Flynn is one of the fastest rising baby names just 8 were born in the 90’s to be in the top 50 today. Flynn is to me a nicer form of Finn and has an amazing sound and flow. Flynn is an Irish name meaning son of the red haired one. Flynn is a quite… Continue reading Flynn

  Amelia a name I love mostly for the nickname Millie but I also love the sound of Amelia. Amelia means work. Amelia is at 6 in Australia and 9 in WA. It is in the top 5 in three states: New South Wales, Victoria and Northern Territory . Internationally it is at 17 in… Continue reading Amelia

  One of the most unusual names on my list Jago is the Cornish and Spanish form of Jacob one of the most popular names of my life (literally it was number one in the US from 1999-2012). Therefore Jago means supplanter. Jago only ranks in England and Wales at 640.    Jago is to… Continue reading Jago

My 5th favourite girls name is Eleanor very similar to my 2nd favourite girls name: Eloise and my 7th favourite girls name: Elena. Eleanor is the English variation of French Provencal Alienor, meaning unknown though could be related to Ellen meaning bright shining one. Eleanor isn’t too common at 110 in Victoria, Eleanor is also… Continue reading Eleanor

The most popular of all my favourite names is Jack the number one name in Western Australia.  Jack is a diminutive of John but is mostly used as a full name.  In Australia Jack is number 3, 3rd in New South Wales, 2nd in Victoria, 3rd in Queensland, 5th in South Australia and 2nd in… Continue reading Jack

  Alice is my 4th favourite girls name as my third favourite name Matilda was blogged about back in October. I first started liking Alice when I was 7 and read the book pictured above. Alice is reasonably popular in Australia at 45, 48 in NSW (2011),  45 inWA and 32 in Victoria (2012). Internationally… Continue reading Alice

My third favourite boys name gets analysed today. That name is almost uniquely Australian only making the top 50  in Australia and New Zealand. Cooper is my most commonly hated inclusion on my list but I love it anyway, also before we go on I should tell you I don’t pronounce it correctly I say… Continue reading Cooper

I’m challenging myself to a post per day for the next month or two and am hoping to be able to give an insight into the names I love and if I can find it the names I used to love.  Todays name is Eloise. Eloise is a French and English variant of the German… Continue reading Eloise