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Kiki Lamour and Olexa-Blue Raven: Intriguing Girls Names from the Bonds Baby Search

26 Monday Mar 2012

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Girls names which stood out to me as something a little out of the ordinary, for one reason or another.

Abbegael L’Wren

Ahlyra Soveriegn

Akira Swansea Phaeowyn

Anabela Jagoda

Bo Louise

Cartia Giselle

Chance Suzanne

Chevelle Rose

Cooper Isla

Dakota Cheyanne

Ebony Julian

Elka Mary-Maie

Ezri Georgia

Fidelia Loibuti “Fifi”

Finlay Diva

Giuliana Eddi

Grazia Mercedes

Halle Oceania

Harpaa Shondell

Havana Skyy

Heckayla Brihanna

Indy Pheonix

Jara Star

Jayneesha Ammalee

Joanna Elpiniki

Jypzee-lee Helena

Keira Vera

Kiki Lamour

Kryztal Shane Marriebeth

Laahlee Harper

Lady Sapphire

Lyrix Honour

Mailey Capri

Mareelia Chanel

Miami Grace

Natalee Summa Hunt

Nevaeh Annee

Olexa-Blue Raven

Pearl J’Deal

Piata Yvonne Rangituia

Rubi Moon

Savannah Sharon-Lea

Sevilo Hane

Sharleah Leanne

Shay-Leah Gloria

Sienna Cloud Chandran

Tu Maia Sue Mason

Violet Teddy

Willow Day

Wynter Isis

Xara Shy

Zaneta Lee

Thank you to Sophia for suggesting some of these names

Neo and Jethro-Shekel: Intriguing Boys Names from the Bonds Baby Search

26 Monday Mar 2012

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These were names which made me think “Wow!”, and “Hmmm …”, and “Really?” I can’t guarantee that all of them are real, but they are all interesting in their own way.

Aaron Teixeira

Akil Malinga

Alex Egidio

Antonio Hone Rewiri Hona

Arakai Jeremiah

Banks Hartley

Branden Ah-Young

Bryne William

Cash Rio

Coda Jesse

Cyrus Tapaitu

Declyn Lyndon-John

Diondre Kush Neilson

Djaali Bruce Tijarn

Eli Honza

Eugene Ebenezer

Eziah Leroy Gavin

Filip Danail

George Lucas

Happy Baby (I feel sure that this name at least is a pseudonym)

Jack Bruce

Jayden Arinze

Jemel Francis

Jesse James

Jethro-Shekel Enoka.T

Jonathan Hayter

Jusef Putra “JP”

Jylen Zeppelin-James

Kahali Asha Cuba

Kaivin Ryot Wayne

Keandre Luigi

Keanu Kawariki

Kelepi Deejay

Kobi Bex

Kynan Duke

Levi Zed

Madden Kingston

Magnus Xavier Babo

Mirza Zahfran Beg

Muhammad Ali

Neo Marsh

Ollie Sebastian

Phoenix Ieremia

Rastin Kyle

Tahi Muriwi

Tane Evil Eyes! (seemingly a joke name)

Thomas Te Maupkanga Shane

Toretto Truamayne

Tyrone J-Dee

Winton Teariki

Zeus Alexander Thor

Zion Mikaere

Only Natural – Nature Names from the Bonds Baby Search

22 Thursday Mar 2012

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GIRLS

Acacia

Anise

Autumn

Azalea

Berry

Briar

Cedar

Cherry

Clover

Crystal

Cypress

Dahlia

Dawn

Dusty

Ember

Emerald

Honey

Indigo

Ivory

Jacaranda (this South American tree is so popular, it is often assumed to be native)

Jewel

Juniper

Mallee (a native tree; name of Australian Aboriginal origin)

Magenta

Misty

Ocean

Opal

Peaches

Pearl

Pepper

Rain

Raven

Saffron

Sage

Sapphire

Scarlet

Season

Soleil (French word for the sun)

Star

Sunshine

Swai (Thai word for the iridescent shark)

Tigerlily

Tulip

Winter

 

BOYS

Ash

Aspen

Baye

Bear

Bryne

Clay

Cove

Fin

Flint

Fox

Heath

Jarrah (a very tall and strong native tree; name of Australian Aboriginal origin)

Layke

Onyx

Reed

Reef

River

Rock

Rowan

Rye

Silvan

Sky

Storm

Sunny

Talon

Teal

Tiger

Tyde

Wolf

(Photo of Mother Cummings Peak Track, Tasmania from There’s Nothing Like Australia website).

