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Yearly Archives: 2012

Elegant Ladies from the Bonds Baby Search

05 Thursday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

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Bonds Baby Search

Alcina

Allegra

Anais

Anastasia

Angelica

Angelina

Arabella

Ariana

Aurelia

Brigitte

Calista

Camilla

Cassandra

Clara

Clarinda

Claudia

Clementine

Cynthia

Delilah

Delphine

Elodie

Elora

Emmeline

Estelle

Fleur

Florence

Francesca

Genevieve

Georgiana

Giselle

Guinevere

Harriet

Helena

Hermione

Isadora

Jacinta

Josephine

Julia

Livia

Lucienne

Lydia

Portia

Rosalie

Sabine

Saskia

Seraphina

Serena

Sylvie

Valentina

Veronica

Violette

Vivienne

(Picture is of Girl with a Red Ribbon by Daniel Hernandez Morillo)

Dashing Gents from the Bonds Baby Search

05 Thursday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

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Bonds Baby Search

Achilles

Aeson

Antonio

Armando

Alistair

Arden

Ari

Arlo

Atticus

August

Axel

Bede

Bertrand

Blaise

Brock

Byron

Calvin

Cassius

Cyrano

Dane

Dante

Dexter

Digby

Edison

Emmett

Everett

Finlay

Harland

Huxley

Ignatius

Jarvis

Javier

Jethro

Julian

Julius

Lennox

Leonidas

Lowel

Malachi

Marcus

Maxime

Micah

Nash

Octavius

Orlando

Orson

Otis

Percy

Quintin

Rafael

Remy

Rhett

Romeo

Samson

Seth

Soren

Thane

Tristan

Valentino

Winston

Wyatt

(Picture is of Prince de Talmont by Leon Cogniet; image from French Wikipedia)

Names That Reach Beyond the Worldly from the Bonds Baby Search

05 Thursday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 1 Comment

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created names, english names, hebrew names, Indian names, mythological names, virtue names, vocabulary names

I’ve included names of Gods and Goddesses, mythological beings, religious and spiritual terms, and virtue names. I’m sure there are many I have missed, but please attribute this to my ignorance, and not to any wish to offend.

GIRLS

Amity

Angel

Aurora

Avalon

Bliss

Carmen

Chai

Charity

Cherish

Destiny

Durga

Eden

Ever

Faith

Felicity

Fidelia

Halo

Haroseta

Honor

Hope

Isis

Juno

Kali

Lorelei

Lucina

Luna

Nevaeh

Nirvana

Patience

Piata

Pixie

Selena

Serana

Serenity

Shiloh

Soham

Taufa

Temperance

Torah

Trinity

Uma

Veda

Venus

Verity

Vrinda

Zaria

 

BOYS

Apollo

Ares

Bodhi

Creed

Daemon

Deacon

Dios

Gryphon

Infinity

Justice

Kesh

Loki

Maxim

Odin

Orion

Phoenix

Soul

Thor

Talisyn

Tao

Titan

Zen

Zephyr

Zeus

Zion

Global Girls – More Names from Around the World from the Bonds Baby Search

04 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 1 Comment

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African names, Arabic names, Australian Aboriginal names, Chinese names, Dutch names, Ethiopian names, Fijian names, Finnish names, French names, German names, Greek names, hebrew names, Igbo Names, Indian names, Iranian names, Italian names, Japanese names, Maori names, Persian names, Polish names, polynesian names, Russian names, scandinavian names, Slavic names, Slovak names, Spanish names, Sri Lankan names, Swahili names, Swedish names, Turkish names, Xhosa names

Akira (Japanese et al)

Amara (Igbo et al)

Amaya (Spanish et al)

Anamaya (Indian)

Annalisa (Italian)

Annika (Swedish)

Anushka (Russian)

Anya (Russian)

Aranya (Indian)

Arya (Indian)

Astrid (Scandinavian)

Ayana (Swahili)

Belen (Spanish)

Catalina (Spanish)

Chalah (Hebrew)

Chava (Hebrew)

Diamalaini (Fijian)

