NAME OF THE DAY: August

Today is the start of August, so I will talk about the month name: 📅📛August. 

August is not only the eight month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, named in honor of Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor — but a word, an adjective that means: 'inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur.'  

SSA data shows that 91% of the time August is used as a boy's name. August as a boy's name is in fact very popular, being at #88 on the Most Popular Baby Names in 2024. August is also used as a girl's name but it's not as popular and is at #910 on the Most Popular Baby Names for girls in 2024. The most Augusts can be found in New York and Louisiana.   

I like the name 📛August, it's a month name which is always a fun name choice to give/have. 👍🏾 But I do prefer August as a boy's name more than August for a girl's name. Maybe it's because I see 'Gus' in August and because of its origin name 📛Augustus, that I see August more of a masculine name than a feminine one. 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛AUGUSTS:

📛Frederick August Wilson  (playwright) 

📛Johan August Strindberg ✍ (playwright)  

📛August Sander 📷 (photographer) 

📛August Alsina 🎤 (singer)

📛August Diehl 🎥 (actor)

📛August Hermann (actor Peter Hermann & actress Mariska Hargitay's son)

📛August Goldsmith (musician Taylor Goldsmith & singer / actress Mandy Moore's son)

📛August Brooksbank (Princess Eugenie & businessman Jack Brooksbank's son)

📛August Brooks (singer Garth Brook's daughter)

📛August Zuckerberg (Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's daughter)

📛August Cage (actor Nicolas Cage's daughter)

📛August DeWindt  (food content creator)  

   

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛August:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/A/AU/AUGUST/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛August: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💓💓💓/10

All About Alivea

📛Alivea is a name I never saw before recently (due to the sad story of Kaylee Goncalves (RIP) and her surviving sister Alivea Goncalves). Yet I've heard of this name all of my life originally as: 📛Olivia.

When I first saw Alivea I read it as: "Alive" "A" 🤦🏿‍♀️ but since that didn't make sense, I figured it was a misspelling of another 'A' name. 🤔 Then it hit me trying to pronounce it (🗣Alive-a... 🗣A-live-v-a) that ahhh!... Alivea is a variation of Olivia! 🔔 

Olivia originates from the Latin word "oliva" meaning "olive." Olivia is the #1 most popular baby name for girls as of 2024. But not only in the United States. Nameberry states, "Olivia ranks among the Top 10 girls' names in several English-speaking countries as well as in Spain, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Argentina." "Records of the name Olivia exist from as far back as 13th century England, but the name was popularized after Shakespeare used it for the name of the countess in Twelfth Night." 

Olivia is an old-fashioned name that's beautiful: to say (I may or may not have been saying it wrong all this time... pronouncing the 'O'... 🤷🏾‍♀️) and to look it. 🧐 I personally like 'O' names  because they're usually rare, especially for girls to have.  

Now 📛Alivea, actually seems to be a variation of another variation  of Olivia: 📛Alivia. I like Alivia a little more so than Alivea just because I can't unsee the "Alive" in Alivea... 😬 But then I like that Alivea is different and sort of difficult. 🤷🏾‍♀️ It's a name that upon sight, you either get it immediately or you're like me and go, "Huh?... Ohhh!" 😄  

📛Alivea is an interesting name variation and with it in the spotlight now, I'm curious 👀 to see if it will gain future popularity ⬆ on the first 📛name charts.📈    

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛Aliveas:

📛Alivea Disney 🎥 (actress)

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Alivea: 👎/👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓/10   

Meet Kelce Taylor: The baby girl with the name inspired by Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce

👶📛Kelce Taylor made her special name debut at Liberty Hospital in Missouri, her parent(s) obviously huge fans of 🎤 singer Taylor Swift and 🏈 football player Travis Kelce.     

The big birth announcement has garnered 13k Facebook likes 👍 so far: 

"We are so excited to announce the birth of the youngest Swiftie and newest member of The Kansas City Chiefs Red Kingdom!!

Kelce Taylor is officially in her newborn era"

The Traylor combined name Kelce Taylor has its fans of course but others are naysayers, someone commenting, 'Like what if they break up?'    

I agree with the commenter. 👌🏾 Plus I'm personally not a fan of the names 📛Kelce or 📛Taylor (both too plain for my taste 😏). I'd went with 📛Swift T if anything. 🤷🏾‍♀️

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Kelce Taylor: 👎 OR 💓💓/10   

People only just realizing Hulk Hogan’s real name

Legendary 1980s 💪wrestler Hulk Hogan suddenly died and some social media users are now just finding out Hulk Hogan's real name isn't Hulk Hogan... 😲 but 📛Terry Bollea.   

The origin of Hulk Hogan's stage name goes: "It was after appearing on a local talk show in Memphis with TV’s Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno, that he began calling himself Terry “The Hulk” Boulder because he was so much larger than Ferrigno. He first appeared in WWE in 1979 and was named Hulk Hogan by Vincent J. McMahon."   

