bonnie Bell, the author of this blog, only has to avoid the names Tinker, Liberty, and Taco for her children.

-A
AALIYAH
ADRIANA
ADRIANNA
ALAINA
ALANNA
ALAYNA
ALANA
ALEJANDRA
ALESSANDRA
ALEXA
ALEXANDRA
ALEXANDRIA
ALEXIA
ALICIA
ALINA
ALISSA
ALIVIA
ALIYAH
ALONDRA
ALYSSA
AMANDA
AMAYA
AMERICA
AMERLIA
AMYA
ANA
ANASTASIA
ANAYA
ANDREA
ANGELA
ANGELICA
ANGELINA
ANIYA
ANIYAH
ANNA
ANNIKA
ANYA
ARIANA
ARIANNA
ASIA
ATHENA
AURORA
AVA
AYLA
BELLA
BIANCA
BREANNA
BRENDA
BRENNA
BRIANA
BRIANNA
BRYANNA
CAMILA
CAROLINA
CASSANDRA
CECILIA
CHRISTINA
CIARA
CLARA
CLAUDIA
CORA
CYNTHIA
DAKOTA
DANA
DANICA
DANIKA
DANIELA
DANIELLA
DAYANARA
DELILAH
DIANA
ELAINA
ELENA
ELIANA
ELIZA
ELLA
EMILIA
EMMA
ERICA
ERIKA
ESMERALDA
ESTRELLA
EVA
FATIMA
FERNANDA
FIONA
FRANCESCA
GABRIELA
GABRIELLA
GEORGIA
GIANNA
GLORIA
HANNA
HANNAH
ISABELLA
IZABELLA
JADA
JANIYA
JANIYAH
JAYDA
JAYLA
JENNA
JESSICA
JOANNA
JOHANNA
JULIA
JULIANA
JULIANNA
JULISSA
KARA
KARINA
KARLA
KASSANDRA
KAYLA
KEIRA
KENDRA
KIANA
KIARA
KIERA
KIMORA
KIRA
KRISTINA
KYLA
KYRA
LAILA
LANA
LAURA
LAYLA
LEILA
LENA
LILA
LILIAN
LILIANA
LILLIANA
LINDA
LOLA
LUCIA
LUNA
LYDIA
LYLA
MAKAYLA
MAKENNA
MALIA
MARIA
MARIAH
MARIANA
MARINA
MARISSA
MAYA
MCKENNA
MELINA
MELISSA
MIA
MICHAELA
MIKAYLA
MIRANDA
MONICA
NADIA
NATALIA
NATASHA
NEVAEH
NIA
NINA
NORA
NORAH
NYLA
OLIVIA
PAOLA
PAULINA
PATRICIA
PERLA
PRICILLA
REBECCA
REBEKAH
RIHANNA
ROSA
SABRINA
SAMANTHA
SAMARA
SANDRA
SANIYA
SARAH
SARA
SASHA
SAVANNA
SAVANNAH
SELENA
SERENA
SIERRA
SOFIA
SOPHIA
STELLA
TALIA
TATIANA
TESSA
VALENTINA
VALERIA
VANESSA
VERONICA
VICTORIA
VIVIANA
XIMENA
YESENIA

-ELLE
ANNABELLE
DANIELLE
ELLE
GABRIELLE
GISELLE
ISABEL
ISABELLE
JANELLE
KENDALL
MICHELLE
RAQUEL

-L
ABBIGAIL
ABIGAIL
ABRIL
ANGEL
APRIL
ARIEL
BRIELLE
CAMILLE
CRYSTAL
HAZEL
ITZEL
MARISOL
NICOLE
RACHAEL
RACHEL

-LYN
ASHLYN
ASHLYNN
BROOKLYN
BROOKLYNN
CAITLIN
CAITLYN
EVELYN
JAELYN
JAZLYN
JOCELYN
JOSELYN
KAELYN
KAILYN
KAITLIN
KAITLYN
KAITLYNN
KATELYN
KATELYNN
KAYLIN
MADALYN
MADELYN
MADELYNN
MADILYN
YOSELIN

-M
AUTUMN
MIRIAM
TATUM

-N
ADELINE
AILEEN
BRYNN
CAMERON
CAMRYN
CARMEN
CAROLINE
CARTHERINE
CHEYANNE
CHEYENNE
EDEN
ERIN
EVANGELINE
HAYDEN
HEAVEN
HELEN
JACQUELINE
JADEN
JADYN
JAIDEN
JANE
JASMIN
JASMINE
JAYDEN
JAZMIN
JAZMINE
JILLIAN
JORDYN
JOSEPHINE
KAMRYN
KAREN
KATHERINE
KATHLEEN
KATHRYN
KIRSTEN
KRISTEN
LAUREN
LAURYN
LILLIAN
LOGAN
LONDON
MADELEINE
MADELINE
MEGAN
MORGAN
PAYTON
RAEGAN
REAGAN
ROWAN
RYAN
SHANNON
TARYN
TEAGAN
VIVIAN
YASMIN