Short and Sweet: Nicknames, Short Forms and Pet Forms for Girls from Bonds Baby Search

21 Wednesday Mar 2012

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The sister list to Cute and Concise. As with the list of boy nicknames, it’s possible some of these babies have a full version of their nickname which didn’t make it onto the entry form.

Addey (short for Adelaide et al)

Allie

Annie

Beth

Betsy

Billie

Bobbie

Bridie (short for Bridget)

Briella (short for Gabriella)

Callie

Cammy (short for Cameron?)

Cassie

Cedes (short for Mercedes)

Chasey (short for Chastity)

Cleo

Coco (short for Colette etc)

Demi (short for Demetria etc)

Dida (short for Candida)

Edie (short for Edith or Eden)

Effie (as well as being short for Euphemia, can also be an Anglisation of the Gaelic name Oighrig)

Elle (short for Eleanor et al)

Emmy

Etta

Frankie

Freda (short for Alfreda, Winifreda et al)

Georgie

Gigi (short for Georgine or Virginie)

Greta (short for Margareta)

Hallie (short for Harriet)

Jessie

Kirsty (short for Christina)

Kitty

Lexi or Lexie

Liana (short for Juliana)

Libby (short for Isabel, and by extension, Elizabeth)

Livvy (short for Olivia)

Lori

Lottie

Lulu

Margot (short for Marguerite)

Melia

Mimi (short for Maria etc)

Mina (short for Wilhelmina)

Minka (short for Wilhelmina)

Minnie (short for Wilhelmina)

Nelle (short for Eleanor et al)

Nim (short for Nimue?)

Nina (short for Antonina et al)

Peggy

Penny

Pippa

Pippi

Polly

Rita (short for Margarita)

Rosie

Sadie (short for Sarah)

Sally (short for Sarah)

Sasha (short for Alexandra et al)

Stevie (short for Stephanie)

Tammy (short for Tamara, Tamsin et al)

Tess (short for Teresa etc)

Thandie (short for Thandiwe)

Tia (short for Letitia et al)

Tiana (short for Tatiana, Christiana et al)

Tilda

Tildy

Tilly or Tillie

Tina (short for Christina et al)

Tori (short for Victoria)

Vida (short for Davida)

Willa (short for Wilhelmina)

Winnie (short for Winifred)

Cute and Concise: Nicknames, Short Forms and Pet Forms for Boys from Bonds Baby Search

20 Tuesday Mar 2012

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Are you stressed, busy, leading a hectic lifestyle? Too time-poor to keep saying a full name every day? Then you need … a nickname for your child! A nickname can shave valuable seconds off each day, saving you minutes every year. Minutes you can productively spend saying, “No that’s his full name”. (Unless you’ve picked a pet form which is the same length as the original name, in which case no time will be saved).

Abe

Alby (as well as being short for Albert etc, this can also be an Anglicisation of the Irish name Ailbhe)

Alfie

Andy

Ardie (short for Arden?)

