Click here to visit the new home of ParentDish!

Hot on HuffPost Parents:

 

naming 

Baby Names: Share or Save?

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jun 28th 2010 10:00AM

You've got the baby name. Now, do you share it or keep it secret until she's born? Credit: Getty
In the Internet age, it's tempting to share everything from what you had for lunch to the most intimate details of your life, so it isn't ...
0 COMMENTS

Genealogy: A Brief Overview

by Sally Worsham, Posted Oct 30th 2009 3:30PM

Genealogy involves studying your family by tracing your relatives' lineage and history. This can give fascinating insight into your ancestors, such as their lifestyles, where they lived and their motivations. When researching your forbearers, you ...
0 COMMENTS

Those Dreamy Jonas Brothers Names

by The Name Lady, Posted Apr 13th 2009 10:00AM

If I had three boys I would name them after the Jonas Brothers! Is that wrong? I love those names and what they mean, even their last name, Jonas. -j.n. If you're wrong, you're certainly not alone. In fact, I can almost hear the voices of ...
1 COMMENTS

Naming Baby After Dad - Classic or Showy?

by The Name Lady, Posted Mar 23rd 2009 10:00AM

My wife and I are considering naming our son after me and calling him EJ for Eric Junior. What is the history of passing down the father's name to his son and is it considered pretentious today? - Dad-to-be Fifty years ago, no one ...
14 COMMENTS

Florida man trades baby's name for $100 in gas

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Jul 15th 2008 2:00PM

If the newest celebrity baby names got you buzzing last week, try this one on for size. When Florida resident David Partin's girlfriend, Samantha, gives birth to their son this winter, he'll be named "Dixon and Willoughby Partin." That might not be ...
2 COMMENTS

What's in a (nick)name?

by Nicole Teed, Posted Feb 22nd 2008 12:30PM

Naming a person is a really big deal. HUGE. With both of my pregnancies, my husband and I labored over the process of choosing names for our children. We were never attached to the idea of a family name, because -- while our ancestors offer up some ...
31 COMMENTS

What's in a name? Choosing names for adopted children

by Karen Walrond, Posted Apr 7th 2006 1:31PM

The website for Adoptive Families Magazine is currently featuring an interesting article on choosing names for your adopted child.  While on the surface, it would seem that there shouldn't be any naming issues arising from adoption that wouldn't ...
11 COMMENTS

Use Babycenter readers' names for good

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 3rd 2006 3:38PM

So, we loved the list of Babycenter names so much, we decided that we should give you all the opportunity to use these names for good. I mean, it's not really nice to put names like Beans or Ebenezer on a child's birth certificate. But as a nickname? ...
1 COMMENTS

Naming your child? Careful... Babycenter's watching

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 3rd 2006 2:59PM

All we have to say is, Gherkin? Ce'Qwoia? Buddah? In a Myr'Acle move, BabyCenter has chosen to post several lists of what they say are the names they're "impressed" with. All these names are real, names parents who use Babycenter have ...
4 COMMENTS

FollowUs

Flickr RSS

TheTalkies

More Recent Questions: