Baby Name Tuesday: Week 9

Hello all! Today, for this BNT, we will be focusing on the most popular names of the 1910s.  This BNT is going to be a questionnaire, giving you popular names from the 1910s corresponding with your  answers. For example,

Girl's Name #1
FN What is your favorite color?
Blue- Betty
Green- Gabrielle
Yellow- Yolanda
Red- Rachael
MN What is your favorite pet?
Dog- Daphne
Hamster-Helena
Bird- Britton
Cat- Catalina
So, if your favorite color was green and your favorite pet was a bird, the girl's name would be Gabrielle Britton. Cool right? You can use this game to make "families" but it's really just for fun!

Boy's Name #1
FN What's your favorite Disney Channel show out of the following?
Good Luck Charlie- Charles
Austin and Ally- Angelo
Shake It Up- Sylvester
Jessie- Julius
MN Out of these destinations, which you would most like to visit?
Santorini, Greece- Glen
Edinburgh, Scotland- Frederick
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil- Bernard
Canberra, Australia- Forrest

Boy's Name #2
FN What's your favorite sport out of the following?
Soccer- Ivan
Gymnastics/Cheerleading- Clayton
Ice Hockey- Orville
Softball- Lawrence
MN Out of these, what's your favorite flavor of chips?
Barbecue- Fred
Sour Cream and Onion- Peter
Chedder- Leonard
Plain-Michael

Girl's Name #1
FN What's your favorite clothing brand out of the following?
Forever 21- Julia
Hollister- Virginia
Delia's- Josephine
Nike- Mattie
MN Out of the following, which is your favorite country singer/group?
Lady Antebellum- Blanche
Taylor Swift- Lorraine
Carrie Underwood-Lucile
Miranda Lambert- Eloise

Girl's Name #2
FN What is your favorite game out of the following?
Life- Carolyn
Clue- Addie
Yahtzee- Geneva
Operation- Vera
MN What's your favorite summer camp activity?
Archery- Rosemary
Arts and Crafts- Sylvia
Swimming/Water Activities- Alma
Drama- Mabel

So, what names did you get? I got Charles Glen, Clayton Peter, Josephine Lucile, and Addie Mabel. I think all of these are names very classic and somewhat cute, but I don't think I would ever actually use them. :-)
~Margaux

Baby Name Tuesday: Week 8

Hello! Can you believe it's week 8? :-O Already? Wow! Well, this week I'm still continuing on with my decade series, but also combining it with celebrity baby names (which was the winner in my poll). I hope you like it!

This week, I'm focusing on most popular baby names from 1900-1909. Many celebrities within the past 6 years have chosen very vintage (yet gorgeous) names for their kids. Here are some below!

Tori Spelling and her husband welcomed Hattie Margaret last year. Both of these names were very popular in the 1900s (Hattie was #64 and Margaret was #3).

Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson’s first daughter, Pearl Bailey, was born in 2005, however her name has been around for a lot longer. Pearl was #31 in the 1900s.

Angeline Jolie and Brad Pitt have a beautiful little girl named Vivienne. While her spelling wasn't very popular in the 1900s, the more traditional spelling of Vivian was #129.

Jennifer Garner and her husband Ben Affleck welcomed baby Samuel this year. He is just precious- and Samuel (#39) is such a cute name.

Last year, Prince Frederik and Princess Margaret of Denmark welcomed twins! Both have very classic and vintage names. The oldest is Prince Vincent (#114) Frederik Minik Alexander (#97) and his twin sister is Princess Josephine (#37) Sophia (#196) Ivalo Mathilda.

These are just some of the many celebrity vintage baby names out there! Personally, my favorites would have to be Vivienne and Samuel. What are yours?

You can view the entire list of popular 1900s name right here.

What do you think of this post? Did you like learning about celebrity baby names? Please tell me in the comments!

~Margaux

p.s. I don't own any of the photos. 

Baby Name Tuesday: Week 7

Hello guys!
Today for this Baby Name Tuesday, we will be talking about the most popular baby names in the 1890s! For this week, here's a fun baby name to go with the most popular names from the 1890s. (You may remember this game from BNT: Week 4.) For those of you don't know how to play, simply find the girl name and the boy name that corresponds with your birth month (the first name) and your birth date (the middle name). Then you end up with 2 very old-timey names!


