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Celebrity Baby Names: Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
It’s a baby girl for actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem—and they’ve named their daughter Luna Encinas. (She joins big brother Leonardo.) Luna means moon, and has become a hot name ever since J.K....
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Hot Baby Names: The 16 hottest choices of 2013 (so far)
What will you name your baby? The hot baby names making the most dramatic leaps up the popularity list at Nameberry so far this year include names inspired by a beloved literary character, a historic...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Vince Vaughn’s New Son
Vince Vaughn and his wife Kyla welcome a son this week, joining big sister Locklyn Kyla. And the new boy’s name? Vernon Lindsay. Vernon is an English baby name that means “place of alders,” and it’s...
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UK’s Top Baby Names: What’s Hot Across the Pond
Britain and the U.S. may have a lot in common, but the top baby names aren’t one of them! In the UK, the top baby names are Harry and Amelia, yet again—names that aren’t anywhere near the top of the...
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Do You Have the Right to Name Your Baby What You Want?
According to one judge in Tennessee, not so much. Messiah DeShawn Martin’s parents couldn’t agree on a name for their baby, so they took their battle to court. A child support magistrate in Tennessee...
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Cool Name of the Week: Athena
My daughter Katie has developed a real passion for Greek mythology—she’s devoured a beginner’s book we’d bought for her, and is plowing her way through the Percy Jackson series, too. (“Seaweed brain”...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Today Show’s Jenna Wolfe’s New Daughter
The Today Show’s Jenna Wolfe and her partner, NBC foreign correspondent Stephanie Gosk, welcomed a baby girl today. Harper Estelle Wolfeld Gosk was born at 7:31 this evening. (Talk about getting the...
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Cool Name of the Week: Robin
Odds are, you’ve probably heard the “song of the summer,” Robin Thicke’s controversial “Blurred Lines,” about a billion times. (Unless, of course, you have kids and don’t think lyrics like “must wanna...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Michael Buble’s Boy, Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s Son
Two celebrities just shared the news of new babies. Crooner Michael Bublé and wife Luisana Lopilato have a new son to sing lullabies to—his name is Noah. And Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler and fiancé...
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Cool Name of the Week: Annabel
My daughters start school this week—and while I’ve loved having them home this summer, I think we’re all ready to start a brand new school year. My older daughter is heading into fourth grade, which I...
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Baby Name Dilemma: My Family Hates the Name I Picked!
Reader Daisy fell in love with a cool name that some of her family members don’t quite adore. Here’s her plea: Please help me!!! I am expecting a baby girl due in December and I’m having issues with...
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Alternative Baby Names—Which Do You Like Better?
So this week, we’ve been spending time with an adorable girl named Charlie—but her formal name is Charlene, not the more popular Charlotte. (Charlene feels a little more unexpected, right?) So I...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Baby #2 for Mario Lopez
It’s a boy for Extra host (and Saved By the Bell alum) Mario Lopez and his wife, Courtney. Son Dominic joins big sister Gia Francesca—a sweet sibling pair, don’t you think? Dominic means “belonging to...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Two Cool “N” Ending Names
It’s a bumper crop of boys in the celebrisphere this week, as two stars welcomed new sons—and gave them names that are hot with other celebrities. First, Jordana Brewster (you’ll know her from Dallas)...
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Cool Name of the Week: Walter
I came late to the Breaking Bad party—it seems like all of my favorite shows are on Sunday nights, and my DVR can only manage so many. And I’m still not quite caught up to where this final season is...
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Off-the-Beaten-Path Geographic Baby Names
Brooklyn, London, Madison, Jordan, Camden and Austin—the top baby names are all over the map, literally! But if you’re looking for an exotic place name that isn’t quite so high on the popularity list,...
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Throwback Thursday: 1920s Baby Names
Today’s baby-name time machine takes us all the way back to the 1920s. You’ll find some familiar names in the top 25—James and William were both in the top 10 for boys back then, and stalwarts like...
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Throwback Thursday: 1950s Baby Names
It’s time to take the baby name time machine back to the era of poodle skirts and young Elvis. And while the baby name Elvis reached its peak back in 1957 (it was #312 then), the most popular names...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Boys for a Hanson and a Homeland Star
Two celebrity baby boys made their debut this week—first came Mmm-Bopper Zac Hanson’s brand new son, George Abraham Walker Hanson, then came Homeland star Morena Baccarin’s son, Julius. George is...
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Bewitching Halloween Baby Names for Girls
This really must be the season of the witch—there’s two great witchy new shows, The Witches of East End and American Horror Story: Coven—and now there’s even talk of a Charmed reboot. The cool thing is...
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