Baby Names Newsletter #9, 2007


This week's baby name article:
Apotropaic Baby Names
Can words that mean "garlic," "hen" and "hippo" actually make good baby names?
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art34398.asp


Names of the Week:
Calvin - from the French word for "bald"
Kennedy - from a Gaelic word meaning "misshapen head"
Dolores - from the Spanish word for "sorrows"
Claudia - from the Latin word for "lame"


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~Nancy R. Callahan, Baby Names Editor - BellaOnline.com
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