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I’ve launched my first Notable Names feature - an interview with Kojii Helnwein of Project Runway and Models of the Runway. Kojii told me about how she got her unique name and how she chose her daughter’s name. Plus, she had great tips for soon-to-be-parents. Read it for yourself and leave comments here.
More name interviews to come…Stay tuned!
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♥ Amanda
If you have baby name questions for me, email me at amanda@amandabarden.com.
Your question might appear in a future edition of Ask Amanda.
For more information on baby names and their meanings check out
BABY NAMES MADE EASY: THE COMPLETE REVERSE-DICTIONARY OF BABY NAMES
If you’re not following me on Twitter (@babynameauthor), you’ve probably missed some of the interesting baby names mentioned on Twitter this week. There’s a wide variety of interesting names that people are choosing and considering out there.
Here’s a sample of the baby name announcements and name ideas discussed and suggested on Twitter this week… Enjoy! I included some of the pet names I found, too. 
GIRLS’ BABY NAMES
ABBY GRACE
AMANDA
AMAYA
AMREEN
AUBREY
AUNICA VESPER EVOLET
AVEA CHENAIL
AVERY RYANN
AZALIA
BELLA JAYNE
BREE RYANE
BROOKE
CELIA
CHARISMA ADRIANA
CLARITA EMITA
EDEN
ESTELLE
FARRAH ELIZABETH
FINLEY
FIONA
GRACE
HANNAH MADISON
ISLA ONYX NOUVEL
JASMINE
JEMMALYN RUBY
KENNEDIE DIOR
KHLOE ELIZABETH
KYLA
LAYLA
LOGAN
LUCIA
LYDIA VENICE ALIYAH
MADELYN
MADISON
MAKENZIE
MARLENE
MELODY RAIN
NYLA HARMONY
PAIGE
SAVANNAH
SINAHI
SOPHIA
VIOLET
WILHELMINA
WILLOW LENORA
WINNIE
BOYS’ BABY NAMES
ALLISTER
ANDREW
BRADEN/BRAIDEYN/BRAIDEN
CARLOS
CHRISTIAN
COLBY LYNCH
COLT JOSEPH
CORDELL ADRIAN
CRAWFORD FOX
EMMANUEL REESE
ERIC
GABRIEL JAMES
HARPER
JACKSON
JASON
KISSLER
LAYTON
LIAM
LUCAS
MASON RAYMOND
MEREDITH
MIJNORE
MORGAN
OLIVER
OSCAR
PAOLO
PARKS
PHILLIP
RICO JAMMEL
ROEHAN
SHANE
SIDNEY TALBOT
TALAN RYAN
TOBIN JACK
WYATT NOLAN
SIBLINGS’ NAMES
ASHER and TAJ
JAMES and COLE
MISTY and MICHELINA
ZEANA, ZANYA and ZANE
PETS’ NAMES
ANDERSON
ANGUS
ASIA
AUGUSTUS
BABY DRACULA
BABY GIRL
BACON
BILLY THE KID
BUBBLES
BURGER
CAESAR
CHARLEY
CO-CO
CURRY
FLUFFY
GEMMA
LIGHTNING BOLT
MAYBELLINE
MR. TOODLES
NUTMEG
OLIVE
ROOSTER
SADIE
SWEETIE
TROUBLE
WEBSTER
Let me know your favorites! Mine might be AZALIA. Unique and pretty.
Subscribe to the RSS feed so you don’t miss any future baby name posts.
You can also follow me on TWITTER to get up-to-the-minute celebrity baby name news, interesting names I come across and so much more! I’m @babynameauthor!
♥ Amanda
If you have baby name questions for me, email me at amanda@amandabarden.com.
Your question might appear in a future edition of Ask Amanda.
For more information on baby names and their meanings check out
BABY NAMES MADE EASY: THE COMPLETE REVERSE-DICTIONARY OF BABY NAMES
Do you or someone you know have a one-of-a-kind name? Is there an interesting story behind why you chose your baby’s name?
If so, email me and tell me all about it! I love learning about new names and hearing fun naming stories. You never know, you just might appear on my Notable Names page!
♥ Amanda
If you have baby name questions for me, email me at amanda@amandabarden.com.
Your question might appear in a future edition of Ask Amanda.
For more information on baby names and their meanings check out
BABY NAMES MADE EASY: THE COMPLETE REVERSE-DICTIONARY OF BABY NAMES
Eileen Cornish, a freelance writer for San Diego Family Magazine, wrote a nice review of Baby Names Made Easy for the magazine’s spring/summer edition.
“I have three sons but I never tire of reading baby name books. In Baby Names Made Easy($15, Simon and Schuster, 2009) author Amanda Elizabeth Barden organizes more than 20,000 traditional to trendy names into categories ranging from Nature to Numbers and Animals to Insects. With more than 40 chapters, the book organizes names by category with meanings or definitions listed after each. Perhaps more people would name their girls Agatha if they knew it meant good and honorable in Greek, or Alma, meaning nourishing and kind in Latin. How about Thaddeus, meaning beloved and adored in Arabic?”
You can check out the whole article here and the other books she reviewed!
♥ Amanda
If you have baby name questions for me, email me at amanda@amandabarden.com.
Your question might appear in a future edition of Ask Amanda.
I decided it was time to join the Twitter world. I’m in the process of figuring out how it works. I think it’s going to be fun. You can find me by searching my name or my ID, babynameauthor. Follow me on Twitter!
More to come soon…just waiting to hear what Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams named their new son!
Post a comment and let me know what kind of info I should cover on Twitter.
♥ Amanda
I have great news! Fit Pregnancy Magazine’s April/May edition has a blurb about Baby Names Made Easy. It’s very cool that this awesome magazine liked the book. You can check out their website here and buy the magazine to read what they said about the book.
♥ Amanda
The Obamas finally have their new puppy and they named him Bo. So cute! Click here for some adorable pictures of the Obamas with Bo…he’s as handsome as his name suggests.
♥ Amanda
Welcome to my new website and blog!
The Baby Names Made Easy debut has been quite a whirlwind! The book hit the shelves just last week and I’ve been getting great feedback already. The first professional book review is in, as well, and the news is good. You can read the review here.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the book, too. If you have Baby Names Made Easy, let me know how you’re enjoying it — you can respond to this post or email me.
My site is a place you can visit regularly to read about and talk about all things “baby names.” One of my favorite features is the Celebrity Baby Names page, where you can learn what your favorite stars are naming their newborns and what meaning category the name falls into.
