Baby names are one of the Rite of Passage ceremony held by nearly all societies to observe a person’s entry into a new stage of life. Rites of passage note such occasions as birth, graduation, or marriage. Most rites help people understand and accept their new roles in society

Name giving ceremonies have a history almost as old as mankind itself. Those who viewed the film Ben Hur will recall how when Ben Hur saved the Roman General the latter named him as his son. A son was not a true legal member of the family until the father had named the offspring in a ceremony. Thus a legal son could be, in our terms, adopted, born out of wedlock, born of the wife or born of another woman. Naming (or Name giving) was the rite which brought the child into the family.

Some rumours and possible ideas for baby names in 2011
Some of the trends for baby names for 2010 seem to have almost split every which way possible, some of the common rumours are:

• Reality TV will continue  inspire new families for celebrities names
• Naming your son after your father returns for baby boys
• L name’s is back with a vengeance for babies
• Tweak a normal name to create something new
• Occupational names seem to be back at least in the US
• Longer formal names are back for babies
• Also as the magazines proclaim all the cool babies may have a Y in their name

Popular Female Baby Names (2009)

• Isabella
• Ava
• Emma

Popular Male Baby Names (2009)

• Aidan
• Noah
• Caden

2009 had a craze with the selection of unisex baby names, as parents can pick their babies name well before they know its gender, with the popular unisex baby names were: Hayden, Taylor, Riley

Popular Female Baby Names (2007)
1 Emily (Since 1996)
2 Isabella
3 Emma
4 Ava
5 Madison
6 Sophia
7 Olivia
8 Abigail
9 Hannah
10 Elizabeth
12 Samantha

Popular Male Baby Names (2007)
1 Jacob (Since 1999)
2 Michael
3 Joshua
4 Matthew
5 Ethan
6 Daniel
7 Christopher
8 Anthony
9 William
10 Andrew
Note: Male names can over time alter and become female names, but female names never become male names.

Popular Twin Names for Babies
Jacob & Joshua
Matthew & Michael
Daniel & David
Ella & Emma

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