http://letterneversent.disqus.com/enWed, 16 Nov 2005 14:33:11 -0000http://www.letterneversent.com/where-do-baby-names-come-from/1909/#comment-1385259<p>Have you ever read the Baby Name Wizard blog (<a href="http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/index.html)?" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/index.html)?">http://www.babynamewizard.c...</a> It's by a lady who writes baby name books. She also has this application thingy that charts the popularity of different names over time on a graph (<a href="http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html)">http://www.babynamewizard.c...</a> that is interesting to play around with.</p><p>Anyways, she talks about this kind of stuff a lot. For whatever reason I find the whole subject really fascinating, and maybe you would too. I wonder what she would make about the statement you mentioned. A lot of times, when there's some theory in the news, she ends up poking holes in it (e.g. here: <a href="http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/2005/06/quick-name-your-kids-david-and-susan.html)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.babynamewizard.com/blog/2005/06/quick-name-your-kids-david-and-susan.html)">http://www.babynamewizard.c...</a>.</p>susanWed, 16 Nov 2005 14:33:11 -0000