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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

 

Luscious and Rusty: Vocabulary Names from the Bonds Baby Search

31 Saturday Mar 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

Bonds Baby Search, days of the week names, english names, month names, title names, unisex names, vocabulary names

GIRLS

Aria

Belle

Cadence

Calix

Calliope

Caprice

Chance

Envy

Gypsy

Harmony

Honour

June

Kustom

Lady

Liberty

Luscious

Lyric

Maniah

May

Melody

Paisley

Remedy

Sass

Sovereign

Steele

Stellar

Story

Sunday

Tiara

 

BOYS
Ace

Aeon

Arrow

Aryan

Astro

Axis

Axle

Banjo

Baron

Beau

Blade

Blaze

Breh

Buddy

Caesar

Cash

Cleaver

Coda

Dash

Deacon

Deja

Diesel

Duke

Juke

Link

Lucky

Maverick

Nytro

Patch

Rhythm

Rock

Rowdy

Rusty

Saxon

Sonny

Spike

Styles

Urban

Zenith

Zheppelin

Chanel and DeLuna – Surnames as Girls Names from the Bonds Baby Search

29 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ Comments Off on Chanel and DeLuna – Surnames as Girls Names from the Bonds Baby Search

Tags

famous namesakes, fictional namesakes, surname names

Armani (fashion designer)

Cartia

Chanel (fashion designer)

Cooper

DeLuna (singer)

Dior (fashion designer)

Dolce (fashion designer)

Halle

Halsey

Innes

Jamieson

Keagan

Keeley

Kelsey

Mailey

Meliz

Monet (artist)

Nailey

Ohara (fictional heroine?)

Presley (rock icon)

Schyler

Shelby (car manufacturer)

Vellesca

Nelson and Mandela: Surnames as Names for Boys from the Bonds Baby Search

29 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 4 Comments

Tags

famous namesakes, surname names

Some surnames given to boys, and where applicable, possible famous namesakes.

Banks

Baxter

Bentley (car manufacturer)

Bowie (pop star)

Brodyn

Brando (Hollywood actor)

Bryson (author)

Callan

Carter

Clancy (character in a classic poem)

Colby

Colton

Corby

Dashiell

Deakin (former prime minister)

Deegan

Finnegan

Fischer

Forbes

Grady

Grayson

Halen (references rock stars Van Halen)

Hendrix (rock star)

Henson (puppet maker)

Holden (car manufacturer)

Hudson (explorer and navigator)

Hurley (actress)

Jagger (rock star)

Jovi (rock star)

Kaiver

Keelan

Kelston

Knox

Kynan

Laker

Landon

Latrell

Lawson (national poet)

Leighton

Lennon (rock-pop icon)

Locke

Madden (pop-punk stars)

Maddox

Mandela (inspiring civil rights leader)

Mannix (TV detective)

Marley (reggae star)

Maxwell

Murphy

Nelson (inspiring naval hero, also the first name of Mr Mandela)

Nixon (less-than-inspiring former US president)

Oakley

Parker (real-life name of Spiderman)

Paxton

Preston

Quade

Rafferty

Reid

Ripley (Believe it or Not!)

Riston

Rowland

Ryker

Sagan (astronomer and cosmologist)

Seeley

Slater (NRL star)

Tanner

Tennyson (Poet Laureate)

Torbin

Toretto (surname of Vin Diesel’s character in The Fast and the Furious)

Tyrelle

Vanderlai (strangely similar to George Costanza’s alias in Seinfeld)

Vaughan

Wilson

Winton (novelist)

Yarran (AFL footballer)

Inspiration from the Atlas – Places as Names from the Bonds Baby Search

27 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by A.O. in Baby Contests

≈ 9 Comments

Tags

locational names

GIRLS

Adelaide

Alaska

Arizona

Arkaydia (based on Arcadia, a region of classical Greece)

Assisi (town in Italy)

Atlanta

Australia

Bethany (town in Palestine)

Bondi (suburb of Sydney)

Brixton (area of London)

Bronte (suburb of Sydney)

Calais (town in France)

Capri

Cheyenne (city in Wyoming, USA)

Chinah (based on China)

Dakota

Havana (capital of Cuba)

India

Jamaica

Java (the main island of Indonesia)

Jersey (island in the English Channel)

Jindy (affectionate name for Jindabyne in New South Wales)

Khe-Sanh (a city and Vietnam War battleground; also a song by Cold Chisel)

Kilarney (based on Killarney, a town in Ireland)

Kokoda (town in Papua New Guinea, site of a World War II campaign)

London

Mali (country in west Africa)

Miami

Montana

Norway

Odessa (city in the Ukraine)

Orealla (town in Guyana)

Persia (former name of Iran)

Petra (historic city in Jordan)

Roma (Italian name for Rome)

Saba (island in the Caribbean)

Sahara (desert in north Africa)

Sanya (city in southern China)

Sena (place name in Slovakia, Spain, Iran, Thailand, Mozambique, Italy and Yemen)

Sierra (common place name, often specifically referring to Sierra Nevada in the USA)

Sydney

Valencia (city in Spain)

Venezia (Italian name for Venice)

Vienna

 

BOYS

Aspen (ski town in Colorado, USA)

Aston (area of London)

Austin (city in Texas)

Boston

Brooklyn (common place name including an area of New York City and suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne )

Cairo

Camden (place names in London, Sydney, and New Jersey, USA)

Dakhar (place names in Yemen, Senegal and Azerbaijan)

Dallas

Denver

Dresden (city in Germany)

Harlem (area of New York City)

Jericho (ancient city in Palestine)

Kaimana (town in West Papua, Indonesia)

Kingston (place names in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada, USA and Jamaica)

Kobe (city in Japan)

Maitland (place names in Australia, Canada, USA and South Africa)

Memphis (ancient city in Egypt, and city in Tenneessee, USA)

Milan

Monte (place names in France, Portugal, Switzerland, USA and Monaco)

Paris

Rhodes (place names in Australia, Greece, France, UK, USA and South Africa)

Rio (affectionate name for Rio de Janeiro, city in Brazil)

Rome

Sestri (town in Italy)

Somerset (county of England)

Tasman (sea between Australia and New Zealand)

Vegas (affectionate name for Las Vegas, city in Nevada, USA)

York (city in England)

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