Adora: the most adorable name ever!

I recently came across literally the most adorable🥰 name ever: 📛Adora! 

But no it's not short for the word: Adorable! 😮 

Adora is the short form of 📛Adoracion — which means: adoration in Spanish. Behind The Name explains, "this name refers to the event that is known in Christian tradition as the Adoration of the Magi, which is when the three Magi presented gifts🎁 to the infant Jesus✝ and worshipped him." 

📛Nameberry🍒 says Adora is, "A name that would lavish your child with adoration, a princess name--as in Princess Adora of She-Ra: 👑Princess of Power." 

📍California and 📍District of Columbia are where the most Adoras live.

I love  the name 📛Adora — it's just too cute of a name especially if using it as a 👑princess name (FYI I knew of 🗡She-Ra growing up and I never realized her name was Adora! 🤯) for a little 💗girl. But it's also very precious and special if using it for the 🙏spiritual meaning behind the wonderful name. 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛ADORAS:

📛Adora Borealis Villegas (💗daughter of 📺reality stars Rachel Reilly and Brandon Villegas)

📛Harriet Ann-Sophie "Adora BatBrat" Carlsson 🤍🖤(goth content creator on YouTuber)

📛Adora Crellin 📕 (character in the book Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn)

📛Adora Belle Dearheart 📘 (character in book series Discworld by Terry Pratchett)

📛Adora Almeria 🎮 (character in videogame The Sims) 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Adora:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/A/AD/ADORA/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Adora: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10

Why is Sunday used more for daughters over sons?

That is the question... 🤔 The seventh day of the week 📅Sunday as a first 📛name should be considered more a 💙boy's name solely because of the 'Sun' at the start of the name (as being considered a play on 'son') — but it's instead surprisingly seen as a 💗girl's name first. 

Behind The Name sees 📛Sunday as both masculine and feminine: "from the name of the day of the week, which ultimately derives from Old English sunnandæg, which was composed of the elements sunne  "sun" and dæg "day."" 

📛Nameberry🍒 describes Sunday as a girl's name (but also recognizes it as a boy's name, which peaked at #3472 in 1916) meaning, "'day of the sun.' The name itself derives from Hellenistic astrology, in which each day of the week was attributed the name of what were then known as the seven planets - Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon. In modern English, only 2 days retain their "planet" name besides Sunday, Monday (Moon day) and Saturday (Saturn Day)." 

📛NB🍒 believes: "Sunday is among the most usable of the day names with its sunny first syllable, its sweet sound, and its potential to be both a sassy or a spiritual choice. The name initially made headlines in 2008 when Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban chose it for their daughter, Sunday Rose. A subtly spiritual name, Sunday is the day of rest and worship in Christianity, placing the name alongside other modern Christian choices, like Shepherd, Cruz, and Dove, that aren't directly Biblical, but more quietly give a nod to faith. Sunday could make a meaningful and happy feeling choice. In the popular "Mondays Child" rhyme, Sunday's child is said to be "bonny and blithe and good and gay", while Sunday is also associated with a day off work (for some), Sunday Roasts, Period dramas and older-skewing TV shows, Easter, larger newspapers, baseball, and the sweet dessert Sundae." 

Sunny Sunday (#1072 in US Top 1000) is unusually ahead of  gloomy Wednesday (#2425 in US Top 1000) in popularity.

Sunday is most common in 📍Nigeria and other parts of Africa, Behind The Name reports. 

In The United States 📍Texas and 📍Hawaii are where the most Sundays reside. 

I really like the name 📛Sunday as a first name but mainly when it's used as a 💙son's name (I find it so cute🥰). 🤷🏾‍♀️ I do like 📛Sunday for a 💗daughter's name but only when it has another girly name after ✔ a la 📛Sunday Rose🌹 — or if has the sweet spelling of 📛Sundae🍨 then — it becomes a very pretty, feminine name. But 📛Sunday alone? I see it best as a masculine, boy's name for a 💙son. 👌🏾 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛SUNDAYS:

📛Kez Sunday Udoka (💙son of 🎥actress Nia Long and 🏀basketball coach Ime Udoka)

📛Baron Sunday  (character in tv show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)

