One Year

I just wanted to take a moment to mention that today, One year ago The Name Nook's first name related post was published.  2013 has been quite the year for The Name Nook.  Between losing and gain bloggers, losing interest and regaining, ect.  We are exciting for what 2014 holds for The Name Nook!  We have a lot of things up our sleeves!! :)

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR LOVELY READERS for reading!!  We COULDN'T do this without YOU ALL!! :)

So thank you!

Happy New Years Eve!!

Here is to a wonderful 2014 for you, me, all our bloggers and for The Name Nook blog!

Client Game #1

This is going to be my first “client” game! Here are the rules: you may put in 5 answers per client, if the question asks for a set then you must answer in a set (ex. Naming twins give me 5 sets of twin names), and finally have fun!!! I will announce the winners before my post on January 16^th J

Client Number 1: This couple already has two daughters named Phoebe and Juliet and just found out they are having a 3^rd! They have no idea where to start, give them some suggestions.

Client Number 2: It’s going to be a full house of boys for this couple, they already have Arlo, Porter, and Barrett, and just found out they are having a fourth. They don’t care about popularity, and don’t want any of the names to sound too similar, suggest some boys names!

Client Number 3: This couple is playing one team green for their first baby! For girls they like long flowy princessy names for first names, and for boys they like strong, masculine ones for first names. They also don’t want anything too popular, so keep it out of the top 500. The middle name should be short and sweet. What would you name their first child?

Client Number 4: No matter what this couple does, they cannot agree on names. His favorites are Avery, Brooklyn and Ella, her’s are Rosalina, Penelope, and Juliette, help them find some middle ground for their first daughter. They are also stuck on middle names, so give them complete combos.

Client Number 5: This couple already has two daughter Audrey Victoria and Anna Olivia and just found out that they are having a boy! Should they continue the A trend or pick a different letter for their first son, you choose! For his middle, something long to match his sisters!

New Names To List

I've been in a state for awhile where I don't really have any favorite names besides my all time favorite girl names, Ava & Sophia.  I finally put some effort in to come up with some favorite names.  Here are 6 of my current favorite names that I could see myself using someday!

• Ava Lynn
• Sophia Christine
• Brooke Elizabeth
• Jackson Reed
• Connor Michael
• Owen William

What do you think?  What names are your favorites?  Do you think they all go together well?  Leave a comment letting me know what you think!!  Also, what names you think would go well with those six!  Have a great week! :)

Christmas Song Composer/Artist Names

Happy Friday! :)

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! (if you celebrate it)

My post today is about the names of Christmas song composers/artist!

"We Three Kings of Orient Are" ("Three Kings of Orient")

written by Rev. John Henry Hopkins

"O Little Town of Bethlehem"

words: Phillips Brooks,

"O Holy Night"

words: Placide Cappeau de Rouquemaure,

"The Little Drummer Boy" ("Carol of the Drum")

written by Katherine K. Davis

"Joy to the World"

words: Isaac Watts

"I Wonder as I Wander"

John Jacob Niles

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

*music: Felix Mendelssohn,

"Deck the Hall"

Thomas Oliphant

My favorite artist name would be Isaac and Katherine.  What is your favorite?  Also, what is your favorite Christmas song?

Christmas Color Names

Hi everyone! It's Gabby! I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas!  I'm here to bring you some Christmas color names.  I'm going to try to mention names people rarely hear.  Let's go!! I'll do one girl name and one boy name for each color


Red

 Rouge (roozh)
 Origin: French
 Meaning: the color red

Cardinal
Origin: English
Meaning: from the bright red bird





Green

Harlequin
Origin: French
Meaning: mute pantomime clown

Kelly
Origin: Irish
Meaning: bright-headed








Blue

Carolina (care-uh-line-uh)
Origin: German
Meaning: feminine for of Charles

Cobalt
Origin: English
Meaning: shade of blue








White

Blanche
Origin: French
Meaning: white







Finnegan
Origin: Irish
Meaning: fair, white


Although Finnegan is not a "shade" of white it has white in the meaning so I thought it would count.  I hope everyone enjoys theirs presents 

Christmas Names of the Day

Gender: Female

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: Bitter

Ranking: #123

My Opinion: I love the name Mary! It is the name of one of my grandmothers, and to me, it is the perfect classic name. I can picture this name on any person, of any age J

Sibling Names: Elizabeth, Ruth, Claire, Abigail, Joseph, James, Alexander, Michael

Gender: Male

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: God is my strength

Ranking: #24

My Opinion: I ADORE the name Gabriel, currently it’s my #4 boy name in the combo Gabriel Durstan. My only problem is that I really dislike the nickname Gabe.

