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    Beyond Ava & Aiden
    Beyond Ava & Aiden
    Beyond Ava & Aiden
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    Beyond Ava & Aiden

    By Pamela Redmond Satran

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    Baby name style guide that helps expectant parents navigate the ins and outs of baby names.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPamela Redmond Satran
    Release dateAug 19, 2010
    ISBN9781452456430
    Beyond Ava & Aiden
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    Pamela Redmond Satran

    Pamela Redmond Satran is the author of five novels and the coauthor of many bestselling baby name books, as well as the creator of nameberry.com. A columnist for Glamour, she writes frequently for the New York Times, The Daily Beast, and The Huffington Post. She lives not all that far from Brooklyn and plans to act thirty-three forever.

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      Book preview

      Beyond Ava & Aiden - Pamela Redmond Satran

      BEYOND AVA & AIDEN

      The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby

      by

      Linda Rosenkrantz & Pamela Redmond Satran

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      * * * * *

      PUBLISHED BY:

      Linda Rosenkrantz & Pamela Redmond Satran

      on Smashwords

      Beyond Ava & Aiden

      The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby

      Copyright © 2010 by Linda Rosenkrantz & Pamela Redmond Satran

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products referenced in this work of fiction, which have been used without permission. The publication/use of these trademarks is not authorized, associated with, or sponsored by the trademark owners.

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the authors’ work.

      * * * * *

      Beyond Ava & Aiden

      The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby

      * * * * *

      ALSO BY LINDA ROSENKRANTZ & PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN

      Cool Irish Names for Babies

      Cool Names

      The Baby Name Bible: The Ultimate Guide by America’s Baby-Naming Experts

      Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana:

      What to Name Your Baby Now

      Baby Names Now

      * * * * *

      For the wonderful daughters and sons we’ve named...

      Chloe Samantha, Rory Elizabeth Margaret, Joseph Leopold, and Owen Redmond

      * * * * *

      CONTENTS

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      STYLE

      What’s Hot

      A+ Names

      Millennial Names

      New-Age Names

      Star Power

      Starbabies

      The Craziest Starbaby Names

      Celebrity Inspiration

      Glamour Girls & Boys

      Names That Work

      The Er-ending Names

      Other Occupational Names

      Vintage Chic

      Vintage Starbabies

      Just Josies

      Nicknamed Starbabies

      So Far In They’re Out

      So Far In They’re Out Names

      But Olivia is my Favorite Name!

      So Far Out They’re In

      Green Names

      Flower & Fruit Names

      Botanical Names

      Herb & Spice Names

      Water Names

      Sky & Weather Names

      Animal & Bird Names

      Baby Gods & Goddesses

      Celestial Starbabies

      Uncool Names

      The Celts Are Coming

      Unique—or Close to It—Names

      Extreme Exotics

      Off the Map

      IMAGE

      Hipster Names

      Yupster Names

      Unusual Names

      But Seriously...

      Presidential Power

      Creative Names

      Art

      Fashion & Design

      Literature

      Music & Dance

      Creativo

      Fictional Characters

      Movies

      Television

      Books

      Class & Names

      The Perfect Balance

      The Nickname Question

      Vintage Nicknames

      No-Nickname Names

      Last Names First

      SEX

      Naming a Daughter

      Girly-Girl Names

      Womanly Names

      Mom Names

      Girlish Names

      Boyish Names

      Mannish Names

      Naming a Son

      Powerboy Names

      All-Boy Classics

      Biblical Boys

      Metrodude Names

      Unisex Names

      Unisex Starbabies

      Girl-Boy Name Equality

      TRADITION

      Trends Over Time

      The Early Years

      The Nineteenth Century

      The Twentieth Century

      African-American Naming Traditions

      Muslim & African Names

      Ava & Aidan: Patron Saints of Popular Names

      Jewish Names

      Hebrew-Israeli Names

      The Kosher Curve

      Mixed-Marriage Names

      International Ideas

      Dutch Names

      French Names

      German Names

      Italian Names

      Scandinavian Names

      Spanish Names

      Whose Name Is It, Anyway?

      Sibling Names

      Double Trouble

      Twin Starbabies

      Bad Advice?

