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Christmas Movie Baby Name Inspiration

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Having a Christmas baby? Maybe a name from your favorite Christmas movie will inspire you.  

 

Here’s a collection of character names from classic Christmas movies that I thought were worth considering. Let me know your favorites!

 

 

BABES IN TOYLAND starring Laurel & Hardy

MARY

 

OLLIE

SILAS

BARNABY

 

 

THE BELLS OF ST. MARY’S starring Bing Crosby & Ingrid Bergman

DELPHINE

MARY

 

HORACE

JOE

MICHAEL

TOMMY

 

 

One of my favorite quotes of all time is from The Bells of St. Mary’s:

“If there’s any good I can do for anyone, let me do it now and not put it off for I shall not pass this way again.”

 

 

THE BISHOP’S WIFE starring Cary Grant, David Niven & Loretta Young

DELIA

JULIE

MATILDA

 

DUDLEY

HENRY

SYLVESTER

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT starring Barbara Stanwyck

ELIZABETH

NORAH

 

ALEXANDER

DUDLEY

FELIX

HARPER

HOMER

JEFFERSON

JOHN

SAM

 

 

 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL starring Gene Lockhart & Reginald Owen

BELINDA

BESS

MARTHA

 

EBENEZER

JACK

PETER

 

 

 

A CHRISTMAS STORY starring Peter Billingsley

BILLY

GROVER

RALPHIE

 

 

 

HOLIDAY INN starring Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire

DAPHNE

LILA

MAMIE

 

DUNBAR

FRANCOIS

GUS

JIM

PARKER

TED

 

 

 

THE HOLLY AND THE IVY starring Ralph Richardson & Celia Johnson

BRIDGET

JENNY

LYDIA

MARGARET

 

DAVID

MARTIN

MICHAEL “MICK”

RICHARD

 

 

 

HOME ALONE starring Macaulay Culkin

BROOKE

GEORGETTE

HEATHER

KATE

LINNIE

MEGAN

SONDRA

TRACY

 

FULLER

GUS

HARRY

JEFF

KEVIN

MARLEY

MITCH

ROB

ROD

STEFFAN

 

 

 

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE starring James Stewart & Donna Reed

ANNIE

JANIE

MARY

RUTH

TILLY

VIOLET

ZUZU

 

BILLY

CLARENCE

EUSTACE

GEORGE

HENRY

NICK

SAM

 

 

 

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET starring Maureen O’Hara

CLEO

SUSAN

 

CHARLIE

GEORGE

GRANVILLE

HENRY

JULIAN

KRIS

THOMAS

 

 

 

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S CHRISTMAS VACATION starring Chevy Chase

AUDREY

BETHANY

CATHERINE

ELLEN

FRANCES

HELEN

MARGO

NORA

RUBY SUE

 

CLARK

LEWIS

ROCKY

RUSSELL “RUSTY”

TODD

 

 

 

WHITE CHRISTMAS starring Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney & Danny Kaye

BETTY

EMMA

JUDY

RITA

 

JOHN

NOVELLO

THOMAS

 

 

SOURCE: www.imdb.com

 

 

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Baby Names from the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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My trip to Los Angeles last week got me thinking about great Hollywood names. So I put together a list of celebrity names from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. I think there are some good picks here. Let me know what you think!

 

Some of these stars have last names that could also work as a first name. My picks are in caps and bolded.

 

 

HOLLYWOOD FEMALE BABY NAMES

 

AUDREY Hepburn

AVA Gardner

CICELY Tyson

CID CHARISSE

CLARA Bow

CLAUDETTE Colbert

CORRINE Griffith

GRACE KELLY

GRETA Garbo

JOSEPHINE Hull

JUNE Lockhart

KATRINA Paxinou

KITTY CARLISLE

LANA Turner

LAUREN Becall

LENA Horne

LILA LEE

MAE WEST

MARILYN Monroe

MERCEDES McCambridge

MITZI Gaynor

OLIVE Borden

RAQUEL Welch

RUBY Keeler

SONJA Henie

SOPHIA LOREN

SPRING Byington

TALLULAH Bankhead

VERONICA Lake

VIVIAN LEIGH

WINONA Ryder

 

 

HOLLYWOOD MALE BABY NAMES

 

ALEC Guiness

BING CROSBY

BRONCO Anderson

BUCK Jones

CARY GRANT

CLARK GABLE

DEAN MARTIN

JAMES DEAN

JOHNNY Depp

KING Vidor

LAIRD Cregar

LEO Carrillo

MACK Sennett

MARLON BRANDO

MAX Factor

MONTGOMERY Clift

MORGAN Freeman

OLIVER Stone

ORSON Welles

OWEN Moore

PIERCE Brosnan

REX Harrison

RICARDO Cortez

ROBIN Williams

ROCK HUDSON

RUDOLPH VALENTINO

SPENCER TRACY

VAN Johnson

 

As far as last names that work as first names, from this list I especially like CARLISLE and VALENTINO. MONTGOMERY feels like a last name even though it’s a first name here. What do you think?

 

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  Amanda

 

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