Dika (Scandinavian)

Diya (Arabic)

Eleni (Greek)

Elisa (Spanish etc)

Eliska (Slovak)

Elke (German et al)

Emel (Turkish)

Evanthia (Greek)

Giuliana (Italian)

Grazia (Italian)

Hadassah (Hebrew)

Hanneke (Dutch)

Hawaiki (Maori)

Ilaria (Italian)

Indra (Indian)

Ivona (Slovak etc)

Jamilla (Arabic)

Jana (Slavic et al)

Jara (Slavic et al)

Jaya (Indian)

Jazarah (Ethiopian)

Jedda (Australian Aboriginal)

Jiaya (Chinese?)

Kaisa (Finnish)

Kamilah (Arabic)

Katia (Russian)

Lalita (Indian)

Latika (Indian)

Layal (Arabic)

Leilani (Polynesian)

Lidija (Slovak etc)

Liv (Scandinavian)

Magali (French)

Mannat (Indian)

Manarra (Arabic)

Mariam (Arabic et al)

Marta (Slovak etc)

Matarii (Polynesian)

Mathilda (German et al)

Meila (Dutch etc)

Mereana (Polynesian)

Mija (Finnish)

Mika (Japanese)

Milena (Slavic)

Naava (Hebrew)

Naeema (Arabic)

Nahla (Arabic)

Nalani (Polynesian)

Nataya (Indian)

Ngareta (Maori)

Nicolina (Italian)

Nikisha (Indian)

Nithara (Indian)

Oviya (Indian)

Porjai (Indian)

Raffaella (Italian)

Ru (Chinese)

Safia (Arabic)

Sakura (Japanese)

Samala (Hebrew)

Samara (Arabic et al)

Sana (Arabic et al)

Soraya (Persian)

Stefania (Italian etc)

Tamika (Indian)

Tarla (Indian)

Tatiana (Russian)

Thandiwe (Xhosa)

Thinuki (Sri Lankan)

Vanya (Russian – usually male)

Yianna (Greek)

Zaneta (Spanish)

Zari (Persian et al)

Zofia (Polish)

Multicultural Men – Boys Names from Around the World from the Bonds Baby Search

04 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 4 Comments

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Afghan names, African names, Albanian names, Arabic names, Armenian names, Chinese names, Dutch names, Ethiopian names, Filipino names, Finnish names, French names, German names, Greek names, hebrew names, Igbo Names, Iranian names, Italian names, Japanese names, Lithuanian names, Macedonian names, Maori names, Persian names, polynesian names, Portuguese names, Russian names, scandinavian names, Spanish names, Swahili names, Swedish names, Turkish names

Aasil (Arabic)

Adnan (Arabic)

Adriano (Italian)

Akil (Arabic)

Alakai (Polynesian)

Aleksandr (Russian)

Amon (Hebrew)

Andre (French etc)

Andrei (Russian)

Anuj (Indian)

Aras (Lithuanian)

Ardem (Armenian)

Bavneet (Indian)

Benito (Italian)

Cihan (Turkish)

Chinedu (Igbo)

Dardan (Albanian)

Didyme (Greek)

Diego (Spanish)

Dimitri (Russian)

Djaali (Arabic)

Domenico (Italian)

El’Amein (Arabic)

Emil (German etc)

Emir (Arabic)

Eshaan (Arabic)

Eyob (Ethiopian)

Fuakava (Polynesian)

Gian (Italian)

Giorgio (Italian)

Giovanni (Italian)

Giuseppe (Italian)

Hamza (Arabic)

Hang (Chinese)

Heemi (Maori)

Henri (French)

Horomona (Maori)

Hussein (Arabic)

Ioannis (Greek)

Ishan (Indian)

Jabari (Swahili)

Jad (Arabic)

Jalal (Arabic)

Jin (Chinese)

Josef (German etc)

Kaan (Turkish)

Kalani (Polynesian)

Kareem (Arabic)

Kelepi (Polynesian)

Keoni (Polynesian)

Khamesa (Arabic)

Khan (Arabic)

Kheez (Arabic)

