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« on: September 02, 2007, 05:05:48 PM »
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  • or, Christian name vs. family name.

    People used to know the difference between the two. Now they don't.
    The biggest fad these days is to give children "last name-sounding" first names.

    Weston, MacKenzie, Preston, Thornton, Colton,
    Brady, Jackson... the list goes on.

    Here is yet another example -- this time the victims are some innocent sextuplets.

     ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) -- It was a Labor Day weekend for the record books at a Florida hospital, where a woman gave birth to the state's first set of sextuplets.

    Ben Byler, father of the sextuplets, hugs Dr. Karen A. Raimer in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sunday.

    The five boys and one girl, weighing between 2 and 3 pounds each, were born Saturday night to Karoline Byler, 29, of Wesley Chapel.

    Five of the babies, who were born more than two months early, were listed in stable condition Sunday at neighboring All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Dr. Roberto Sosa said at a news conference.

    He said a medical team was still trying to stabilize one of the boys.

    "The babies are still developing," Sosa said. "We are just trying to do what Mother Nature would do ... We are cautiously optimistic that everything will turn out all right."

    The proud father, Ben Byler, described the birth as "amazing."

    "Thanks to the Lord above," he said. "If everyone could just keep us in their prayers."

    The boys were named Brady Christopher, Eli Benjamin, Ryan Patrick, Jackson Robert and Charlie Craig. The girl is MacKenzie Margaret.

    "We saw them all and it's quite an experience," said grandfather Jack Kiewra. "I'm very pleased everything went well. We have six new healthy grandbabies and my daughter is fine."

    The babies were transported from Bayfront Medical Center to All Children's Hospital shortly after their birth.

    The babies will likely remain in the hospital through Karoline Byler's November due date. Doctors said their birth weights were normal for that stage of development.

    "Things could not have gone better than they did," said Dr. Karen Raimer, who led a medical team through Saturday's Caesarean section delivery of the sextuplets.

    The Bylers said they used fertility drugs after their daughter, Zoe, 4, asked for a sibling.

    The expecting parents were showered last week with clothing, diapers, baby wipes and gift cards. They also received a year's supply of ready-made meals and baby formula, six months of in-home wellness care and a $7,000 generator for backup electric power in this hurricane-prone state.

    Florida's Department of Vital Statistics said the births of the sextuplets were the first on record in the state.
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  • BabyCenter's top 100 baby names for 2006.

    I must say,the girls names are much worse than the boys names.
    Naming a girl Kennedy, Peyton, Brooklyn, Madison, McKenna, Taylor? Please have mercy on the poor girls.


    Girl Names
    1   Emma
    2   Madison
    3   Ava
    4   Emily
    5   Isabella
    6   Kaitlyn
    7   Sophia
    8   Olivia
    9   Abigail
    10   Hailey
    11   Hannah
    12   Sarah
    13   Madeline
    14   Lily
    15   Ella
    16   Alyssa
    17   Riley
    18   Chloe
    19   Lauren
    20   Grace
    21   Kaylee
    22   Samantha
    23   Brianna
    24   Mia
    25   Alexis
    26   Addison
    27   Mackenzie
    28   Natalie
    29   Taylor
    30   Zoe
    31   Sydney
    32   Anna
    33   Elizabeth
    34   Isabelle
    35   Avery
    36   Maya
    37   Savannah
    38   Makayla
    39   Kayla
    40   Julia
    41   Megan
    42   Morgan
    43   Jasmine
    44   Katherine
    45   Ashley
    46   Allison
    47   Kylie
    48   Arianna
    49   Jordan
    50   Keira
    51   Gabriella
    52   Rachel
    53   Peyton
    54   Brooklyn
    55   Brooke
    56   Victoria
    57   Claire
    58   Abby
    59   Audrey
    60   Rebecca
    61   Katie
    62   Alexandra
    63   Sophie
    64   Camryn
    65   Kate
    66   Amelia
    67   Paige
    68   Caroline
    69   Leah
    70   Aubrey
    71   Lillian
    72   Gabrielle
    73   Jessica
    74   Ashlyn
    75   Charlotte
    76   Jayden
    77   Kennedy
    78   Jenna
    79   Gracie
    80   Alexa
    81   Kendall
    82   Molly
    83   Lucy
    84   Ellie
    85   Trinity
    86   Faith
    87   Mckenna
    88   Amanda
    89   Nevaeh
    90   Nicole
    91   Gianna
    92   Maggie
    93   Destiny
    94   Jada
    95   Angelina
    96   Erin
    97   Marissa
    98   Juliana
    99   Bailey
    100   Layla


       Boy Names
    1   Aiden
    2   Jacob
    3   Ethan
    4   Ryan
    5   Matthew
    6   Jack
    7   Noah
    8   Nicholas
    9   Joshua
    10   Logan
    11   Andrew
    12   Michael
    13   Caden
    14   Dylan
    15   Tyler
    16   Connor
    17   Jackson
    18   Caleb
    19   Jayden
    20   Alexander
    21   Nathan
    22   Brayden
    23   Zachary
    24   Benjamin
    25   William
    26   James
    27   Daniel
    28   Gavin
    29   Evan
    30   Luke
    31   Joseph
    32   Landon
    33   Christopher
    34   Mason
    35   Cameron
    36   Anthony
    37   Owen
    38   Gabriel
    39   Austin
    40   Lucas
    41   Christian
    42   John
    43   Sean
    44   Elijah
    45   David
    46   Samuel
    47   Carter
    48   Hunter
    49   Brandon
    50   Alex
    51   Jordan
    52   Liam
    53   Thomas
    54   Justin
    55   Dominic
    56   Ian
    57   Jake
    58   Colin
    59   Hayden
    60   Jonathan
    61   Isaiah
    62   Cole
    63   Adam
    64   Tristan
    65   Isaac
    66   Max
    67   Kyle
    68   Aaron
    69   Nathaniel
    70   Wyatt
    71   Robert
    72   Chase
    73   Riley
    74   Carson
    75   Brady
    76   Jason
    77   Parker
    78   Charlie
    79   Devin
    80   Cooper
    81   Blake
    82   Eric
    83   Xavier
    84   Sebastian
    85   Brian
    86   Henry
    87   Seth
    88   Steven
    89   Brody
    90   Bryce
    91   Will
    92   Brendan
    93   Patrick
    94   Sam
    95   Julian
    96   Drew
    97   Miles
    98   Kevin
    99   Peyton
    100   Ben
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