Sibling Names: Olivia, Clara, Violet, Grace, William, Oliver, Luke, Henry

Names from Christmas Movies

Christmas movie confession: if it’s not Elf, I’m not interested. I seriously love Elf so much that I can easily watch every year, which is about how often I feel the need to watch Christmas movies. So for this post, I definitely had to differ to my best friend Alyssa for movie expertise and raid her listog list for some favorite Christmas movies. Eventually, I got this list together!

Girls

Name: Virginia

Movie: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

Rank: 579

Meaning: maiden

Name: Jovie

Movie: Elf

Rank: n/a

Meaning: derived from the word jovial

Name:  Daisy

Movie: Love Actually

Rank: 172

Meaning: daisy flower

Name: Juliet

Movie: Love Actually

Rank: 253

Meaning: feminine of Julius (downy-bearded)

Name: Isabel

Movie: Scrooge

Rank: 134

Meaning: my god is abundance

Boys

Name: Kevin

Movie: Home Alone

Rank: 67

Meaning: kind, gentle, handsome

Name: Bailey

Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life

Rank: n/a

Meaning: one who is a bailiff

Name: Henry

Movie: It’s a Wonderful Life

Rank: 43

Meaning: home ruler

Name: Clark

Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Rank: 554

Meaning: one who is a cleric or scribe

Name: Miles

Movie: Elf

Rank: 111

Meaning: gracious

            So those are some names I like from Christmas movies. What are your favorite Christmas movies and some of the names from them? Have a fabulous holidays and see everyone in the new year!

Hayl

Names In Christmas Songs!!

This week we are changing things up a bit!!  

Due to the fact it is Christmas week! :)  Every post this week will be related to Christmas and 5/6 bloggers will be posting.  No BNG's or Name Of The Weeks this week instead, 5 days of Christmas posts! :)

Hope you enjoy them and have Happy Holidays!!

From,

The Name Nook Staff

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Happy holidays all!

My Christmas Week post is on baby names in the titles of christmas songs. Some of these may or may not be familiar to you. There are 5 girls names and 5 boys names.  I have listed the name, if it is a variation of a more common name, and the title of the song it is from. I hope you enjoy!!

Name: Ave (AH-vay) 
Variation?: Variation of Ava
Title of Christmas Song: Ave Maria

Name: Natale (nuh-TALL-ay)

Variation?: Italian variation of Natalie 

Title of Christmas Song: Buon Natale 

Name: Isabella

Variation?: Spanish and Italian variation of Elizabeth

Title of Christmas Song: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

Name: Ivy

Variation?: N/A

Title of Christmas Song: The Holly and the Ivy

Name: Feliz (fay-LEASE)

Variation?: Spanish variation of Felicity / Felicia

Title of Christmas Song: Feliz Navidad

Name: Gabriel

Variation?: N/A

Title of Christmas Song: Gabriel's Message

Name: Judea (joo-DAY-uh)

Variation?: N/A

Title of Christmas Song: Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains

Name: Emmanuel

Variation?: N/A

Title of Christmas Song: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Name: Rudolph

Variation?: N/A

Title of Christmas Song: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Name: Dominick

Variation?: Variation of Dominic

Title of Christmas Song: Dominick The Italian Christmas Donkey

Have a very happy (and safe) holiday!!

~Ali

names from 16&Pregnant

Happy Friday!! I’m writing this post on Wednesday a few hours before finishing my last exam. After this, I’ll only have three more semesters of my BA. Crazy. Before writing one of our harder exams, my friends and I decided that the best way to chill post exam would be to watch hours of trashy reality TV. Trashy reality show of choice? 16 and Pregnant. So, this post is on the names the moms picked from season 3 of 16 and Pregnant.

Noah James – I love this name. Noah is such a classic. James is a bit of a filler middle, but the combo sounds so lovely that I can’t fault it.

Joshua Devan and Noah Matthew – Noah Matthew is also gorgeous. Noah was a popular choice this season. Joshua was after the father and although I love the idea of honoring names, on this show it makes me cringe because of how often the parents end up hating each other. Sure enough, they didn’t stay together. I like Devan well enough, but would be more apt to spell it Devon.

Miah Christine – This spelling is cringe worthy. The mother pronounces her name as My-uh, but if I read it first, I’d definitely say Mee-uh. I seriously hate the name Maya, but at least Maya/Maia would make sense. I’m neutral towards Christine.

