AlyxWRONGzandia

A baby in the paper today - Alyxzandria.

I really don't think z following x works. It's superfluous. I feel like I have to say ALYX (pause) ZANDRIA in order that the z isn't swallowed up. Ditto for double x, such as Jaxxon, of which there is one in my extended family. I always want to say JAX - SON.

Poor baby Lyxy, I don't know why the parents only massacred the first half of the name. Why not go all the way, like Alyxzandreeyah? So yooneek.

Random name generator

I came across this random name generator:
http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm
It's based on the US Census data. You can select Male or Female and set an obscurity level.

Baby Announcements - Sunday Mail 17 Feb 2008

Girls
Zoe, sister for Courtney and Jarrod
Emily
Matilda, brother for Benjamin

Boys
Deacon
Aidan (*sob*)
William, brother for Henry
Edward

Birth Announcements - Courier Mail 19 January 2008

Girls
Emerson Leigh
Lucy Kate (sister for Charlotte and Angus)
Leilani Catherine
Adelaide Lillian
Amy Juliet (sister for Jessie)

Boys
Jack Henry Alastair
Alexander (brother for Lauren and James)
Thomas Andrew (brother for Nicholas and Marcus)
Huw (I had to look this up - apparently it's the Welsh version of Hugh. Lucky... I nearly slammed it for kre8yvity).

What's your name mean?

Is this thing so generic that it spits something out that would suit just about anyone? You know, like some kind of magazine horoscope? Not sure, but this is what it says about Emma:

What Emma Means

You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated. You master any and all skills easily. You don't have to work hard for what you want. You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you'll knock down anyone who gets in your way! You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Baby name remorse

Some parents have regrets about what they named their child. Read the article here. Other parents probably should have regrets.

The UK stats for 2007 most popular baby names have been released. The number one boys name for five years running is Jack. Big surprise to me was the name Alfie to hit the top ten this year, although it has been in the top hundred for the past five years.

Check out the boys names here, and the girls names here.

I'm also surprised that Tilly and Martha made it to the top 100 girls names, while Freddie, Theo and Louie made it to the top 100 boys names.

If you can't be bothered clicking, here's a snapshot of the 2007 top ten (excuse the formatting, Blogger is not table-friendly):

Boys
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
1 JACK JACK JACK JACK JACK
2 JOSHUA JOSHUA JOSHUA THOMAS THOMAS
3 THOMAS THOMAS THOMAS JOSHUA OLIVER
4 JAMES JAMES JAMES OLIVER JOSHUA
5 DANIEL DANIEL OLIVER HARRY HARRY
6 OLIVER SAMUEL DANIEL JAMES CHARLIE
7 BENJAMIN OLIVER SAMUEL WILLIAM DANIEL
8 SAMUEL WILLIAM WILLIAM SAMUEL WILLIAM
9 WILLIAM BENJAMIN HARRY DANIEL JAMES
10 JOSEPH JOSEPH JOSEPH CHARLIE ALFIE

Girls
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
1 EMILY EMILY JESSICA OLIVIA GRACE
2 ELLIE ELLIE EMILY GRACE RUBY
3 CHLOE JESSICA SOPHIE JESSICA OLIVIA
4 JESSICA SOPHIE OLIVIA RUBY EMILY
5 SOPHIE CHLOE CHLOE EMILY JESSICA
6 MEGAN LUCY ELLIE SOPHIE SOPHIE
7 LUCY OLIVIA GRACE CHLOE CHLOE
8 OLIVIA CHARLOTTE LUCY LUCY LILY
9 CHARLOTTE KATIE CHARLOTTE LILY ELLA
10 HANNAH MEGAN KATIE ELLIE AMELIA

Nov 07, my J name fascination

I was thinking today that my current favourite names are Judah (m), Jonas (m), Julia (f) and Jane (f). Only problem is they all start with J, and I'm really not that into alliteration with sibling sets. It's not deliberate, they just happen to start with J. So, while I'm pretty attached to these, I'm on the scope for new names for my favourites list. Not that I'm having four children (or any children for that matter) any time shortly...

Big baby Nadia

Nadia. I think Nadia is a lovely name. It's Russian and it means 'hope'.

I bet this particular Nadia's mother was 'hoping' for a smaller baby, instead of the 17 pound (7.75kg) sucker she got.

Maybe one of the following female names would have been more appropriate (meaning in brackets):

Skathi (a giantess)
Jarnsaxa (a giantess)
Skadi (a mountain giantess)
Tai (very big)
Titania (land of giants)

Th@t's s@d!

A Chinese couple tried to name their baby "@," claiming the character used in e-mail addresses echoed their love for the child, an official trying to whip the national language into line said Thursday.