📛Sunday 🎮 (character in video game Honkai: ⭐Star Rail)

📛Sunday 📘 (character in the book The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton)

📛Lelda Sunday Reed Baillieu  (art patron & collector)

📛Sunday Riley  (skincare founder of the Sunday Riley brand)

📛Sunday Molly Myers (💗daughter of 🎥actor Mike Myers)

📛Sunday Sky (💗daughter of 👠model Ferne McCann)

📛Sunday Juno Fox (💗daughter of 🎥actress Janet Montgomery & 🖊writer Joe Fox)

📛Sunday LaBrant (💗daughter of 📺influencer family the LaBrants)

📛Sunday Kalogeras 🤳🏻 (influencer)

📛Jin "Sunday" Bo-ra 🎤 (singer)

📛Sunday Settman 🎥 (character in the film What Happened to Monday)

📛Sunday 🧛‍♀️📺 (character in tv show Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Sunday: 

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/S/SU/SUNDAY/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Sunday: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💗/10 

NAME OF THE DAY: Golden

The 🏆winner of the 152nd Kentucky Derby was 📢announced as: 🐎Golden Tempo. The polished name grabbed my attention. 👀 But I quickly remembered that name is familiar because there is a well-known human named: Golden — Golden Brooks — the actress known for her feisty role as Maya Wilkes on the ⏪00s 📺tv show Girlfriends 👩🏽👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿. So today I will talking about the brazen color name: 📛Golden. 

Golden the word is of English origin meaning: "bright, metallic or lustrous like gold; of the color of gold; yellow." Behind The Name believes it is from Old English gyldan "made of gold" or the surname Golden, originally given as a nickname to someone with blond 👱‍♀👱 hair. Several examples of 📛Golden have been noted from late 19th-century records, and one occurrence in 1915. Modern form of the name, very rarely used, appears to be 📛Goldie and 📛Golda.

📛Nameberry🍒 says, "like Silver, Golden is a shimmering, metallic color name. It could work as an unexpected route to the vintage nickname Goldie or a less floral alternative to Marigold." 📛NB🍒 also says, "around 100 babies were called Golden in the latest stats, when it appeared as a gender neutral choice." It is currently #977 on US Top 1000. 

📍Sunny California (where Golden Brooks was born) fittingly and 📍Utah are where the most Goldens live.

I like the name 📛Golden – it's 🔆bright and bold. 💥 I remember when I first heard of Golden Brooks decades ago, I thought her name was a stage name. 🤦🏾‍♀️ I like 📛Golden more so for a 💗girl's name than a boy but a 💙boy named 📛Golden is still gold. 👌🏾

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛GOLDENS:

📛Golden Raye (💗daughter of ⚽soccer team owner Brittany Mahomes) 

📛Fawnie Golden (💗daughter of 🤳🏽influencer Nara Smith) 

📛Golden 📙 (🐎horse character in the book Silver Brumby by Elyne Mitchell)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Golden:
https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/G/GO/GOLDEN/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Golden: 👍 OR 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛/10 

NAME OF THE DAY: Merry

Today is🎄Christmas Eve! And so I will be talking about the very 😃 happy name: 📛Merry❗

The meaning of merry: "full of cheerfulness or gaiety; joyous in disposition or spirit." 📛Merry is ultimately from Old English myrige. 

Behind the Name says Merry is a diminutive of 📛Mercy: "from Latin merces "wages, reward", a derivative of merx "goods, wares.""

Nameberry describes Merry as: "lighthearted, happy. She'd better be." 😅 And insists Merry is a classic name for Christmas babies. 🎄👶💗 Merry was at a 📈 peak in 1969 at #949 on the US Top 1000 baby 📛names list 📃 and surprisingly hasn't risen anymore.

The most Merrys happily (hopefully❗) live in 📍California and 📍South Dakota.

