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Baby Names Tips & Advice

Choosing a traditional or unique baby name

Richie Young With gossip magazines and celebrity obsession at an all-time high, are traditional names a thing of the past? With Jamie Oliver, the Jolie-Pitts, Sir Bob Geldof, TomKat and Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow as inspiration, young parents are certainly more daring when naming their babies than their own parents were.

Baby naming ceremonies

Wendy Haynes Naming ceremonies have been part of family life for centuries. Every culture has a ceremony or a ritual to celebrate the occasion of birth.

Baby name checklist

Richie Young Whilst your child can change their name by deed poll in the future, it's probably not what you want to envision when thinking suitable names. Here's six points to consider as you're narrowing down your shortlist.

Crazy baby names

Daile Pepper Parents are giving their offspring ever more stupid names.

A no-stress guide to baby names

MCT There's no way around it - every baby needs a name. It isn't always an easy decision, but with these tips it can be a fun one.

Using numerology to name your baby

Rosemaree Templeton A favourite preoccupation of parents-to-be is the discussion of possible names for the baby, leading to lists of possible names being jotted down, discussed, discarded, re-included and debated.

My Favourite Baby Names

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Today's Top 10 Baby Names

No. Girl Names Boy Names
1 Miliya Crispin
2 Imogen Calix
3 Olivia Colvyr
4 Isabella Noah
5 Catherine Aidan
6 Charlotte Andrew
7 Chloe Brandon
8 Kayla Jacob
9 Ava Samuel
10 Eden William

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  1. Too traditional/vintage?51 posts
  2. Hit me18 posts
  3. Keep changing my mind18 posts
  4. ka names for girls11 posts
  5. A sibling for Eva7 posts
  6. Create a family game!12 posts
  7. Narrowed it down.57 posts
  8. another boy's name question.12 posts
  9. boys names13 posts
  10. Potential boys name16 posts
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