I knew Hulk Hogan was a wrestling name but I figured "Hogan" was still his real first or last name and "Hulk" was fake. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Hulk Bollea or Hulk Terry definitely isn't as striking as Hulk Hogan. 📛Hogan however is a real first name (it is Irish for 'youth') and surname. 

I actually met a Hogan before. 🙋🏾‍♀️ He was a bank worker who helped me and I remarked that he had a cool name (at the time), in which he thanked me. No, I didn't ask if he was named after Hulk Hogan, but I assumed. 🤷🏾‍♀️   

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Hogan:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/H/HO/HOGAN/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Hogan: 👎 OR 💙💙/10  

CELEBRITY BABY NAME REVEAL: Aquaman

Influencer Trisha Paytas named her recently first born son: 📛Aquaman! 🌊💙 

Seriously, as in Aquaman the comic book superhero! 💥 So I like the fact she had the guts to give her baby boy a cool 😎 superhero name but... I have to admit this seems to be a bit too much... 😬 I'm not an Aquaman fan but even if she'd name her son Batman (who I do love) I'd still have a dropped jaw 😮 that there's a baby named after a comic book character! I have to wonder what if she chose a favorite villain (Joker, Magneto etc.) and went with that instead? 🤔 

Paytas on the other hand is a fan of Aquaman clearly. She says on her son's extremely one-of-a-kind name, "I've been wearing Aquaman T-shirts for years, since 2017 when the first Justice League came out. I have gone to so many Comic-Cons for Aquaman. And then I really fell in love when we rewatched Aquaman." Aquaman's name was actually predicted by 👶baby name📛 consultant Morgan Timm! 👀 

Aquaman's (that feels so silly to write! 😛) middle name is the Biblical 📛Moses, named after his father Moses Hacmon. Paytas said she considered Moses Jr. as Aquaman's first name. But with her other children, her daughters named 📛Malibu Barbie (adorable!) and 📛Elvis (wow!), Moses as a first name would have probably been too tame. Paytas says she was close to naming her son "Water," since her husband "loves water." "His whole philosophy was, 'We're just water.' I loved it, we should just name the baby Water."  

I do like the shortened name or nickname Aquaman's parents could give their son: simply Aqua. One thing for sure, when he starts school, the other children will probably be tickled 😀 to have an 📛Aquaman 🌊 in their class!  

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Aquaman: 👎 OR 💙💙💙/10 

NAME OF THE DAY: Raeanna

The name 📛Raeanna is a "modern coinage possibly inspired by singer Rihanna." 🎤

Raeanna is obviously a combination of the names 📛Rae and 📛Anna. ""Rae" is derived from the Hebrew name "Rachel," meaning "ewe" or "lamb," while "Anna" is of Hebrew origin and means "grace" or "favor." Therefore, the name Raeanna can be interpreted as "graceful lamb" or "favored lamb.""  

However, Raeanna's roots are in the Welsh name 📛Rhiannon, "from the Celtic Rīgantonā, bearing the lofty endearment “great queen.”” 👑

The states where the most baby girls are named Raeanna are in California and Alaska. According to SSA, as far back as in 1975 Raeanna was given as a name to 7 girls. As of current in 2024, there were 11 girls given the name.
 

I really like the name 📛Raeanna (but ironically I'm not a huge fan of the names Rae and Anna separately... 🤔). I like that it's an 'R' name, it sounds really pretty to say, plus I love it's so similar to 📛Rihanna's 🤩 iconic name.      

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛Raeannas:

📛Raeanna Sessegnon 🎵 (TikTok content creator)   

📛Raeanna Ruiz  (Malefactor)

♂️Masculine Version of 📛Raeanna:

📛RAYAN 

💭I'm not crazy about this masculine version of Raeanna. 😬 I'd prefer simply Ray (not Rae, that's too feminine looking I feel).

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Raeanna:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RA/RAEANNA/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Raeanna: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓/10 

CELEBRITY BABY NAME PREDICTION: Rihanna...

Singer Rihanna is expecting her third baby with her partner A$AP Rocky, which may be their first girl 🤞🏾 — a secret he seemingly spilled in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.  

Rihanna (📛Robyn is her first name) and her family (📛Rakim is A$AP's Rocky's real name) all neatly have 'R' names and her daughter or newest son will follow that tradition. "It’s always gonna be an R name. That’s the one thing me and Rocky don’t fight over,” Rihanna says certainly.  

If Rihanna is really having a daughter, it will be so interesting to see what name she comes with, as her sons have really wild, cool names: 📛RZA & 📛Riot.  

Without further ado, my 👶🏽📛Baby Name Predictions 🎲 are...    

🥁...

