We figured that readers visit Ohdeedoh for nursery design inspiration and to share tips on family life in general. But did you know that Ohdeedoh can also help you chose the name of your baby? We didn't either!
Through the magic of Twitter, we recently discovered a list of Ohdeedoh baby names at YouCan'tCallItIt.com. Doesn't it just make sense? Our readers are so creative, fun, and have such great taste, of course you come up with the most truly cool names.
The website is run by Elisabeth (with an S) Wilborn and has loads of insightful and humorous baby naming information. This woman really does her homework. In addition to the Ohdeedoh list, you can find everything from classic names to celebrity names, purple names, butterfly names, flapper names, edible names, and names of the wealthy elite from the London Telegraph birth announcements. She also tackles the tough issues, like "The Middle Name Conundrum" and "7 Deadly Trends". And while she clearly has strong opinions about the letter "K", she seems quite sensitive about what an arduous task it can be to chose a baby name. You can even hire her for consulting services.
Click on over and see if your baby's name is on the Ohdeedoh list!
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Comments (16)
Love it! Very smart gal!
Yep, all 3 of my kids names are listed there. Ohdeedoh really DOES have the best kids names - that's because we're all stylin' and profilin' like that!
awww, poor linus got left off the list. ;)
None of my daughter's names (Aurora Jane Katherine) are on there, and she has been mentioned on Ohdeedoh's birthday shout-out. Yes, we gave her three names, which apparently is a trend in itself these days. We only "triple-name" her when she's in big trouble though!
omg my favorite new site.
If you look at more Ohdeedoh posts, I think you'll find Aurora Jane and Linus.
I love this site. I also love http://names4real.wordpress.com/ if you're into baby names.
Holy Moly! Hello.
I had no idea Ohdeedoh was going to profile my site today. This is very exciting. I'm a huge fan.
Pencils, I did a search for Aurora on YCCII and sure enough your daughter's name featured in the Oct. '09 post: http://youcantcallitit.com/2009/10/29/ohdeedohkiddos-2/
I also picked Aurora as a substitute in my Alternates to Top 100 Names list http://youcantcallitit.com/2010/05/18/alternates-for-the-top-100-names-of-2009/
Pyjammy, is Linus a triplet? I would NEVER leave a Linus out. http://youcantcallitit.com/2010/02/03/ohdeedohkey/
Katie, thank you for doing such a thorough introduction to my baby name website. Such a thrill to be mentioned here!
Should anyone need me, here's my contact info: youcantcallitit (at) gmail (dot) com
I love when two of my favorite blogs collide -first Threadless and Cakewrecks, now Odeedoh and You Can't Call It It! - awesome (and kind of weird since I was going to post Odeedoh names to my favorite naming forum...looks like I wont have to now)
I submitted my daughters first birthday party - Emmeline, and I'm still hoping it will make the cut. I did notice an Emmaline on the list though, so you know, we have good naming taste. :)
Yea! Thanks for showcasing my daughter's lamp again! And it's funny - we got so much flak for choosing that name for our daughter, but after she was born, you couldn't deny that she looked like a Phoebe!
my daughter's name isn't on there, but I think she is in the backlog of birthday wishes
YCCII and Ohdeedoh together! Oh my. It's like that old Reese's Peanut Cup commercial when the chocolate falls into the peanut butter - in other words, awesome! Elisabeth helped me name my baby last year - she is my baby name guru. If you're reading comments, Elisabeth, congrats on your Ohdeedoh profile, well deserved!
- Jen @ Blissfully Caffeinated
Jacinda made the list! Ha! I love it!
How can one name a girl Harper or Parker?? awww, Kohen Scout! So pleased to hear Birgita (so special unusual but so lovely), Ruthie, Cassandra and Eliette.
Is it sad that I am happy that none of my daughter's names--not her formal given name or her nickname--all of which were featured in a fairly recent birthday shout out made the list. Now I get to keep them all to myself!
(So far, we have yet to met another girl with the same formal name though we do know another ohdeedoh reader who's daughter's given name is our daughter's nickname).
I was soooo proud that I hadn't seen Milo on here... although when I look at the link there is a Milo there. And THEN today... first THING... MILO! We took forever to name him because we couldn't agree. And he totally has two middle names... so Milo George Pan is pretty original! All of my kids have names no one I knew had, until I named them. My Aidan Luke is 12, ahead of the Aidan curve, my Sage Autumn, just met sisters (younger than her) named Sage and Autumn, and Nadia Winter is surrounded by agemates with "N" names... oh well!! So much for originality and creativity!
this blog rules! honest, witty and the perfect read to ponder my next baby's name! ...and giggle at her candor of those who've gone before.
We have Heidi, Nash, Harper, Kai and Tilly.
Heidi, Nash and Tilly don't appear to be on the Ohdeedoh posts (though there is a Tilda).
The only reference to Heidi I could find on the site was to Heidi Klum, Nash I didn't expect to find, as it's my MIL's maiden name and Tilly is mentioned once.