APPENDIX: Baby Names

GIRLS

Dumma

Fartlin (Based on the very popular-circa-1995 “Caitlin” — but more whimsical, less traditional!)

*NEW* Matronymia (A matronymic is a personal name based on the name of one’s mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. So why not make a pretty name out of it?)

Maussi

Quartknee

Sanity

*NEW* Sha-Sha-Shawna (Stutter names are going to be big this year)

Tituba (The slave accused of practicing witchcraft by the Puritans in Salem, Massachusetts, in the early 1690s)

BOYS

Commander (“Manny” for short)

Commissioner (“Mish” for short)

Jerkson

Lawgiver

Screamo

Z-Rok

UNISEX

*NEW* Learnings

Nutley (For town in N.J. where Martha Stewart is from)

Popunder (For the Internet nuisance, but this name benefits from sounding Icelandic!)

Snacker/Snackette

Survivor/Survivorette