-R
AMBER
CLAIRE
ELEANOR
ESTHER
HARPER
HEATHER
JENNIFER
PIPER
SKYLAR
SKYLER
SUMMER
TAYLOR

-S
ALEXIS
ALICE
CADENCE
DENISE
DULCE
EILISE
GENESIS
GRACE
IRIS
KADENCE
KAYDENCE
MERCEDES
PARIS
REESE
ROSE

-SON
ADDISON
ADDYSON
ALISON
ALLISON
ALLYSON
EMERSON
MADDISON
MADISON
MADISYN
MADYSON

-T
BRIDGET
CELESTE
MARGARET
SCARLETT
VIOLET

-TH
ELIZABETH
FAITH
LIZBETH
MEREDITH
RUTH

-Y
ABBY
AINSLEY
ALLIE
AMARI
AMY
ANNIE
ASHLEY
AUBREE
AUBREY
AUDREY
AVERY
BAILEY
BAYLEE
BETHANY
BRITTANY
CALI
CALLIE
CARLY
CASEY
CASSIDY
CHELSEA
CHLOE
CINDY
COURTNEY
DAISY
DELANEY
DESTINY
ELLIE
EMELY
EMILEE
EMILY
GRACIE
HADLEY
HAILEE
HAILEY
HALEY
HARLEY
HARMONY
HAYLEE
HAYLEY
HAYLIE
HEIDI
HOLLY
IMANI
IVY
JAMIE
JOSIE
HULIE
KAILEY
KALI
KASSIDY
KATIE
KAYLEE
KAYLEIGH
KAYLIE
KELLY
KELSEY
KENNEDY
KENZIE
KILEY
KIMBERLY
KYLEE
KYLEIGH
KYLIE
LACEY
LEILANI
LESLIE
LESLY
LEXI
LILLIE
LILLY
LILY
LINDSAY
LINDSEY
LUCY
MACIE
MACKENZIE
MARY
MACKENZIE
MACY
MAGGIE
MAKENZIE
MALLORY
MARLEY
MELANIE
MELANY
MELODY
MILEY
MOLLY
NANCY
NAOMI
NATALIE
NATALY
NAYELI
PENELOPE
PHOEBE
PRESLEY
RILEIGH
RILEY
RUBY
RYLEE
RYLIE
SADIE
SERENITY
SHELBY
SIDNEY
SOPHIE
STEPHANIE
SYDNEY
TIFFANY
TORI
TRINITY
VALERIE
WENDY
ZOE
ZOEY

-OTHER
ANGELIQUE
BROOKE
DESIREE
DIAMOND
GENEVIEVE
GUADALUPE
HOPE
JADE
KATE
LEAH
MEGHAN
MIRACLE
PAIGE
PEYTON
SAGE
SARAI
SKYE
WILLOW


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Out of Left Field (But In a Good Way)

*Good*Better*Best* It all depends on your naming style. We have listed the top 100 baby girl's names and the top 100 boy's names. The second name on each line represents a name that is less common. The third name on each line is the name that is from out in left field.

Super Popular - Less Common - Out of Left Field (but in a good way)

1. JACOB - JAX - JALTE
2. MICHAEL - MAXELL - MELKER
3. ETHAN - ELLIS - ELDER
4. JUSHUA - JOHAN - JIG
5. DANIEL - DARRON - DARTIN
6. CHRISTOPHER - CHRISTOF - CLUSTER
7. ANTHONY - AUGUST - ANDRO
8. WILLIAM - WILHELM - WHIN
9. MATTHEW - MARTIN - MINNEX
10. ANDREW - ANGUS - AVILLE
11. ALEXANDER - ANDRUS - ARK
12. DAVID - DUNCAN - DOX
13. JOSEPH - JASPER - JESPER
14. NOAH - NIGEL - NYSEN
15. JAMES - JAWSON - JATTEO
16. RYAN - RAVIN - RIDGE
17. LOGAN - LEAGUE - LOKE
18. JAYDEN - JONDEN - JESSLY
19. JOHN - JOSH - JUDE
20. NICHOLAS - NELSON - NEO
21. TYLER - TYSON - TASH
22. CHRISTIAN - CASON - CHIRM
23. JONATHAN - JAY - JORSON
24. NATHAN - NEIL - NIALL
25. SAMUEL - SIXTEN - SVANTE
26. BENJAMIN - BALDWIN - BAIRD
27. AIDEN - ASHER - ARVID
28. GABRIEL - GENT - GAMBLE
29. DYLAN - DUNDEE - DURKEE
30. ELIJAH - EAGLE - EDVIN
31. BRANDON - BRUMMEL - BRACE
32. GAVIN - GERBER - GELVIN
33. JACKSON - JOHNSON - JESSON
34. ANGEL - AMMON - AMNOR
35. JOSE - JAG - JADDON
36. CALEB - CONRAD - CORE
37. MASON - MENDEL - MALTE
38. JACK - JERECK - JALTEN
39. KEVIN - KELLOGG - KEMP
40. EVAN - ERNEST - ENRICH
41. ISAAC - ISHMAEL - IPTON
42. ZACHARY - ZED - ZARRON
43. ISAIAH - ISRAEL - INOVAN
44. JUSTIN - JONAH - JERICK
45. JORDAN - JARED - JUDSON
46. LUKE - LARSON - LASSO
47. ROBERT - RACKITT - RASMUS
48. AUSTIN - ALVIN - ALWIN
49. LANDON - LACHLAN - LENNOX
50. CAMERON - CASH - CRASH
51. THOMAS - TALON - TOLON
52. AARON - AMADEUS - AXEBAN
53. LUCAS - LAIRD - LORE
54. AIDAN - AUGUST - ARGUS
55. CONNOR - CALE - CULLEN
56. OWEN - OTTO - OSSIAN
57. HUNTER - HIRSCH - HAMPUS
58. DIEGO - DEACON - DRAY
59. JASON - JARRETT - JARYL
60. LUIS - LAWRY - LENDER
61. ADRIAN - ALFONS - ANTIOCH
62. CHARLES - CADE - CREOLE
63. JUAN - JARREN - JAGGER
64. BRAYDEN - BREUER - BASKIN
65. ADAM - ANDERSON - ALCON
66. JULIAN - JETSON - JAVEL
67. JEREMIAH - JOB - JERGIN
68. XAVIER - XENON - XERGAN
69. WYATT - WADE - WAKE
70. CARLOS - CURTIS - CHARGER
71. HAYDEN - HANES - HENNIS
72. SEBASTIAN - SEVEN - SIGGE
73. ALEX - ADAIR - ANTHER
74. IAN - IRON - INNEX
75. SEAN - SANDER - SCHULIN
76. JADEN - JARUM - JACKEL
77. JESUS - JET - JOCK
78. BRYAN - BAKER - BALE
79. CHASE - COLEMAN - COMSTOCK
80. CARTER - CROCKET - CROCKER
81. BRIAN - BREYER - BLUE
82. NATHANIAL - NILS - NALLEY
83. ERIC - ENGAL - ELLERSON
84. COLE - CLYDE - CORMAC
85. DOMINIC - DENVER - DUEL
86. KYLE - KNOX - KELLER
87. TRISTAN - TRENT - TROIT
88. BLAKE - BRONCO - BROOD
89. LIAM - LEO - LEONANDER
90. CARSON - CALLUM - CLAUSSEN
91. HENRY - HENOCH - HOVER
92. CADEN - CHARLIE - CANE
93. BRADY - BENNETT - BREXTER
94. MIGUEL - MAREK - MEIER
95. COOPER - CLAUSSEN - CALAVO
96. ANTONIO - ALASTAIR - ARMOR
97. STEVEN - STINSON - SNYDER
98. KADEN - KENDEN - KLETE
99. RICHARD - ROWAN - RAM
100. TIMOTHY - TIBOR - TENNON