📛Robinette / 📛Robina / 📛Robin

📛Rhiannon

📛Rakia

📛Rebel

📛Rain / 📛Rainbow

📛Reign

📛Royal / 📛Royalty  

📛Rhapsody

📛Rhythm 

📛Razzle

📛Rev

📛Revolve 

📛Real

📛Ritz

📛Riviera 

📛Richness

📛Renaissance 

📌🔖VIBE Magazine did a cute piece 10 Unique “R” Names That Would Be Perfect For Rihanna And A$AP Rocky’s Next Baby

We both guess ✔📛Reign, ✔📛Robin (they think with a 'byn') and ✔📛Rebel (spelled uniquely + an apostrophe) 👌🏾 

I will make a follow up post when the name is announced so stay tuned! 👀 

 

NAME NERD NOTE: How did Jennifer Love Hewitt get her middle name?

📛🤓📒: "Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt got her lovely middle name 📛Love 💓 after Jennifer's mother chose the name from her best friend from college."   

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Love: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓/10 

Three Siblings Named James

Jennifer Love Hewitt, actress and mother of three children, gave the middle name: 📛James not only to her two sons (📛Atticus James and 📛Aidan James) but also to her daughter (📛Autumn James does have a cool ring to it)! 🤯

I love 💓 the intention behind naming all her children with the same middle name: it was to honor Hewitt's husband's grandfather named James. Plus it is pretty cute that all siblings share the same name in some way outside of their last name.  

I personally wouldn't mind if I had the same middle name as my three siblings... 🤷🏾‍♀️ but it would definitely depend on the name because I love my middle name. 🥰

Could a same-middle-name-for-siblings catch on and become a name trend? 🤔 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛James: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💓💓💓/10 

Embracing Amara Over Embrace

 A new mother on Reddit community r/AITA posted: 🗣 Am I the a**hole for naming my daughter after a "verb?"

She originally chose the word/verb: 📛Embrace as her daughter's name. She loved Embrace because it was unique and thought it would convey her daughter is loving and open to change. But upon sharing the name idea — she got backlash from family and friends saying Embrace could be 'embarrassing' for her future daughter and it wasn't a good idea.

The mother posted an update on her daughter's name and shared she chose another name instead: 📛Amara. 

"After some discussion and advice from my immediate family and some friends, we decided to name our baby girl Amara instead. Everyone seems to love the name (including us ofc) so that's good and we're set on Amara, but if we decide to choose something else we still have until August because my daughter was born on June 13th and our country gives you 60 days to register the baby after its birth." 

Hmmm... 🤔 I don't think the mother was the a**hole but her family and friends were. 😒 Yes Embrace isn't a conventional, 'normal' first name but it's not a downright bad, shocking or inappropriate name either. The mother liked Embrace originally. That's all that matters. She settled for Amara and that sucks. 😞 I hope she chose/chooses Embrace as a middle name at least.🤞🏾 I personally like Embrace over Amara. 🤷🏾‍♀️ It's prettier, softer and I love that it's a word name. I don't like Amara at all (outside of the meaning: 'grace'). 🙅🏾‍♀️ 

The author of the piece: She Named Her Daughter After A Verb And Her Sister Roasted Her Over It While Pointing Out She's Setting Her Kid Up To Get Bullied asks at the end of the article: 

"Have we reached a point where verbs belong on birth certificates?"

Yes! 👏🏾 I don't understand why it's such a big deal when parents want to name their children something out of the norm of a Jane or John. 😏 Everyone loves a classic name, even I do and I even sometimes like 'boring' names. 😱 But there's more than enough names in the world to name a child beyond Olivia and Liam. 🙄 Whatever name a parent wants to name their child, no matter how offbeat/strange/unique it is (outside of actual 🚫illegal names📛) — they should be able to do so without judgement. 😌 

NAME OF THE DAY: Paris

Today is Bastille Day 🎆 in France, so I will be discussing the very French name: Paris 

Paris is the capital city of France. Paris got its name from the Gaulish tribe known as the Parisii.   

📛Paris is usually associated with being a girl's name but 📛Paris can be used for boys (actor Pierce Brosnan has a son named Paris) too. Nameberry says in 2004 it was #157 on the most popular baby  girl's name list but now it's at #484 as of 2024.   

Surprisingly, America is the country with the most babies named Paris, not France — California has the most people named Paris. Interestingly, Paris is often used as a surname 74% of the time. 

I think the name 📛Paris is pretty cool 😎 as I really like 📍place names. I like it a little more when used for a girl's name over a boy's name however. But either or, it's a stylish name that oozes well, style, oui? Yes. 👌🏾  

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛Parises:

📛Paris Jackson 🎤👑 (singer/daughter of Michael Jackson)

📛Paris Hilton 🏨 (hotel heiress)

📛Paris 🐴 (mythical Greek figure, the prince of Troy)

📛Paris "Paris Shadows" Vasquez  (musician)    

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Paris:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/P/PA/PARIS/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Paris: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💙💙💙/10