{"id":9679,"date":"2014-02-11T10:51:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T10:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9679"},"modified":"2014-03-24T12:45:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T12:45:10","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/whats-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in a Name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>When I was at school, there were five other Sarahs in my class. There were three Pauls, several Georges and two Janes. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABIES CALLED JANE?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nApparently, the Victorians were keen on John and Mary, Myrtle and Clarence.\r\n\r\nBabycentre revealed that in January 2014\u00a0 the most popular boys\u2019 names were Charlie, Alexander, Daniel and James and a cluster of daughters named Isabella, Olivia, Sophie and Isla were born. 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Is it just the way things sound?\r\n<h2><strong>How did you decide what to name your children?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<small>Featured image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2013\/08\/12\/harry-and-amelia-top-baby-names_n_3742657.html\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/small>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When I was at school, there were five other Sarahs in my class. There were three Pauls, several Georges and two Janes. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABIES CALLED JANE? Apparently, the Victorians were keen on John and Mary, Myrtle and Clarence. 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