Baby Name Pondering

This gem is partly inspired by a kick-ass Australian guitarist, and partly by my husband. In that he saw a television interview with Rich...

Celestina - she's strong yet feminine and lacy, a beautiful name inspired by the night sky. I came across Celestina as a 'contesta...

We've been having a nostalgia fest in our house lately, and one of my old favourites that I revisited was the movie ' Troop Beverly...

Photo Courtesy of Mali Workman Photography Laurel is one of those names it seems like I've always admired. Unlike some names thou...

Between the above recent birth notice, and this one for Fenris Leander from February, I'm starting to get the impression that Star ...

Jane Fonda as Barbarella in the movie of the same name has become an iconic image. The character is a young woman who travels among vario...

Photo courtesy of Alison Griffiths He feels like a somewhat old world, somewhat aristocratic name. I can just picture boys named Toph...

Photo courtesy of Tammy B Photography Have you ever come across a name in a book that just feels so perfect as a name that you wonder w...

Musical Artist Fiora Like Fiona or Flora, but want something a little different and a lot rarer? Then how about Fiora. Fiora (prono...

Gorgeous photo by Nika Shatova For many girls (or maybe it's just me), there are two images of Enid in our minds. The first Enid i...

With the current popularity of place names, it's somewhat surprising that this gem hasn't yet made a mark upon the American to...

' The Golden Girls ' - Blanche, Dorothy, Sophia and Rose played by Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty and Betty White ...

' Taurus' by Lynnette Shelley I noticed this one recently on a boy who had been entered in the 2012 Bonds Baby competition, an...

As a Gladiator, Spartacus would have used a Cestus When I first heard this word (pronounced KEHS-tiss) I immediately thought what a grea...

King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands and wife Queen Máxima at the inauguration ceremony   Seems that Max names for girls have been ...

Eva Mendes plays Romina in ' The Place Beyond The Pines ', opposite Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper If you like your girls name...

OK, so I'll admit that todays inspiration came from a not-quite-glamorous source. I was looking at a bottle of toner (made by Nivea)...

New ' Doctor Who ' Companion Clara, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman ' Doctor Who ' is back on our screens, this time wit...

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...

Five year old Victorian girl Tempany after donating her hair to cancer patients for wigs Saturday was Australia Day, but because the act...