A: Ava (number 5), Andrew (number 8)
B: Brianna (20), Benjamin (24)
C: Chloe (18), Christopher (7)
D: Destiny (37), Daniel (6)
E: Emily (1), Ethan (4)
F: Faith (64), Fernando (151)
G: Grace (17), Gabriel (28)
H: Hannah (8), Hunter (54)
I: Isabella (4), Isaiah (40)
J: Jasmine (29), Jacob (1)
K: Kayla (26), Kevin (37)
L: Lauren (24), Logan (19)
M: Madison (3), Michael (2)
N: Natalie (16), Noah (15)
O: Olivia (7), Owen (58)
P: Paige (76), Patrick (110)
Q: Quinn (540/girls), Quinn (282/boys)
R: Rachel (49), Ryan (14)
S: Sophia (9), Samuel (25)
T: Taylor (22), Tyler (18)
U: None for girls, Uriel (403)
V: Victoria (28), Victor (104)
W: Wendy (354), William (10)
X: Ximena (393), Xavier (78)
Y: Yasmin (324), Yahir (387)
Z: Zoe (54), Zachary (33)
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
The Second and Third of My Celeb Baby Predictions
Sacha Baron-Cohen and Isla Fisher welcomed their daughter on October 19. They have not publically confirmed it, but her name is rumored to be Olive.
How I came out: I got the gender wrong, first off. Darn. I was also wrong about them using a religious name-- though now that I think of it olives are mentioned in the Bible, and some sources state that Noah's dove brought back a leaf from an olive tree after the flood. So I'll give myself half-credit for that.
I was pleasantly surprised by this name. Given Olivia's amazing rise in popularity over the past decade, and the fact that Oliver's coming up right behind it, Olive has been left by the dusty wayside. It's a sedate, plainer version of Olivia and Oliver, but that kind of quietness has it's own charms (see the Fireside Names entry for names in the same style). Additionally, Olive has the forgotten retro feel that is super-hot in artistic urban circles. It's a stand-out choice-- a round of applause to Mr. Cohen and Ms. Fisher.
Famous Olives:
Olive Marie Osmond, better known as Marie Osmond
Olive Higgins Prouty, author of Now, Voyager and Stella Dallas (both of which have been made into movies-- Now, Voyager was a Bette Davis film, and the lovely Barbara Stanwyck appeared in the original Stella Dallas). She was also a patron of the poet Sylvia Plath, providing the scholarship that enabled her to attend Smith and paying for her psychiatric hospitalization after her first suicide attempt. Plath featured a fictionalized version of Prouty in The Bell Jar.
Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly Buffington, welcomed their boy/girl twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace today, November 8. These are their first children together; Dennis has one son, Jack Henry, from his previous marriage to Meg Ryan.
How I Did: They announced the genders, so no surprise there. My thoughts here were "something popular but not misspelled or made-up." And score! Thomas and Zoe are both in the top 100 as of the 2006 United States statistics. I have no clue where Boone came from; Grace is the default middle name choice (along with Rose) of every girl born in the past five years. But overall, I'm very pleased. Thomas and Zoe are flawless choices, and they sound great with Quaid, which is a rather difficult last name to pair things with.
Famous Parents with a Zoe:
John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands
Woody Harrelson
Samuel L. Jackson
Melina Kanakaredes
Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet
Audra McDonald
Henry Winkler
Famous Parents with a Thomas:
Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Haden Guest
How I came out: I got the gender wrong, first off. Darn. I was also wrong about them using a religious name-- though now that I think of it olives are mentioned in the Bible, and some sources state that Noah's dove brought back a leaf from an olive tree after the flood. So I'll give myself half-credit for that.
I was pleasantly surprised by this name. Given Olivia's amazing rise in popularity over the past decade, and the fact that Oliver's coming up right behind it, Olive has been left by the dusty wayside. It's a sedate, plainer version of Olivia and Oliver, but that kind of quietness has it's own charms (see the Fireside Names entry for names in the same style). Additionally, Olive has the forgotten retro feel that is super-hot in artistic urban circles. It's a stand-out choice-- a round of applause to Mr. Cohen and Ms. Fisher.
Famous Olives:
Olive Marie Osmond, better known as Marie Osmond
Olive Higgins Prouty, author of Now, Voyager and Stella Dallas (both of which have been made into movies-- Now, Voyager was a Bette Davis film, and the lovely Barbara Stanwyck appeared in the original Stella Dallas). She was also a patron of the poet Sylvia Plath, providing the scholarship that enabled her to attend Smith and paying for her psychiatric hospitalization after her first suicide attempt. Plath featured a fictionalized version of Prouty in The Bell Jar.
Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly Buffington, welcomed their boy/girl twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace today, November 8. These are their first children together; Dennis has one son, Jack Henry, from his previous marriage to Meg Ryan.
How I Did: They announced the genders, so no surprise there. My thoughts here were "something popular but not misspelled or made-up." And score! Thomas and Zoe are both in the top 100 as of the 2006 United States statistics. I have no clue where Boone came from; Grace is the default middle name choice (along with Rose) of every girl born in the past five years. But overall, I'm very pleased. Thomas and Zoe are flawless choices, and they sound great with Quaid, which is a rather difficult last name to pair things with.
Famous Parents with a Zoe:
John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands
Woody Harrelson
Samuel L. Jackson
Melina Kanakaredes
Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet
Audra McDonald
Henry Winkler
Famous Parents with a Thomas:
Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Haden Guest
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