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A great read when you’re looking for a name for a baby (or a pet or a movie character), from the traditional to the unique and unexpected. But also great to read when you have nothing to name at all and are just looking for a smile.
Aug 30, 2023 · Boy names that start with M are modern favorites, with baby boomers Michael and Mark moving M names for boys onto the main stage in the mid 20th century. Along with modern classic Michael, other M names for boys ranking in the US Top 100 include Mateo, Mason, Maverick, Matthew, and Miles.
- Pamela Redmond
- What Inspired You to Write The Amazing Baby Name Book?
- How Did You Decide Which Names to Include and Which to Leave out?
- How Do You Feel About Your Own names?
- How Did You Name Your Children?
- What Are Your Favorite Names in The Amazing Baby Name Book?
Amy:It actually started as a lark, which is a name in the book. Maia: We created a dinner table game 17 years ago when it became more common for celebrities to use interesting baby names. We thought there were so many words that could be names and would come up with characters around them — Bannisterwould be a preppy boy from Connecticut, for examp...
Amy:We couldn’t have had an all-inclusive book. We wanted it to be a little tiny thing that was pretty and fun and artful and helpful and inclusionary, and also a little attitudinal and funny. Maia:We looked at names of meteors and stars, names of colors and trails. Minerals and gems, the dictionary. We do this in my job too, because we name produc...
Amy: I love my name. My mother wanted to name me Irene but when I was born, I weighed under five pounds. She decided that she couldn’t give me a name that had more letters than I had pounds, so she named me Amy. I think of it as my first act of self-empowerment, because I would not have wanted to be named Irene. Anna:I love being a palindrome. Maia...
Anna: My children’s last name is Blum. My husband Kevin and I had a joke that we were going to name the baby Cinna. Cinna Blum! When I was pregnant with my daughter, we liked Amelia but I felt like it wasn't a fit. Kevin and I saw a Bond movie and there was a Bond girl named Madeline— she was the only Bond girl that ever saved James Bond, so it fel...
Anna: I really like Eno and Bevelfrom the book. Amy: I like Chai and Hai. I was proud of those ones. And colors make amazing names, like Vermillion and Chartreuse. I’m very attached to the name Chartreuse! If I had another daughter, it might be very high on my list. I don’t know how my present husband would feel about that. Thank you so much, Amy, ...
- Sophie Kihm
The highly curated collection of names highlights classic names like Simone, namesake names like Zaha (in honor of Zaha Hadid), and new-to-us word names like Dizen (meaning "to dress up" in Dutch) with signature Ephron wit.
Sep 6, 2022 · In this fun, charming, and wonderfully curated collection of baby names, authors Amy Ephron and her daughters, Anna and Maia, share inspired and witty ideas that will spark your imagination, providing parents-to-be with moments of humor, historical context, factual tidbits, and highly opinionated takes on the most creative names from Abacus and ...
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Oct 18, 2022 · I'm trilled to introduce you to my nieces Anna Ephron Harari and Maia Wapnick and my sister Amy Ephron who have written an absolutely irresistible book to help the rest of us come up with the perfect names. Welcome to the world: THE AMAZING BABY NAME BOOK: A (Possibly Helpful and Slightly amusing Guide from A to Z) !
Jan 27, 2023 · Amy Ephron and her daughters Maia Wapnick and Anna Ephron Harari understand the sentiment well—on several levels. About fifteen years ago, when celebrities began to give their children creative...
