Baby Names
# baby-names - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
# baby-names - Thursday 2 May, 2013
What’s the craziest baby name you’ve ever heard?
“Anal”, “Minister” and “Lucifer” have all been banned in New Zealand.
# baby-names - Monday 31 December, 2012
19 excellent names for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s baby
“Kliff Huxtable”.
# baby-names - Thursday 13 December, 2012
16 bizarre names people gave their babies in 2012
Now, Hippo. Play nice with Joshitha.
# baby-names - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Wait. Someone called their newborn baby Hashtag?
Welcome to the world, Hashtag.
# baby-names - Saturday 14 July, 2012
Babies, beauty pageants and Bakhurst: The week in numbers
How many Daisys were born in Ireland last year? And how much has Ireland spent on those e-voting machines?
# baby-names - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
Jack and Emily: Ireland’s most popular baby names
Mason and Lexi were new entries in the top 100 list from 2011 as the popularity of traditional Irish names continues to wane.
# baby-names - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Sophia and Jacob are top US baby names
How do US baby names compare to our Irish little ones? Here’s how…
# baby-names - Monday 23 April, 2012
Peaches Geldof continues family tradition of unusual names
Astala might come from the Norwegian word for ‘love’ or, according to new mum and sister to Fifi Trixibelle, Pixie and Tiger Lily, it’s a Jewish name.
# baby-names - Sunday 28 August, 2011
Four-year-old chooses siblings’ names… goes for Will.i.Am and Lady Gaga
What next? Baby Westlife? Baby Dire Straits?…
# baby-names - Wednesday 29 June, 2011
Looking more like Alfie: Top baby names of 2010
Jack and Sophie top name list for last year’s newborns – but Tyler, Sebastian, Alfie and Daithi creep into top 100.
# baby-names - Wednesday 18 May, 2011
Inspired by Facebook, Israeli couple name daughter ‘Like’
An Israeli couple have decided to name their baby girl after the ‘thumbs up’ function on the social networking site…
# baby-names - Friday 6 May, 2011
Teen Mom inspires new rash of US baby names
Pregnant teenage reality TV stars and their offspring make ‘trending’ list for 2010 – but Elvis has left the building.
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Photos emerge from the Osama compound – but none of the dead look like Osama; Obama to address crowds at O’Connell Street; and Matthew Elderfield gives bank boards their notice.
# baby-names - Wednesday 4 May, 2011
# baby-names - Thursday 28 April, 2011
Want your baby to be a CEO? Name him Tony, or her Deborah
Social networking site LinkedIn has produced a list of the top CEO names around the world, and Tony is the number one name for Irish bosses.
# baby-names - Tuesday 22 February, 2011
Egyptian man names daughter ‘Facebook’
A man has called his baby girl ‘Facebook’ to honour the social networking site that was used to spread word about the country’s revolutionary demonstrations.
# baby-names - Friday 14 January, 2011
Saints alive! The unusual Christian names we should use more often
Top 10 suggestions for the Catholic who wants to observe Pope Benedict’s call to give Christian names to children but wants something other than John or Concepta…
# baby-names - Thursday 28 October, 2010
Oliver finally ousts Jack
Oliver is now the most popular boy’s name in Britain, while the most popular girl’s name is Olivia.







