Girls' Names
month (first name):
January = Ruth
February = Bessie
March = Gertrude
April = Frances
May = Lillie
June = Iva
July = Nina
August = Eliza
September = Belle
October = Frieda
November = Madeline
December = Delia

date (middle name):
01 = Celia
02 = Genevieve
03 = Amelia
04 = Lela
05 = Emily
06 = Ellen
07 = Ruby
08 = Katherine
09 = Viola
10 = Maggie
11 = Nora
12 = Effie
13 = Anne
14 = Eleanor
15 = Lucille
16 = Dorothy
17 = Mae
18 = Stella
19 = Rosa
20 = Amanda
21 = Rebecca
22 = Violet
23 = Amy
24 = Verna
25 = Sophia
26 = Isabelle
27 = Josephine
28 = Ada
29 = Lucy
30 = Mamie
31 = Pearl


Boys' Names
month (first name):
January = Ernest
February = Roy
March = Charles
April = Clarence
May = Oscar
June = Jesse
July = Alfred
August = Russell
September = Clifford
October = Jacob
November = Edwin
December = Theodore


date (middle name):
01 = Calvin
02 = Dave
03 = Dan
04 = Nathan
05 = Wesley
06 = Mack
07 = Emmett
08 = Matthew
09 = Harrison
10 = Kenneth
11 = Anthony
12 = Michael
13 = Floyd
14 = Louis
15 = William
16 = Simon
17 = Jasper
18 = Owen
19 = Aaron
20 = Clinton
21 = Cornelius
22 = Ross
23 = Roscoe
24 = Harrison
25 = Wilbur
26 = Vernon
27 = Bennie
28 = Percy
29 = Willard
30 = August
31 = Nelson

I got Delia Lucille and Theodore William (my birthday is December 15). I kind of like both of them! What did you get? You can see the full list of most popular 1890s names here.

~Margaux

Baby Name Tuesday: Week 6

Hey guys! The top winner on my poll (as of now) says the most liked BNT topic is a decade series! So, I'm going to start with the 1880s. Why? Because that is the first Social Security name list on the website. You can see the full list here.

For this decade series, each week I will talk about a new decade, some similarities of names then and now, favorite names, and/or least favorite names. It will be a whole lot of fun!

So the top ten names for boys and girls in the 1880s are as follows:

Girls

1. Mary
2. Anna
3. Emma
4. Elizabeth
5. Margaret 
6. Minnie 
7. Ida
8. Bertha
9. Clara
10. Alice

Boys

1. John
2. William
3. James
4. George
5. Charles 
6. Frank
7. Joseph
8. Henry
9. Thomas
10. Edward

If you look closely at each name list, you may recognize some names- either as kids in your class or as your grandparent's names! You may recognize some of the girls' names on the list from my vintage name post a few weeks ago. While Margaret, Elizabeth, and Mary are classics, Alice, Clara, and Emma are popular vintage names right now. Alice, Clara, and Emma dropped in the 1900s, but are rising very quickly as part of this vintage-names trend.

As for boys names, those on the list are classics- timeless and will always be popular. But some names, like Edward are falling (maybe it's the Twilight association?) and Henry (LOVE this name) is rising.

Some of my other favorite 1880s names not mentioned in list are Nina, Eva, Louis, and Harvey. What are yours?

But please, Bertha and Alva (yes, it's for a boy) don't ever come back into style!

Over and out,

~Margaux

Baby Name Tuesday: Week 5

Hey! What's your favorite baby naming trend? Do you even know what that means? Well a baby name trend is basically a popular streak that has a certain style of names. Like Biblical names (Rebekah Jedidiah), mythological names (Athena, Orion), and funky hipster names (Clementine,  Magnus). But, right now vintage names are in and I LOVE them!

Unlike vintage clothing, I love vintage names! The girls' names are feminine, fresh, and delicate, while the boys' are masculine, classic, and are hidden gems. Here are some of my favorites!

Warning: the list below may contain your great-grandparents names.

Girls
Vivian- means "life," Latin name
Evelyn- means "desired," English name
Minnie- means "resolute protection," German name
June-  Latin month name
Clara- means "bright, clear," Latin name
Josephine- means "Jehovah increases"
Lillian- means "lily, a flower," English from Latin name
Genevieve- means "woman of the people," French from a German name

Boys
Leo- means "lion," Latin name
Charlie- means "free man," English name
Victor- means "conqueror," Latin name
Everett- means "brave as a wild boar," English variation on a German name
Henry- means "estate ruler," German name
Benjamin- means "son of the right hand," Hebrew name
Theodore- means "gift of God," Greek name

So, what are some of your favorite vintage names? You can see the full list here.