Jamie Jr – I like Jamie for a boy, but I’d prefer it as a nickname for James or Jameson. Also, the whole naming the baby after the father thing makes me super uneasy on this show. I’m not sure if this baby truly doesn’t have a middle name, or if Jr is the middle name.

Kylee Sue – At first, when they were talking about this name and I imagined it as Kylie, I was ok with it. When they showed it spelled out on the screen, I actually laughed out loud. Everything about this name says redneck to me. The spelling is ridiculous, the flow of it and Sue in general.

Preston Michael – I went to elementary school with a guy whose first name was Michael and last was Preston so this combo obviously sounded super familiar to me. Currently, one of my best friends is named Preston so I have a fab association that I think has made me like the name a lot more than I would otherwise. Although I really like the combo, Michael is another naming after the dad situation.

Enrique Jeiro – Seriously, naming after dads was the trend of the season. I really do not like either of the names, but this baby’s father is Hispanic, so I can at least understand wanting to use names from that heritage.

Kay’den Elijah – Ugh. Grammar in names is probably one of my biggest naming pet peeves. No one needs an apostrophe in their name. Ever. Caden Elijah would be a darling, totally valid combo, but Kay’den. Just no.

Aubri Rose – I have so many issues with Aubri. First issue, that spelling is ridiculous. If you’re going to use it, at least spell it right- Aubrey. Secondly, Aubrey is a masculine name. I feel like a lot of people think its related to Audrey, but it’s actually derived from Alberich a clearly masculine German name. Thirdly, I just don’t like it. Rose is so common as a middle name and another name I just don’t like.

Aydenn Anthony – Spelling. What even is Aydenn. Aidan is so lovely and that spelling just looks awful without changing the name at all. I just don’t get it! Anthony is cute, but alliterative combos aren’t my deal.

            So those are my thoughts on the names from season 3 of 16 and Pregnant. What are your thoughts on them- agree? Disagree? Leave a comment! :) And have a fab holidays!

Hayl

Massachusetts Collegiate Education Baby Name Game

It's Gabby again!!! Surprise!!

Today I have a quite a blasé but long name game mainly because I just finished finals and my brain is fried of all creativity so here's an initials baby name game.  I'm almost half way done my life as a college student!

These initials come from the initialisms of the top 20 colleges in Massachusetts according to Forbes.com.  New England and the Northeast is known for having some of the highest educated states in the United States.

Use this dice to determine genders (Odds are girls.... Evens are boys).  Roll for each child.

Baby 1:
If you roll a boy the initials are: HU
If you roll a girl the initials are: WC

Baby 2:
If you roll a boy the initials are: MIT
If you roll a girl the initials are: AC

Baby 3:
If you roll a boy the initials are: WC
If you roll a girl the initials are: TU

Baby 4:
If you roll a boy the initials are: BC
If you roll a girl the initials are: BU

Baby 5:
If you roll a boy the initials are: SC
If you roll a girl the initials are: CHC

Baby 6:
If you roll a boy the initials are: MHC
If you roll a girl the initials are: BU

Baby 7:
If you roll a boy the initials are: WPI
If you roll a girl the initials are: HC

Baby 8:
If you roll a boy the initials are: CU
If you roll a girl the initials are: UMA

Baby 9:
If you roll a boy the initials are: BU
If you roll a girl the initials are: WC

Baby 10:
If you roll a boy the initials are: NEU
If you roll a girl the initials are: MC


Leave your set in the comments below!

Here's mine!

Wren Clarisse, Monroe Isaac Tiernan, West Carlisle, Brighton Cobain, Charlotte Hermione Cleo, Bryony Ursa, Haven Clementine, Cormac Upton, Benedict Urban, Morgana Celia

Name of the Week!

This week's name of the week is...

Since I'm wrapping up finals for my first semester as a sophomore in college, I thought it would be cool to put a little info about the place where my college is, Salem, MA.

Gender: Boy or Girl (I prefer it on a boy)

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: 'peace'

Rank: Not in the top 1000.

Other names that go well with Thomasina: Victoria, Noemi, Lyra, Malachi/Mordecai, Peregrine, Asher

My opinion: I really like this name.  It has a gothic feel to it so that's an automatic win for me.  It has the terrible association with the infamous Salem Witch Trials which really isn't the best thing but if you can see past that, this name is totally usable.

YOUR opinion: leave it in the comments!!!

