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Interview with Kara from The Art of Naming
Posted by A.O. in Blog Reviews
baby name blogs, baby name books, baby name websites, Facebook, Instagram, middle names, name meaning, name popularity, Pinterest, popular names, rare names, The Art of Naming, The Sims, Tumblr, Twitter, US name popularity
Kara is the bubbly, friendly blogger at The Art of Naming, which she has been regularly maintaining, along with a host of social media, for a year now. Kara genuinely loves helping parents find the perfect name, and as well as personal assistance, she provides name lists, birth announcements, and featured names which includes possible name combinations and sibsets. As you can tell from her photo, Kara is expecting a baby in the near future, and if you read this interview very carefully, you will find out what her name will be.
Kara Yvonne.
Have you ever wished you had a different name?
Yes! I've always wanted a different name but I've never been able to pinpoint which name would better suit me. Kara fits just fine, I've just never liked it or Yvonne. Sorry mom! I would consider changing it if I could find the perfect replacement.
How did you become interested in names?
I was into playing The Sims as a teen, so I began browsing naming sites to choose names for the characters. By seventeen, I was making long name lists for future children (or Sims), and it snowballed from there.
What inspired you to begin a name blog?
Once I discovered that I was somewhat good at forming first and middle name combinations, (or I at least really liked doing so), I began frequenting forums to help parents find the perfect name. Then I decided to focus all of that into one place and help people on my own turf. It's been over a year since I started the blog and I've helped many people, which is why I started it to begin with.
Do you have a favourite post on The Art of Naming?
The only one that comes to mind recently was about the popularity of names and I included my own little confession in there regarding my daughter's name. I spent a few hours compiling the data for the chart there and the hard work felt worth the time when I finished. I'm a sucker for data and number crunching.
Do you have any other blogs?
I've got social media everywhere! Even a secondary blog where I answer questions, just don't ask how I find the time to keep up with all of them.
Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram.
Do you have a pet peeve in regard to names?
I really dislike a misspelled name. I like names with standard spellings (with a few exceptions) and I like names to have some solid history behind them, and a good meaning. So I guess my pet peeve is made-up names, or those that you have to think about for a few minutes before you attempt to pronounce them.
What are some of your favourite names?
Some of my favourites that I won't be using include girly names like Magnolia, Freya, Coraline, Esme, Lavinia, Aveline, and Amara. For boys, I like August/Augustus, Benedict, Caspian, Constantine, Dante, Jack, Rafferty, and Silas. I can't help but love unexpected middle names like Essence, Wintress, Frost, or Marvel.
What names do you dislike?
I really can't stand some of the more trendy names. The whole –aiden trend, for example. Any name with an unnecessary Y or H inserted in there is a no-no. I also dislike the majority of K names, except for Irish ones like Killian. I think that stems from the dislike of my own name, plus recent trends in pop-culture, like the influx of Kardashians. Don't get me started on names like Nevaeh. I also am not a huge fan of unisex names.
Are there any names you love, but could never use?
There aren't any names that I can think of that I could never use, there are only names I was never able to use. I like to believe that in another dimension, I totally used all the names on my guilty pleasure list. The weirder the better! I think we're stopping at two kids for now so my actual naming days are quite possibly over. Maybe I'll get some fish.
What are your favourite names in the US Top 100?
Girls: A secret! But third and fourth are Emma and Caroline.
Boys: James… no, Henry.. no, Jack!
What are your favourite names in the rest of the US Top 1000?
Girls: Juliet ….
Boys: Maximus and Vincent.
What are your favourite names that have never charted in the US?
Girls: Amabel.
Boys: Caius?
What is your son's name?
Maximus Alexander. We chose it for a number of reasons but we also really loved the meaning: "greatest defender of the people". We've already tasked him with protecting his baby sister and he seems to like the idea, but then again he's only two.
You're currently expecting another child – are we allowed to know her name?
She will have a first name and two middle names. The first name is one that we mutually fell in love with and decided on when we first saw an ultrasound picture of her cute little face. The second name is Juliet. And the third name is after my husband's sister, even though it is extremely popular. I'm sure I'll reveal it on my page in the next week or two.
What is one thing we don't know about you?
I am currently in the process of writing a name book. I just need to try a little harder to focus on finishing it. Writer's block is killer when combined with pregnancy hormones, but I hope to be able to release it in the not-too-distant future! Stay tuned!
What advice would you give someone who was choosing a baby name?
I always encourage people to go with their instincts. If they really love a particular name and can't get it out of their head, that's the one. Do not let family or friends influence you. Do not share your names in advance if you can help it so that you can keep them safe: name theft is real! Compromise is difficult between partners but it is totally achievable. Keep your mind open to new name ideas but cling to those you love the most. Sentimental value is always most important; if you have a wonderful reason for loving your name choice, it doesn't matter at all how popular it is or if someone else has used it. Go for it anyway!
(Picture is a recent photo of Kara, supplied by interviewee)
Interview with Bree from The Beauty of Names
baby name blogs, baby name books, Bree, guilty pleasure names, Midwinter Names, pet peeves, popular names, Powder and Ink, rare names, The Beauty of Names
Bree is the blogger at The Beauty of Names; she's still quite young, but already has several years of blogging experience under her belt. The Beauty of Names is a stylish, confident name blog which is the fruit of Bree's name research, and contains lots and lots of lovely lists of names, many of them rare and unusual. There is a very popular series on names from European royalty, names from the world of art, names that Bree finds intriguing, and name profiles. Bree is an avid reader who dreams of being a famous writer, and she has an instinct towards the beauty of words and language which merges into her love of beautiful names.
Bree Eryn
I've always loved my name. Growing up, I never knew any other girls with the name Bree, and I loved how short and simple it was.
How did you first become interested in names?
I can't remember my age exactly, but I was quite young. I came across a baby name book my parents had used to name my sister, and I was immediately fascinated. I read it from cover to cover, looking up all of my family members' names to tell them the meanings and origins.
It seemed natural. I've always been into names, have been on multiple name sites through the years, so I thought, What if I wrote my own? And from there it became The Beauty of Names. I've had at least two other name blogs in the past, which I deleted because I got better at this whole blogging thing, and wanted to start fresh. One, Midwinter Names, is still up though.
Do you have a favourite post on The Beauty of Names?
So many! The one I had the most fun writing was definitely For the Shabby Aristocrat Family.
Powder and Ink, where I basically write about anything I'm interested in (besides names), from literature to film to history.
What are some of your favourite places to find interesting names?
I mostly enjoy writing about names from mythology, literature, film, and art.
What is it that makes a name beautiful?
When it is a name you love, or has great meaning for you.
I try not to be too judgmental of name choices, though it's easier said than done. In the naming community, I dislike it when a name that is typically used by black people is disregarded as "trashy" or "uneducated". There is so much history there, and I encourage everyone to look up where many of the trends come from, and maybe they would think differently.