~Margaux

Baby Name Tuesday: Week 4

Hello, hello, hello! Here is a long overdue baby name Tuesday week 4 post! It's been over a month since I lasted posted one of these fun name posts and I am getting back in the swing of things. This week, I have planned out an Olympic post (can you believe it's been a month since the opening ceremony) and hopefully my Florida pics will be posted as well.

Anyways, today I'm going to do a baby name game! Have you ever heard one of these? Well there are many types. Some include creating a mini life (like MASH) or basing an entire family off of a photo of a house, but today I'm going to do a simpler one- this game you have no control over on the outcome. It's all about your birthday! It's easy- find the girl name and the boy name that corresponds with your birth month (the first name) and your birth date (the middle name). Have fun!

Girls' Names

month (first name):

January = Joyce

February = Flavia

March = Minerva

April = Astra

May = Mirabel

June = Jolie

July = Juliet

August = Arabella

September = Stella

October = Olga

November = Nell

December = Diana

date (middle name):

01 = Amica

02 = Coco

03 = Ruby

04 = Stephanie

05 = Mina

06 = Quinn

07 = Itzel

08 = Katniss

09 = Madeleine

10 = Tuesday

11 = Prima

12 = Rebecca

13 = Magnolia

14 = Pearl

15 = Wren

16 = Primrose

17 = Josephine

18 = Elaine

19 = Dahlia

20 = Amelia

21 = Molly

22 = Nina

23 = Nylah

24 = Cora

25 = Thisbe

26 = Musetta

27 = Ophelia

28 = Hazel

29 = Elizabeth

30 = Karina

31 = Savannah

Boys' Names

month (first name):

January = Jagger

February = Fox

March = Maverick

April = Adriano

May = Miguel

June = Johan

July = José

August = Alastair

September = Silvano

October = Octavio

November = Nolan

December = Declan

date (middle name):

01 = Alvin

02 = Caesar

03 = Remy

04 = Espen

05 = Mackenzie

06 = Ryan

07 = Payton

08 = Teagan

09 = Atticus

10 = Aubrey

11 = Fidel

12 = Rhett

13 = Logan

14 = Hendrix

15 = Christopher

16 = Cullen

17 = Thurston

18 = Wolf

19 = Jack

20 = Gabriel

21 = Potter

22 = Isaac

23 = Evan

24 = Liam

25 = Emerson

26 = Cedro

27 = Micah

28 = Noah

29 = Bruno

30 = Robin

31 = Charles

My birthday is December 15 so my names are Diana Wren and Declan Christopher. So, what did you get? I would love to know!

~Margaux

Baby Name Tuesday: Week 3

Hey! Have you ever read a baby name book? Well, this past week, I opened up Beyond Jennifer and Jason, Madison and Montana: What to Name Your Baby Now, and it was great! Unlike traditional baby name books with the names spelled out with meanings and pronunciation keys like a dictionary, this book explored 6 areas of names- had many fun lists along the way. One of my most favorite features of this book was the history component. For example, did you know that Margaret is sometimes considered the national Scottish female name? Or that in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 21% of girls were named Mary, 17% Elizabeth, and 15% Sarah? This book also goes into trends- why parents pick the names they do, but also which picks are perfect for a fashionista in the making, or a macho man.

Above is a list of "truly unisex" location and place names. Although I disagree with several names on this list. For one, I think Paris is definitely a girls' name, and Devon? A boys' name.

I would think this book is appropriate for girls' 11 and up. :-)

Join Baby Name Tuesday with a fun name post today!

Bye for now! ~Margaux

Baby Name Tuesday: Week 2

Hey! Once in a while, I check out my favorite baby name website- Nameberry. It's a really easy to use site and they have basically every baby name. But, they also have blog posts about (what else?) names- from names that mean "blond" to names from famous TV series and movies. So, I decided to learn about names from my favorite books. See if you can guess which books they are from! (If it's to tricky, you can unscramble them with the pink letters below the names.)

Katniss the flower/root (on top) and
Katniss the character (below).

Katniss- Guess what? Katniss is actually a real plant! Because it's the name of the plant, I actually couldn't find a meaning of the name, but I still think it's pretty darn cool.
(Manege Her Thugs)

Sirius- This is not only the name of one of the bright glimpses of hope in a certain book series, but also the name of the brightest star in the sky. Fitting with the being the name of a star, it means "burning."
(Throat Pryer)

Anna- I've never met an "Anna" who was mean! And the meaning is perfectly fitting: "grace." I love this sweet, classic name. What's also cool about it is that it has many international varitations- try the Danish Ane or the Russian Anya.
(Seeker Types Rims)

Isaac- This Biblical (and totally gorgeous name) is rising in popularity and bright meaning to go with it- "laughter." Love it! Like Anna, it has many international variations: Izak (Scandinavian), Isaakios (Greek), Ysaac (Spanish) and many more.
(A Flashier Nut Tutors)

Willa- Sweet and graceful, I absolutely love this name! Besides being the name of one my favorite female heroins, this name is quite unpopular. It has the rather odd meaning of "resolute protection."
(A Ad Hedged Glen Newsprint Thru)


Can you guess the book titles? What are some of your favorite literary baby names?
Join Baby Name Tuesday!




