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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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ReaderComments (Page 7 of 7)
7-28-2011 @ 4:19AM
KristieMaureen said...This "top 2011 baby names" is full of, well... what the parents of these children will be cleaning up quite a bit of for the next few years. The names cited are those that have been SEARCHED on Nameberry, not necessarily those that people have actually named their children. Just because someone searches a weird, whacked out name doesn't mean they have any intention of actually using it - sometimes it's just for a laugh.
The social security administration posts the top lists of baby names each year, and 2010 is the latest year for which data is available. Almost all of the names are more traditional. For girls (from 1-10 in popularity) it was: Isabella, Sophia, Emma, Olivia, Ava, Emily, Abigail, Madison, Chloe, and Mia. For boys it was: Jacob, Ethan, Michael, Jayden, William, Alexander, Noah, Daniel, Aiden, and Anthony.
This is just an attempt by one of dozens of baby name websites to up its web hits by tossing out "controversy-making" commentary. Rather than freak, go to their site and repeatedly search the names Fido and Fifi to skew their "results".
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7-28-2011 @ 4:23AM
KristieMaureen said...I actually would name my child Kennedy, Nixon, or Monroe... if when I saw the child that name seemed to fit them. My daughter has an unusual name, but it's one that fits her and we knew this as soon as we saw her (we had boy names picked out, but she decided to surprise us by showing up sans extra appendage). Naming a child a unique name isn't necessarily ego-centric. Naming your child John the III or Alexander the 14th is much more ego-centric I find.
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7-28-2011 @ 5:29AM
bill said...Actually, Eve the word for vagina in polissh is pochwa.
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7-28-2011 @ 8:52AM
Fran said...Everybody seems to be forgetting their high school English classes - or else our high schools aren't teaching Robert Browning anymore. This ought to be the first thing you associate with the name Pippa:
The year's at the spring,
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hill-side's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in his Heaven—
All's right with the world!
- Song from 'Pippa Passes"
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7-28-2011 @ 3:42PM
Jean Bailey said...How about Pippa gaining some weight? That fetus would surely starve!
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7-28-2011 @ 10:40PM
momof4 said...Egads!!! Please do not name your child this name.....unless your last name is Longstocking, maybe!
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7-28-2011 @ 11:10PM
Julia said...Name like "Archer" was not actual first name for popular use. There was a time when boys were getting their mother's family names as a first name. Fortunately, this fashion is gone, otherwise my poor brother (I have no sons) would be named something like "Domber".
As far as Phillipa goes, it is a fine name, but Pippa is another story. To my non-English-born ear it has somewhat indecent sound (can't be more explicit, sorry)!
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7-28-2011 @ 11:17PM
Earl said...I like the way the England always sets the pace for childrens names.They say what goes around comes around so someday Nigel an Basil will make it back.
However, what gets me is why people give their kids ordinary names but spell them in a fashion that the child gets a life sentence correcting people....like Olivia and her dumb mother spelled it Oliviya.In this case,the father recently bailed out...he had had enough.
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7-29-2011 @ 12:54AM
Philippa said...My name is Philippa and all of these negative comments about bullying is interesting. A bunch of bullies most of you! Pippas name is Philippa and my whole life I have received compliments. I have never been called Pippa as a nickname, rather Pip. I like the nickname Pippa though. As a nickname. Philippa is a unique name and I am happy it's finally on the charts.
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7-29-2011 @ 3:48PM
Presley said...I like the name Pippa but if I were to use it honestly it'd be after a Libba Bray character. I haven't heard of this Pippa until just now.
And don't be silly, Luna is gaining popularity after Harry Potter. Obviously...
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7-29-2011 @ 3:51PM
Presley said...P.S. I'm fairly certain Pippa existed well before this woman.. and is actually a fairly old name. Just saying.
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7-29-2011 @ 1:54AM
Koulness said...Haha, Pippa in my language means blowjob. Go ahead, name your kids that!
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7-29-2011 @ 9:17AM
Joe said...The name "Pippa" is proof that more people need a parenting license. Remember, this child will enter Jr. High long after the royal wedding has been swept into the dustbin of history.
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7-29-2011 @ 4:17PM
Marie said...Pippa is only a good name if you're upper crust & British. But a regular girl doesn't want a name that sounds like she sings back up for Gladys Knight.
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7-29-2011 @ 4:51PM
MG said...as a dental asst. i see so many black people named "jesus" when i ask for "jesus" 5 men stand up........and then there is "hevenly" this is the girl that is making all the fusss out there......but i pray to jesus asking for help to provide a nice and happy visit for her to the dentist...which i provide the up most of care and love as i can...now pippa?------------come on now--the name dose not make the person............GET REAL PEOPLE.....................
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7-29-2011 @ 9:21PM
jkgibb1 said...I am surprised at how Nevaeh (Heaven spelled backwards) is gaining in popularity.
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7-30-2011 @ 8:43PM
lighght said...Oh no, I was afraid this would happen. Please, let's not have people start naming their daughters Pippa! Could there be a more ridiculous name. Queen Pippa. Princess Pippa. Nope.
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