Currently Evelyn. I adore it, and have since I was young. I also love Margot, Felix, Jane, Cato, and Adele.
Jacob and Avery.
Too many to list! Guinevere, Titania, Hippolyta, Endellion, Fisher, Hebe, Ferdinand, Lysander, Darwin, Aloysius, Gustav, Aubrey.
Girls: Evelyn, Emily, Amelia, Katherine, Ruby, Lydia.
Boys: William, Alexander, Gabriel, Christian, Jack, Wyatt, Adrian.
Girls: Eleanor, Alice, Hadley, Ivy, Hazel, Josephine, Evangeline, Veronica, Jillian.
Boys: Silas, Roman, Ivan, Victor, Wesley, Jeremy, Emmanuel, Rowan.
Girls: Pia, Xanthe, Maryweld, Felizitas.
Boys: Keats, Octave, Laszlo.
Do you have names picked out for your future children?
They change all the time, but right now they are Evelyn (middle name undecided), Felix Lowell, Margot Catherine, and more.
I was born at Easter, but am not really religious.
The only thing that matters is how you feel about the name. Opinions do matter, but not as much as your own. If you love it, and there is no other name you feel the same way about, then that is the one.
(Photo is of Bree with her sister Abby; supplied by interviewee)
Interview with Nancy from Nancy's Baby Names
01 Sunday Jun 2014
choosing baby names, classic names, famous namesakes, honouring, names found in cemeteries, names from songs, names of businesses, Nancy's Baby Names, Pinterest, popular names, rare names, Twitter, US name data, US name popularity, US Social Security Administration
Nancy is the anthroponomastic maven at Nancy's Baby Names, a rich repository of name information delivered with a wry sense of humour. Nancy has been blogging indefatigably since 2006, making Nancy's Baby Names one of the oldest baby name blogs out there. She has thousands of blog posts on all manner of names, but especially loves hunting down rare and unusual names, and discovering the stories behind them. Nancy also adores name data – there's popular names from around the world, and tons of US data from well beyond the Top 1000. At Nancy's blog you will find names that are bizarre, puzzling, curious … and they are all real.
Nancy Man.
I didn't like the name Nancy when I was young, and I remember asking my parents for permission to legally change it. They laughed at me. These days I don't mind my name as much, so I no longer think about changing it.
The graveyards are what got me hooked, though I don't think I would have been so fascinated by the names on the headstones had I not been so dissatisfied with my own name.
I was unhappy with my own name because I'd been named for the wrong grandmother (or so I believed throughout childhood). I got the name of the distant grandmother we hardly knew, not the awesome grandmother (Helen) we saw all the time. This was a problem.
The upside, though, was that it made me very curious about names in general. So when I began using a local graveyard as a short cut through town (around age twelve) I couldn't help but check out all the names. I was especially attracted to the unfamiliar and bizarre names I'd never seen before – Peleg, Huldah, Zenas, Experience, etc.
After exploring that first graveyard thoroughly, I began visiting other graveyards, where I discovered even more curious names, and … that's how the name obsession began.
I had an interest in names and a writing habit, so I started a blog in early 2006 to put the two together. My first posts were mostly tongue-in-cheek, but I began to take things more seriously once I started getting traffic and comments.
You seem to have a special fascination with unusual names of real people – how did that come about, and what is the most unusual name you have ever found on a real person?
It must have been the graveyards. In a sea of Sarahs and Johns, you can't help but wonder about the one random Flavilla or Micajah.
The most unusual name? Wow, that's tough. I'll go with one I blogged about recently: Laxative Bromo Quinine. He was born in rural Texas in the early 1900s and named after the medicine that his mother credited with saving his life.
Do you have a favourite post on Nancy's Baby Names?
I really like the Kasara/Casara post. That name had me stumped for a long time until it finally dawned on me that Kasara was a mondegreen. My extensive knowledge of long-forgotten '80s pop hits finally comes in handy!
Are there are any other ways to follow you online?
Twitter is probably the best way. Pinterest is another option.
My only pet peeve is that the U.S. Social Security Administration doesn't release all its name data. Other countries do it, SSA, why not us? Come on! Privacy, shmivacy.
What are your favourite names?
I have two types of favourites.
One type, of course, would be the bizarre names: Zeppelina, Captivity, Oleomargarine, Emancipation Proclamation and the like. I especially love the ones that come with cool stories and explanations.
The other would be short, simple classics like Jane, John, Adam, Emma, Paul, and Rose. They're familiar, unpretentious, and easy to live with. These are the names I'm always recommending to people in real life.
I don't care for names that are easy to make fun of. Not a fan of Abcde, for example.
Duncan. I've always loved the name, but I can't say it without mentally adding "Donuts." (Dunkin' Donuts is a coffee/donut chain very popular in the North-eastern U.S., where I grew up.)
Girls: Elizabeth (#10). Runners-up: Hannah (#23) and Sarah (#48).
Boys: Thomas (#61). Runners-up: James (#13) and Sebastian (#45).
Girls: Jane (#355). Runners-up: Daphne (#397) and Catherine (#172).
Boys: Duncan (#821). Runners-up: Paul (#198) and Theodore (#170).
Girls: Mehitable. It's a variant of the biblical Mehetabel, though I actually prefer the Mehitable spelling because that's the way I always see it written on the headstones back home. (I kinda prefer Phebe to Phoebe for the same reason.) I'm slightly surprised that the belle/bella trend hasn't brought Mehetabel back, even just a little. I wonder if spelling it Mehetabelle or Mehetabella would help…?
Boys: Chucknorris. I was so happy when I discovered this name in the wild, years after wondering aloud (via the blog) if it could possibly exist. It's like that Walt Disney quote, "If you can dream it, you can do it," except my version is "If you can dream it, you can find it on a birth certificate."
If you found out you were pregnant right now, what names might you be considering?
I like classic names, but my husband prefers trendy names, so finding a name that suits both his tastes and mine would be the goal. I know Chloe would be a contender – it's been a favourite of his for a while, and it happens to fit my criteria pretty well.
What is something we don't know about you?
I cannot drink soda, beer, champagne, or anything carbonated. It's like swallowing shards of glass to me. I'm amazed that so many people find bubbly beverages refreshing.
This one is tricky to answer without a specific person in mind. For instance, the advice I'd give to the person deciding between Emma and Claire would be completely different from the advice I'd give the person seriously considering Kardashianette.
(Photo shows Nancy at the Grand Canyon, from her blog)
Interview with Kelli from NameFreak!
baby name blogs, Biblical names, British Baby Names, choosing baby names, classic names, Facebook, fictional namesakes, guilty pleasure names, Instagram, Kelli Brady, name combinations, NameFreak!, Pinterest, popular names, sibsets, Twilight names, Twitter, UK birth notices, US name popularity
Kelli Brady is the analytical blogger at NameFreak!, which is a true name nerd's blog – and of course I mean that in the most complimentary sense possible! There is tons of analysis of American name trends on the blog; I can tell Kelli loves sleuthing through the US data, and is a dedicated list-maker. Kelli has had several name polls on her blog, and for the past couple of years has run Name Madness play offs, where she chooses a wide variety of names on a particular theme, and gets the public to choose their favourite by vote. If you are fascinated by names, but also like to have fun with them, you will love NameFreak!