Winter BNG!

Hey guys! 

Today's baby name game is all about winter. 

There are 4 different questions I have for you. Below each question, there are 4 possible answers. You will have a total of 4 kids, 2 girls and 2 boys. The name of each of your children is the listed next to the answers to the questions. Pick the answer for each that is true for you. 

GIRL: What is your favorite flavor of hot chocolate?

Chocolate: Abigail Sarah

White chocolate: Vanessa Lily 

Mint: Lia Charlotte

Other/I don't like hot chocolate: Clara Jane 

GIRL: Favorite thing about winter?

Snow/Cold weather: Juliette Aria

Holidays: Hannah Alison

Warm clothes: Isabella Madeleine

Other/I don't like winter: Elizabeth Mia 

BOY: Favorite winter scent?

Peppermint: Aidan Parker

Pine: Andrew Noah

Cinnamon: Brayden Leo

Other/None: Camden Joseph

BOY: Is winter your favorite season?

Yes: Daniel Justin

No, Summer is: Dominic Landon

No, Spring is: Jordan William

No, Autumn is: Nicholas Colin

What are your results? 

What do you think of the names?

Thanks for playing!!

My results: 

Vanessa Lily

Hannah Alison

Camden Joseph

Daniel Justin 

"Ness, Han, Cam & Danny"

I'm A Little Hungry.... My Top 10 Food Names!

Happy Monday!
Well, actually, while I am writing this, it is Sunday night. I haven't had dinner yet, and I am STARVING. So, what better topic to do than food names?
5 names for each gender. I have provided a picture of the food, the meaning of the name, origin, and rank. Enjoy!

Name: Cane (Sugarcane)

Meaning: "spear; possessed"

Origin: Hebrew

Rank: N/A

Name: Graham (Graham crackers)

Meaning: "gravelly homestead"

Origin: Scottish

Rank: 215

Name: Jack (Pepperjack cheese)

Meaning: "God is gracious"

Origin: English

Rank: 46

Name: Jordan (Jordan almonds)

Meaning: "flowing down"

Origin: Hebrew

Rank: 48

Name: Kale (Kale greens)

Meaning: "Modern invented name"

Origin: N/A

Rank: 719

Name: Brie (Brie cheese)

Meaning: "Place name of the cheese-producing region"

Origin: French

Rank: N/A

Name: Nori (Seaweed)


Meaning: "Doctrine or seaweed"


Origin: Japanese


Rank: N/A

Name: Parsley (Parsley greens)


Meaning: N/A


Origin: N/A


Rank: N/A

Name: Reese (Reese's peanut butter candy)


Meaning: "ardor"


Origin: Welsh


Rank: 128

Name: Sage (Garden sage)

Meaning: "wise"

Origin: Latin

Rank: 494

What are your favorite food names?

Have a great week!

~Ali

L Names

Hi friends! So I have officially decided to come back and be a regular part of The Name Nook again and I am super excited about it. So thanks again for the other bloggers for welcoming me back!

I plan on doing some fun posts BUT today may be a little boring because I was suppose to work at 2pm but instead I got called in to go this morning until 8pm tonight. I am doing the best I can on my cellphone right now, so bare with me!

Lately I have been LOVING 'L' names for boys! Which is weird because I never ever have liked a single 'L' name until recently. I just never saw the appeal in them.

Here are my favourites:

Lincoln - This name is getting SO popular where I live & with celebrities like Kristen Bell & Dax Shepard and kind of celeb Kailyn Lowry from Teen Mom 2. I think its such a sweet name. I feel like its nice and fresh where people think its unique but its not trashy and trendy.

Logan - I use to like this name for a girl because my neighbours granddaughter was named Logan and I just saw it as a girls name. NOW I cannot see it on a girl AT ALL. I think its SO handsome for a boy.

Lachlan - Again I love that this name has a newish feel to it but its not trashy and trendy. I think its absolutely adorable and I would totally use it.

Levi - I like Levi more a middle name but I am starting to like it as a first name. I think its just a cool name.

London - I like this name for both genders. I don't know if I would be able to use it because I live 45 minutes from London, Ontario & most of my family lives there, so I'm not sure but I think its a cool name.

Lennon - Again I like this name for both genders. I think its super cool and awesome.

Anyways sorry for this random post, I promise to have ones that get more into names and are more fun to read but this is as good as it gets from my cellphone! Thanks for reading.

What are YOUR favourite 'L' names & WDYT of the names I listed?

Jaylyn ♥