I really like 📛Merry. 🤗 It's a really pretty name. It's kind of simple (a la the timeless 📛Mary, the two 🔊sound so similar) but Merry has more pizzazz 💥 with its bright 🌟 meaning. 😀

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛MERRYS:

📛Merry Clayton 🎤 (singer) 

📛Merry Riana 📕 (author)

📛Merry Anders [born Mary Helen Anderson] 🎥 (actress)

📛Merry Hull [born Gladys Geissmann] 🧤 (glove designer)

📛Merry Lepper 👟 (runner) 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Merry: 

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/ME/MERRY/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Merry: 👍 OR /10

NAME OF THE DAY: Jubilee

📛🎉Jubilee is a fun, word name that means many things:

🎉Jubilee was "first recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English iubile, iubilee, from Middle French jubilé, from Late Latin jūbilaeus, from Greek iōbēlaîos (with ō and ē becoming u and i by assimilation to Latin jūbilāre “to shout for joy”), from Hebrew yōbhēl “ram, ram's horn, ram's horn used as a trumpet, trumpet, jubilee."

🎉Jubilee recently ranked #103 on Nameberry's Top Unique Names list (📝: "the top unique names are those that rank right below the official list of the US Top 1000 Baby Names. Most of these top unique names, ranked 1001 to 2000 on the US list, are given to between 100 and 200 babies a year. That means they strike a good balance between too popular and too unusual"). I'm surprised 🎉Jubilee is not further along on the name charts. 📊🤔 Names.org says: "📛🎉Jubilee was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1975 when it was given as a first name to 9 new born babies. The highest recorded use of the first name Jubilee was in 2015 with a total of 229 babies." 

The places where the most 🎉Jubilees live are not the party cities one would think (New Orleans or Las Vegas) but 📍California and 📍District of Columbia. 

"While relatively uncommon as a personal name, 📛🎉Jubilee  has maintained its appeal among parents seeking names that convey happiness and significance, particularly in communities with strong biblical or historical connections," Names.org suggests. While Nameberry thinks 🎉Jubilee has a "joyous and jubilant aura, but it wouldn't be an easy name to carry, what with all that pressure to be a living, breathing, 24-7 party." 🥳 

I love the name 📛🎉Jubilee! It's a too cute 🥰 name that has great and significant meanings behind it — plus a joyous, positive vibe surrounding it. 🌟 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛🎉Jubilees:  

📛Jubilation "🎉Jubilee" Lee ❌🗯 (comic book character from The X-Men)

📛🎉Jubilee Sharpe 📺 (👰🏾The Bachelor contestant)

📛🎉DJ "🎉Jubilee" [born Jerome Temple]🎤(rapper)

♂️Masculine Version of  📛🎉JUBILEE:

📛🎉JUBILANT 

💭I believe Jubilant matches Jubilee as its masculine name. 👌🏾 I love the name Jubilant - it oozes good vibes. 👍🏾👍🏾 Jubilee and Jubilant would make really great twin or sister/brother 👧🏾👦🏾 names too!

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛🎉JUBILEE:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/J/JU/JUBILEE/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🎉JUBILEE: 👍 OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10

NAME OF THE DAY: Jubilant

📛🎉Jubilant is an unexpected, exciting 🤗 word name meaning: "feeling or showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant." Jubilant was first recorded in 1660–70; from Latin jūbilant-, stem of jūbilāns “shouting,” present participle of jūbilāre “to shout, whoop.”

Names.org says on 🎉Jubilant: "This emotionally evocative name embodies concepts of triumph, celebration, and exuberant happiness, making it part of a broader category of virtue or characteristic names that gained popularity during various naming movements throughout history. While not traditionally found as a given name in classical nomenclature, Jubilant represents a modern English adoption of Latin vocabulary as personal nomenclature, similar to names like Felicity or Joy."

🎉Jubilant is categorized as a gender neutral name by Names.org but 🎉Jubilant is labeled strictly a girl name by experts at Baby Name Meaningz. 🤔 I see 🎉Jubilant more as a masculine name for 👶🏾 baby boys. 💙

The countries where 🎉Jubilant is most popular goes as follows:

"As a relatively uncommon given name, 🎉Jubilant lacks extensive documented nickname traditions, though logical diminutives might include "Jubi," "Jules," or simply "J" in informal contexts. The name shares etymological roots with "jubilee," "jubilation," and the ecclesiastical term "jubilate," connecting it to both secular celebration and religious exaltation. The name's rarity means it lacks significant cross-cultural variations or established international forms, though its Latin foundation makes it theoretically adaptable to various linguistic systems while maintaining its celebratory essence," Names.org details.