Top 100 Baby Girl Names
Super Popular - Less Common - Out of Left Field (but in a good way)
1. EMILY - ELOISE - ELNORA
2. ISABELLA - INA - ILIANNA
3. EMMA - EVE - ELMA
4. AVA - ALEXINA - ADLEAH
5. MADISON - MAGDELINE - MARINA
6. SOPHIA - SADIE - SANTANA
7. OLIVIA - OMARIE - OLIVETE
8. ABIGAIL - ANDREA - ARDELL
9. HANNAH - HALLIE - HARKLY
10. ELIZABETH - EIDLA - ELZBIETA
11. ADDISON - ANSCHEL - AILSA
12. SAMANTHA - SIENNA - SINDLEY
13. ASHLEY - AUDRINA - AGATHA
14. ALYSSA - AUGUSTA - ALVERA
15. MIA - MARIN - MCKELL
16. CHLOE - CORRA - CADBURY
17. NATALIE - NATALIA - NEDRA
18. SARAH - STELLA - SETAYA
19. ALEXIS - AMILIA - ALWYNE
20. GRACE - GREER - GRIFTLY
21. ELLA - EVIAN - ELSPETH
22. BRIANNA - BERTA - BEVIN
23. HAILEY - HOLLAND - HIDAYNA
24. TAYLOR - TEDDY - TESTRA
25. ANNA - AURORA - ASTORIA
26. KAYLA - KINDLE - KORWYN
27. LILY - LANGLEY - LIVIA
28. LAUREN - LACY - LARUE
29. VICTORIA - VALERIE - VISTA
30. SAVANNAH - SHEENA - SENGA
31. NEVAEH - NAOMI - NAYA
32. JASMINE - JESSE - JENDY
33. LILLIAN - LUELLA - LIVY
34. JULIA - JUNE - JARLEY
35. SOFIA - SONIA - SYBILL
36. KAYLEE - KYLIE - KALLEN
37. SYDNEY - SAGE - SYSTINE
38. GABRIELLA - GIADA - GAMBER
39. KATHERINE - KIMBERLY - KATARZYNA
40. ALEXA - ASHLAN - ARIAH
41. DESTINY - DAHLIA - DRAVA
42. JESSICA - JAZLYNN - JARRA
43. MORGAN - MARCELLE - MEMORY
44. KAITLYN - KIANNA - KELLER
45. BROOKE - BEATRICE - BRITELL
46. ALLISON - ARWEN - AUDURIL
47. MAKAYLA - MARIELLA - MATTLIE
48. AVERY - AVENA - AMBRELL
49. ALEXANDRA - AFTON - AMBERLY
50. JOCELYN - JENNA - JANTARA
51. AUDREY - AMARIE - AMERON
52. RILEY - ROBIN - ROGAN
53. KIMBERLY - KATE - KIRTLEY
54. MARIA - MEREDITH - MAZELLE
55. EVELYN - ELLIS - ELLIOT
56. ZOE - ZELDA - ZELLA
57. BROOKLYN - BETTY - BERSTEIN
58. ANGELINA - AVERY - ALIOT
59. ANDREA - ANABELLE - AURELLA
60. RACHEL - RIETTA - RAILEY
61. MADELINE - MABLE - MILLIA
62. MAYA - MELANIA - MELSIE
63. KYLIE - KARLIE - KINSLEY
64. JENNIFER - JOCELIND - JUSTLIN
65. MACKENZIE - MALORIE - MELANIAN
66. CLAIRE - CORRINE - CORYN
67. GABRIELLE - GWEN - GANDY
68. LEAH - LUXY - LINDAL
69. AUBREY - ARRIE - ARLIE
70. ARIANNA - ARIAN - AMMER
71. VANESSA - VALERIE - VERONA
72. TRINITY - TALIA - TIEVA
73. ARIANA - AVLYN - ARISS
74. FAITH - FELICITY - FATE
75. KATELYN - KYRA - KAHLEN
76. HALEY - HADLEY - HANDEL
77. AMELIA - ARBOR - ARNAN
78. MEGAN - MATILDA - MCKAY
79. ISABELLE - ISTELLINE - IMILLA
80. MELANIE - MELROSE - MAGDAL
81. SARA - SERENITY - SABOR
82. SOPHIE - SENECA - SELESTY
83. BAILEY - BRIDGET - BRIETTA
84. AALIYAH - ALLISTER - ADELSON
85. LAYLA - LORNA - LILLIAS
86. ISABEL - IZZY - INGRIT
87. NICOLE - NAIMA - NORELLE
88. STEPHANIE - SUZANNA - SEPTIMA
89. PAIGE - PARIS - PAYDEN
90. GIANNA - GISELLE - GIELLE
91. AUTUMN - AGATHA - ABBERDINE
92. MARIAH - MAYA - MOXY
93. MARY - MINA - MICHELINE
94. MICHELLE - MARIAN - MYRALIE
95. JADA - JULIANNA - JADALYN
96. GRACIE - GRETCHEN - GREYLIE
97. MOLLY - MONICA - MATELL
98. VALERIA - VERONICA - VIENNA
99. CAROLINE - CADENCE - CADLEY
100. JORDAN - JOLIE - JET

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Phelps Phan

This is the first time we have seen Michael Phelps with clothes on. This is quite a change from his usual scientific, space-age swimwear. To celebrate the clothing optional crowd, we will be highlighting the 2008 US Olympic Swim Team and Diving Team. Maybe you will the find the right name for your little mermaid or merman.