Kelli Joyce Brady (Brady is a pen name).
It started when I was maybe seven or eight years old. I remember being obsessed with the names of my friends and my Cabbage Patch Kids, as well as constantly making name lists. The name Samantha was a favourite of mine when I was young because I thought Samantha Joyce (Sammy Jo) would make an awesome name for my future daughter. It's so fun to know that while her first name changed many times over the years, my daughter's middle name was never under debate.
I started NameFreak! back in 2008 when I was pregnant with my son. I wanted a way to express my passion for names without the limitations of short Facebook status messages. I really only shared the blog with my immediate friends, so it stayed small, and once my son was born, the blog unfortunately fell by the wayside. After I moved to Thailand in 2012, I found myself with a lot of free time. The calling to blog again hit me strongly and I'm so glad it did! I discovered the name blogging community and am now able to share my name passion with a lot more readers!
Do you have a favourite post on NameFreak!?
I love to combine my passions. Being a baseball fan, I love my baseball-inspired name posts. Another passion of mine is Jane Austen, and so the analyses of her novels' heroes and heroines names are also a favourite. Most of my posts require quite a bit of research, which is another love of mine. My favourite research-oriented post is the study I did on the names of Little Women.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. I do not post on Instagram very often, but I love that the naming community has joined the picture universe. I see so much potential there.
I love the classics and am so excited when I hear of a baby Edith or George. I drool over the baby name announcements from Britain. I love biblical names as well. I think it's safe to I say have favourites in almost every category.
I'm not a huge fan of alternative spellings. There are exceptions however … I mean, my name is Kelli and I think it fits me a lot better than Kelly.
My guilty pleasure names come from my love of books/movies/baseball. Eowyn is one of my all time favourites. I also love Esme, but would probably avoid it due to the Twilight craze. And how cute would a little girl named Austen be? For boys, I am smitten with Catcher and Brooks.
Girls: Anna (#35) and Molly (#90)
Boys: Sebastian (#64) and Oliver (#73)
Girls: Paige (#105) and Jane (#340)
Boys: Simon (#255) and Asa (#562)
Tamsin (never charted), Elinor (hasn't charted since 1953), and Linus (hasn't charted since 1940).
What are your children's names?
Rachel Joyce and Simon Brent. I explain how we chose their names here.
I would fight for Tamsin, but would probably lose. I have brought up Jane early on with both of my pregnancies, but have been shot down by my husband each time. Other names would be Josephine, Paige and Anna for girls, and Linus, Asa, James, and Oliver for boys.
I have not been able to blog as much lately because I am working on a book! It's basically my biggest research project ever and taking a lot of time to finish, but I hope to have it out as an e-book this summer. Here is something not name-related as well … After growing up without a desire to ever leave the United States, my current count of countries visited is 26. I've definitely caught the travel bug!
My naming philosophy is simple. Go with what you love, no matter what other people think. Your child will "make" the name. But there definitely needs to be some regard on the part of the parent. Consider this … after the gift of life, your child's name is the first gift you give them, and one that they carry forever. What a huge, but fun, responsibility! Embrace it!
Interview with Alexia Mae at Baby Names from the Bible
Anne of Green Gables, baby name blogs, baby name books, Baby Names from the Bible, Biblical names, choosing baby names, Clare's Name News, controversial names, fictional namesakes, honouring, Instagram, pen names, popular names, rare names, US name popularity, YouTube
Alexia Mae is the warm and enthusiastic blogger behind Baby Names from the Bible, devoted to all the great names in the Good Book, whether familiar or unusual. I usually allow blog readers to decide which blogger is interviewed, but last month Alexia Mae was kind enough to invite me to be interviewed at Baby Names from the Bible, so this is a return visit – although she would have been chosen next time anyway. Alexia Mae passed her 100th post a month ago, so let's hope there are many more.
Alexia Mae. I'm the "Dear Abby" of baby names, as Alexia Mae is my pen name.
My real one? Oh, yes. It's not too common a name; it's only ever made it to #30. But the spelling of it is unique, which catapults it outside the Top 1000 for all time. Add a filler family middle, and the annoyance of people misunderstanding my name, and I begged to be called Alexia as a kid. Fast forward to me needing a pen name … Bob's your uncle, I had one. Mae is in honour of my grandma. Now that I'm an adult I appreciate my given name more. I was almost a Kasia, which I would have loved, too.
I blame my name craziness on Shane, my kindergarten crush. He was the ruddy-haired Irish kid with the leather necklace, the dude everyone wanted to be friends with. In a classroom of boring names from the '80s, Shane stuck out. I suddenly became very aware of people's names.
When I was thirteen, my mom got pregnant. My brother Aaron and I were close in age, but now I was way older for this new brother, and boy, was I ready to help name the kid! Shot down, but kept on trying. Their choice? Another A name, Andrew. A perfect recipe for my mom to never get our names right. But, after stealing (I mean permanently borrowing) a name book my mom picked up, I came down with full blown name-nuttiness. It's been downhill ever since.
How did you become interested in biblical names?
That first baby name book I got my hands on happened to be about biblical names. And it was literally four pieces of paper. (Maybe that's why my parents never got out of the As.) It was small. But it had a big impact. To see the meaning of names, and to be able to go to the Bible and see them used, just blew me away. It was my own "sawdust trail moment" for names. They have proved themselves to be real gems, and have a power in their age and timelessness.
Do you have a favourite baby name book?
The Holy Bible 😉 My email inbox is also swarmed with name people I'm subscribed to, and I rely on Clare's Scoop for everything else. (That gal needs an award.) [WMTM: She got one! She has a gold ribbon saying her page is one of the most highly-recommended in the Society topic on Scoop].
My husband Josiah and I both love the idea of using biblical names for our children. When I was first married I searched for biblical baby name books, and couldn't find any. Zilch. Zip. Nada. Not even the one that I originally had. Then I began to think about that original name book, and thought it was awfully small compared to the actual Bible. I mean, the Book of Numbers wouldn't even fit in there, and it's practically nothing but names.
I kept asking myself, if I can't find them, who else will? Why is no one celebrating the biblical names I know must exist? So I began logging the names I was coming across for my own use, and I really wanted to share them … and Baby Names from the Bible was born.
Do you have a favourite blog entry on Baby Names from the Bible?
The post that I'm the most proud of is one I wrote a couple of years ago, Why Name Your Baby a Biblical Name? I take a moment to stand on my soap box and talk about why people, even those who aren't religious, should take another look at baby names from the Bible. Forget about Zerubbabel. How about Junia? Rissah? Ardon? There are names galore for anyone thirsty for a good name.
Are there any other ways to stay in touch with you online?
