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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Name Updates!

Update on Baby Naming Issue: Okay to Use the Same Sibling Names as Another Family?
Update on Baby Naming Issue: Are Elijah and Elliot Too Similar for Cousins?
Update (and photo!) on Middle Name Challenge; Family Honor Names in a Divided Family; Honor Names vs. Dearly Loved Names
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Reference Section (Endlessly Under Construction Because I Can't Figure Out How to Manage It)

  • How to Find Baby Name Data: Rankings, Numbers, State, Non-Top-1000
  • Preventing an Unwanted Nickname
  • Politely Using a Name Used By Friends
  • Altering Honor Names: Too Much of a Stretch?
  • Sibling Names for a Child With a Gender-Neutral/Opposite-Gender Name
  • One Parent Loves the Name, the Other is "Fine" With It
  • What to Do When Someone Else Uses the Name You'd Decided On
  • Keeping Somone Else From Stealing the Name
  • How to Tell if a Name Will Get Popular
  • Avoiding a Name That's About to Get Popular
  • Dealing With the Family's Negative Reaction
  • When None of the Names Seem Good
  • Should Sibling Names Go Together?
  • Do Name Meanings Matter?
  • Someone Stole Our Name
  • When Other People Don't Like the Baby's Name
  • Going By the Middle Name
  • Changing One's Name as an Adult
  • Avoiding a "Dated" Name
  • Preferences vs. Requirements
  • Using One Child's Middle Name as a Subsequent Child's First Name
  • Four-Syllable Girl Names with the Emphasis on the Second Syllable
  • Last-Minute Doubts
  • Baby Naming Advice for First-Time Parents
  • Advice for First-Time Parents 1
  • Advice for First-Time Parents 2
  • The Top 100 is Not the Kiss of Death
  • Even the Top 10 is Not the Kiss of Death
  • Namer's Remorse
  • Changing the Baby's Name
  • Baby Name Regret 1
  • Baby Name Regret 2
  • Baby Name Regret 3
  • An Account of Baby Name Regret
  • Choosing Between Two Finalists