Men
AARON PEIRSOL
BEN WILDMAN-TOBRINER
BRENDAN HANSEN
CULLEN JONES
DAVID WALTERS
ERIC SHANTEAU
ERIK VENDT
GARRETT WEBER-GALE
GIL STOVALL
IAN CROCKER
JASON LEZAK
KLETE KELLER
LARSEN JENSEN
MARK GANGLOFF
MARK WARKENTIN
MATT GREVERS
MICHAEL PHELPS
NATHAN ADRIAN
PETER VANDERKAAY
RICKY BERENS
RYAN LOCHTE
SCOTT SPANN

Women
ALLISON SCHMITT
AMANDA BEARD
CAROLINE BURCKLE
CHLOE SUTTON
CHRISTINE MAGNUSON
CHRISTINE MARSHALL
DARA TORRES
ELAINE BREEDEN
ELIZABETH BEISEL
EMILY SILVER
JESSICA HARDY
JULIA SMIT
KARA LYNN JOYCE
KATE ZIEGLER
KATHLEEN HERSEY
KATIE HOFF
KIM VANDENBURG
LACEY NYMEYER
MARGARET HOELZER
MEGAN JENDRICK
NATALIE COUGHLIN
REBECCA SONI

Diving Team
Men
CHRIS COLWILL
DAVID BOUDIA
JEVON TARANTINO
THOMAS FINCHUM
TROY DUMAIS

Women
ARIEL RITTENHOUSE
CHRISTINA LOUKAS
HAYLEY ISHIMATSU
KELCI BRYANT
LAURA WILKINSON
MARY BETH DUNNICHAY
NANCILEA UNDERWOOD FOSTER

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Photo Credit: AFP

Is She a Model?

These names are all about the illusion of being from another country. They are spicy and sound good when said with an accent...or without.
AALIYAH
ADRIANA
ALAINA
ALEXANDRA
ALINA
ALONDRA
AMAYA
ANGELINA
ARIANA
ARIANNA
ARIEL
AUDREY
AVERY
BIANCA
CASSANDRA
DANIELA
DANIELLE
ELIANA
ELISE
ESMERALDA
FATIMA
GIANNA
ISABELLA
JAZMIN
JOCELYN
LAYLA
LILIANA
MARISSA
NADIA
NATALIA
PAYTON
RUBY
SIENNA
SOFIA
SOPHIA
VALERIA
ZOE

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Will You Do My Homework?

She is smart and engaging. Her name will look good on a resume. She might be a CEO, COO, and perhaps MOM and she will be successful and refined.

ALLISON
AMELIA
ANDREA
ANNA
CADENCE
CAROLINE
CHARLOTTE
CLAIRE
DIANA
ELEANOR
ELIZABETH
EVELYN
GABRIELLE
ISABEL
JACQUELINE
JULIA
KATHERINE
LAUREN
LILLIAN
LYDIA
MARGARET
MIA
MIRANDA
RACHEL
SARAH
VICTORIA
VIVIAN

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She is Rated G

She is going to be the girl who grows up and dresses like a Hershey's Kiss and passes out chocolate kisses for Valentine's Day. She will be voted Miss Congeniality and always be regarded as a team player. Her friends will all write, "Stay Super Sweet" in her yearbook.

ADELINE
ANNABELLE
BROOKE
ELENA
ELLIE
EMMA
FAITH
GABRIELLA
GRACE
GRACIE
HANNAH
HOPE
ISABELLE
JENNA
JULIANNA
KAITLYN
KATELYN
KATIE
MADELINE
MADELYN
MARIA
MARIANNA
MARY
MEGAN
MELANIE
MOLLY
MORGAN
REBECCA
RILEY
SADIE
SAMANTHA
SARA
SERENITY
TESSA

Girls to Take Home to Mother

She will mercilessly beat your family at Monopoly. She will happily help your mother with dinner. She will look nice enough standing off to the side during family picture time that she will most certainly be invited to sit with everyone for a snapshot. Your mother will lie in bed thinking of ways to approach you about asking her to get married. Here are a few traditional baby names:

ABIGAIL
AMANDA
AMY
BRIANNA
CHELSEA
CHLOE
ELLA
EMILY
HALEY
JENNIFER
JESSICA
JILLIAN
KATE
KIMBERLY
LEAH
LESLIE
LILY
MAGGIE
MAKAYLA
MARIAH
MICHELLE
NATALIE
NICOLE
SABRINA
SAVANNAH
STEPHANIE

C'mon, She's a Friend of a Friend of a Friend

Don't confuse Blind Date Names with our upcoming article, "Did You Hire Your Date?" Blind Date Names are names that are not too sexy, not too nerdy, and not too ditzy. These names produce a mental image of someone who completely pulled together. Someone with a plan. Someone who aced the eHarmony quiz and someone who looks really good on your arm.

Blind Date Names
AVA
ADDISON
ALEXIA
ALEXIS
ALYSSA
AMBER
ASHLEY
AUBREY
BRIANNA
BROOKYLN
EVA
HAILEY
JADA
JADE
JASMINE
JAYLA
JENNA
JORDAN
KAYLA
KAYLEE
KEIRA
KYLIE
KYRA
LAILA
MACKENZIE
MAYA
MYA
NAOMI
NEVAEH
SOPHIE
SYDNEY
TAYLOR
VALERIE
VANESSA

Your New Hatchling

A few names to find in nature and your bassinet:

BADGER
BISON
CORMORANT
CRANE
CRIA
CYGNET
DOVE
FALCON
HATCH
HERON
JAY
JOEY
KIT
LARK
QUAIL
RAIL
RAVEN
ROOK
SPARROW
TAD
WREN

Our Wedding Theme is Hemoglobin

Lots of things come in groups: Bridesmaids for example, dress alike and tend to group together at the wedding and the reception. Brides have the right idea when choosing the dresses they want their friends to wear at the wedding: They want to be the best dressed and tressed so they request their bridesmaids to wear their hair in tight buns and the dresses that are as close to being unsavory as you can get without pulling the trigger. No one wants competition on their special day. The bridal party from this wedding was asked to dress up like red blood cells and hot tamales to ensure that the bride was the prettiest one of all.