I'm @NamesDaily on Instagram, and I post names every day, both biblical and not. Instagram has been an amazing experience. I have a growing following of over 2000 people. I'm getting the opportunity first hand to see names that knock your socks off, and some, that well, just don't. I'm also on YouTube.
Yhess. Yoonique namez. If I have to read it more than once to get what name you're actually trying to say, I've got to stand up and get a cup of coffee. It literally makes my skin crawl. Jaycein? I am somebody who has zero adrenaline tolerance for awkwardness in any way, so I have to get up and walk it off. True stuff.
In the name community, I feel sometimes it's like Eskimos marketing ice to fellow Eskimos who live in the same igloo. I want to find ways to branch out and actually talk to parents who have never even owned a baby name book. I think that's why I love being on Instagram so much, because it's exactly that. I enjoy so many people in the baby name community, but I want to find ways to branch out, too. (We need an annual name conference.)
Boys: Judah and Josiah, of course. Abel.
Girls: Juniper. Ellowyn. Cassia. Maewyn. I really love Naphtali for a girl, but can't bring myself to use it because no one would be able to pronounce it or spell it. It's like Natalie with an F. I'm drawn to biblical names, but I enjoy other names, too.
Delilah. I see the appeal, but I would never use it. The same with Jezebel. That one makes my skin crawl when I hear someone nonchalantly talking about using it. Whether you believe in the Bible or not, the connotation still exists. Jezebel was a murderer, and it would be like naming your child Hitler. I just don't think you should do it.
Girls: Biblical – Leah (#33). Other – Harper (#24) and Lillian (#25)
Boys: Biblical – Josiah (#79). Other – Landon (#34)
Margaret (#178) and Judah (#273)
What are your favourite names that don't currently chart?
Blythe (never charted) and Clive (hasn't charted since 1935)
Judah David. Our story of Judah's name is a fun and interesting one, and you can read about it at So There's This Name ….
If you found out you were pregnant right now, what names would you be considering?
I would be trying to convince Josiah to like Blythe Salomae. We have boys names we like, but like we did with Judah, we're not telling anyone.
What is something we don't know about you that you would like to share?
I love the Anne of Green Gables series and have read them probably too much. Tell me Lucy Maud Montgomery wasn't a name nut. Ludovic Speed? Gilbert ❤ Is this why I love the name Blythe? I will never tell.
What advice would you give someone choosing a baby name?
If you can't use the one you love, use it anyway. Never, ever settle. Unless it's Jezebel or Kidneigh Bean, and then I'd say maybe keep looking. Valuable life lessons also apply to names. You are giving your babies the first impression they will have on people. Give them something that makes them proud. Something that makes you proud. And like weak coffee, name regret stinks. I'll brew down some Starbucks, and you can come over and we can talk more about names!
(Picture shows Alexia Mae with her son Judah; photo supplied by Baby Names from the Bible)
Interview with Zeffy from Baby Names from Yesteryear
Baby Names from Yesteryear, name history, name trends, naming advice, nicknames, popular names, rare names
Zeffy is the enthusiastic blogger at Baby Names from Yesteryear, which features wonderful, winning, and sometimes slightly wacky names from history. Whether you enjoy names of English gentlemen, ladies from antiquity, or contemporary British royals, you will find many beautiful names which are elegant, elaborate and eccentric. You will also find names from South America, and names from Zeffy's own family tree. One of my favourites of Zeffy's posts is an extremely sweet story about one of her sentimental favourites – I dare you to read it without either smiling tenderly or getting a tear in your eye. Zeffy has been away from blogging for a year, but she's back (hooray!!!), and this is a chance to catch up with her and find out what Zeffy is short for.
Sephora. I go by Zeffy online, a nickname given to me by my loopy, but incredibly sweet, university professor.
Have I ever! I've disliked my name for most of my life. As a child, all I wanted was a nice common name, something like Jessica or Rebecca, so I could blend in. I was a bit shy as a child so I hated being different from everyone else. It was only when I got to my late teens that I realised my name was quite nice and fitted my personality very well. I would never consider changing it now – having such an unusual name is a big part of my identity.
It goes back to having an unusual name. I've always wanted to know where my name came from, what it meant, how it came to be used. My curiosity stemmed from having absolutely no clue about my name's origins. I guess my interest in names in general dates back to when I started school and noticed that I was the only one whose name wasn't "normal". Since then I've always loved reading about names and looking up meanings. There hasn't been a time when I haven't been interested in names and their stories.
How did you become interested in names from the past?
I'm obsessed with history. I've always been interested in the history of people's lives, particularly focusing on the social and private life of early 19th century English aristocrats. There's something very fascinating about discovering the small details of what people 200 years ago ate for breakfast, where they bought their boots from, why they married who they did, and what they named their children. That's what attracts me to names from the past – it's a glimpse into the personal and private life of someone who lived hundreds of years ago.
I came across The Gentleman's Magazine during my last year of university. I was meant to be researching contemporary reviews for Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, but I kept flipping back and having a look through all the wedding announcements. Once I left university, I had a heck of a lot of time on my hands, and I really don't deal well with boredom. I had to find a project to do before I completely lost my sanity. I thought about all the lovely names I'd read and decided to share them. I knew there had to be someone out there who was equally as interested in Georgian era names as I was. I couldn't be the only one who oohed and ahhed over them!
Do you have a favourite blog entry on Baby Names from Yesteryear?
I really enjoyed writing about The Patronesses of Almack's and Popular Names of the Georgian Era. They hit on my favourite time period in history so I can't help but have a soft spot for them. Having said that, the posts I tend to like the most are those which required me to really do research, to look through a number of sources before hitting name gold. I'm such a geek, I know.
When people think that many of the current trends are a modern concept. People have been naming their children all sorts of weird and wonderful things for hundreds, even thousands, of years. Masculine names on girls, surnames used as first names, nature names, unusual names … it's all been done before, so let's not get in a tizzy about them now.
There's also something about the word "unique" which I find unrealistic. The chance of any name being unique is truly slim, and I don't think it's a good idea to change spellings in search for uniqueness.
A few of my current favourites are Minerva, Emmeline, Margaux, Josephine and Magdalene. For boys, Alexander, Lucien, Mikael and Hart are long time favourites. I think Noa is absolutely darling. Tierney, Seren, Clover, Lyra, Orion and Shia are just a few that are on my favourites list.
I've never been a fan of overly "cute" names, on girls or boys, for a number of reasons. Children don't need cute names to be cute. A lot of names that fall into that category for me have really taken off in England and Wales where there is currently a trend for over-the-top cuteness, especially on the girls' side. There's a message behind that trend which I'm not comfortable with.
I'm also not at all keen on the Mae/May/Mai hyphenated names which are very popular over here. It feels like half the female population under the age of 5 answers to Something-Mae. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Mae or May. Just please, please stop hyphenating it!
