Girl: Anja Sabine
Boy: Daxin Ryan
Siblings: Chloe, Marquis & Rosalie

It's almost as though the Powers That Be planned this. </facetiousness> There was no way on earth that the Vampire Diaries people weren't aware which episode they'd be airing on the release date of Twilight: New Moon. And of all things, they decided to go for an almost anti-Twilight. I write as someone utterly unspoiled about any rumors, speculation or spoilers to come, and as someone who has no intention of ever reading the source material for the tv show. More behind the cut...( Read more... )

If, as an elementary school librarian, I have ONE gigantic publishing complaint it is this: for some reason school boards, governments, consulting groups, secretariats, etc. all seem to think that loose-leaf and binders are the way to go with teacher resource materials. NO! No one actually looks at these documents. They take up space, gather dust, and are a b**** to shelve because they also send cds, videos, dvds, pamphlets, posters and associated materials WITHOUT A MULTI-FORMAT BINDER TO PUT THEM IN.
ARGH!!!!

Can you tell it's a PD Day and I'm trying to organize this sh*t?

Girl: Waverley Frances
Boy: Kaelim Ross
Siblings: Emike (g) & Arren (b)

Girl: Reid Jessica
Girl: Draice Patrick Robert

Girl: Ivory Michelle
Boy: Hollis Joseph

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A set of siblings were pronounced this week with names that should not be allowed as a sibling combo. They were sisters Emily and Emma. Now really. If you have a third child will they go with Emery, Emerson, Emmeline, Emmett? Be distinctive.

Girl: Lilith Leanora
Boy: Oakes Baden
Siblings: Latham & Alton (both male)

Girl: Kendalyn GraceAnne
Boy: Elito Aaron

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The 2009 Buffyverse-Baby-Boom seems to be complete with a trifecta of little ones sporting pink!
Bardot Vida Boreanaz
Satyana (Hannigan) Denisof
Charlotte Grace Prinze

These three meet up with other Jossian-alumni babies:

Jayden Raine Boreanaz (dad: David Boreanaz)
Jackson James Carpinello (mom: Amy Acker)
Ava Grace Carpinello (mom: Amy Acker)
Donovan Charles Hardy (mom: Charisma Carpenter)
Emily Rose Head (dad: Anthony Stewart Head)
Daisy May Head (dad: Anthony Stewart Head)
Sullivan Marsters (dad: James Marsters)
Eleanore Pankow (mom: Kristine Sutherland)
Arden Whedon (b) (dad: Joss Whedon)
Squire Whedon (g) (dad: Joss Whedon)

Girl: Layla Hollywood
Boy: Dragon Risen Wayne

Girl: Evon Isla
Boy: Hening John Cyril

Each new school year I love getting the Kindergarten class list. Seeing what parents have chosen for their kids is pretty cool. However, this imaginative list (which utterly discounts actual geography of the parents) gives us a glimpse into what those lists must look like in the (presumed) private schools of New York, California, and various other celeb hot-spots around the globe.

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Boreanaz, Bardot Vita - F
Christopher, Greysun - M
Cryer, Daisy - F
Diggs, Walker - M
Drury, Tobin - M
Farrell, Henry - M
Flynn, West (Shelton) - F
Gibson, Lucia - F
Gruffudd, Ella - F
Hader, Hannah - F
Herschenfeld, Willow - F
Hexum, Echo - F
Ivery, Stella Luna (Pompeo) - F
Law, Sophia - F
Lee, Goldie - F
Madden, Sparrow - M
McGee, Ava (Sorenstam) -F
McKenzie, Vita - F
Moonves, Charlie - M
Prinze, Charlotte (Gellar) - F
Samuel, Lou (Klum) - F
Smith, Freya - F
Tambor, Hugo - M
Tambor, Eli - M
Turner, Ciella - F
Woodside, Dakota - F

Girl: Ayana Rafaela
Boy: Morrison Nethaniel
Siblings: Ariel, Thomas, Esther, Zachary & Isleigh

Sibs require some analysis, I think. They aren't terribly consistent. However, the girls seem to be a pattern: A, E, I. One can only presume that O & U would follow. The boys are consistent with each other, but not really with the girls, and discounting the vowel pattern, Isleigh seems really modern when compared to Ariel & Esther.
Runners up for siblings this week were contenders precisely for their inconsistency of style: Bob, Asher, & Trudy.