We have found some nifty new names for you to kick around in your group, your family. The theme is grouping. Note: These names aren't for the James and Emily crowd.

AERIE
ALLIANCE
ARM
BALE
BAND
BARREL
BARREN
BASK
BED
BEVY
BIKE
BLOAT
BLOOM
BOIL
BOUQUET
BRACE
BROOD
BUNCH
BURY
BUSINESS
CACKLE
CARTLOAD
CAST
CELL
CETE
CHARM
CHATTERING
CHINE
CHIRM
CLAN
CLEW
CLOUD
CLOWDER
CLUSTER
CLUTTER
COFFLE
COLONY
COMPANY
COMMUNITY
CONGREGATION
CONGRESS
CONVOCATION
CORPS
COTE
COURT
COVEY
CRASH
CRECHE
CROWD
CULTCH
DOLE
DOWN
DRAY
DRIFT
DROVE
DRUM
DUET
DULE
EXALTATION
FAMILY
FLAMBOYANCE
FLANGE
FLIGHT
FLOAT
FLOCK
FLUSH
FLUTHER
GAM
GANG
GRIST
GROUP
GULP
HARVEST
HERD
HIVE
HORDE
HOVER
HUDDLE
HURDLE
INTRUSION
JOURNEY
KALEIDOSCOPE
KENNEL
KETTLE
KINDLE
KIT
KNOT
LABOUR
LEAP
LEASH
LEGION
LEPE
LITTER
LODGE
LOFT
LOVELINESS
MATCH
MEMORY
MOB
MUSTER
NEST
NIDE
NYE
OSTENTATION
PACE
PACK
PANDEMONIUM
PARADE
PARCEL
PARLIAMENT
PARTY
PEEP
PILE
PIPE
POD
POSSE
POSSI
POUNCE
PRATTLE
PRICKLE
PRIDE
QUIVER
RABBLE
RAFT
RAFTER
RAINBOW
RAKE
ROMP
ROOKERY
ROUT
ROUTE
SCHOOL
SCOURGE
SEDGE
SETT
SHIVER
SHOAL
SIEGE
SKEIN
SKULK
SLEUTH
SLEW
SMACK
SMUCK
SMUTH
SPAN
STAND
STARE
STOCK
SWARM
TEAM
THUNDER
TIDING
TOWER
TRACE
TRAIN
TREMBLING
TRIBE
TRIMMING
TROOP
TROUBLING
UBIQUITY
VEIN
WAKE
WARREN
WATCH
WING
WISDOM
WISP
YOKE

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Grouping Geeks: Wikipedia

Dear Buzz

Dear Buzz...

We want to name our baby Juno. Will people only think of Juneau in Alaska when they hear her name?
Yo yo yoiggady yo. You're acting shockingly cavalier, they won't think of Juneau, Alaska. That ain't no etch-a-sketch. This is one doodle that can't be un-did, homeskillet. They will think of the movie Juno and when she is asked to prom by a boy she can say, "I might pumice my feet, uh, I might go to Bren's Unitarian Church, maybe get hit by a truck full of hot garbage juice, you know? Cause all those things, would be exponentially cooler than going to prom with you." Think twice about naming your baby Juno, Juno what I mean?

My husband and I love the name Aviv. Thoughts?
Sequins. Elvis. Show girls. Viva Las Vegas!

I am pregnant with my third boy. We like Riley, but does it go with our other son's names - Greyson and Tristan.
Your name choices are not falling on the macho radar. Beware of these names ending up on the girl's team.

Greyson is very close to Grace. You can't just throw -son on a girl's names and expect it to be masculine. Are you going to name your next son Allison?

Tristan ends in -anne and is very similar to Kristen.

Riley is a girl's name. The -ylie names are for girls. He will have more in common with Kylie the girl than Jacob and Garrison the boys.

Photo Credit: Fernando Weberich

Untitled Baby Project

It is time once again for the segment we like to call Name Our Untitled Baby Project. These names are being considered and posted about on websites where women gather to get feedback for their ideas about what to name their bundles. We snoop around to find out which names are on the lists that are heading to Labor and Delivery in the next few months or weeks or days...or minutes. Dramatic! We know.

Boys
ABRAHAM
AIDAN
ALEXANDER
ARTHUR
ASHER
BENNETT
BRENNAN
BRIGHTON
BRITTON
BRODIE
BRODY
CADEN
CARTER
CHASE
CHRISTIAN
CHRISTOPHER
COLBY
COLE
COLIN
CONNER
CRUZ
DAVIS
DIERKS
DYLAN
ELI
ELLIOT
ERNEST
ETHAN
EVERETT
GABE
GABRIEL
GAGE
GARRISON
GAVIN
GRADY
GRAHAM
GRANT
GRAYSON
GREGORY
GRIFFIN
HENRY
HUNTER
IAN
ISAIAH
ISSAC
JACK
JACKSON
JACOB
JAYDON
JOEL
JOHN
JONAH
KAI
KIAN
KINLEY
LACHLAN
LANDON
LEE
LOGAN
LUCAS
LUKE
MADDOX
MASON
MATTOX
MAXWELL
MICAH
MICHAEL
NATHAN
NOAH
OLIVER
PATRICK
PAUL
PETER
PHILLIP
PORTER
QUINN
REED
RENNER
ROGAN
ROMAN
RYKER
SAMSON
SAWYER
SEAN
SEBASTIAN
SETH
SIMON
SMITH
SOLOMAN
TATE
TIMOTHY
THOMAS
TREVOR
WESLEY
WYATT
XANDER
ZACHARY
ZALON
ZANDER