So, so many. Hyacinth is always in the back of my mind, but I think of Hyacinth Bucket [from sit-com Keeping Up Appearances]and it's over. Millicent is another. I really love how it sounds, but not how it looks. Ptolemy is probably the biggest one. Why does the P have to be silent?! I so wish it wasn't; it would be a serious contender then.
What are your favourite names in the UK Top 100?
Eleanor (#63) and Alexander (#27).
What are your favourite names that have never charted in the UK?
Sanceline and Holland.
Do you have any names picked out for your future children?
Not really. Children haven't crossed my mind yet so it's all up in the air. If, however, I were to have a baby at this exact moment, I guess it would be something like Emmeline Clover, Emmeline Jane Noa, or Noa Emmeline Jane. I adore Jane. I know it has in the past been overused in the middle spot, but it's lovely and I can't help myself. For a boy, it would be Alexander Lucien or Shia Alexander. I think when it comes down to it, I won't be as tame in my choices. It's fun having a name on the unusual side so I think I'll go down that path. But who knows?!
I'm incapable or remaining serious for very long. Trying to answer your questions without making silly and inappropriate jokes hasn't been easy! Also, I love exclamation marks 🙂
I wouldn't. I don't have any children so I don't know anything about how hard the naming process is or the pressures of it. I only wish all parents would put as much time as possible into choosing their child's name. Your child has to live with their name every single day. That's a big thing. Take it seriously! (Yay, got to use an exclamation mark again.)
(Painting shown is Eugenie, Empress of the French and Her Ladies by Franz Xaver Winterhalter; 1855 – one of the many lovely illustrations on Zeffy's blog)
Interview with Anna from Babynamelover's Blog
12 Sunday Jan 2014
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When I first began blogging, I soon found out there was another Anna, from New Zealand, who ran Babynamelover's Blog. Anna has been blogging since 2009, so she's an old hand at it, and has a relaxing cool green-themed blog with lots of fun and interesting topics. Here you can find popular names in New Zealand and New Zealand name trends, as well as good data analysis and suggestions for names that could replace ones from the Top 100. There are also lists of hot and old fashioned names for boys and girls, name combinations, name lists galore, and lots of interesting birth notices from New Zealand. Anna also offers help to parents who are unsure about a particular name. For everything on NZ baby names, and lovely names in general, cross the Tasman to see the real names of New Zealand.
Anna Michelle Hamilton.
No. I really like my name; I think my parents chose well. I was born at 32 weeks and they didn't have one picked out so began at the As [in the baby name book]!
When did you first become interested in names?
Not sure how old I was, but perhaps around 10. I was forever reading the Christchurch Weekend Press and copying out the birth notices – my dad thought I was mad and wondered what I was up to. My brother bought me three name books on Trade Me [New Zealand classifieds] for Christmas one year and that's how my collection of baby name books began – also the inspiration to write my own book.
Blogging was a fairly new thing at the time, so that was something I was interested in learning how to do – and baby names are a big passion of mine.
Do you have a favourite blog entry on Babynamelover's Blog?
I always love it when the top names for NZ are released each year and I can compare them to previous years and other countries, and share that with others. The one blog I am especially proud of though was when I announced the birth of my daughter and shared her name with the world.
How do New Zealand baby names differ from the rest of the world?
I think in general New Zealanders are quite conservative namers, and are particularly swayed by popular choices that are currently hot eg Isla, Mila and Cooper. Most seem to stay within the top 10 which is why these are so common, especially over a period of years – but there are a few surprisingly named babies which I love to hear about. I think we are swayed more by European naming trends than American ones. [Anna O: From an outsider's perspective, what I most notice about the New Zealand birth notices from Anna's blog are the lovely Maori names].
Only one thing bugs me, and that's when people add extra letters to names.
I guess my style could best be described as uncommon (in New Zealand), quirky, and fun. Some of my favourites include: Astrid, Iris, Thea, Winona and Polly, along with Casper, Gideon, Octavius, Barnaby, and August.
Car names such as Austin, Cooper and Bentley. And very common girls names such as Emily, Charlotte, Amelia, and Lucy.
My hubby doesn't like Astrid or Iris, which I adore. Jethro is too close to my daughters name.
What are your favourite names in the New Zealand Top 100?
Olive (#65) and Jasper (#84).
What are your favourite names that have never been in the NZ Top 100?
Astrid and Jethro.
What is your daughter's name?
Juno Francesca Hamilton.
If you found out you were pregnant right now, what would be the first names you would think about using?
I am pregnant! Due 27th July 2014. Baby is nicknamed Astro right now – the name will be revealed when they are born. We will consider movie names again though! [Comment from Anna O: Wow, that was unexpected! Congratulations!]
Have you and your husband ever disagreed while choosing baby names together?
My husband and I are lucky we have names we both like – I like a lot that he doesn't, but I am glad he has a strong opinion. Our daughter's name we both loved – I didn't want to compromise on that.
My favourite author is John Green. His characters have the best names!
Choose one you love, one that you would regret not using.
(Photo of Anna with her daughter supplied by interviewee).
Review of The Baby Name Wizard
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Laura Wattenberg is the author of The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby, first published in 2005. If you recall, this is Swistle's favourite baby naming book, which is a very high recommendation. The Baby Name Wizard is described as a "field guide to American baby names", in that it doesn't give definitions or histories of names, but provides lists of names by style, has a popularity graph, and also makes sibset suggestions.
The Baby Name Wizard website was started in 2004 – I guess to promote the book, and create a place where its readers could discuss names.
There is a weekly blog entry from Laura, where she discusses name trends and often does some interesting things with name data and statistics. For example, last month she looked at the name Cressida, and concluded that it already seemed dated, because of the SS sound in the middle, shared with Vanessa and Melissa. Earlier she examined which were the most American and most British names of 2012, noting that the British Alfie and Archie were cuter than the American Landon and Gavin, while American girls Harper and Addison were more androgynous than the British Imogen and Florence.
This seems like a good moment to mention that The Baby Name Wizard is very much about American name trends, and American perceptions of names. For example, she categorises Jenson (a fast-rising name in Britain thanks to Jenson Button), as a "semi-androgynous name". Yep, Jenson is apparently half-ready to hand over to the girls. Or maybe all-ready to hand over to half of the girls? Or maybe just the Jen half of it is androgynous? (I confess to not really knowing what a semi-androgynous name is).
Another rather glaring example that I hope will suitably rile up my Australian readers is one of Laura's early blog entries, where she very sensibly defended the celebrity baby name Apple, and pointed out that other celebrities had much sillier baby names … among them, Rachel Griffiths, who had chosen the name Banjo for her child. Pause for patriotic display of righteous indignation.
The entries on statistics are probably my favourites, but I also love her name myth examination and debunking, such as looking at the massive popularity of celebrity name Shirley in the 1930s, how Biblical names are in steep decline, where the name Bree came from, and how there aren't really twins named Lemonjello and Orangejello.