The unusual name stands out especially in Chinese, which has no alphabet and instead uses tens of thousands of multi-stroke characters to represent words.

"The whole world uses it to write e-mail, and translated into Chinese it means 'love him'," the father explained, according to the deputy chief of the State Language Commission Li Yuming.

While "@" is familiar to Chinese e-mail users, they often use the English word "at" to sound it out -- which with a drawn out "T" sounds something like "ai ta," or "love him," to Mandarin speakers.

Source: Reuters

Australia, state by state 2006

Here's a 'round the nation look at the top ten baby names for each gender in each state and territory of Australia for 2006 (minus Tasmania... can't locate that info)

Queensland
Jack / Ella
Lachlan / Emily
Joshua / Charlotte
Thomas / Chloe
William / Mia
Ethan / Sophie
Samuel / Grace
Cooper / Olivia
Ryan /Isabella
Matthew /Jessica

New South Wales
Jack /Chloe
Joshua / Charlotte
William / Ella
Lachlan / Emily
Thomas / Olivia
James / Jessica
Daniel / Isabella
Noah / Mia
Ryan / Sophie
Ethan / Sienna

Northern Territory
Jack / Emily
Joshua / Ella
James / Georgia
Thomas / Jessica
Ethan / Grace
Michael / Isabella
Lachlan / Chloe
William / Lily
Jacob / Mia
Xavier / Sarah

Victoria
Jack / Olivia
Lachlan / Charlotte
Thomas / Ella
Wiliam / Chloe
Joshua / Emily
James / Mia
Ethan / Isabella
Noah / Sienna
Benjamin / Jessica
Daniel / Sophia

South Australia
Jack / Ella
Lachlan / Chloe
Joshua / Charlotte
William / Emily
Thomas / Sophie
James / Olivia
Liam / Isabella
Riley / Jessica
Daniel / Zoe
Cooper / Hannah

Western Australia
Jack / Ella
Thomas / Emily
Joshua / Chloe
Lachlan / Jessica
James / Olivia
Luke / Sophie
Liam / Isabella
Ethan / Charlotte
Riley / Mia
William / Sienna

Australian Capital Territory
William / Charlotte
Lachlan / Ella
Thomas / Emily
Jack / Sophie
James / Jessica
Joshua / Isabella
Ryan / Chloe
Riley / Grace
Samuel / Hannah
Nicholas / Olivia

Jack tops every list but ACT. Jack, Joshua, Thomas, William and Lachlan are in the top ten for each state. James and Ethan are in all but one.

With the girls, Ella, Emily, Chloe, Isabella and Jessica make every state's top ten. Charlotte made all but one, while Mia and Olivia made all but two. Sophie came close - on all but NT's and Victoria's, though the very similar Sophia appeared in Victoria's list instead.

Birth announcements - Sunday Mail 5 August 07

Girls
Jessica
Skye
Veronica

Boys
Tristan, brother for Charlotte
Nicholas, brother for Luke
Jonah, brother for Toby
Michael

First Fleet series: females on the Prince of Wales

The First Fleet was a fleet of 11 ships carrying convicts from Great Britain to Australia in 1787. This is the fourth post in a series collating first names of convicts on the First Fleet.

There were 50 female convicts aboard the Prince of Wales, with the following names:

Mary x 12
Ann x 6
Elizabeth x 6
Jane x 5
Susannah x 3
Sarah x 2
Catherine x 2
Frances x 2
Esther
Ruth
Rebecca
Margaret
Deborah
Phebe
Ellen / Eleanor
Caroline
Flora / Laura
Martha
Lydia
Ellen / Esther


Data courtesy of University of Wollongong.

Birth announcements - Courier Mail 4 August 07

Girls
Anastasia Lily, sister for Catherine
Felicity Rose
Lucinda Emma, sister for Annabelle and Amelia
Chennae, sister for Tenisha and Khyla
Neve Isobel, sister for Kallen
Charlotte Anne, sister for Sophie
Ava Rose
Anna Louise

Boys
James Craig
Angus Gregory, brother for Henry
Charles William (Charlie), brother for Mia
Jed Michael, brother for Emily
Hudson James
Mark James

A thing for 'J'

Baby Jessica Duggar was born on Thursday, joining 18 siblings. Their names?
Joshua 19
John David 17
Janna 17
Jill 16
Jessa 14
Jinger 13
Joseph 12
Josiah 11
Joy-Anna 9
Jedidiah 8
Jeremiah 8
Jason 7
James 6
Justin 4
Jackson 3
Johannah almost 2

Read about it in this article.