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Pippa Middleton. Credit: Getty Images
Reuters reports the baby name website Nameberry analyzed 23 million page views of baby name pages on various naming sites and found celebrities are having a serious impact on the monikers folks are bestowing on their little ones.
"Five years ago, I might have said that the biggest overarching factor was personal meaning, now the biggest factor is celebrities," Nameberry's Pamela Redmond Satran tells the news service.
True, Isabella, Sophia and Emma were the top names for girls last year, with Jacob, Ethan and Michael winning out among boy names, but names such as Pippa, Elula (the name actress Isla Fisher and actor Sacha Baron Cohen chose for their daughter), Mila (as in "Black Swan" actress Kunis) and Flynn (the name of Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr's son) are gaining steam.
"There is a culture of the celebrity baby," Satran tells Reuters. "The whole world goes on name watch. By not telling the name, it becomes a big news event."
Satran tells the news service the number of searches for a baby name can help predict how popular that name will become.
Nameberry compiled a list of hot names so far for 2001, posted on Today.com. Here's what people are searching.
Pippa: "Both the familiar Pippa and the more formal Philippa is the Number 1 hottest baby name of the year on Nameberry. Pippa ranks 35 on our most-searched list so far this year, after not appearing at all among our 200 most popular girls' names of 2010. While Kate is up too, it's not nearly as hot as Pippa.
Asher: "The soft, Biblical Asher takes the Hottest Boys' Name spot by virtue of having unseated Henry as the all-time Number 1 name for boys on Nameberry."
Elula: "Elula, the unusual Hebrew calendar name chosen by Isla Fisher and Sasha Baron Cohen for their second daughter, was not even in our database last year and now is the Number 38 most-searched name on Nameberry."
Everett: "The popularity of Everett, up 50 places on our most-searched list, was inspired by such stylish girls' choices as Eva and Evelyn."
Hadley: "The success of the bestselling novel 'The Paris Wife' has catapulted the intriguing name of Hemingway's first wife, Hadley Richardson, 50 spots up our list this year over last."
Arlo: "... Arlo, as in folksinger Guthrie, (is) enjoying a popularity surge. Other o-ending names for boys heating up in 2011: Nico, Hugo, Otto."
Mila: "It's the name of a gorgeous young star, Mila Kunis, PLUS it resembles a handful of trendy names -- Mia, Maya, Lila -- that are due for a hiatus."
Flynn: "Finn is already hot, but cousin Flynn, baby name choice of Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr, is taking off."
Ada, Adele, Adeline, Adelaide: "If it's a vintage girls' name that starts with Ad-, it can't miss this year, it seems."
Archer: "Archer, as in Henry James' 'Portrait of a Lady' and Edith Wharton's 'Age of Innocence,' is perfect: It's unusual, classic yet contemporary-feeling, and there's no danger of anyone actually having read the books."
Luna: "The real hottie launched by the Beckham name quest was otherworldly Luna, the name rumored to be their girls' pick for most of Posh's pregnancy."
So, don't be surprised if the kindergarten class of 2016 is full of Pippas, Milas, Elulas and Flynns. Kinda sounds like a new sort of British invasion, now, doesn't it?
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7-28-2011 @ 12:48PM
Pippa said...Does anyone here live in Poland?? So all of a sudden it's a bad name becuase it means something else in a whole different country?? Grow up!
7-27-2011 @ 10:52PM
Riognach said...Overheard in high school 15 years hence:
"Flynn, how'd you get your name?"
"My parents weren't too original, and named me after someone else's kid...some movie star I think who was really famous back before I was born. Same thing with my sister Luna..."
"Sheesh, Dude! They coulda given you one of your own, ya think?!"
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7-27-2011 @ 3:52PM
D said..."Nameberry compiled a list of hot names so far for 2001"
Wow, did I just go back in time???
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7-27-2011 @ 3:59PM
Amelia said...To hell with this so call list and especially Pippa so tired of hearing this name and about her..Do the media really believe people care about her name that much that they would name their child or any other celebrity...Look at what they name their kids...We do have imaginations of our own to name our kids without their help..
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7-27-2011 @ 4:02PM
Amelia said...I have to ask...WHO MADE UP THIS "SO CALL" LIST..WHERE DID IT COME FROM? WHO MADE IT UP? WHO DECIDES WHO'S NAME IS TO BE PUT ON IT?...Just asking really don't care going to name mine what i want without the help of whomever...This is laughable ...