Thanks and have fun!
~Margaux

ps. Check out my sister's brand new blog!

Baby Name Tuesday: Week 1

Hola! This week I'm starting a new thing thing called Baby Name Tuesday! Where I blog about baby names... on Tuesday. Very creative, but hey, the title's got the whole message so I think we're good here. So, anywho let me update you on where I've been, because I've been MIA for the past billion years. My...  wonderful... teachers decided to through a dream house project, a cultural fair, and exams all due/occurring on the same week. On top of that, two field trips and a piano recital. Fun, right? Luckily, I stayed on top of the game and am finished on everything except my last two exams because I didn't go to school today. Because I had a migraine.

Anyways, today for Baby Name Tuesday, I'm going to do a fun would-you-rather baby name game. I have to games- a game on similar names and a game on different spellings. Have fun!

Spellings (my personal favorites are underlined)
Would You Rather...

1. Emilie or Emily
2. Sara or Sarah
3. Mikayla or McKayla
4. Anabel or Annabelle
5. Riley or Reilly
6. Stephen or Steven
7. Dylan or Dillon
8. Shawn or Shaun
9. Madeline or Madelyn
10. Alyson or Allison

Similar Names (my personal favorites are underlined)

Would You Rather...

1. Rosalie or Rosalind
2. Julia or Julie
3. Lily or Liliana
4. Eliza or Elizabeth
5. Claire or Clara
6. Albert or Alfred
7. Pippa or Poppy
8. Archer or Asher
9. Taylor or Tyler (for boys)
10. Adair of Blair

~Margaux

Favorite Baby Names (as of 5-4-12)

Hello! I'm going to try to post every single darn day. Because, in a blog that is about your life, it should be updated frequently!

So, today, I'm going to post about my favorite baby names- for girls and boys. Some are bit out there, others are new ones added to this ever changing list, and still some are classics that I have loved for a long while.

girls
1. Gabrielle- I've met many people who dislike this name, but I always ask them why. To me, it's a glamorous, classic French name with a hint of sophistication! I personally love it- it's also not very popular.
2. Claire- While venturing on NameBerry for fun facts about Claire, I found that this spunky name has many international versions. Some of my favorites are Klara (Slavic), Clairette (French), and Chiara (Italian).
3. Helena- This is such a sweet version of the rather common name "Helen." I personally love the sound of this name and the meaning of the name- "bright, shining one." It's such a sweet, yet spunky name!
4. Scarlett- A little bit classy, a little bit mysterious, but all over sophisticated, this is a timeless name that I have come to love! This sweet Southern name has a meaning all too predictable (it means "red"), but this name, in my opinion, is very mysterious...
5. Vienna- Don't you just love the sound of this stylish name? Besides being the capital of Austria, this name is just perfect for a girl who loves traveling- but is also very sophisticated!
6. Emmeline- I love this sweet, classic name! It's actually the French from of the German name, Amelina. (I have a thing for French names!) I personally prefer it to it's German counterpart, and love the nickname "Emmy" for it!.
7. Arden- I don't normally like names that were originally boys' names or forest names, in the case of Arden (Arden was the name of the forest in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"), but I love this very tomboy and spunky name.

boys
1. Sirius- Totally Harry Potter, but totally amazing, this is a name that I love, but would never use! For obvious reasons, it's a bit too out there for me.
2. Benjamin- I'm a sucker for classic names, and Benjamin is no exception! Simply classic, and very popular, Benjamin is a timeless name that means "son of the right hand."
3. Nicholas- I love the sound of this name- very free-spirited and timeless. It's also the name of one of my favorite Saints- good 'ole St. Nick!
4. Nathaniel- I love this name! It's very classy and old-timish but I feel it could work for anyone now. It also has a few international versions! Like Nathanael (French), Nataniele (Italian), and Natanael (Swedish).
5. William- So sweet. And yes, classic. This has so many nicknames, you would never run out! Here are a few of my favorites: Will, Willie (no, not free), Liam, and Bill.

Happy Star Wars Day! (May the Fourth be with you!)
~Margaux

ps. don't own photo