Khrishwin (Indian)

Kingi (Maori)

Kiva (Hebrew)

Koa (Polynesian)

Koray (Turkish)

Leonardo (Italian)

Levent (Turkish)

Lorenzo (Italian)

Lui (Polynesian)

Malik (Arabic)

Marcello (Italian)

Markell (German)

Massimo (Italian)

Mateo (Polynesian)

Matheos (Greek)

Matias (Finnish et al)

Michelangelo (Italian)

Mikail (Russian)

Mirza (Persian et al)

Nakoa (Polynesian)

Namish (Indian)

Naseem (Arabic)

Navrin (Indian)

Ngarani (Maori)

Niketas (Russian)

Nikita (Russian etc)

Nikolai (Russian etc)

Omar (Arabic)

Panagiotis (Greek)

Panayioti (Greek)

Paolo (Italian)

Pieter (Dutch etc)

Qiyamah (Arabic)

Rastin (Afghan)

Rauna (Polynesian?)

Ren (Japanese)

Riwai (Maori)

Rocco (Italian)

Ronin (Japanese)

Saalih (Arabic)

Sahar (Arabic)

Sahib (Indian)

Sahil (Indian)

Sanchay (Indian)

Sebatian (Filipino)

Shaunak (Indian)

Sobhi (Arabic)

Soltan (Persian)

Souvik (Indian)

Stefan (German etc)

Sulo (Swedish)

Taavi (Finnish)

Tariq (Arabic)

Tirso (Spanish)

Tommaso (Italian)

Toren (Dutch et al)

Trifun (Macedonian)

Vasco (Portuguese)

Vincenzo (Italian)

Walid (Arabic)

Yianni (Greek)

Zamzam (Arabic)

Zaya (Arabic)

Zayd (Arabic)

Zidane (Arabic)

Zied (Arabic)

Those Mysterious Modern Monikers from the Bonds Baby Search

04 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

created names, Google, modern names, portmanteau names

Yesterday we had old school names, comforting and familiar. Today we have those names from our own era that are hard to pin down. They aren’t always included in baby name books. When you search for them, Google insists you must mean some other name. Baby name sites say the name might be Irish … then again, perhaps it’s Hawaiian. It might be a cross between these two names – or three completely different names. Often the answer just seems to be “modern”. But when you show them side by side, they sometimes show a remarkable similarity.

Wave of the future or flash in the pan? Only time can tell.

GIRLS

Acelyn

Adrielle

Ahrna

Ameeka

Amilea

Amoi

Arley

Arnika

Ataaliyah

Avalina

Brylee

Calleigh

Cartia

Daja

Donnicha

D’Chaeylyn

Heckayla

Helayla

Ilandea

Ileeyah

Indeaka

Indica

Jacey

Jaileigh

Jakayla

Jayneesha

Jazlyn

Jezaya

Jettika

Kaylee

Kiani

Kianna

Kristabella

Laahlee

La’Teesha

Lujayn

Makeely

Mirrah

Nimella

Oceanna

Rhianna

Santaysha

Serannah

Sevilo

Shahkeia

Shakiylah

Shandara

Sharleah

Shiola

Suvannah

Tahnee

Twyla

Uvoncka

Zailee

Zarayah

 

BOYS
Alyrik

Baiden

Baylin

Danyon

Deondre

Desean

Djakai

Dujah

Havarley

Jahvius

Jaren

Jahsean

Jermaine

Jettah

Juhsean

Kaivin

Kalden

Kayle

Kaylis

Kaysen

Keandre

Keontei

Khoder

Khotori

Kyan

Laiken

Lakey

Lebron

Maxx

Raice

Tarkyn

Taye

Ti

Trey

Tynuka

Zaikeb

Zarley

Zayden

Ethel and Chester: Old School Names from the Bonds Baby Search

03 Tuesday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 9 Comments

Tags

classic names, name popularity, retro names

Some of these names are from an earlier time; some had a sharp peak in popularity and then fell dramatically, tieing them firmly to a particular era; some may sound “old-fashioned”, but never went out of common use, or in fact are soaring up the popularity charts like you wouldn’t believe. And some, for an undefinable reason, simply sound like old school names.

