Westend61/Westend61/Getty Images For some parents-to-be, finding just the right baby name can be a challenge. For others it’s easy: certain names just come to them as if by divine inspiration. The first time my husband suggested what ultimately became our daughter’s name, I knew that was the one. Redditor u/PollutionWild4637 (we’ll call her Wild) had...
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Can Your Baby's Name Predict Their Financial Success? What Research Shows
Westend61/Getty Images In his classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare wrote, "What’s in a name?" And as it turns out… quite a lot. More than ever, we live in a world that puts an exceeding amount of pressure on the decisions new parents make now for the future of children tomorrow. While some of...
The Hot '90s Actors That Influenced Baby Names
Ron Davis; Vinnie Zuffante; Jim Smeal/Getty Images I can’t think of any major heartthrob actors in mainstream movies and TV these days. I can think of plenty of good-looking actors and characters I love, sure — but it’s not like it was in the ’90s, a decade full of entertainment in which the entire world...
The Weirdest 17th Century Baby Names
duncan1890/DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images According to the Social Security Administration’s list of baby names, which goes back to the late 1800s, my son’s name — William — has ranked among the Top 20 that entire time. It does not stand alone, particularly among boy names. “James” has proven even more consistently popular. For girls, well, I’m...