Augie (short for Augustus etc)

Bastian (short for Sebastian)

Benji

Bob or Bobby

Brax (short for Braxton)

Cam (short for Cameron or Camden)

Chas (short for Charles)

Clarrie (short for Clarence)

Danny

Dennie (short for Dennis)

Dion (short for Dionysus etc)

Drew

Ed, Eddy or Eddie

Franky

Fred, Freddy or Freddie

Gabe

Geordie (pet form of George)

Gus (short for Augustus or Angus)

Jace (short for Jason)

Jamie

Jax

Jed

Jens (short for Johannes)

Jez (short for Jeremy)

Jimmy

Joe or Joey

Jonty (short for Jonathan)

Jordi (short for Jordan)

Josh

Judd

Kal

Lex

Mack

Manny (short for Emmanuel etc)

Matt or Matty

Mick

Monty (short for Montgomery etc)

Ned

Oli or Ollie (short for Oliver)

Ozzie (short for Oscar et al)

Raffy (short for Rafferty)

Rafi (short for Rafael)

Randy (short for Randall et al)

Reggie (short for Reginald)

Ricky

Rino (short for Italian names ending in -rino)

Robbie

Sacha

Sandy

Sol (as well as being short for Solomon, can also be named after the sun)

Tavian (short for Octavian)

Ted or Teddy

Terry

Theo

Tom or Tommy

Tyler (short for Tyler et al)

Vinnie

Will

Zah (short for Zahmir et al)

Zeph (short for Zephaniah or Zephyr)

Zeke

Bonnie Blue and Tildy Wren: My Favourite Girls’ Names from the Bonds Baby Search

19 Monday Mar 2012

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Adelaide Bessie

Alice Marjorie

Anais Genevieve

Arielle Sunday

Azalea Phoenix

Bonnie Blue

Cedar Tiaz

Chai Amaya

Chanelle Lulu

Ciara Niamh

Cordelia Nette

Cynthia Rose

Eden Love

Elisa Anita

Evelyn Violet

Faith Diamond

Guinevere Lily

Halo Breeze

Harper Papillon

Honor Jewel

Indigo Peaches

Isadora Eve

Isla Pearl

Jasmine Oriwia

Kandice Chilli

Kiana Bumbles

Lilly Teo

London Aspen

Luella Audrey

Magali Coraline

Maia Persis

Margot Alice

Marley Bean

Miette Evie

Oceanna Zoe

Olivia Isis

Pepper Faith

Perri Sweetpea

Polly Boo

Rosalie Dawn

Ru Xue

Sinead Louise

Star Violet

Stellar Coco

Temperance Ivy

Thandiwe Arabella

Tildy Wren

Vida Louise

Violet Bee

Vivienne Elise

Winter Rose

Zanthie Minx

Levi Jagger and Wolf Ryder: My Favourite Boys’ Names from the Bonds Baby Search

19 Monday Mar 2012

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Ashton Fox

Astro River

Benjamin Hillel

Blade Lucian

Brandon Bleu

Byron Lewis

Charlie Albert

Cian Ciaran

Darcy Lyle

Declan Danger

Diesel Cruz

Dylan Chief

Eamon Fergus

Eden Warwick

Emil Auguste

Flint Rifo

Harlem Cue

Harper Hendrix

Jackson Teddy

Jad Taio

Jett Reeve

Jia Shun

Julian Jay

Justice Vincent

Kormak Magnus

Levi Jagger

Logan Radley

Lowel Jacob

Luke Phoenix

Maddox Andre

Maxmilian Aston

Miles Otto

Monte Flynn

Noah Anakin

Oakley Lorne

Oistin Andrew

Oliver Rossi

Paxton Felix

Reggie Lee

Romeo Lucien

Sebastian Xavier

Silas Ari

Sonny Keepa

Taeo Rayne

Tai Kingston

Tynnan James

Vegas York

William Cadel

Wolf Ryder

Wyatt Blaze

Xavier Armour

Zenith Vedder

Names From Bonds Baby Search: British-ish Names

17 Saturday Mar 2012

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These are names from the British languages of Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Scotland and Brittany. I’ve called the list “British-ish” because many of the names have been Anglicised or are otherwise “inspired” by these languages rather than being strictly authentic. If you’re thinking there are many names missing, they could well turn up on other lists … Pronunciations and origins to the best of my knowledge.