The Baby Name Wizard is essential for anyone even slightly interested in name trends – and most of these are international trends. Learn about trends such as the "Biblical-sounding" names, the "raindrop names", and the "huggable names". But also listen to Laura's sage baby naming advice not to be a slave to trends. This might sound slightly contradictory, but you have to identify trends in order to not follow them.
The Baby Name Wizard got a forum last year so you can ask questions about baby names, including taking part in baby name games and asking about character names. You will get helpful advice for your naming dilemmas, given with candour but not meanness. In my opinion, the forum was very much needed, as people were using the blog comments to ask for baby name help. (Some still haven't got the memo).
There are other cool tools as well. The Name Voyager is an excellent popularity graph of names in the United States, which has been copied by England/Wales and New South Wales. There is also a Namipedia to look for more information on a particular name, and a Name Finder to help you find names that suit your requirements. I've had a go using this, and found it brings up quite a few names that didn't fit my requirements.
For example, I asked it to exclude anything very unusual, and it suggested Lovely – a name which has never ranked in the US. It was also quite insistent about me using Hispanic boys' names, for some reason. However, it did offer some good names too, although I felt that if it was up to the Name Finder, my next child's name would be either Vorgell or Lorenzo. Lots of fun if you don't take it too seriously.
You can also sign up and pay for the Expert Name Tools, which are reasonably priced. As these are based on American popularity rankings and perceptions, I really don't think these are worth it for Australians, except for interest, or if you are doing name research (or moving to America).
The Baby Name Wizard and Nameberry are both websites set up by the authors of baby name books, and I'm guessing most name enthusiasts would belong to both sites, even if they prefer one over the other. It would be insulting to compare them, except to say that they are different enough that you can follow and enjoy both of them, and never feel that you are covering the same ground.
Interview with Clare from Name News
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Clare has a wonderful Name News page on the Scoop.it website, which collects interesting blog posts and stories in the news about names. Her collection includes posts in languages other than English, so if you want to know what they think about names in Portugal or The Netherlands, click the "Google translate" button and read on! One of the most useful functions is the "Find" key, where you can search for topics which interest you. Name News is so handy for keeping up to date with what's going on around the blogosphere that I consult it every day – it's easier than subscribing to hundreds of sites, or getting dozens of e-mail alerts. Attractive and user-friendly, Name News is an invaluable contribution to the naming community.
Yvonne Clare.
Have you ever changed your name?
I went by my first name until I was four, when I decided to use my middle name instead. Now my first name only appears in official situations, and on the odd family Christmas card – and in messages from a friend called Yvonne, who is tickled that we have a hidden name connection. I don't dislike the name, but it feels like an old toy or a piece of baby clothing: it was great when I was little, and I'm still attached to it, but it no longer fits for everyday use. I'm happy as a Clare and I like the fact it's more typical for someone my age.
How did you start getting interested in names?
When I was about six, I was visiting a relative who was clearing out some books, and someone handed me The Pan Book of Boys' Names and The Pan Book of Girls' Names. I took them home and have been dipping into them ever since. They are particularly strong on literary and legendary figures and references to names in poetry. I'm sure that they contributed to my love of languages, as they gave me a first taste of Latin, Greek, Old English, Welsh, and many others. Each book has a wonderful appendix of names considered unusual by the authors. A couple of decades on I have dozens of name books, but those two are still among my favourites.
What inspired you to sign up with Scoop.it in order to share name stories with the wider community?
At the beginning of this year I became aware of the many name blogs that are out there. I wanted to read everything, but was a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of posts. I wanted to contribute in some way, but didn't feel inspired to write a blog. I'm not so good at regular research and writing; I prefer reading, organising and making accessible the work of others. (That's why I'm a librarian in real life.)
An acquaintance started a Scoop.it page gathering stories about rare books and manuscripts, and I decided to try something similar for name stories. It's straightforward to create a Scoop.it account and set up a page, and to add "scoops" – I normally use a button on my browser. It's pretty much as simple as reading name stories that come up on my feeds and alerts, and adding them.
I would do it just for personal interest, which sounds rather nerdy, but it's very encouraging that others are looking at the site too. I know there's been a huge leap in the number of views whenever the site has been mentioned by other bloggers, especially in Appellation Mountain's Sunday Summaries, so many thanks to you all for getting the momentum going!
I know I'm a bit of a vulture, existing on other people's hard work, but I hope the site achieves two things: providing a one-stop feed of name stories for people who don't want to follow lots of different sites, and enabling people to easily search the archives of all the name blogs and articles.
Any other way to connect with you online?
Name News has a Facebook page, although at the moment I'm using it for following news and the odd "like", rather than anything more dynamic. I also keep a list of my name books on LibraryThing. If anyone uses that site, feel free to connect! I doubt the list is of much use to anyone else, but it's quite handy for me, as my collection is currently scattered between two houses.
What is it about a name story that makes you interested to know more?
I always get excited when I see one of my favourite names in the title. For example, the very first scoop I made was Appellation Mountain's post Edith, Everild, and Eden: Getting to Edie. Everild was the catalyst – I just couldn't resist sharing it! I also enjoy birth announcements, clever data analysis, gems from historical records, personal stories … pretty much anything that's informative, positive, and open-minded.
Do you have a pet peeve when it comes to names?
My peeves are with writing about names, rather than the names themselves. I'm sure I'm not alone in disliking:
proscriptive advice and "rules" that will make precious little difference to naming habits as a whole
unhelpful criticism and negativity about parents' name choices
false claims about the "meaning" of names – and false information in general
overuse of the word "unique" (I know: now who's being proscriptive?!)
Girls: Annest/Annice, Everil/Everild, Freda/Frida, Hilda, Miriam, Naomi, Tamsin, Tess
Boys: Arthur, David, Edward, Henry, Hugh/Huw, Robin
I'm not so keen on names with excess "frilly" syllables. I usually prefer the streamlined option, so Isabel over Isabella, Mark over Marcus. Maybe even Em over Emma, or is that going a bit far? By that logic, I should prefer Hild to Hilda, and in some ways I do, but sadly it crosses the threshold of being a bit too much to inflict on an unsuspecting British child.
Are there are names you love, but could never use?
Names that would be hard to spell and pronounce, culturally unsuitable, and more about me showing off than the child's best interests. For example, Ælfric ("Alf-rich"), Buddug ("Biðig", the Modern Welsh form of Boudicca), and Elestren, which I've loved since I saw it in a book of Cornish names years ago. I'll save them for pets and inanimate objects! I'd also be wary of names that sound similar to mine or my partner's, like Cleo and Robin.
What are your favourite names in the England/Wales Top 100?
Amy (#62) and Arthur (#52).
What are your favourite names which have never been in the England/Wales Top 1000 (since 1996)?
Hilda and Clem.
I have an ongoing list of favourites, but don't really have a clue how my partner and I will feel if/when the time comes. I expect that choosing a name for a real person will bring out sides of us that we never knew existed.
