Baby Name Pondering

My husband was recently quite unwell. What I at first thought was just a typical bout of “Man Flu” turned out to require a visit to the ...

Photo Courtesy of Lisa Visser Fine Art When we think of Halloween, we think of nighttime and shadows. It's black bats, black cats, ...

A Cerberus doesn't have to be scary - fantastic artwork by Evolvana It's October again, which means another month of Halloween ...

Image Courtesy of Dani Brubaker I sometimes think that parents in the rural area I grew up in were some very adventurous namers. Fair...

It's not unusual for people (especially name lovers) to name their toys. Sometimes the toymakers give us a helping hand and name t...

Photo Courtesy of Unposed Kids Like many people, I hadn't heard of the name Brahminy (pronounced brah-MUH-nee) before - until I saw...

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

Photo Courtesy of JME Portraits If you're looking for a nature name inspired by Valentines Day, it's pretty hard to go past H...

For something a little different, I thought I'd share a birth announcement I saw in Melbourne's ' Herald Sun' newspap...

Kitana with her deadly fans from the video game ' Mortal Kombat ' For many people (especially girls it seems) an interest in na...

My next Halloween post has gone up on Nameberry instead today! It's a list of names inspired by some pretty nasty (and some not-so...

A couple of months ago there was a birth announcement at Waltzing More Than Matilda that caught my eye. You may have noticed it too - it...

Todays name comes from the show (and Quebec based company) Cavalia, which is currently performing here in Australia. The full name of the...

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

Happy New Year! As one year has ended and another one started, I thought it would be a good day to consider the name Phoenix. In Greek ...