The Art of Naming

Since Australia Day is being celebrated on January 26th, I thought we would take a moment to learn more about Australia's best baby-name blogger Anna from the blog "Waltzing More Than Matilda."  If you aren't Australian, don't worry, she explains exactly what the title of her blog really means. Anna is a wonderful blogger with great insight into names. She always has interesting and informative articles complete with opinion polls. If you enjoy voting for your favorite names, Anna provides plenty of opportunities for that on her blog!  She often shares names from local birth announcements and she also keeps up with celebrity baby news from Australian stars and footballers. Read below to learn more about Anna, her favorite names and her thoughts about the differences between names in Australia and names here in the US. What are your first and middle names? Anna Vivian. Do you like your name, or would you ever want to change it? When I was younger, m

Welcome to my new segment "Get To Know!"  Recently, I've had the opportunity to meet a few fellow name bloggers and I decided it'd be lovely to let you get to know them too. The naming community is such a wonderful place! If you truly love names, it never hurts to follow more bloggers to get your daily name fix.  Today, I had the honor of interviewing Meagan from TulipByAnyName .  She is most known for her work discussing interesting names on her YouTube channel. She is also one of the six  Name Sisters who run a great YouTube channel collectively.  Beyond videos, Meagan also has a successful blog and Instagram account that revolves around names. Most recently, she's become a new contributor to Nameberry's Berry Juice Blog , too! She is involved in lots of exciting name-related projects! Let's take a moment to learn more about her own personal name tastes and experiences with names: 1. What are your first and middle names? My name is Meaga

I was recently asked to do an interview on another name blog, Waltzing More Than Matilda , and it was just published today! Here's a couple of the questions that I answered, but you'll have to visit their site to view the whole interview! This is a chance to get to know a little more about me! What inspired you to begin a name blog? Once I discovered that I was somewhat good at forming first and middle name combinations, (or I at least really liked doing so), I began frequenting forums to help parents find the perfect name. Then I decided to focus all of that into one place and help people on my own turf. It’s been over a year since I started the blog and I’ve helped many people, which is why I started it to begin with. What are some of your favourite names? Some of my favourites that I won’t be using include girly names like  Magnolia ,  Freya ,  Coraline ,  Esme ,  Lavinia ,  Aveline , and  Amara . For boys, I like  August / Augustus ,  Benedict ,  Caspian ,  Cons