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1.Can the Right Baby Name Get You into Harvard? (www.parentdish.com)
If you're looking for a sure-thing shortcut to the Ivy League, no dice. Your kid will be a lot better off studying calculus (or polishing his jump shot) than perfecting the name on his application. But if the question is, "What kind of name will make my kid sound like he ought to go to Harvard?" then I can help you.
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SUMMER BABY NAMES (nameberry.com)Summer is one of the nicest times of year to have a baby, the warm weather and slow pace making it that much easier to relax into new motherhood (and, from your baby’s point of view, into life!)
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3.My Friend Named Her Baby After Auto Parts (www.parentdish.com)
Someone I know is having a baby boy, and her husband has a family tradition of giving car-related names, like Mercedes and Axel and such. I'm fine with that (it sounds like fun), but the name she wants to give is Jackford. I won't criticize her name choice, but how do I come to terms with a decision that I feel is bad when there are so many better names out there?
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Apple, Suri and Shiloh may be household names because their parents are stars, but a new study of millions of babies finds it's not just celebrities who seek out distinctive names for their kids.
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Laws Against Baby Names (parenting.blogs.nytimes.com)Parents in Sweden want to name their infant son Q. Lower courts have ruled that the name does not comply with the 1982 Naming Law, a complex bit of legislation under which the names Lego and Google were approved in recent years, but Superman, Elvis and Metallica were not.
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6.The Fastest Rising Baby Names of the Year (www.parentdish.com)
The hottest names are a little time capsule of 2008. They show us where style is headed, and remind us of moments throughout the year, from the silly to the serious. Courtesy of BabyNameWizard.com, here are America's top dozen fastest rising baby names ...
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Twi-Babies!!! (www.thetwilightsaga.com)Bella and Jacob are together...on the list for top 5 most popular names in 2008! Which got us to thinking: have any of our TwilightSaga.com members named their children after characters from their favorite books?? And what do Team Edward fans have to say that his name doesn’t make the top 5?!
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Cool Irish Names For Babies: Finnegan’s Just The Beginning (celebrity-babies.com)When our two little boys came along they needed to fit in with their father’s Irish heritage, and we gave them both my Scottish maiden name to keep my family name alive. First names were a struggle though.
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9.Kansas babies most likely to be named Addison, Aiden (www.kansas.com)
WICHITA - Addison and Aiden were the top name picks for Kansas parents in 2008 -- for the second year in a row. They were followed by Madison, Emily, Olivia and Emma for girls, and by Kaden, Ethan, Jackson and Brayden for boys, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, which prepares an annual list of the most popular names on birth certificates.
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10.Baby Names and Fads (www.sciencentral.com)
"It’s definitely the case that names that get too popular aren’t likely to persist. Even controlling for that, though, things that become more popular too quickly, that catch on very rapidly as opposed to slowly, are more likely to die out faster," he says. "So, take a name like Kristi for instance, that catches on a lot faster than a name like Charlene. That name is much less likely to persist over time, less likely to have a long life cycle."
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I Think I Gave My Baby the Wrong Name! (www.parentdish.com)I think I gave my baby the wrong name! My dh and I liked the name Madison so much that we settled early on in pregnancy. Now our baby is here and I'm having serious second thoughts. They are taking over my time and energy and I can't shake this feeling.
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