Stylish Choices Outside the Top 1000: 2014 Girls

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We all know the parents with that one requirement when it comes to names: Nothing inside the top 1000. Who knows, maybe it's you! I'll admit, I can be a bit of a name snob myself--I do prefer my favorites to be practically unique. All the names after the jump are outside the top 1000, in order of most used to least used (Esperanza with 257 uses in 2014, Romilly with 5). What's your favorite? Let me know.

Names with "an"

I recently got an email from a reader asking for some naming inspiration.

Fiona writes:

My first 2 children both have a theme of "an" - Marianne and Kassandra. It happened accidentally, but the more we think about future names, the more we seem attracted to this sound. It would be great to have some help and inspiration please! 
Our second child was only born this year, so we are jumping the gun a little but we do plan a 3rd child (hopefully, as obviously thanks to mother nature's blips, having a child is not in our complete control!) and our experience is that it is never too early to start thinking about names.

With many thanks,
Fiona 

Past the page break I have put together an exhaustive list of names with -an in them. I've italicised the ones I think work best with Marianne and Kassandra. Feel free to leave your thoughts or suggestions for Fiona in the comments. If you have a naming question that you would like me to post on the blog, feel free to email me at skihm (at) hotmail (dot) com. 

Same Meaning Sibsets: Part Five

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Time for Part Five! I'm really excited about today's list, especially the sibsets under Gold. The names are wonderful, and the meaning is a fun one. Enjoy!

Child
Adamina + Fairchild
Aiko + Rai
Donnan + Lundy
Evelyn + Miriam
Hanako + Machiko
Haruki, Keiko, + Umeko
Mika, Naoko, + Sachi
Sachiko + Tamako

Gold
Aurelia + Cressida
Eldora + Ophira
Flavia, Melora, + Zorina
Gilda + Tawny
Xanthe, Zariza, + Zehavi

Jewel
Bijou + Sapphira
Kito + Tamayo
Soraya + Takara

Hero
Conlan, Dooley, + McKinley
Curran + Finley
Rodion + Sweeney

Honor
Anju + Katana
Annora, Merida, + Timaeus
Brian + Timothy
Nabila, Kanye, + Sade

Hope
Asha, Nadia + Raja
Esperanza + Taraji