2020 Celebrity Name Predictions

In the last few weeks I have seen a lot of celebrities announcing pregnancies and they have all inspired me to make another predictions post! Although I have done this before and resulted in no wins it was still fun. Below is just a handful of celebrities expecting. I went with ones I am nmost excited for.

Joy-Anna and Austin Forsyth

Siblings: Gideon Martyn nad Annabell Elise

Gender: Girl

In 2019, Joy and Austin announced they were pregnant and then sadly lost their daughter at 22 weeks. In March of 2020 they announced they were expecting another daughter due in August. We saw a huge baby boom with Duggar grandbabies in 2019 and a lot of girls baring the names Gracie, Bella, and Addison. Some of the names I suggested for Annabell could work for this little girl. 

Girls: Lydia, Caroline, Emmeline, Amelia, Juliet, Phoebe

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner 

Siblings: None

Gender: Unknown

Joe and Sophie are a young, new couple making me think they will pick a fresh name. Add in the fact that Sophie is British I could see them picking names more common across the pond. 

Girls: Billie, Noa, Ember, Margot, Lola, Keeva

Boys: Arthur, Mac, Hugo, Finn, Albie, Arlo, Jax

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom

Siblings: Flynn Christopher (previous relationship) 

Gender: Unknown

Katy Perry had an iconic pregnancy announcement in her music video this month. Her and Orlando Bloom are expecting their first child together. Bloom has a son from his relationship with Miranda Kerr named Flynn but I am not going to base my name suggestions off of that. Flynn just doesn't seem very Katy Perry. But these names do!

Girls: Primrose, Edie, Zadie, Ellexi, Olive, Fifi

Boys: Atlas, Fox, Alfie, Bodhi, Rex, Ridge, Slate

Beverley Mitchell and Michael Cameron 

Siblings: Kenzie Lynne and Hutton Michael 

Gender: Unknown

Beverley Mitchell from 7th Heaven is expecting her 3rd child after a miscarriage. With her first she picked a modern nickname and her second is a name new to me. I can see her picking an unique name that surprises us. Maybe even something modern sounding. 

Girls: Lainey, Lyra, Bailey, Zuri, Aspen, Ember

Boys: Colson, Saxon, Spencer, Mckay, Kyler, Renzo

Amanda Bynes and Paul Michael

Siblings: None

Gender: Unknown

Amanda Bynes has been quiet in recent years on social media and even in the media in general. She announced her pregnancy and surprised people by doing so. This is one name prediction I have no idea what direction she will take. It could go common, vintage, unique, or edgy. 

Girls: Thea, Zinnia, Everly, Gracie, Quinn, Kaia, Beatrice

Boys: Zeke, Nash, Oliver, Milo, Jett, Samuel, Lucas, Daxton, Felix 

Tyler Hubbard and Hayley Stommel 

Siblings: Oliva "Liv" Rose and Luca Reed

Gender: Boy

Tyler Hubbard from the country duo Florida Georgia Line is expecting his 3rd baby, a boy! Their second was just born in the summer of 2019 making me surprised they are expecting again. The names they have picked are common familiar with a soft feel. I can see them going with a name containing an L. And a bonus name prediction: they stick with the R middle name. My suggestions include Robert, Rhett, River, Rhys, and Ryan. 

Boy: Micah, Kai, Levi, Milo, Henry, Liam

Classic First with Spring Middles {Name Game}

Since we are all sitting inside because of recent events I have been trying to share some more name games on instagram to keep us going. Since we are officially in spring (even if it doesn't always feel like it) I thought it would be fun to pair classical first names with spring inspired middle names. I told my followers I would be sharing some combos here and that is what I have for you today.

I am going to start with my own name combos. On instagram I only shared 3 combos but I have a whole list today! 

Girls 

Martha Bunny

Susan Magnolia

Agnes Bloom

Beatrice May

Alice Freya

Louisa Birdie 

Ruth Aviva

Frances Doe

Boys

Edmund Wells

Vincent Bud

Benjamin Leif

Walter Pascal

John Caldwell

Daniel Cedar

Henry Talon

George Sunny

My favorites from followers:

Beatrice Bloom

Lydia Sunshine

Anna Magnolia

Eleanor Lilac

Evelyn Amaryllis

Eric Dandelion

Charles rain

Freddie Pascale

Henry Finch

Everett Clover 

Always in the Top 1000 {Boys}

Months ago I had this big idea to present to you a group of names to have always been in the top 1000. It was inspired by my post of names that have always been in the top 100. I started working on the data and then life got busy and I never finished. Since I have all this time to sit at home I finally finished working on this project. How does one look at 138 years worth of name data and pick out the names that have been in every year? 

