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Celebrity Baby News: TV and Radio Babies
Actor Blair McDonough, and his wife Kristi, welcomed their first child on March 26 and have named their daughter Leni Rose [pictured]. Leni was born at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica,...
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Thursday Throwback: Sydney Suburbs That Could Be Used as Boy’s Names
This blog post was first published on May 22 2011, and substantially revised and updated on May 14 2015. Auburn Auburn is in Sydney’s western suburbs. The commercial district contains many Middle...
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Waltzing With … Ignatius
Today is Pentecost, which marks the end of the Easter season – its name means “the fiftieth”, because it is 50 days after Easter Sunday. It is the Greek name for the Hebrew festival of Shavuot, or the...
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Celebrity Baby News: TV Babies
Children’s television entertainer Jimmy Rees, and his wife Tori, welcomed their first child on April 7 and have named their son Lenny David [pictured]. Jimmy is the star of popular ABC Kids show...
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Celebrity Baby News: Emma Lung and Henry Zalapa
Actress Emma Lung, and her husband Henry Zalapa, welcomed their first child on Easter Sunday, April 5, and have named their son Marlowe. Emma was in the short-lived drama series Cooks, and had her...
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Celebrity Baby News: Celebrity Baby Round Up
Cricketer Shane Watson, and his wife, former sports presenter Lee Furlong, welcomed their daughter Matilda Victoria on May 23 [pictured]. She is a sister for their son Will, aged 2; Will’s birth was...
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Friday Flashback: Girls Names from the Top 100 of the 1930s
This blog post was first published on June 19 2011, and revised and updated on June 12 2015. Alma May be derived from the Latin almus, meaning “nourishing” – an epithet given to several Roman...
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Uncommon Girls Names from the Birth Announcements of 2011-12
Althea Variant of the ancient Greek name Althaea, perhaps derived from the Greek word althos, meaning “healing”. In mythology, Althaea was a queen with a son named Melager. When Melager was a baby,...
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Celebrity Baby News: Giulia and Bernard Jones
Liberal MLA Giulia Jones, and her husband, Major Bernard Jones, welcomed their fifth child on April 17 and have named their son Maximus. Maximus joins big brothers Felix, Leo, and Ambrose, and big...
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Famous Names: Jedda and Rosalie
Last month the Australian film Jedda returned to the Cannes film festival, sixty years after it was first shown there in 1955. Jedda was the work of distinguished film-makers Charles and Elsa Chauvel;...
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Celebrity Baby News: Celebrity Round Up
Editor Jamila Rizvi, and her husband Jeremy Smith, welcomed their first child on June 2 and have named their son Rafi Fileborn [pictured]. Rafi is an Arabic name meaning “noble”, while Fileborn is...
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From Mary to Olivia: Life Cycles of the #1 Girls Names in New South Wales
Recently Abby from Appellation Mountain had a great article on the #1 girls names in the United States – such a good idea that I had to steal it! As we don’t have national data stretching back to the...
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Celebrity Baby News: Egypt and Alexandria
New Zealand-born rapper Fortafy (born Samuel Ratumaitavuki), and his partner Shana Evers, welcomed their daughter Egypt eight months ago [pictured]. Fortafy is an up-and-coming rapper, nightclub...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Sporting Babies
Soccer star Melissa Barbieri, and her husband, Geoff Hudson, welcomed their daughter Holly in 2013 [pictured]. Melissa has been a member of the national women’s squad, the Matildas, since 2002, and...
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Thursday Throwback: Waltzing With … Griffith
This blog post was first published on July 3 2011, and revised on July 9 2015. Famous Namesake On July 9 it will be Constitution Day, when Australia celebrates the date that our Constitution became...
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From William to Oliver: Life Cycles of the #1 Boys Names in New South Wales
William 1900s and 2009-2013 Was the #1 name of the 1900s (previous history unknown, but in the UK was #1 for the second half of the 19th century). Left the Top 10 in the 1950s, sinking to its lowest...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Sporting Babies
Trainer James Cummings, and his wife Monica, welcomed a daughter named Adeline on June 30 [pictured]. A fourth generation trainer of race horses, James is the grandson of veteran trainer Bart...
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Suburbs of Adelaide and Hobart Which Could Be Used as Girls Names
Beulah Beulah Park is an affluent suburb of Adelaide, named after a village in Wales. The name Beulah is from a Hebrew word translated as “married (woman)”. In the Old Testament, the prophet Isaiah...
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Celebrity Baby News: Celebrity Round Up
Reality TV contestant Dr Katherine Schmidhofer, and her partner Chris Jeffrey, welcomed their son Hugo Clifton on June 11. Katherine is a child psychologist who took part in the first season of The...
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Celebrity Baby News: Pretty Polly and Sweet Sunday
Actress Lucy Durack, and her husband Christopher Horsey, welcomed their first child on June 11 and have named their daughter Polly Gladys [pictured]. Lucy is a stage actress most famous for playing...
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