Girls
ABBIGAIL
ABIGAIL
ADDISON
ADELAIDE
ADELINE
ADRIA
AINSLEY
ALAINA
ALEXANDRA
ALEXIS
ALIVIA
ALLEGRA
ALLISON
ALYSSA
AMALIA
ANNELISE
ANNIKA
ANTONIA
ATHENA
AUBREY
AUDREY
AUGUSTA
AVIVA
BLYTHE
BRINNLIN
BROOKE
CADENCE
CAMILLA
CAMILLE
CAMRYN
CANDACE
CASSANDRA
CATELYNN
CECILIA
CHARLOTTE
CHLOE
CLAIRE
DELANEY
ELANA
ELEANOR
ELISE
ELIZA
ELIZABETH
ELLA
EMERSON
EVA
EVELYN
FELICITY
GABRIELLA
GEORGIA
GIANNA
HAILEY
HALEIGH
HALLIE
HARPER
ISABELLA
ISLA
JACQUELINE
JADYN
JAELYN
JANE
JASPAN
JESSICA
JILLIAN
JOY
JULIET
JULIETTA
JUNO
KAELYN
KATE
KEIRA
KENDRA
KYRA
KYRIN
LAUREN
LAYLA
LEAH
LELA
LYRIC
MADELYN
MAKENNA
MARA
OLIVIA
RAIN
REBECCA
REIGN
SOPHIE
STEPHANIE
STORM
TALIA
TRINITY
VIOLET
WINTER

Tune in next time for another fascinating look at the names parents are considering right at this very moment.

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You Also Like Football - It Must Be Fate

Boy meets girl at a football game and it is love at first sight for him. There she is, screaming obscenities to the ref that he had just finished screaming at. They are donning the same face paint. The same jersey. He approaches her to go in for the kill. She immediately says (while chewing half of a hot dog), "Dude, you are blocking my view."

Cut to five years later when they are happily married and both still raging football fans. Their house is painted in honor of the team. They routinely unplug their phone and turn off all cellular devices during the NFL season. Unlike other couples who prefer to show affection by hugging and kissing. These two rascals chest butt and high five. They huddle to talk about their feelings and their budget. She is everything he has ever looked for in a best guy friend only she an extra good find because she is a girl and also likes all of the girly things as well.

Just when they thought everything was going great in their marriage something happened. The QB got past defense and landed a touchdown.

The boy thought automatically that choosing the name for their little man (he was confident that the baby was blue) would be as easy as rattling off the names of the top 50 best all time Quarterbacks in alphabetical order with height and weight stats and Superbowl participation resume information...which oddly enough, was super easy for him. You should have seen him at parties.

Boy gets his list of names ready right after the ultrasound confirming that they are, in fact, having a boy.

BALL
CHAMP
LINE
QB
STUD
TD
TEAM

Girl gets her list of names ready right after the ultrasound confirming that they are, in fact, having a boy.

ANDREW
COLEMAN
MARC
RYAN
RYKER
TRUMAN

Cut to 19 weeks later when Boy and Girl are still at odds with coming up with a name. Boy accuses Girl of the old bait and switch and claims that she had faked her allegiance for the last 6 years of their marriage because she won't let him name their son Superbowl.

Boy and Girl visit Buzzworthy Baby Names in between gut wrenching contractions and snippets of the team's fight song to help raise moral which really just infuriates Girl. Buzzworthy happens to have an article about NFL team names and cities. The perk is that they also wrote names that are derived from the team names and locations. So now Boy and Girl are able to find a name that they both like.

Boy and Girl are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Packer Jag Smithman. Born during the third quarter of the worst game in NFL history, weighing 7 Pounds 5 Ounces and Measuring 100 yards minus a few feet.

ADELPHIE
AIGLE
AIDER
ALCON
ANTHER
APOLIS
ARIZONA
BALT
BALTIM
BAY
BEAR
BENGAL
BILL
BRON
BRONC
BRONCO
BROWN
BUCCAN
BUFF
BURGH
CAGO
CANEER
CARDINAL
CHARGER
CHIEF
CLEVE
COLT
COWBOY
DALLAS
DENVER
DIEGO
DINAL
DOLPH
EAG
EDSKIN
ELER
ENGAL
ENGLAND
ESOTA
FALCON
GIAN
GREEN
HARGER
HAWK
HINGTON
HOUSTON
IANT
INDI
ION
JACKSON
JAG
JAGUAR
JET
KING
LANTA
LEAN
LION
LOUIS
NINE
NINER
OAKLA
OLT
PACK
PACKER
PAN
PANTH
PATRIOT
RAIDER
RAM
RAVE
RAVEN
RED
ROLINA
ROW
ROWN
SAINT
SEATTLE
SHING
SIAN
SONVIL
STEEL
TAN
TEELER
TEN
TENNESS
TEX
TEXAN
TITAN
TROIT
VELAND
VEN
VIK
VIKING
YORK
ZONA
ZONE

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Oskar Schindler and the List of Names

Oskar Schindler arranged for the transfer of approximately 800 Jewish men from Gross Rosen and approximately 300 Jewish women from Auschwitz.

Yad Vashem later awarded Schimdler the title, "Righteous Among the Nations" in recognition of his humanitarian
contributions.  Many of you may have viewed the film depicting Oskar Schindler called Schinldler's List.  The film
is moving and emotionally gripping.  Although unlike seen in the film, there was no official list, a list has been
compiled from two lists dated April 18, 1945 of Jewish inmates in Brunnlitz, a subcamp of Gross Rosen.  These
lists are the only materials in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum archives associated with Mr.
Schindler.

