baby-names
Don't Name Your Baby "Kaya" Like Hayden Panettiere Did
Leah Finnegan · 12/15/14 12:40PMTila Tequila Gave Her Baby Totally Normal Name
Leah Finnegan · 11/18/14 10:53AMFuck This Vox Baby Name Chart
Leah Finnegan · 11/17/14 01:15PMAs the Baby Name Critic was finishing her second Americano today, her editor informed her that her responsibilities at Gawker.com have expanded to include not just celebrity baby names, but analyses of baby-name data when necessary. Then the Baby Name Critic was sent this chart, from the Randian Costco of websites, Vox.com.
Parents Did Not Name Their Twins Ghostface and Raekwon Lieberman
Rich Juzwiak · 06/16/14 10:20AMAmong the Baby Names Banned in New Zealand: Justice, Anal, 4Real
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/01/13 01:08PMBaby-Naming Website Admits It Made Up Story About Woman Who Agreed to Let the Internet Name Her Baby
Neetzan Zimmerman · 03/04/13 03:52PM2012's Definitive List Of Unusual Baby Names Will Destroy Your Soul
Drew Magary · 12/12/12 03:10PMThe American baby-naming crisis was already getting out of hand prior to this week, with names like Jaydien being thrown around by white trash parents who are actively trying to damage America's reputation. But now the problem is worsening. Yesterday, the people at BabyCenter—the site you go to when your child has glued his own nipples together and you need advice from parents who have experienced similar issues—unveiled their list of unusual baby names for 2012, names that were given to at least TWO children during the course of the year. The list is terrifying.
‘Mitt’ and ‘Barack’ Are Brothers Now. Not ‘Brothas’ Like Romney Might Say, Then Feel Nervous About. Real Brothers.
Caity Weaver · 11/08/12 04:46PMWhat Should We Re-Name Uma Thurman's Baby?
Caity Weaver · 10/18/12 03:56PMEnglish People Suck at Naming Kids: List of Top Baby Names Reveals No Jayden, Aiden, or Mason
Caity Weaver · 08/13/12 05:16PMThe Baby Names in This Mothering Forum Are Amazing
Maureen O'Connor · 03/02/12 02:59PMI recently came to terms with the fact that, if I ever have babies, I will probably give them ridiculous names. (Elbow Macaroni O'Connor.) This is because I lack self-determination and thus am perpetually at the mercy of pointless trends, and also because people with cool names are actually cooler than the rest of us. I am certain of this because, as a young female with a lame old lady name, I am human evidence of the inverse of this principle.
Internet Parents Unleash a Wave of 'Arianna' Babies
Ryan Tate · 01/05/12 08:57PMThis Is a Really Bad Idea for a Baby Name
Brian Moylan · 09/28/11 03:57PMKate Hudson Named Her Baby 'Bing'
Maureen O'Connor · 07/14/11 04:25PMKate Hudson and half-porcupine baby daddy Matt Bellamy (How did they make the baby? Carefully!) named their child "Bingham 'Bing' Hawn Bellamy." Best Microsoft product placement ever? "For those wondering, Bingham is my mum's maiden name and Bing Russell was Kurt's dad. Family connections all around," Matt explained. [@MattBellamy, ABCNews, image via Getty]