I've recently taken up morris dancing, a traditional English dance style with props such as sticks, bells and handkerchiefs. It's great fun, but a challenge as I'm not very co-ordinated!
What advice would you give someone who was choosing a name for their baby?
I've tried and failed to come up with a wise, snappy, universal answer to this question. Every time I think I've got it, I think Oh, but there could be exceptions, or But that might not work for everyone. Maybe that's a cop-out, but it's a personal, sometimes complicated decision, with no clear right or wrong way to do it. Plus it's not something I've had experience of yet. I think I'd have to ask for a few more specifics before feeling qualified to give advice. Or, true to form, I could point people towards helpful books and websites.
(Clare's profile photo of her favourite name books supplied by interviewee)
Interview with Ebony from Babynameobsessed
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Today we are looking at another Australian blogger; Ebony is still in high school, and has been working on Babynameobsessed for over a year. She covers names from popular culture, names from literature, has birth notices from Western Australia (her home state), puts a spotlight on featured names, recalls names from her childhood, and considers coming name trends.
She also makes baby name predictions that sometimes turn out to be spookily accurate: she wondered back in June if Buttercup would make a great middle name, and Friday's Birth Announcements did indeed feature a baby girl named Eve Buttercup. So for a glimpse into the future of baby names, visit Babynameobsessed (and be honest, you're feeling a bit jealous now that you didn't have a name blog when you were thirteen, aren't you?)
Ebony Anne Smith.
When I found out the meaning [black], aged five, I wanted to become the exotic Yasmine or Zoe-Yasmine. For years I imagined myself with another name, though now I can't see myself as a Yasmine or a Zoe. I do love my name, just not the racist and stripper tones my name has in America. I actually prefer my nickname that I have been called since I was little – Ebs – to my actual name, but otherwise I am very happy as an Ebony.
How old were you when you first got interested in names?
I was around six or seven. I found a name book that had one page of boys names and one page of girls names, and I made lists of names in a notebook, which sadly I have lost. I remember liking the name Murdoch (!!!) and of course Yasmine. I think it could have been inspired by my hatred of my name as a little girl, and I've just stayed in love with names.
I was bored one day and decided I might as well make a name blog. I never expected to keep it up for a year, and for it to get as many views as it has. Not a very interesting story but I would be lying if I said something else.
Do your family and friends know that you are interested in names, and that you have a blog?
My mum and dad and my siblings know, as do my friends. I annoy them so much with my name obsessions.
Do you have a web presence in the baby name world?
I'm on Nameberry as ebenezer.scrouge and am thinking of starting a Facebook page, but I'm not too sure yet.
Do you have a favourite blog post on babynameobsessed?
I love the "names from my childhood" posts, and the "baby name rant" posts.
Where do you get ideas for your blog posts from?
Life and daydreams pretty much. I tend to get distracted easily and sometimes names get into my daydreams. As for life, I mean pop culture and name sightings.
What differences, if any, do you see between your naming style and older name nerds? Do you think "teenberries" have their own style/s of naming?
Teenagers seem to be more in touch with name trends, and realise that it is a lot rarer than adults seem to think to share your name with someone in a class – and most the time, if they do, name trends have nothing to do with it. With style, I don't think so; the names that are popular today seem to be accessible to everyone.
What do you think will be the name trends of the future?
Nicknames as full names, especially in Australia, and I can see hyphenated names crossing over [from the UK] as well.
Do you have any pet naming peeves?
Old lady names (Agnes and Agatha and Beatrice), over the top names (Rosamund and Persephone), and creative spellings, especially those of Georgia.
Girls: Isobel, Matilda, Eloise, Alice, Eleanor, and Amelia
Boys: Eamon, Tiago, Cooper, Jack, Jago, Flynn, Archer, Lincoln, and Asher
Lachlan: Overused and it just annoys me.
Jayden: It's not a very nice name.
Jessica and Sarah: Overused for my generation.
Renesmee: It isn't a name – its a half-human, half-vampire baby MADE UP for the book [Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn].
Alice: My mum finds it an old lady name.
Ottilie: My family will think of it as a trying-too-hard Matilda.
Wilhelmina and Eulalia: Too old lady, and my family hates them.
Guilty pleasures are Artemis for either gender, Jamesina, Illyria nn Lily, and Eilidh.
What are your favourite names in the Australian Top 100?
Girls: Matilda (#21) and Eloise (#86) Boys: Jack (#1) and Cooper (#7)
What are your favourite names that have never charted in Australia?
Eulalia and Tiago.
Isobel Jamesie Rose and Eamon James Harold. I also have decided that Anne and Grace need to be in a future child's name.
I am highly clumsy and manage to fall up stairs, and in Coles [supermarket]. And a random fact is my family is of Scottish and English ancestry, and the Smith side is actually Scottish. I often wish I had a more Scottish last name.
What advice would you give to someone who was choosing a name for their baby?
Imagine the name on a baby and an adult. Sure, Honey or Pixie might be cute now, but I'm fourteen and would hate to be named Pixie.
(Photo of Ebony from her blog; used with permission)


It starts out not looking like much. Which may lead you to wonder: How could a pool of grey liquid be transformed into something with fine details and clean edges?
It seems magical. But unlike magicians, we're happy to bring you backstage and show you what it takes to make the wow moments happen.
Nearly every project begins with a pattern. It's the blueprint we follow and it shows the dimensions and characteristics of the finished piece. When we're happy with the pattern, we transfer it to a mold that will hold the concrete.
To make inlaid concrete, we adjust the pattern so that hollow areas (negatives) are left in the concrete after it is taken out of the mold. We do this by creating raised areas (positives) in the mold. The liquid concrete flows around those raised areas, so when it hardens and we pop it out of the mold, empty spots are left where the mold used to be.
The raised lettering in this polyurethane mold are positives. They create the negatives in the hardened concrete.
One of the cool things about concrete is that it's possible to add new material to concrete that has already hardened. This behavior is important for the inlaying process. But it isn't as straightforward as dumping a bucket of wet material into the negative spaces and swiping it all flat with a trowel.
If you took regular concrete and poured some more concrete on top of it, the bond between them would be very weak, because there would be hardly anything for the new material to grip onto. The surface needs to be prepared so that old and new will become one.
We do this by spraying the negative spaces with a special type of acid. This roughens things up and creates lots of surface area for the new concrete to interface with. After the acid has done its work, we wash it away and let the concrete dry.
This countertop has cured for a couple of days, and already been ground flat after demolding. We applied acid to the negative spaces and then scrubbed them with a small brush, to make sure the acid reached all corners.
It is now time to mix a new batch of concrete, which we pour into the roughened negative spaces.
It might look messy, but that's all part of the plan. We purposefully over-fill the negatives so that when the concrete cures and shrinks, just the right amount of material will remain. If it looked perfect when wet, it would be full of holes when dried. The new layer needs to cure for at least 24 hours.
When the second layer has cured we grind it flat. This exposes sand grains in the concrete and reveals the seamless edge between the two colors.
