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Monday, March 30, 2020

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

Saturday, March 28, 2020

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 

Thursday, March 26, 2020

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



Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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.


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