GIRLS

Aneira (Welsh)

Aoife (EEF-ya – Irish)

Ashleen (variant modern Irish)

Bree (Anglicised Irish)

Bridget (Anglicised Irish)

Cailin (ka-LEEN – faux-Irish)

Carys (modern Welsh)

Ciara (KEE-ruh – Irish)

Eilish (EE-leesh – Anglicised Irish)

Fianna (fee-ANN-uh – Irish)

Isibeal (ISH-ih-bale – Irish)

Maela (MAH-el-uh – Breton)

Niamh (NEEV – Irish)

Nimueh (NIM-oo-ay – variant mythological Welsh)

Rhiannon (mythological Welsh)

Saoirse (SEER-sha – modern Irish)

Seren (modern Welsh)

Shayla (faux-Irish)

Sian (SHAHN – Welsh)

Sinead (SHIN-ayd – Irish)

Siobhan (SHIV-on – Irish)

Tegan (modern Welsh)

 

BOYS

Braith (Welsh?)

Brendan (Latinised Irish)

Bryn (Welsh)

Cadel (Welsh)

Caelan (KAY-len – Anglicised Irish)

Cian (KEEN – Irish)

Cillian (KIL-ee-an – Irish)

Denzel (variant Cornish?)

Duncan (Scottish)

Eamon (AY-mon – Irish)

Eoghan (O-in – Scottish/Irish)

Ewan (Anglicised Scottish/Irish)

Fergus (Anglicised Scottish/Irish)

Finlay (Anglicised Scottish/Irish)

Fionn (FIN – Irish)

Griffin (Latinised Welsh)

Ian (Scottish)

Jock (Scottish)

Kormak (variant Scottish/Irish)

Lorcan (Irish)

Malachy (MAL-uh-kee – Irish)

Morgan (Anglicised Welsh)

Neil (Irish/Scottish)

Oistin (OHS-teen – Irish)

Ronan (Irish)

Ruairidh (RAWR-ee – Irish)

Seirian (modern Welsh)

Shea (SHAY – Anglicised Irish)

Talisyn (variant mythological Welsh)

Taryn (variant modern Welsh?)

Tighe (TYGE – Irish)

Ludwig Mateo and Zion Wellington – Boys Name Combinations from The Gap Casting Call

23 Friday Sep 2011

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Arthur Dylan

Arthur Raphael

Cooper Jackson

Enrique John

Indiana Luke

Isaac Emmanuel

Jack Leopold

Jag Michael

Jake George

Jan Waldo

Jaydrian Sierre David

Jeremiah Tyler

Jesse Jayden

Joshua Tyler

Julian Jethro

Kristopher Vincent

Levi Jagger

Levi Marc

Lourds Angelo

Lowel Jacob

Ludwig Mateo

Nicholas Charles

Noah Bonifacio

Nyak Adrian

Oliver Bruce

Roman Preston

Thomas John

Trey Jasper

Tristan James

Yuan Lorenzo

Zion Wellington

Queenie Sue and Shugar Bella – Girls Names Combinations from The Gap Casting Call

23 Friday Sep 2011

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Abigail Bridgette

Adriana Belle

Aleah Keana

Aleyah Ashley

Allee Grace

Alyssa Kae

Amara Mia

Amity Kalila

Avalon Grace

Bella Marie

Bianca Kirana

Bridget Robyne

Charlie Rose

Charlotte Olivia

Danica Jaina

Edith Kitty

Emily Grace

Evangelina Skye

Grace Serenity

Hannah Rose

Holly Marie

Honour Violet

Isabella Grace (2)

Isabella Mia

Isabella Rose

Jaena Kelsi

Jamie Aerin

Kaylii Erin

Keomi Bree

Kiera Joy

Lily Rose

Maria Luiza

Mia Grace

Mia Lili

Michaela Angelina

Mikaela Jamie

Queenie Sue

Rajaa’ Nour

Sahara Ithaca

Samantha Olivia

Shaday Maria Juana

Shugar Bella

Sierra Rose

Sisley Yve

Sophia India

Tiami Mac

Yve Pearl

Zara Laine

Zoe Melody