Here are the forenames of the individuals on the Brunnlitz lists:
ABE
ABRAHAM
ABRAM 
ACZER 
ADA 
ADAM 
ADLEA 
ADOLAR 
ADOLF
AFDOLF 
ALA 
ALECKSANDER 
ALEXANDER 
ALFRED 
ALTER
ALTER
ANATOL 
ANITA 
ANSCHEL 
ARJE 
ARNOLD 
ARON 
ARTUR 
ASCHER 
ASRIA
ASZER 
AUGUSTA
AWADIE 
AYZFRA 
BALKA
BARUCH 
BASIA 
BEER
BELLA 
BENJAMIN
BENZION
BEREK 
BERISCH 
BERL 
BERNARD 
BERNHARD 
BERTA
BERTHOLD 
BLIMA 
BLUMA
BRONIA 
BRONISLAWA
CECILIA 
CEDALE 
CELINA 
CHAIM 
CHAJA 
CHANA 
CHARLOTTE 
CHASKEL 
CHASKIEL
CHIEL
CYLA 
CYPERA 
CYPORA
DANATA
DANIEL
DAVID
DAWID
DEBORA 
DESIDER
DEZSO
DOBA 
DORA 
DUSIA
EDA
EDUARD 
EDWARD 
EFREIM 
EFROIM
EIDLA
ELEONARA 
ELI 
ELIASZ 
ELLA 
ELOASZ 
ELSA
ELZBIETA 
EMANUEL 
EMIL
ERICH 
ERNA
ERNESTINE
ERWIN 
ESTER 
ESTERA 
ETKA 
EUGEN 
EUGENIA 
EWE 
FANNY
FARKCAS 
FEIGA 
FEIGA 
FEIWEL
FEIWEL
FELA
FELICIA 
FELIX
FERDYNAND 
FISCHEL
FISZEL
FRADEL 
FRAJDA 
FRANCISZKA
FRANCISZOK 
FRANIA
FRIEDA
FRIEDRICH 
FRITZ 
FRYDERYK 
GABOR 
GABRIELA
GEDALIE
GENIA 
GEORG 
GISELA 
GIZA 
GOLDA 
GUNTHER 
GUSTA 
GUSTAWA
HALINA 
HANIA 
HANKA
HANNELORE
HANS 
HARRY 
HEINZ 
HELA 
HELENA 
HELENE 
HELGA 
HELLA 
HENJA   
HENOCH 
HENRYK 
HENRYKA 
HERMAN
HERMANN 
HERMINA
HERSZ 
HERTA 
HERZ 
HILDE 
HINDE 
HIRSCH 
HIRSH 
HORST 
ICEK
ICEK 
IDA
IDEL 
IGNACY 
IGNAZ
IGNAZY 
IRENA 
ISAK 
ISER 
ISIDOR
ISMAR 
ISRAEL
ISZAK
ITAL 
IZAK
IZRAEL
IZYDOR
JADWIGA
JAKOB 
JAKUB 
JAN 
JANKIEL
JAROS
JARUM
JECHIEL 
JENTA 
JEREMIASZ
JERZY 
JETTI 
JGNAZ
JOACHIM
JONAS
JOSEF 
JOSEK 
JUDA 
JULEK
JULIUS
JULIUSZ
JZAK 
KALMAN 
KAROL
KAROLA 
KIWA 
KLARA 
KOPEL 
KRYSTYNA
KURT 
LAURA
LAZAR
LEA 
LEIB 
LEIZOR 
LEJBUSZ 
LEMEL
LEO 
LEON
LEONIE
LEONTYNA
LEOPOLD 
LEWI 
LOBL
LOLA
LORE
LOUIS
LUDMILLA
LUDWIG 
MAJER 
MAJLECH 
MAKS 
MAKSYMILIAN 
MALA 
MALWINA 
MARCEL 
MAREK 
MARIA 
MARIANNE
MARKUS 
MARSK 
MARTA 
MATILDE 
MAURYCY 
MAX 
MAXIMILLIAN
MEIER 
MEILECH 
MEJZESZ 
MENACHEM 
MENASCHE 
MENDEL 
META 
MICHAEL 
MICHAL 
MIECZYSLAW
MIKLOSZ
MINA 
MIRA 
MIRIAM 
MIRKO 
MOISZE 
MOJZESZ 
MONICK 
MONIEK 
MORITZ 
MOSES 
MOSZEK 
MOTIO 
MOYZESZ
MOZES 
NACHIM 
NACHUM
NAFTALI 
NATALIA
NATAN 
NECHA 
NELLI 
NINA 
NORBERT
NYSEL 
NYSEN 
OLGA 
OSIAS 
OSKAR
OSKER
OTTO
PAUL
PAULA
PAULINA
PEJSACH
PERETZ 
PERL 
PERLA
PESIA 
PETER
PINKUS 
POLA
POLDA 
RACHELA 
RACHMIEL 
RAFAEL 
RAFAL
RATAAL
REGA 
REGINA
RELA 
RENA
RENATA
RESCHA 
RICHARD 
RITA
ROBERT 
ROGER
ROMA 
ROMAN
ROSA 
ROZALIA 
ROZALIE 
RUBA 
RUBIN
RUCHEL 
RUDOLF
RUTH 
RYFKA 
RYSZARD
SAAL 
SABINA
SADEK
SALA 
SALI
SALKA 
SALO 
SALOMA
SALOMEA
SALOMON 
SAMUEL 
SANDER 
SANDOR
SARA  
SAUL 
SCHACHNE
SCHULIM 
SEIGMUND 
SELIG
SELMA 
SELMAN 
SIEGFRIED  
SIEGMAR 
SIMCHE 
SIMON 
SLKA 
SOFIA 
SOLTAN 
SRUL
STEFAN 
STEFANIA
STEFFA 
STELLA 
SULAMITH
SUSI
SYDA 
SYDONIA
SYMCHA 
SZAJA 
SZLOMA
SZMUL 
SZULAM 
SZULIM
SZYJA 
SZYMON 
TAUBA
TEODOR
TEOFILA
TIBOR 
TILLA 
TONI 
URYSZ 
VALERIA 
VIKTOR
WIGDOR 
WIKTOR 
WILHELM 
WILLY 
WLADYSLAW
WOLF
YONIEK 
ZACHARJASZ 
ZALEL 
ZDENEK
ZENON 
ZEW 
ZYGMUNT 
ZYSZE 

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There I was in the Grocery Store When TADA, I Found the Name

So you finally have the bun in the oven and suddenly you notice more things than you did before you were cooking someone. Mini-vans, elementary schools, and names. You are scrounging the web, Buzz Worthy Baby Names, and even checkout girl name tags for ideas. One wonderful aspect of pregnancy is all of the delicious foods that are out there that you can crave if you want to AND the chance to find names for your child at the same time. The next time you are wandering around in the grocery store looking for mustard to slather on your corn on the cob sandwich and stir into your mint chip ice cream, check the label. You may just find a great name and knock your craving out of the park. Here are a few brand names we found. We skipped on names like Oreo and Snickers for obvious reasons.