For parents looking for an uplifting name to name their child should look to 🎉Jubilant: "In contemporary usage, parents selecting this name likely seek to imbue their child's identity with positive emotional associations and an optimistic outlook."

I really love the good vibes name 📛🎉Jubilant. It's so rare first off ✔— then it's just a 😎cool, confident and strong 💪🏾 name. 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛🎉Jubilants:

📛Jubilant Sykes 🎤 (late opera singer)

♀️Female Version of 📛🎉JUBILANT:

📛🎉JUBILEE

💭I believe Jubilee matches Jubilant as its feminine name perfectly. 👌🏾 I love the name Jubilee, it's too cute! 🥰 Jubilee and Jubilant would make really great twin or sister/brother 👧🏾👦🏾 names too!

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛🎉JUBILANT:

https://www.names.org/n/jubilant/about

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🎉JUBILANT: 👍 OR 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙/10

📰📛Jubilant made it onto the ☔IRN📛 🏆 The Best & Worst 👎👎 📛Names of 2025 📃list!:

https://itsrainingnames.blogspot.com/2025/12/its-raining-names-best-worst-names-of.html

NAME OF THE DAY: Holiday

With the holiday season here, today I will be discussing the festive name: 📛🎀Holiday 🎉

Holiday is a word : "from the Old English hāligdæg meaning "holy day" as it was originally used to mark religious festivals and celebrations," Nameberry explains.

Nameberry recognizes 🎀Holiday as a girl's name and points out 🎀Holiday has been "a quietly used option since the 50s" and "in a recent count, just 21 girls were called 🎀Holiday in the US, making this a rare choice that doesn't sound too out there." But Behind the Name proclaims Holiday as a masculine name as well. However, Holiday is more so used as a surname.📛  

Other forms of 🎀Holiday include: 📛Holliday, 📛Holidae, 📛Holidaye & 📛Holladay

Nameberry's say on 🎀Holiday: "A fun and confident choice, Holiday is a celebratory name, particularly associated with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, and New Year, and with rest, leisure, and vacations more generally. Fitting for a winter baby, but totally sunny too." The most Holidays live in 📍California and 📍Wyoming. 

The name 🎀Holiday made it onto the 📛Nameberry🍒 Baby Name Trends 2026 📃list as a 

✨Showgirl Name📛: "Showgirl names appear to be all about glitz and glam, but scratch the surface and you'll find a wealth of strength behind them."

I really love the name 📛🎀Holiday. 💗 It's a very pretty, 🦄 special, 😃 happy name. I do like it more so as a girl's name because of the 'Holi' part in it — but it being a boy's name could work — if the 'Day' part was used as a nickname. 👌🏾

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛🎀HOLIDAYS:

📛Billie 🎀Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan) 🎤 (jazz singer)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛🎀Holiday:

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

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🎀Holiday: 👍  OR 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗/10

The happiest name on Earth? Disney

Influencer couple Josh and Aubree Jones seem to think naming their newborn daughter 📛Disney is smile worthy, happy news. 

However, the internet seems to have negative things to say about the harmless name Disney.  

The couple have heard it all: "People telling them it “should be illegal,” that they had infringed on a trademark, that their kid would be bullied in school. Even their own parents “weren’t too excited about it,” says Aubree. Josh’s mom laughed when they revealed the name to her, and Aubree’s mom told them she preferred Daisy." 🌼

Why did they go with the name Disney? The pair says the name has a deep resonance for their family: Aubree grew up in California and Josh was raised in Florida, so they each were in proximity to Disney theme parks throughout their childhood and have only magical memories attached to them. “Disney movies probably raised us almost as much as our parents did. But the main thing, though, when we were looking at it as a name was what it represents and the person — Walt Disney — what he created and how he impacted our lives and the world. The name that she has right now is perfect for her. It matches her energy. It matches her sweetness. She looks like a Disney,” Josh says of their daughter.

I like the name 📛Disney — it's cute 🐭 and a fun 🎉 name. Now if the Jones' had named their daughter Walt, then I would have to scratch my head and say, wtf?! 😳

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