Looking for some cool baby boy names? We've rounded up a ton of ideas from moms on the Circle of Moms Facebook page, including old-school and modern boy names as well as names with special meanings. Click on any of the names to get more information. Keep reading.
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What's in a name? Lots and lots of "Benjamins," ($100 dollar bills, that is). Unless your name happens to be Benjamin, in which case, some research suggests, you had better stick with Ben.
The Ladders, an online job-matching site, recently crunched the numbers in its database of over 6 million career professionals to determine the top names for corporate executives as well as the names of the highest earners. They found that people with first names longer than five letters lose out on about $3,600 in salary every year—and that's per letter. So, for little Alexander that means potentially missing out on more than $500,000 over the course of a 40-year career.
Want insight on how names affect other aspects of life? Read on.
The most popular baby names of 2012 have been announced! According to the new annual baby name data released by the United States Social Security Administration today, Sophia and Jacob are the most popular girl and boy names for 2012, just as they were in 2011. Keep reading for the top 10 names in 2012 for each gender . . .
Looking for unique girl names? According to the Social Security Administration's latest ranking of girl names, we've discovered nine gems that have fallen out of favor.
Way down on the list, among the names that are most rare (those with ranks above 900), are some traditional girl names that were once very popular. If you favor pretty, old-fashioned names but also want your daughter to be the only one at school with her name, these nine vintage monikers are perfect picks.
Deciding on the name of a child is superhard! Even though my husband and I had names picked out long before getting pregnant, we wound up going around and around. When we found out we actually were pregnant, those names no longer seemed right. We wanted the names to have a special meaning to us. So we looked at family names — first, last, and middle. We looked at cities we'd lived in and grown up in. But every name I liked, he didn't. Every name he liked, I didn't.
What's really in a name? In some countries it's more than you think. Selecting your lil one's moniker is never easy, but doing so when there are government-imposed guidelines can make it an even more daunting task. New Zealand's Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages just released a list of banned baby names, and while some are to be expected (Lucifer has been turned down six times and Messiah was also forbidden), others may be a bit of a surprise (Justice and King were also ruled illegal).
While some parents use their religion as a guide, others use places they love or movies to narrow the field. But unique names aren't welcome in all corners of the world. Take this quiz to see which countries have banned certain names.
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Which decade saw two spellings of the same name reach the top 10? Which boys' names never seem to go out of style? And what's the biggest difference between boys' and girls' names in the last 100 years?
We're sharing the answers to these questions and more with our look at the most popular baby names of the past 100 years. Using baby name data from the United States Social Security Administration, we've compiled the most common boys' and girls' names for each of the past decades.
Having a baby can be pricey, but would you go so far as to sell the right to name your baby in order to help with expenses?
As the winner of Baby Ballot's National "Belly Branding" Contest, Los Angeles mom-to-be Natasha Hill will receive $5,000 for allowing strangers around the world decide the name of her baby.
Baby Ballot will create a list of baby names based on what's trending and their sponsored advertisers, then post the final list of names online on March 18. Users worldwide will be able to choose one girl name and one boy name each from the list of names provided until March 22 when voting closes. The name with the most votes for each gender will be the name of Natasha's future boy or girl.
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When the United States census data from 1940 became available online (amid all the resulting chatter about comparing that decade to the present one), we started wondering how the passage of 70 years has influenced something that fascinates us as parents. Yep, we’re talking about baby names!
Just for fun, we took a look at the most popular baby names for girls and boys in 1940, according to the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and then checked how popular they are today. The comparison revealed some interesting insights into how our baby name preferences have changed over the years.
When picking children’s names, parents often want something that is pleasing to the ear. Some even turn to poetic conventions, using alliteration to create names and initials that are memorable.
For example, Circle of Moms member Christina S. named her three boys with the same first letter: Corey, Codi, and Coy. Similarly, Kay S. named her sons Aidan and Aaron.
Moms like Grannia Q. approve, noting that "names with the same letter [are] nice." But Katie G. questions whether the practice is too confusing: "I never understood why people do this," she says. Sydni M., too, wonders whether picking names that start with the same letter is a good idea.
Many Circle of Moms members defend their choice, saying that picking the same first letter for all siblings’ names is not that absurd. Here, they explain their reasoning.
1. The Names Match
Some moms simply use the same initial for their children's names to make the names “match,” says Patricia L., who picked the letter J for all of her children. "I like the J names, so I went with Justin for my first pick. [My] next son needed something to match Justin, so I picked Jacob . . . then Jaylian," she says.
Lee U. is searching for a good S name for her third baby, after naming her first child Sophia Kathrice, and her second Shawn Jacob. "[I] just thought of this so there would be uniformity on their names," she explains.
Sharon T. says there simply was a ring to Kayne and Keith. Even Nancy R., who did not pick the same letters for her children’s names on purpose, says matching names makes it feel like they’re part of a unit. "You have to admit Kyle and Kayla sound good together," she says.
2. It's an Accident
Not all parents purposely pick matching names, however. Some simply like the sound of certain names, then realize later that the first initials are the same. Patricia S., for example didn’t intentionally pick the letter D. "I wanted my kids to have names also that were unheard of, unfamiliar and different," she says. "My kids' names (Deirdre, Dreanne, Durrell, and Dirrah) just came to me; not really sure [from] where, but they just popped into my head and they stuck."
Dee H. also reveals that using the same first initial for her children’s names was an accident. "I have done this, not on purpose though, just because we liked those names and they just happen to start with the same letter," she shares. "I know you’re wondering how I could not think of it, but it just happened."
Kim says with her first two children, the names she and her husband liked started with H. "When I was expecting my third, we just thought it would be fun to come up with a unique boy name that started with H, and with my fourth, well, hey, we had to continue the tradition." Kim now says the names Hannah, Heidi, Harbor, and Hazel are especially fitting because her family owns a farm, now called 4-H Farms, and her family is heavily involved in the 4-H program.
3. To Follow Tradition
As with Kim’s family, some naming conventions become tradition. Tricia L.’s family, for example, uses Irish names, so she settled on Aileen and Aiden. Kathi P.’s two daughters are named Kristina and Katelyn because she wanted "to do a twist on the Jr. thing," but didn’t want her to have the exact same name. "The K names give us all a special connection," she says.
Following the tradition her husband’s family set, Cassidy M. says if she has a boy, he will have a J name. Her husband’s grandpa is named Jerry and his two sons are Jay and Jerry Jon. "Jay is my husband's dad, and he married Jody. Their two boys’ names are Jayson and Johnathon. Jody's sister's name is Jill, and her husband's name is Jeff. They have three daughters: Jessica, Jordan, and Jaclyn. To think I met everyone in his family all on the same day for his brother's graduation party. I could barely remember his parents’ names," she laughs.
4. It's Economical
Taking a more practical stance, Jody K. says she also picked J names — Justyce, Jayse, John, and Jody — but did so to save money. "Do you know how easy it is when you have hand-me-downs and you have to have your kids' initials in it?" she says
When it comes to naming your children, "the bottom line is that it is all personal preference," says Judy G., who named her children Jada, Jaysen, Jalen, and Julia. Tina G. agrees, concluding, "It doesn't matter what you name [your children] as long as you feel happy with their names."
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