The 2007 Name of the Year
Thank you to the readers who submitted hundreds of thought-provoking suggestions for the 2007 baby Name Wizard Name of the Year. (Read about the NOTY requirements here.) Before I unveil the ultimate selection, a quick note on a name that…
Nominations, please: The 2007 Name of the Year
Each year new baby names are created, old names are rediscovered, and familiar names start to sound different to us. Some of those changes are subtle or evolutionary. Others are just blips on the screen that will fade from memory….
Names on the Verge: Tiana
Shh…listen. What’s that sound? Could it be the tooth-gnashing of hundreds of parents who named their daughters Giselle? With the release of Disney’s new film Enchanted, the classic French name Giselle — already associated with beauty and glamour via model…
Your Name Goes Here
How big a namenik are you? Here’s one test. In a store, you spot a rack of name-printed gifts for kids — stickers, say, or packs of pencils that read BRANDON, BRANDON, BRANDON. Do you walk on past? Or do…
Soothing Diaper Creams
Nearly every baby will get at least one diaper rash in the first few years of life, so a good diaper cream is nice to have on hand. Diaper creams…
Hot baby Products: AlwaysClean Pacifiers
Babies drop things, or throw things, or sweep things off tables when you’re least expecting it. When the item hitting the floor is a pacifier, many parents worry about what…
The dead classics hall of fame
Everything old is new again! Our schoolyards are hopping with little Amelias and Olivers. Just wait a century and almost any name can come back into style…right? Nope, you know better than that. We pick and choose from the past,…
To nickname or not to nickname
“What’s up with the nicknames? Why not name your child what you are going to call them?” - blog comment I usually try to avoid taking sides in the great name debates. Traditional vs. creative, popular vs. unusual…there are valid…
Evenflo Discovery Infant Car Seat Recall
One million Evenflo Discovery infant car seats are affected by a recent recall because new crash tests showed a potential for the car seat to separate from the base in…
Neutral colors revisited: Surname edition
Back in 2005 I asked the question, “what names tell you the least about a person’s race?” I used baby name and ethnicity data from two major U.S. metropolitan areas to identify given names with roughly equal appeal to Black,…
[...] The 2007 Name of the Year Thank you to the readers who submitted hundreds of thought-provoking suggestions for the 2007 baby Name Wizard Name of the Year. (Read about the NOTY requirements here.) Before I unveil the ultimate selection, a quick note on a name that… Nominations, please: The 2007 Name of the Year […] [...]
[...] The 2007 Name of the Year Thank you to the readers who submitted hundreds of thought-provoking suggestions for the 2007 baby Name Wizard Name of the Year. (Read about the NOTY requirements here.) Before I unveil the ultimate selection, a quick note on a name that… Nominations, please: The 2007 Name of the Year […] [...]
[...] The 2007 Name of the Year Thank you to the readers who submitted hundreds of thought-provoking suggestions for the 2007 baby Name Wizard Name of the Year. (Read about the NOTY requirements here.) Before I unveil the ultimate selection, a quick note on a name that… Nominations, please: The 2007 Name of the Year […] [...]