ALKA
APPLE
ARCHWAY
ARGO
ARMOUR
BAKER
BARNUM
BASE
BASKIN
BAYS
BEATRICE
BEN
BERSTEIN
BERTOLLI
BETTY
BIGELOW
BLUE
BOCA
BORDEN
BREYER
BRIDGFORD
BROOKS
BROWN
BRUCE
BRUMMEL
BUNKER
BURLESON
CADBURY
CALAVO
CALLENDER
CAMPBELL
CANOLA
CARNATION
CAROLINA
CASTLBERRY
CHALLENGE
CHEX
CHIP
CLABBER
CLAUSSEN
CLIF
COLEMAN
COLUMBO
COMSTOCK
CONTADINA
COUNTRY
CROCKER
CURTICE
DANNON
DEAN
DOLE
DOXEE
DREYER
DUNCAN
DUNDEE
DURKEE
EAGLE
EARLY
EARTH
EDY
EMPIRE
EVIAN
EXCELSIOR
FARMAN
FARMER
FIELD
FISHER
FIVE
FLANAGAN
FLEISCHMANN
FOLGER
FOX
FRANK
FRENCH
GAMBLE
GARDEN
GERBER
GILROY
GODIVA
GOLDEN
GOOD
GORTON
GREEN
GREY
HAMMER
HAMMON
HEINZ
HERSHEY
HIDDEN
HODGSON
HOLLAND
HOLSUM
HORMEL
HUMOR
HUSMAN
IRON
JERRY
JET
JIF
JIMMY
JOHNSON
JONES
KARO
KEEBLER
KELLER
KELLOGG
KEMP
KIKKOMAN
KLONDIKE
KNOX
KRAFT
LAND
LAWRY
LENDER
LIBBY
LIFE
LINCOLN
LINDT
LIPTON
LOHMANN
LOUIS
LUCKY
MAPLE
MARIE
MARINER
MARTHA
MATTHEW
MAUNA
MAXWELL
MAZOLA
MAYER
MCCORMICK
MCKEE
MCKENZIE
MILLER
MILLSTONE
MILNOT
MISSION
MOLINO
MONTE
MORTON
MOTT
MUELLER
NABISCO
NALLEY
NATRA
NASOYA
NESTLE
NEWMAN
NEWTON
NISSIN
OCEAN
OLEAN
OLIVE
OSCAR
PACE
PAUL
PERDUE
PERRIER
PETER
PIERCE
PLANTER
POLLY
POST
PRESTO
PRINGLE
QUAKER
RECKITT
RED
RHODE
RIVER
ROBIN
SEASON
SENECA
SEVEN
SILVER
SMITH
SNOW
SNYDER
SPICE
STINSON
SWANSON
SWISS
TEDDY
TORANI
TYSON
VIENNA
WELCH
WHEAT
WHITE
YUBAN
YVES
ZATARAIN

Our thanks to Kitchen Link for all of the brand names.

Color Me Razzle Dazzle Rose

The guy who sits behind the desk at the Crayola Headquarters and thinks of clever names like Muavelous and Wild Blue Yonder has a great job. Here are the 120 Crayola Crayon names. Are we suggesting you name you baby Mango Tango or Neon Carrot? Of course not and if you do, we will certainly not take any credit for it or admit that we ever published the crayon names in the first place. Oh, and 18 years from now when Mango is ready to sue someone over her name, we will stress to the courts that we didn't sign the birth certificate and that we would have gone with something like Sienna or Robin. This post is more about exploration of a rainbow of possibilities.

ALMOND
ANTIQUE BRASS
APRICOT
AQUAMARINE
ASPARAGUS
ATOMIC TANGERINE
BANANA MANIA
BEAVER
BITTERSWEET
BLACK
BLUE
BLUE BELL
BLUE GREEN
BLUE VIOLET
BLUSH
BRICK RED
BROWN
BURNT ORANGE
BURNT SIENNA
CADET BLUE
CANARY
CARIBBEAN GREEN
CARNATION PINK
CERISE
CERULEAN
CHESTNUT
COPPER
CORNFLOWER
COTTON CANDY
DANDELION
DENIM
DESERT SAND
EGGPLANT
ELECTRIC LIME
FERN
FOREST GREEN
FUCHSIA
FUZZY WUZZY BROWN
GOLD
GOLDENROD
GRANNY SMITH APPLE
GRAY
GREEN
GREEN YELLOW
HOT MAGENTA
INCH WORM
INDIGO
JAZZBERRY JAM
JUNGLE GREEN
LASER LEMON
LAVENDER
MACARONI AND CHEESE
MAGENTA
MAHOGANY
MANATEE
MANGO TANGO
MAROON
MELON
MIDNIGHT BLUE
MOUNTAIN MEADOW
MUAVELOUS
NAVY BLUE
NEON CARROT
OLIVE GREEN
ORANGE
ORCHID
OUTER SPACE
OUTRAGEOUS ORANGE
PACIFIC BLUE
PEACH
PERIWINKLE
PIGGY PINK
PINE GREEN
PINK FLAMINGO
PINK SHERBET
PLUM
PURPLE HEART
PURPLE MOUNTAINS' MAJESTY
PURPLE PIZZAZZ
RADICAL RED
RAW SIENNA
RAZZLE DAZZLE ROSE
RAZZMATAZZ
RED
RED ORANGE
RED VIOLET
ROBIN EGG BLUE
ROYAL PURPLE
SALMON
SCARLET
SCREAMIN GREEN
SEA GREEN
SEPIA
SHADOW
SHAMROCK
SHOCKING PINK
SILVER
SKY BLUE
SPRING GREEN
SUNGLOW
SUNSET ORANGE
TAN
TICKLE ME PINK
TIMBERWOLF
TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
TUMBLEWEED
TURQUOISE BLUE
UNMELLOW YELLOW
VIOLET
VIOLET RED
VIVID TANGERINE
VIVID VIOLET
WHITE
WILD BLUE YONDER
WILD STRAWBERRY
WILD WATERMELON
WISTERIA
YELLOW
YELLOW GREEN
YELLOW ORANGE