I went through through both the top 1000 names for 1880 (the first year) and then 2018 (the most recent data) and found the names that were in both. Then I went through that list and say what names had been in every year from 1881 to 2017. From there I was able to come up with a list of 109 girl names and 195 boy names that have always ranked in the top 1000 since the start of the list. Since there are so many names I am breaking the list down into 2 posts by gender. 

Aaron

Abraham

Adam

Adrian

Albert

Alex

Alexander

Alfred

Allan

Alle

Alonzo

Alvin

Andrew

Andy

Anthony

Antonio

Arthur

August

Austin 

Avery

Ben

Benjamin

Bruce

Bryant

Byron

Calvin

Carl

Carlos

Charles

Charlie

Chris

Christian

Christopher

Clark

Clay

Clayton

Conrad

Curtis

Cyrus

Dallas

Daniel

David

Davis

Dean

Dennis

Donald

Douglas

Eddie

Edgar

Edward

Edwin

Eli

Elias

Elijah

Elliott

Ellis

Emanuel

Emmett

Eric

Ernest

Eugene

Evan

Everett

Felix

Francis

Francisco

Frank

Franklin

Frederick

Gabriel

Garrett

George

Gerald

Grant

Harley

Harold

Harrison

Harry

Henry

Israel

Ivan

Jack

Jackson

Jacob

Jake

James

Jason

Jasper

Jay

Jefferson

Jerome

Jerry

Jesse

Jesus

Joe

Joel

John

Johnny

Jonathon

Jose

Joseph

Joshua

Juan

Julian

Julius

Kenneth

Larry

Lawrence

Lee

Leo

Leon

Leonard

Levi

Lewis

Lorenzo

Louis

Luis

Luke

Malcolm

Manuel

Marcus

Mark

Marshall

Martin

Marvin

Mason

Mathew

Matthew

Maurice

Max

Melvin

Michael

Miles

Mitchell

Morgan

Moses

Nathan

Nathaniel

Neil

Nelson

Nicholas

Noah

Oliver

Orlando

Oscar

Owen

Patrick

Paul

Pedro

Peter

Philip

Phillip

Preston

Ramon

Ray

Raymond

Reginald

Richard

Riley

Robert

Rodney

Roger

Roland

Roy

Ruben

Russell

Sam

Samuel

Scott

Seth

Simon

Solomon

Spencer

Stanley

Stephen

Sterling

Steven

Taylor

Theodore

Thomas

Timothy

Tomas

Tony

Tory

Victor

Vincent

Wade

Warren

Wayne

Wesley

Will

William

Willie

Wilson

Nicknames {Reader's Digest}

On Valentine's Day weekend I went on a little getaway with my boyfriend to Honesdale, Pa, a little mountain town. We rented a little cottage filled with treasure that made my heart sing. All things that were just coincidences. One of those was a small stack of Reader's Digest magazines. My soul is old and I love a good Reader's Digest. While sitting and reading an edition from cover to cover I would the most amazing article! It was all about nicknames! Not only was it about names but it was about one of my "specialties".

The article came from the October 2019 editions and was called "What Happened to Great Nicknames?" by Andy Simmons. I found some great quotes and points and it even got me thinking. I loved it so much I had to pour my thoughts out into a blog post.

In the article they talked about how less and less people have nicknames now a days and why. Their thought is there are 20,000+ more names being used now than there had been in the 1950s. When there were less names it is more likely that a name is used in the same family, classroom, or neighbor multiple times forcing a nickname to be bestowed. Their thoughts are so eye opening and numbers don't lie. I have to add that I am noticing more parents looking for names without nicknames or just forgoing the formal name and using the nickname adding to the possible decline in nickname use. 

A nickname can come from love for a person. How many people do you know with funny, odd, unexpected nicknames? My great grandfather was nicknamed Moon because of his shiny, bald head. Ren is a nickname that came out of no where from a middle school friend partly from the show Even Steves. So if you mom or best friend gave you a funny nickname run with it! It all came from love.