      The Riddle of the Middle

      Single-Syllable Middle Names

      Starstruck Middles

      You Say Maria, I Say Mariah

      The Name Becomes the Child

      About the Authors

      * * * * *

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      We would like to extend our warmest thanks to our brilliant editor, Hope Dellon, who has been providing us with both perspicacious editorial advice and friendship since the very first edition of Beyond Jennifer & Jason. Also at St. Martin’s, we have had support in putting together and promoting our books from Laura Bourgeois, Anne Marie Tallberg, and Rachel Ekstrom. We want to take this opportunity, too, to acknowledge our terrific nameberry team: Hugh Hunter, Ed Sim, and Jefferson Rabb, and to the others who have provided such valuable help—Betsy Rosini, Danielle Miksza, Kimberly Caputo, Neil Rosini, Rita DiMatteo, and Steve Adamczyk.

      And finally, we’d like to thank all the parents who have listened to us talk about names all these years and who now freely share their own enlightened thoughts with us.

      * * * * *

      INTRODUCTION

      What happened to Jennifer and Jason, the names behind the name of our very first book? They’re all grown up and naming babies of their own now, and so it’s time for a new baby name guide for the next generation: Beyond Ava & Aiden.

      Beyond Jennifer & Jason inspired a baby-naming revolution that transformed what and how millions of parents name their children. Rather than reaching for the handiest family name or trendy favorite, parents now invest tremendous time and energy in choosing the perfect name for their baby. They’re well aware of the power of a name to influence how people see their child. And they’re way more adventurous than their own parents were, considering names that defy old gender stereotypes, that push through international boundaries, that carry deep personal meaning and show off their own individual style.

      Of course, the internet has changed the way people search for names, making it enormously more efficient to hunt down a name that meets all your requirements: One that works for girls as well as boys, that means something related to nature, and that’s Irish, for instance. You can accomplish that on our own website, nameberry.com, much more efficiently than you can with any book.

      But to truly make the best name choice for your baby, you need the kind of comprehensive information and in-depth expertise contained in Beyond Ava & Aiden. Fun as it can be to chat about names online, no other newbie parent is going to be able to offer the level of knowledge and advice you’ll find here. And no amount of analyzing the popularity statistics on the web will give you the kind of foresight and analysis you need to pick a name that’s right for you now, and that will still feel right for your child in a hundred years.

      Beyond Ava & Aiden is filled with hundreds of the kind of subjective lists we invented and still do best, all populated with names you simply won’t find in any other resource. What’s cool, what’s hot, and what’s overheated. Which names are hipster and which are Harvard-bound. We’ve got girly-girl names, names for your little dude, and names that work best for twins. We offer you undiscovered names from Tibet, chic names from Paris, and names fit for a baby god or goddess.

      Each list is supported by the kind of information today’s smart baby-namer craves: Where trends come from and where they’re going. What psychologists say about the effect of unusual names, and how much a name impacts a child’s chance of success. Whether unisex names work as well for boys as for girls and what you should know about nicknames, middle names, and sibling names.

      All the information you need to choose the kind of name you and your child will love forever is organized into four easy-to-follow sections:

      STYLE—A look at baby-naming fashion and trends: What’s in, out, hot, not. We look at which names are most fashionable right and why, including A+ names that may encourage kids to get better grades, names that have just been invented, and names inspired by celebrities. We also offer a cautionary list of names that are becoming too faddish, substitutes you might consider, plus hundreds of undiscovered names we predict will come into style over the next decades.

      IMAGE—A guide to the impressions names make: Which names sound hip, serious, creative, and classy. This section includes detailed information on how a name’s image affects your child, which names are moving up and down the class ladder, and how to choose a name that offers the perfect balance between fitting in and standing out.

      SEX—Gender lines are constantly being redrawn, and here we help you mark them. Girls’ names are divided into four main categories: Girly-Girl, Womanly, Girlish, and Boyish. Boys’ names are classed as Powerboys, All-Boy Classics, Biblical Boys, and Metrodudes. And then we detail the Unisex names, more appropriate than ever for both boys and girls, and the starbabies who promote them.

      TRADITION—A look at names over history, around the world, and within cultural and religious groups. Here’s where you’ll find fascinating Jewish, Muslim, and saints’ names, undiscovered choices fashionable in Europe, and how to pick a name that reflects your unique background. Also here: How to pick a name you and your spouse both love, how to deal with lame name advice, and why you should choose a name with your baby’s future siblings in mind.

      Beyond

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