Originally, I was going to tell you which names were which – but then I decided it would be more fun for you to work that out for yourselves.

Do these blasts from the past make you inwardly cringe, or are you delighted to see them on new babies? Cosy, sturdy, elegant, classics,  still cool, going stale, or utterly daggy – you decide!

GIRLS

Adelaide

Agatha

Annette

Brenda

Candice

Cheryl

Christine

Coralie

Courtney

Daphne

Edith

Esme

Ethel

Francine

Gillian

Gwendoline

Hazel

Heather

Iris

Jeanette

Joanna

Jocelyn

Julie

Kylie

Lynda

Mabel

Marnie

Mary

Melissa

Michelle

Millicent

Mona

Monica

Monique

Nicole

Norah

Rachel

Rebecca

Stacey

Susan

Valerie

Vera

 

BOYS

Albert

Arthur

Barry

Bertrand

Bruce

Chester

Craig

Darren

Dean

Donald

Douglas

Edwin

Elroy

Eugene

Floyd

Frank

Garry

Gavin

Glenn

Harvey

Keith

Kevin

Perry

Ralph

Roy

Stanley

Sylvester

Theodore

Travis

Vincent

Walter

(Photo shows Ginninderra Public School in the ACT, 1905)

Iridessa and Bambam: Created Names from the Bonds Baby Search

03 Tuesday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

Australian Aboriginal names, car names, created names, famous namesakes, fictional namesakes, Indian names, Latin names, popular culture, Shakespearean names

Obviously all names are created at some point, but these are ones whose origins  seem easier to spot than most, or which were created for a specific purpose, or for a person who later became famous.

GIRLS

Alinta (an Aboriginal name meaning “fire”, used by a power company as their name)

Chevelle (a make of car)

Chevi (from Chevy, a make of car)

Cordelia (seems to have been created by Shakespeare for King Lear, from older sources)

Evangeline (said to have been created by Longfellow in his poem of the same name, from Greek)

Haidee (created by Byron in his poem Don Juan, probably from Greek)

Iridessa (one of the Disney Fairies in the Tinkberbell films; based on the word iridescent?)

Jovie (a character from the movie Elf; based on the word jovial?)

Juliet (created by Shakespeare for Romeo and Juliet; an Anglicisation of Giulietta)

Katara (a character from Avatar: The Last Airbender TV show; the word for an Indian dagger)

Lorna (created by R.D. Blackmore for his novel Lorna Doone; perhaps from a Scottish place name)

Lyra (created by Philip Pullman for the His Dark Materials series, from the constellation)

Miranda (created by Shakespeare for The Tempest, from Latin)

Mahalia (singer Mahala Jackson put an i in her name to become Mahalia Jackson)

Mavis (created by Marie Corelli for The Sorrows of Satan; old name for a song thrush)

Miakoda (touted as a Native American name, but actually from an obscure 1970s sci-fi novel)

Miette (often used in French cinema and from The Sleeping Ballet ballet; means “crumb, morsel”)

Miley (nickname of actress Destiny Cyrus, based on the word smiley)

Nessa (an angelic character mentioned in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings)

Perdita (created by Shakespeare for The Winter’s Tale, from Latin)

Pollyanna (perhaps created by Eleanor H. Portman for her novel of the same name)

Scout (nickname of Jean Finch, the narrator of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird)

Shara (a place name in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time fantasy series).

Solara (a make of car)

Talaara (a character from World of Warcraft role-playing game)

Talitha (taken from an Aramaic phrase in the New Testament, meaning “little girl)

Tandia (seemingly created by Bryce Courtenay for his novel of the same name; an African surname)

Vanessa (created by Jonathan Swift for his poem Cadmus and Vanessa, based on a friend’s name)

Zali (ski-er Zali’s Steggall’s name seems to be a created name, possibly from a Slavic place name)

 

BOYS

Arda (the name given to Earth in Tolkien’s fantasy world)

Aslan (the name of the Christ-like Lion in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia series)

Atreju (original German name for Atreyu from The Neverending Story)

Bam (nickname of skateboarder Brandon Margera, from the onomatopoeic word)

Bambam (a character from The Flintstones cartoon; onomatopoeic)

Caeulum (the Latin word for “sky, heavens”)

Che (nickname of revolutionary Ernesto Guevara; slang for “mate, buddy, pal”)

Dorian (used as a name by Oscar Wilde for The Portrait of Dorian Gray, from Greek)

Dre (nickname of radio personality André “Doctor Dré” Brown, short for his first name)

Jaylen (based on Jalen; basketballer Jalen Rose’s name is James + Leonard)

Jharral (based on Jharal; NRL player Jharal Yow Yeh’s name is the initials of the men in his family)

Kailo (from a Proto-Indian-European word meaning “whole, healthy”)

Keanu (seemingly created by the parents of actor Keanu Reeves)

Neo (main character from The Matrix movies, Latin for “new”)

Reiv (character from the Fire Emblem video games)

Rohan (a place name in Tolkien’s fantasy world)

Sonova (a combination of the Latin words for sound and new)

Stryder (Strider is the alias of Aragorn in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings)

Thorion (character from the comic book Thorion of the New Asgods)

Tynnan (a species in the Star Wars franchise)

Cherry-Rose and Uneke-Hope: Double Names for Girls from the Bonds Baby Search

02 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

double names, flower names, locational names, nature names, triple names

I would have loved to have listed all the girls’ double-names, but they went for pages – the Something-Roses alone ran into the dozens. So I have limited myself to those which made the most impact on me.

Aiko-Jayne

Aleah-Persia

Alisha-Savannah

Annabelle-Ang

Asher-Marcelle

Bella-Ching

Bryndee-Bella (there is a mountain range called the Brindabellas)

Caprice-Elouise

Carlay-Diaz

Cereniti-Lee

Cherish-Bonnique’

Cherry-Rose (pictured is the rose called the cherry rose)

Daisha-Lee

Denyella-Sophia

Destenee-Rose

Elexis-A’vril

Ellie-Peach

Esthershoel

Imarni-Rose

Indigo-Saige

Ivory-Rose

Jaylah-Mae

Jazzmine-Tira

Jypzee-Lee

Kailyn-Stevie

Kimyah-Lee

Krisjanis

Kyarnah-Jane

Lahnee-Mia

Latalia-Star

Lily-Jagga

Maddison-Torika

Mayella

Memphis-Bella

Montana-Armour

Myami-Jade

Narla-May

Nevaeh-Mai

Odessa-Brigit

Parkah-Grace

Pipi-Grace

Rangimarie

Rita-Adele

Ruby-Lou

Sarita-Hazel

Scarlett-Rose

Shiah-Blue

Schuyler-Rae

Sienna-Jade-Lee (a triple name!)

Tilly-Rose

Tippi-Lee

Uneke-Hope

Violet-Amaya

Zaphire-Lee

Thank you to Sophia for suggesting some of these names

Harper-Chaos and Kobie-Lebron: Double Names for Boys from the Bonds Baby Search

02 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

double names, famous namesakes, fictional namesakes, initial names

Allan-Jackson

Benjamin-James

B-Jay

Ceejae

CJ

Corey.Lamar

Dante-Beau

DJ

Dylan-Julius

Giancarlo

Harper-Chaos

Isaac-Cael

Jade-Te Tane

Jaedee

JD

Jesse-James

Jet-Li

Jethro-Shekel

Jett-Jonathan “JJ”

Jor-Ell

Josiah-Hamiora

KC

Kobie-Lebron

Ko-Dai

Kodah-Cruz

Koopah-Leigh

Levi-Joel

Levi-Jose

Micheal-James

Mitchel-William

MJ

Peejay

Quentin-Riley

R-Jay

RJ

Ryder-Leigh

S-Jay

Teejay

T-Jay

Tyler-Jai

Tyler-Jay

Vaa-Greg

Xavier-Alexis

William-Storm

 

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