The Art of Naming

"Girl Word Names" Click on the link above to see this word cloud at WordItOut . You may also view it on this website if you enable JavaScript (see your web browser settings). These days, word names are in. Here are some of the more interesting and beautiful words that are being used as names for girls today.  Which are your favorites? Aria                  Bliss Blue Cadence Darling Dawn Echo Ember Eve Ever Fable Faith Felicity Glory Grace Harmony Harper Honor Hope Jade Jewel Journey Joy Karma Kismet Lark Liberty Love Lyric Meadow Melody Mercy Paige Poet Rain Rebel Rose Saffron Sage Sailor Scout Serene Sky Snow Sonnet Storm Story Sunny Trinity True Whimsy Wisteria Can you think of any that could be added? Help me expand the list in the comments below!

"Boy word names" Click on the link above to see this word cloud at WordItOut . You may also view it on this website if you enable JavaScript (see your web browser settings). Have you ever met someone whose name is also a word? I knew a man named Grant who didn't seem to flinch when someone used the word grant in a sentence. It's interesting that there can be such a difference in our minds between hearing the word and hearing the name. Do you know anyone who has one of the following word names? Can you think of more that weren't listed below? Angel              Archer Arrow Atlas Bishop Blue Brave Chance Christian Clay Cobalt Drew Ever Free Gene Grant Harbor Hunter Justice King Lance Mark Maverick Max Miles Noble Oak Ocean Pace Page Parker Patriot Prince Ranger Ray River Roman Seven Sterling True Vale Valor Van Victor Viridian West Wilder Woody Which is your favorite word name? Have y

Taken straight from our list of The Very Best L Names for Boys and Girls is the lovely name Luna. While Luna is usually listed as either Italian, Spanish or both, it originates as a Latin name meaning "the moon". According to the ancient Roman mythology, the goddess Luna was considered the divine embodiment of the moon and was often portrayed as driving a white chariot through the sky. Her Greek counterpart is the goddess Selene. As a baby name in the US, Luna dates back to the start of our modern records in the year 1880. Luna has been used on and off over the years, encountering a bit of a dry spell in the mid-60s. It was never popular until recently when it joined the Top 1000 names in 2003. It has been steadily rising on the popularity chart since then. 2,314 baby girls were given the name in 2014 for a ranking of #143. At this rate, it should continue to rise in popularity. Luna is short and sweet. It carries beautiful imagery with it as it evokes peaceful vibes

The letter L is a very important letter. It can not only be found within many of today's most popular names, but it also has plenty of great options as a starting letter. Are you a fan of L? If so, you may just love this list! I have compiled 25 of the very best L names for girls and the 25 for boys! However, just like all the other articles like this, the names are listed alphabetically. I did not rank them from best to worst or favorite to least favorite. These are simply 50 of the best L names that I could find that I think would suit a modern American child.  While there are plenty of other L names out there, these are the ones that I liked the most. What are your favorite names on the list below? Lacey                        Lana Lara Lauren Lavinia Layla Leah Leigh Leila Leonora Leticia Lilah Liliana Lily Lindsay Linnea Liv Lola London Lorelei Louise Lucy Luna Lydia Lyric Lachlan Lance Landon Lawrence Leander Lee Leif Leland

As you may know, here in the US the Social Security Administration tallies up the names of all the babies born within a year and reveals which names were most popular. While there are clearly thousands of parents who are happy using popular names, there are also parents who would rather avoid them. For those parents who may secretly like the sound of the top names but hate their popularity, I've created a list of alternative options to the Top 10 names for girls. The names may be similar in sound, syllables, initial letter, meaning, origin or a combination of those. None of the alternate names below rank on the SSA's Top 1000 most popular names chart in 2014. 1, Emma ---> Amabel The rare medieval name Amabel maintains a sound similar to Emma at the start of the name but it also offers the trendy "bel" sound at the end. It does all of this while still being an unusual name and a cool alternative to the popular Emma.  I can never believe that this lovely p

As you may know, here in the US the Social Security Administration tallies up the names of all the babies born within a year and reveals which names were most popular. While there are clearly thousands of parents who are happy using popular names, there are also parents who would rather avoid them. For those parents who may secretly like the sound of the top names but hate their popularity, I've created a list of alternative options to the Top 10 names for boys. The names may be similar in sound, syllables, initial letter, meaning, origin or a combination of those. None of the alternate names below rank on the SSA's Top 1000 most popular names chart in 2014. 1. Noah ---> Nahum Nahum is the best alternative to Noah because it is also a biblical Hebrew name and it has a similar meaning. Noah means "rest, comfort" and Nahum means "comforter". It starts with the same letter, has the same number of syllables and they're both very vowel heavy. While