Baby Name Pondering

I have looked at many, many lists of Halloween and "spooky, scary" type name lists and I have to say I'm surprised I have...

Photo Courtesy of Mali Workman I've been hearing this charmer more and more often lately, and it's great that it seems to be wo...

There's Blaine if you want an 80's preppy feel; Blake if you want a masculine, soap opera-esque feel. But if you want edgy and ube...

Photo courtesy of Beloved Photography In recent months I have covered a couple of names with connections to Buddhism. The first - Avi...

There's something undeniably attractive about one syllable names. They're a good option if you want an (almost) nickname proof...

Photo courtesy of Mali Workman Photography "On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, ten Lords a-leaping" ...

Photo Courtesy of Milk & Honey Photography "On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, eight maids-a-milking...

Mike Vogel plays Dale "Barbie" Barbara in the CBS TV adaptation of Stephen King's ' Under The Dome' There may not...

Rugby Player Braith Anasta When I was having a look at the entrants in the Bonds Baby Search competition recently, there was one boys n...

Love reading and writing? Love the idea of names inspired by this love? But it can be so hard to pick just one iconic writer, book or ch...

The Possum Magic Float in the 2010 Christmas Parade  in Adelaide, South Australia If you have been a child in Australia at any time sin...

Johnny Depp and Captain Jack Sparrow - two great J names I recently read a great post at Nancy's Baby Names about the most popular ...

Photography by Glow Portraits , crown available at  etsy A couple of weeks ago I met a guy called Lor. Yes, that's his real name,...

Cutie Bram - gorgeous photograph by Glow Foto It's hard to do a month of Halloween baby names and not mention Bram. Firstly, Bram (S...

Kaitlyn Jenkins plays "Boo" on Bunheads Boo would be such a fun Halloween name! It's what ghosts (supposedly) say to scare...

Jenna Von Oy, who played teenager Six in 90's show 'Blossom' Six would be an inspired if not extremely quirky Halloween name...

One syllable names are great things. They can be cute and spunky. They can be simple and lovely on girls, or abrupt and strong on boys. A...