Australian baby names

From Australian birth notices:

Trending: Maddison/Madison, Lachlan & old-fashioned names like Elsie, Hazel and Ivy.

Thumbs up: Campbell, Taylor Grace, Eugenie Maggie, Ronan, Alexander Kingston,

Thumbs down: Kiahna, Ty, Amaiya, Shay, Kaeci, Amerley, Koda, Taner Rilan, Tayte

Gold star: Henry Michael, Hazel Adelaide

Detention: Koda

Australian baby names this past week

Kiah Havanah
Adisyn
Aviva
Jaxxon
Stela TinshEhet (I sincerely hope that is a typo)

Gold star of the week: Campbell Marcus

Detention: Jaxxon, Stela TinshEhet

Celeb worship: Evangeline Lily

Cade
Kyndall (girl)
Kiely (girl)
Alivia
Kylee Denae
Westen
Granite (I would have thought Rock would be a nice name for a sibling to go with this?)
Braydin
Avah

Gold star for today goes to:
Eloise Elizabeth and Liam David


*These names have been sourced from US and Canadian birth announcements.

From message boards and online communities:

"Is Bam for a boys(sic)name stupid or original?
Sally says: It's stupid.

More examples of people messing with spellings, names that could cause embarrasment in later life, or making up names...

Jaylah
Jett & Cruz
Logun Trae
Zayden
Sherridyn
Blade
Skyla
Izabellah


And the Gold Star goes to:
Rachel Jane (simple, classic, gorgeous)

Source: news.com.au

Generation "Why"?

It is a very obvious question to ask - "Y?"

Victorian mum Jeanette Wingrove loves the letter "y" and has called her kids Tayla, Mitchyl, Harrisyn and Samuyl.