What's in a baby's name? -Ryan

1. Isabella 2. Sophia 3. Emma 4. Olivia 5. Ava 6. Emily 7. Abigail 8. Madison 9. Chloe 10. Mia 11. Addison 12. Elizabeth 13. Ella 14. Natalie 15. Samantha 16. Alexis 17. Lily 18. Grace 19. Hailey 20. Alyssa 21. Lillian 22. Hannah 23. Avery 24. Leah 25. Nevaeh 26. Sofia 27. Ashley 28. Anna 29. Brianna 30. Sarah 31. Zoe 32. Victoria 33. Gabriella 34. Brooklyn 35. Kaylee 36. Taylor 37. Layla 38. Allison 39. Evelyn 40. Riley 41. Amelia 42. Khloe 43. Makayla  44. Aubrey 45. Charlotte 46. Savannah 47. Zoey 48. Bella 49. Kayla 50. Alexa 51. Peyton 52. Audrey 53. Claire 54. Arianna 55. Julia 56. Aaliyah 57. Kylie 58. Lauren 59. Sophie 60. Sydney 61. Camila 62. Jasmine 63. Morgan  64. Alexandra 65. Jocelyn 66. Gianna 67. Maya 68. Kimberly 69. Mackenzie 70. Katherine 71. Destiny 72. Brooke 73. Trinity 74. Faith 75. Lucy 76. Madelyn 77. Madeline 78. Bailey 79. Payton 80. Andrea 81. Autumn 82. Melanie 83. Ariana 84. Serenity 85. Stella 86. Maria 87. Molly 88. Caroline 89. Genesis 90. Kaitlyn 91. Eva 92. Jessica 93. Angelina 94. Valeria 95. Gabrielle 96. Naomi 97. Mariah 98. Natalia 99. Paige 100. Rachel

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Here we have a list of the top 100 girl names for the year 2011.

We live in a time in which we are at liberty to personalize everything, our music, cars, bodies, hair styles, clothes, and so on. What could be more personal the picking out a name? Many people are very secretive about it. They like to hold on to the names they may have chosen until they lay eyes on the baby, making sure that the name fits the child's "look." Then, after deciding that the name is a match, they'll present the name as a "grand reveal." This approach, I assume, is meant to create even more excitement among friends and family by building anxiety over the wait, kinda like a company does with a new product line, or a movie does with a premiere. We however, must seriously get on these types of people's nerves. We found out the sex of the baby and were on the phone calling family with potential names within the hour. Over the next few days Katherine pretended to entertain some of my suggestions, but Molly was it for her. With that, we had her name. I was raised in a family that opened all our presents on Christmas Eve because we couldn't stand to wait, so we might as well tattooed Molly to my forehead.

Now that we have our little girls name, what does it mean?
At number 88 on the top one hundred list of 2011, Molly (Mah-lee) It is of Irish and Latin origin, and the meaning of Molly is "star of the sea". Pet form of Mary. In use since the late Middle Ages. In the past, "moll" had meant a prostitute or a gangster's girlfriend, making the use of this name uncommon. visit that site by clicking the blue, also we have the Hebrew meaning, "Uncertain, maybe bitter."

So when my little girl one day comes to me to find out what her name means, I have these four options:
1. star of sea
2. a gangster's girlfriend or prostitute
3. uncertain, maybe bitter
4. another name for Mary

I'll choose option one, four is good too, but it's when she gets old enough to look it up herself, that is when I'll really have to dig deep,  look at her honestly, and say, "your mom named you... not me."

What is in a baby's name?

I heard a story about a guy who named his first son "Winner" and the second "Loser." No father of the year awards were ever passed out to that Dad. I would have expected this to be a horrible burden to the little brother, but oddly enough, Winner ended up in jail and Loser got a college degree, later on becoming a police officer. link I guess this weird social experiment goes to show us you create yourself, and as parents you may think that all of your choices have such an effect, when in more ways your child will make themselves.