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Also, with the school year fast approaching I will be starting a new "classlist" of celebrity babies. That said, my top 3 male & female celeb babies of the 2013-2014 Kindergarten class in alphabetical order are:

Girls
Seraphina Affleck
Everleigh Geisendorff
Aven Settle

Boys
Mars Badu
Sophocles Clement
Bandit Way

These names are unique, quirky and still somehow work. Unlike, for instance, Bronx Wentz.

These stats are ongoing. The UK will announce their's in December. The Canadian provinces seem to ad theirs ad hoc. Why Ontario doesn't post their results is bewildering to me because I think their results would balance out those of Quebec--which I think is skewing the results currently. Numbers for Canada are current as of today's date.

2008-Girls

Ranking	Canada	U.K.	U.S.A.	Australia
1	Sarah		Emma	Ella
2	Emma		Isabella	Emily
3	Emily		Emily	Mia
4	Olivia		Madison	Isabella
5	Sophia		Ava	Chloe
6	Chloe		Olivia	Charlotte
7	Ava		Sophia	Olivia
8	Elizabeth		Abigail	Sophie
9	Sophie		Elizabeth	Lily
10	Maya		Chloe	Sienna

2008-Boys

Ranking	Canada	U.K.	U.S.A.	Australia
1	William		Jacob	Jack
2	Nathan		Michael	Joshua
3	Samuel		Ethan	Lachlan
4	Alexander		Joshua	William
5	Thomas		Daniel	Thomas
6	Jacob		Alexander	Riley
7	Zachary		Anthony	James
8	Lucas		William	Cooper
9	Noah		Christopher	Ethan
10	Ethan		Matthew	Noah

Canadian data compiled from official provincial results.
All other countries gathered from official national statistics.

Girl: Indianna Alexis
Boy: Viggo Declan Derion

Girl: Rosalynd Irene
Boy: Maximus Johan

Alliteration Nation!
Kylie, Kloe & Kara
Xavier, Xander & Xane

Girl: Anoushka Reva
Boy: Axl John
Twins: Holly & Penny
Siblings: Draven, Dallyn, Desmond & Dexter

Girl: Aira Alice-Marie
Boy: Sylvain Samuel
Twins: Paxton John & Emmett Peter

Rather a lot of people this week who have embraced the "change-it-up" movement in baby naming and applied it well to ALL their children. I love these sibling combos because their parents didn't lose any imagination with each successive child:

- Hamish, Clementine, Matilda & Susannah
- Leif, Gideon, Micah (g), Noa (g) & Bronte (g)
- Mackinnon, Ashlyn & Addisyn (g)
- Roma, Gigi & Hugo

Girl: Tavia Juliann
Boy: Anson James Henry

Given the following circumstances: a) it's summer; b) I have time to kill; c) I have an affinity for names; d) General Hospital is being watched alongside almost every other soap; e) GH has an affinity for alliteration, I find myself considering what might happen if Jax is FINALLY allowed to have progeny and Carly manages not to miscarry another baby. As a consequence, I find myself thinking about potential name contenders for baby Jax. Yes, Carly's other kids both start with "M", and "J" is not a currently trendy letter for names, but Jax's kids simply MUST begin with J. The storyline seems to be actively desirous of a baby girl.

Jacey (hey, it's almost Jason)
Jadyn
Jade
Jamie
Jana
Janae
Jaya
Jenna
Jersey
Jillian
Joely
Joni
Josephine "Josie"
Jordyn


Odds for "Jean" making the cut, given that Barbara-Jean is Carly's mom? Odds that they somehow honor brother Jerry? Both NOT HIGH. However, Jeri-Jean, known as "JJ" is right up there in style with Lulu's nickname.

As for the PLEASE GOD NO names--all the perennial Js: Jennifer, Jessica, Julia as well as the EWWWW names that bring back memories we don't want...I'm thinking primarily of Jasmine Island here.