After reading Abby’s baby name predictions I thought that it would be good to see one from an Australian prospective then I thought since I have a blog I might as well do it myself because as they say if you want something done do it yourself. I apologise if any of the predictions are… Continue reading Baby name predictions for 2014

Holly is a name that belongs to someone quite close to me, its my baby second cousins name who was born nowhere near Christmas around July. Holly is a modern classic here in Australia its ranked since the 1960’s currently at 58 in Victoria and 27 in Western Australia, it is also quite popular in the UK… Continue reading Name of the Week: Holly

The most unusual name I know someone with is probably Deacon its the name of a three year old at her daycare (this may change since next year she will have a girl name Kolbe). Deacon doesn’t rank in Victoria, it was 425 in England and ranked 629 in the US. Deacon is an interesting… Continue reading Name of the week: Deacon

If you can’t guess my mum was born in the 1970’s so about half of her friends share the name Michelle and chances are you know a fair few Michelle’s as well. On facebook my mum has 7 friends named Michelle, the top name of my year was Emily I’m facebook friends with 6 Emily’s… Continue reading The Michelle Epidemic of the 70’s

Jacinta a name that has never ranked in the top 1000 in America and at the bottom of the UK charts (there were four Jacinta’s born in 2012) but in Australia its quite well known maybe a little dated. It peaked at 101 in NSW in the early 2000’s it has been falling quite steadily… Continue reading Uniquely Australian names: Jacinta

This one hasn’t made an impact yet but it could. When many people think Azalea they think flower but to me it’s Australian born rapper Iggy Azalea. You may have heard her single Change Your Life which peaked at 44 in Australia, 38 in New Zealand and 8 in Ukraine (who would have guessed) with 11,441,129… Continue reading Pop Culture Baby Names: Azalea

Angus the name that makes me think of Angus Burgers from McDonalds or Hungry Jacks but it has consistently ranked in Australia making it a true classic whether it makes you think of greasy burgers or not. At 57 in the country and 42 in Victoria, it seems to be staying inside the top 100… Continue reading Uniquely Australian names: Angus

This has to be my favourite series me trash talking names that other people love. Today to be hated is Imogen. Its gushed over on Nameberry for being not very popular sure its never ranked in the top 1000 there but for me Imogen is well used I know two Imogen’s and its a top… Continue reading Names name nerds love but I don’t: Imogen

  With Taylor Henderson finishing up second on X Factor and Taylah getting kicked off Australia’s Next Top Model for chocking someone I’ll call Taylor/Tayla/Taylah for a rise this year. It left the top 100 last year but with Ebony and Lauren joining the top 100 I think Taylor’s fair game to join. In Australia… Continue reading Uniquely Australian Names: Taylah