It also exposes small bubbles that were trapped in the wet concrete. These "pinholes" are natural to concrete, but we don't want them in the finished piece, so we get rid of them by grouting the surface with a mixture of cement, pigment, and liquid adhesive.
We color the grout to match the underlying concrete. When the grout has set up it is time for more grinding. After a combination of machine grinding and using hand-pads to get everything properly smooth, we thoroughly wash the piece and let it dry.
This countertop is inlaid, grouted, ground, dried, and ready for sealer. It takes a lot of attention to detail and hard work to make inlaid concrete. The great thing is, all that effort shows up in the finished product.
What pattern would you like to see inlaid into concrete? The possibilities are as great as the imagination.
Inlaid concrete octopus. No actual cephalopods were harmed in the making of this piece.


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If we collect and use Personal Information about you in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), this interest will normally be to operate the Site or Our Mobile Application and communicating with our customers as necessary to provide our services and for our legitimate commercial interest, for instance, when responding to your queries, improving the operation or security of the Site, understanding (through analytics) how our Site is used, undertaking marketing, or for the purposes of detecting or preventing fraudulent, abusive or illegal activities. We may have other legitimate interests and if appropriate, we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use Personal Information about you, please contact us using the contact details provided under the "How to contact us" heading below.
4) Minors.
We do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from or about individuals under 13 years of age. Please do not submit such information to us, and as a parent or legal guardian, please do not allow your children to submit Personal Information without your permission.
5) Cookies, Browser Information, and Related Issues.
Cookies: We use "cookies" (small data files placed on your computer or other devices by the server when you visit the Site) and similar tracking technology described below to collect and use information about you and the device you use to access the Site. In some countries, including countries in the European Economic Area, this information may be considered Personal Information (or "personal data") under applicable data protection laws. For further information about the types of cookies we use, why, and how you can control cookies, please see our Cookie Statement.
Browser Data: We collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as the originating IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring website addresses. This data may be used, among other reasons, to improve the operation and security of the Site by assisting in "authenticating" who you are when you access the Site, particularly if you register for access to a section of the Site with restricted access and are issued or create a username and password.
Device Data: In addition, we may collect technical data about the device used to access the Site ("Device Data") (such as unique device ID, device model, operating system version, application types and versions, plug-ins, and time zone and geolocation information). Device Data may be used as part of our security controls to uniquely identify the device and authenticate the user when accessing the Site. Device Data may be shared (along with information about any fraudulent transactions using the device) with one or more third-party service providers. These providers will compare and add the Device Data and fraud data to a database of similar device and fraud information in order to identify and block access to the Site by devices associated with a fraudulent or abusive activity. We will not share with service providers any information that personally identifies the user of the device. Our Mobile application may require Device permission for the mobile application to work. We may collect any such information that is recorded on your device via our mobile app.
Site Usage Data: We may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our Site, including the pages accessed and links clicked. Collecting this information enables us to better understand the visitors who come to our Site, where they come from, and what content on our Site is of interest to them. We use this information for our internal analytics purposes and to improve the security, quality and relevance of our Site to our visitors.
Widgets: Our Site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button, and Widgets, such as the "Share this" button, or interactive mini-programs. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Tracking: With respect to information about an individual's online activities over time and across different websites or online services, when a visitor uses this Site or our Mobile Application, except as required by law: (1) parties other than the operator of this Site are not permitted to collect such information, and (2) the operator of this Site does not collect such information (except information reasonably necessary to process and document user transactions). Therefore, this Site has no need to respond to and does not respond to Web browser "do not track" signals or other mechanisms that enable individuals to exercise choice regarding the collection of such information.
6) How We Protect Personal Information About You.
To protect Personal Information about you from unauthorized access and use, Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards, and requires those to whom we disclose Personal Information (including our employees and service providers) to do the same. The measures we use are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing Personal Information.
7) International data transfers.
Personal Information about you may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different than the laws of your country.
Specifically, our Site servers are located in the United States, and our group companies and third party service providers and partners operate around the world. This means that when we collect Personal Information we may process it in any of these countries.
However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to require that Personal Information will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy. These include implementing the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (found at https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/model-contracts-transfer-personal-data-third-countries_en) for transfers of Personal Information between and among our group companies, which require all group companies to protect Personal Information from the EEA in accordance with European Union data protection law. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third-party service providers and partners.
8) Data retention.
We retain Personal Information about you where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so, for example, to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process Personal Information about you, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible, for example, because the Personal Information has been stored in backup archives, then we will securely store the Personal Information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
9) Your data protection rights.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area, you have the following data protection rights under European Union law:
If you wish to access, correct, update or request deletion of Personal Information about you, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided under the "How to contact us" heading below.
You may object to the processing of Personal Information about you based on our legitimate interests, or for direct marketing.
You may also ask us to restrict processing of Personal Information about you or request portability of Personal Information about you. You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details provided under the "How to contact us" heading below.
You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" link in the marketing e-mails we send you. To opt-out of other forms of marketing, please contact us using the contact details provided under the "How to contact us" heading below.
You have the right to withdraw any consent we have relied on at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of Personal Information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of Personal Information about you. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority. Contact details for data protection authorities in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and certain non-European countries (including the US and Canada) are available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
10) Keeping Up to Date with Our Privacy Policy.
Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. may update this Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments by posting a revised version on this Site, which will be effective at the time it is posted for all Personal Information collected thereafter unless a delayed effective date is expressly stated in the revision. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material Privacy Policy changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws. You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the "last updated" date displayed at the top of this Privacy Policy.
11) Scope.
Supplemental Privacy Policies. Some areas, features, and services on the Site may be offered on the condition that you view and agree to privacy terms and disclosures specific to those areas, features and services. Those specific privacy terms and disclosures will be deemed to supplement the terms and disclosures in this Privacy Policy.
Other Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Sites or Mobile applications. This Privacy Policy is applicable to this Site and Mobile Applications, as specified above. However, an Other Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Site (as defined in the Terms) may have its own privacy policy or other privacy-related terms posted. As with the Terms, those other privacy terms and conditions shall apply to privacy-related issues regarding that Other Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Site and the use of any services, functionalities or other offerings made in connection with that Other Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Site or Mobile Application, and this Privacy Policy shall not apply in such circumstances. This Privacy Policy also does not apply to any websites or mobile applications Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. creates for any individual client; such websites or mobile applications shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable agreement between Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. and that client.
Links to Third-Party Sites. This Site may provide links to other sites operated by third parties over whom Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd. has no control and whose privacy policies may differ from ours. These links are provided for your convenience. If you browse on or submit Personal Information to any of those sites, information about you may be collected by them and will be governed by their privacy policies.
12) How to contact us.
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of Personal Information about you, please contact us using the following details: info@triconinfotech.com . The data controller of Personal Information collected through the Site is Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd., Inc., located at # 143, 144, Hosur Main Road, Koramangala Industrial Layout, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560095, India.
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