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Name News Round Up
The papers took a break from berating Australians for their taste in baby names on the day that the US name data was released, and reported that they had found a nation even worse at naming children.… more →
Waltzing More Than Matilda
Name News Round Up
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wrote 1 month ago: The papers took a break from berating Australians for their taste in baby names on the day that the … more →
Is the Name Macalla of Indigenous Origin?
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wrote 6 months ago: A reader named Beni wrote in some time ago to ask if I could verify that the name Macalla was from a … more →
Hawaiian Names
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wrote 8 months ago: Maui’s Napili Bay. Kamakanaalohamaikalani. The Hawaiian middle name of underwear model Antonio … more →
Names Spotted at Home and Abroad (Winter Edition)
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wrote 9 months ago: International Names Kalden Edwards (Qld) – son of Korinna and Doug, brother of Indigo. Kalden is a t … more →
Celebrity Baby News: Kristy Giteau and Soakai Tai
wrote 10 months ago: Rugby union players Kristy Giteau and Soakai Tai recently welcomed their first baby, and have named … more →
Saturday Sibsets: Four Families from Tasmania
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wrote 1 year ago: THE CIRCUS TROUPE Kristy and Mark Sands run the Sands Family Circus. They began performing together … more →
Googly Gender-Bending: Your Questions on Unisex Names Answered
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wrote 1 year ago: You may be expecting a blog review this week, and I hope you are not too disappointed that one isn … more →
Global Girls - More Names from Around the World from the Bonds Baby Search
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wrote 1 year ago: Akira (Japanese et al) Amara (Igbo et al) Amaya (Spanish et al) Anamaya (Indian) Annalisa (Italian) … more →
Multicultural Men - Boys Names from Around the World from the Bonds Baby Search
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wrote 1 year ago: Aasil (Arabic) Adnan (Arabic) Adriano (Italian) Akil (Arabic) Alakai (Polynesian) Aleksandr (Russian … more →
The Flood Babies, One Year On
wrote 1 year ago: Today is the anniversary of the day that Cyclone Yasi hit Queensland on February 3 2011, and now Que … more →
Famous Names: Tully and Yasi
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wrote 1 year ago: On January 3, the town of Tully in Queensland celebrated the upgrade of its famous Golden Gumboot, w … more →
Boys Names from the National Rugby League
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wrote 1 year ago: Bodene (Thompson) – Gold Coast Titans Bodene Thompson was born in New Zealand, and began playi … more →
Bonds Baby Search 2011 – Names from the Shortlist
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wrote 1 year ago: Girls Alexandra Alira Annabella Anika Ava Lily Brooke Claire Daisy Drisana Grace Gwyneth Chloe Harve … more →
Celebrity Baby News: Mark and Claudine Gasnier
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wrote 2 years ago: Mark Gasnier, from the NRL’s St. George Illawarra Dragons, and his wife Claudine, welcomed the … more →
Girls Names from Songs
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wrote 2 years ago: Waltzing Matilda – John Collinson and Russell Callow (1926) This most Australian of songs was writte … more →