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7-28-2011 @ 11:00AM
kris said...People who give their kids unusual names are ego centric selfish people who wish to stand out by showcasing their "esoteric" knowledge. It is the poor kids who have the suffer
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7-27-2011 @ 4:16PM
Miccrimmin said...If parents only realized how much their kids will hate their names,they would think wice about what they choose to name then.
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7-27-2011 @ 4:31PM
CAV44 said...Pretty sure Dweezil and Moon Unit would probably agree with you.
7-27-2011 @ 4:16PM
James D. Arnold said..."And if I ever have a son I'm gonna name him.......George or Bill, anything but Sue. I still hate that name". Johnny Cash
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7-27-2011 @ 4:54PM
Vickie Barton said...You know I still can't get over one "Pretty Woman", naming her twins Finnigan and Hazel. Hazel especially! Now they come up with these new names? I think not in a million years! Let the British folks name their poor children after these names if they wish, but I don't think if will be coming to America to soon! At least I hope not for the kids sake! LOL!!!!
7-27-2011 @ 4:29PM
Philip said...Philip is a cool respectable name ;)
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7-27-2011 @ 4:32PM
Marc said...Once in late 1992, when Frank Zappa was on the Howard Stern radio show, Howard and his wife Alison were expecting their third child. _ Stern asked Zappa for a suggestion for a name. _ Keep in mind that Zappa had named his four children : Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen. _ (Actually Moon Unit's full name was originally 'Moon Unit Number Nine'). _ Without a moment's hesitation Zappa said "Mordred". _ Stern who had named his first two children: Emily and Debra, declined the suggestion and went with Ashley... _ Stern may be crazy, but he's not stupid.
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7-27-2011 @ 4:50PM
CAV44 said...Went to school with Frank Zappa, he certainly wasn't stupid either, just really, really eccentric.
7-27-2011 @ 4:40PM
sja said...Pippa is now a popular name for new babies?!??! Pippa is a name for a little cartoon chipmunk or something like that, not a human child! Gimmee a break! I could jumble up scrabble letters and randomly throw some down and come up with something better than that!
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7-27-2011 @ 4:50PM
bree said...people should stop having babies, the world is overpopulated enough
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7-27-2011 @ 4:55PM
Kim said...Personally, I do not want my children to share a name with several other girls/ boys in their class. I like classy names, that while maybe not original or one-of-a-kind, are definitely not over-used either. However, it always seems that after I have named my child, their seems to be an upsurge in that name between 2-4 years later.
My girls are Macy Lynn (12 y.o.) and Delanie (Lanie) Lee (8 y.o.) and my son is Elijah (Eli) Anthony (17 y.o.).
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7-27-2011 @ 4:51PM
Anton said...Pippa is a popular name in England and with all the press lately its no wonder it tops the list. Today parents are naming their kids whatever strikes them at that moment, my daughter had a baby boy last week and named him Remington Gage because her husband hunts. Some countries are banning baby names and I can see that to some degree, the kid has to live with that name for 18 years until they can legally change it. I know it sounds like attack on freedoms but you have to have a limit. Made up names like "I fuc%ed ur mother"or "Jesus sux crap" or names that are offensive like ni&&ersBite or skankwhore are just not appropriate. The problem is they are usually parents who cannot take care of themselves much less their own kids and they are in control of giving this baby a name.
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7-27-2011 @ 5:05PM
Kim said...I really like that name. Reminds me of sexy Pierce Brosnan/ Remington Steel(e?)
7-27-2011 @ 9:07PM
jackie said...It is SO incredibly sad that people look to pop culture to name their children. I am so sick of the sheople.
Leave Pippa alone and for God's sake give your child a simple name so he isn't bullied his whole life.
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7-28-2011 @ 2:38PM
LINDAJRM2011 said...I REALY THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR ATTENTION WHEN THEY MAKE UP THESE NAMES FOR THESE KIDS NOTICE ALL THESE ARE ACTORS, SINGERS ETC. THAT NAME THESE KIDS HORRIBLE NAMES... THEY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOTICED AND TALKED ABOUT IN CATALOGS , TV, NEWS PAPERS ETC. AND REALY ARENT GIVING A CRAP ABOUT WHAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO THINK THATS WHY THEY HAVE A NANY FOR EACH AND ONE OF THEM TO HANDLE THEM .... THEY ARE ONLY WHITHTHE WHEN THEY NEED TO BE SEEN .. THATS ALL... GOOD LUCK AND HOPE REGULAR NAMES COME BACK TO LIFE CUZ THIS IS REDICULAS....
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