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MYTH: Certain Baby Names Must Be Avoided Because They Are “Dog Names”
Baby Name Mythbusters is a new Category I dreamed up to replace Celebrity Baby Names, which seems redundant now that we have Celebrity Baby News. I thought it would be a fun way to examine some of the...
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MYTH: Very Popular Names Should be Avoided, Because in Thirty Years They Will...
Along with all the articles on popular names that came out with the 2011 name data, there were several which warned parents not to give their baby a name from the Top 10 , because in thirty years it...
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MYTH: Your Child is More Likely to be Successful if They Have a Name Similar...
Several months ago, I read a baby name blog (can’t recall where) which had re-posted a list of names of the most common names of CEOs around the world. As it often takes a long time to become a CEO,...
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MYTH: Australian Baby Names are Becoming Increasingly Influenced by American...
Since I last went mythbusting, the 2011 name data from the United States has been released, and this week it’s American Independence Day. To celebrate both events, I decided to compare Australian and...
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MYTH: Australian Baby Names Follow English Trends More Closely Than American...
Last time we went mythbusting, we looked at whether Australian names are becoming increasingly Americanised, and didn’t find a lot of evidence. This is the flip side to that myth – the one that...
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MYTH: A “Weird” Baby Name Can Ruin Your Child’s Life
This is an idea you cannot help running across if you frequent baby name forums, attend a few parent group meetings, or just read the papers – that the bestowing of a name considered strange or highly...
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