Naming Your Baby

I was talking to a friend today about baby names, and happened to see a reference to the very same. The Think Baby Names site has an encyclopaedia of over 4000 names, their meanings and their history.

Better still, it also hosts information based on National statistics. This means that not only can you look at the top 100 names in Britain, the US and Sweden, but you can click on a single name, and view its popularity over history in these countries.

It's also amusing to look at the lists and see the Chavvy names that are becoming popular in the UK.

For Boys: Tyler, Ellis, Kai, Mason and Kyle

For girls: Aaliyah, Tegan, Morgan, Madison, Paige, Summer, Tia, Amber etc etc

But the indecisive parent can get help with this subject, there are some good books. There's the Best Baby Name Book, and Simply the Best Baby Name Book , although they both clearly need to negotiate which one is actually the best. And finally, (pictured above), there's the humourously titled O'Baby, the book of Irish names.

(via J-Walk).