Links
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Names in General
Name
Voyager
This is a freaking SWEET interface that shows you names
and their popularity over the past 100 years or so.
About.com
Baby Names
This is a directory of different baby name sites out there
(click on Baby Names). It includes About.com's own site, which isn't bad!
The Baby
Name Inventor
This page will invent a baby name just for you! These names
are pretty out-there, but you can guarantee your child will be the only
one in the world with the name! We think our
Name-o-Tron 2000 name generator is better, but we don't mean to brag!
Behind the Names
This site has a long list of names and their origins,
and what they mean. It's very good as well interesting. Don't forget to
check out their
Bulletin Board which is devoted to helping people find the origins
of names.
The Social Security Administration
Office of the Chief Actuary
This site documents the most popular names from 1880 to
1999. An excellent site for finding out what names are popular in the
USA!
The
Baby Namer
Based on Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz's
best selling books Beyond Jennifer and Jason and The Last Word
on First Names, this site has a lot to say about names and naming
trends. It's interesting and informative--beware, though. It's coming
from the perspective of upper middle upper class to urban trends, though.
If you don't fit into that socio-economic bracket, their sweeping generalizations
may not apply.
Baby Names Plus
This site has an extensive collection of names. The meanings
are not always accurate, but it allows you to correct names, if they are
wrong! A nice feature.
Word Mixer
This is an interesting site-- type in existing names and
it will create new names for you.
Baby Girl Names
and Baby Boy Names
Mums to be
Baby name bulletin board: talk about names all day long!
Think Baby Names:
an easy to search site listing names and their meanings.
Baby Names List
Search from twenty thousand baby names and get their meanings.
Baby
Names Garden
Has a cool search feature where you can find names beginning or ending
with certain letters.
Baby Names Family
Names, meanings, articles and lots of other stuff.
Specialty Names
The
Utah Baby Namer
Find out some interesting and downright weird names that
are being used in Utah.
Star
Names
This sent in by a reader: "I found a list online with both the Latin
and Western name for each star along with their meanings. "
Hawaiian
Pet Names
Want to name your pet something in Hawaiian? you've come
to the right place!
Name
That Goth
Name suggestions for your baby goth
The Meaning of
Names
Offers funny and frivolous meaning of name interpretations including baby
names, pet names and surnames.
Names from Around the World
Japanese
Baby Names
This site has a list of the most common Japanese names,
plus how to spell them in Kanji.
Japanese
Name Generator:
type in your name and get a Japanese equivalent!
Sikh Names
A guide to Sikh names and naming practices.
Baby Name World
Has lists of names from all over the world. It doesn't
seem very accurate for the Celtic names, but maybe other lists are better.
http://www.muslim-names.co.uk.
Here is a nice site devoted to Muslim Names.
Hungarian names and their Equivalents.
Here are names and their equivalents in Hungarian, German, Latin, and
English.
Armenian Names
Just think--if Cher's mother had known about this page
when picking out a name for her baby girl, we could be listening to Sonny
and Shnorhig right now...
How to Pronounce Finnish
Names
Your Finnish blind date is named Yrjö. But how do you pronounce
it? This site has sound files to tell you how!!
Irish Names: Traditional, Modern,
and In-Between
This site is our other baby; it's about another obsession
of ours: Irish names. It includes meanings, histories and other tidbits
about Irish names.
Scottish Names
A Companion site to the Irish names page listed above.
It gives the same treatment to Scottish names.
What is Your name
in Hawaiian?
Type in your name, and see what the Hawaiian equivalent
is.
English to Hawaiian
Name Translations
Here is another Hawaiian site dedicated to translating
names. They also have other Hawaiian related stuff as well!
Get a Chinese
Name
Online Mandarin Tools has a program that will re-name you
based on sounds from your own name, birthday and desired attributes.
Translate your name
into Chinese
This site finds characters for your name, you can then
download your characters and print them out.
Name
and Fame
Indian baby names, and all sorts of other lists.
Get Janaam Kundli for Newborn Babies!
Search for baby names that are Sikh, Hindu and Muslim.
This
site also lets you find baby names by star sign.
IndoBase Indian
Baby Names
Collection of Indian baby names along with their meanings.
These names are broken down into all sorts of useful and interesting categories
(language, religion, popular, rare etc.)!
Prénoms Allemands
& Français Correspondances
How French names translate into German and vice-versa.
Not Necessarily Name-related
baby Stuff
Celebrity
Baby Names Blog
Info about celebrity babies, with commentary on their names.
Celebrity Baby Blog
Up to the minute information on children of the rich and
famous.
Les Enfants
du Stars
list of celebrities and their kids' names. It's in French,
but you can still read everyones' names.
Smocked
Treasures
Beautiful handmade christening gowns and accessories.
Mom And Baby Net
clothing and accessories for babies, moms, and moms-to-be.
Baby Girl Clothes
Home for designer organic baby and kids apparel made with
100% organic cotton, natural green toys and many more organic baby products.
Baby Gates Direct
Discount Baby Gates by KidCo baby gates and child safety products with
Free Shipping.
Presents for new mums
- MamaBabyBliss offers pampering and beauty treatments for mother
and babies including holistic massage, baby massage and baby yoga
Friends and Family
Queasy
Listening
An excuse for Krustee and I to buy way too many bargain-bin
records.
Planet Annoy
another project: has some fun toys and random weird stuff.
NOTE: may not be entirely suitable for children.
JayKayEss
My friend Krustee's site.
Metal
and Madness
Kelly, my pal since Elementary school's Heavy Metal site.
Watershed Arts
Norah's Stepdad's page.
Laura Burch
Norah's Mom's page