Here are some of our favorite cute and funny nicknames for girls:

Angel
Bunny
Cherie
Carebear
Cookie
Honeybee
Honey bun
Honey bunny
Little Miss
Moonlight
Pumpkin
Precious
Princess
Queenie
Sugarbear
Sunlight
Sweetpea

Allessandra
Allegra
Anais
Astra
Athena
Aurelia
Autumn
Bianca
Calla
Calliope
Camilla
China
Clementine
Daria
Electra
Flavia
Francesca
Gelsey
Giselle
Ione
Isolde
Ivy
Kyra
Lara
Liana
Luna
Miranda
Nadia
Nerissa
Nessa
Neve
Oriana
Paloma
Petra
Sinead
Skye
Talia
Tamara
Tessa
Tressa
Venetia
Willa
Willow
Zara
Zana

The baby name question parents are most likely to worry about is how an unusual name will affect their child as they grow up - will they like it, hate it or grow into it?

Psychologists who have studied how children react to having grown up with either traditional or more unique names say there really isn’t much of a difference. People with unusual names do not like their names any less than people with ordinary names do.

There is some evidence that girls tend to like having more of an uncommon name than boys do. And girls are statistically more likely to have an unusual name because there is a larger pool of girls names to choose from than boys names.

Girls are more likely to talk about names and find that others like distinctive names, and this affects their acceptance of the uniqueness of their names as well. In one survey, more than 23 percent of women didn’t like their name because it was too common.

Some of the richest men in the world have distinguished family names, or names that reflect their country of origin:

Stefan Persson
Preston Tisch
Jackson Stephens
Alec Gores
Harrison McCaine
Sheldon Adelson
Terence Matthews
Adriean Swire
Winthrop Rockefeller
Johann Rupert
Isaac Saba Raffoul
Bennett Dorrance
Ty Warner
Emilio Gnutti
Mortimer Zuckerman

And for the fairer sex, but equally well endowed, we present you with the names of billionaire women. Consider them exquisite choices for baby girl names:

Liliane Bettencourt
Antonia Johnson
Abigail Johnson
Susanne Klatten
Akira Mori
Maria Schaeffler
Charlene de Carvalho
Michele Ferrero
Johanna Quandt
Riley Bechtel
Nicky Oppenheimer
Kerry Packer
Shari Arison
Rosalia Mera
Alec Gores
Daniela Herz
Madeleine Schickedanz
Alicia Koplowitz
Anneliese Brost
Lily Safra
Ophra Winfrey

Starting off our series of the 2005 Most Popular Baby Names listed by state is the 100 most frequently given names for boys and girls in Vermont.

Vermont’s Most Popular Baby Names For Boys
(listed in order, most popular at the top)

Jacob
Connor
Matthew
Samuel

Ryan
William Benjamin
Noah
Aiden
Ethan
Andrew
Evan
Michael
Nathan
Alexander
John
Tyler
James
Logan
Aidan
Owen
Dylan
Hunter
Liam
Gavin
Lucas
Zachary
Anthony
Christopher
Issac
Nicholas
Wyatt
Caleb
Cooper
David
Jack
Carter
Charles
Hayden
Mason
Thomas
Joseph
Jordan
Jonathan
Robert
Austin
Gabriel
Luke
Cameron
Elijah
Jayden
Colby
Daniel
Sawyer
Cody
Jackson
Kyle
Oliver
Parker
Isaiah
Jason
Joshua
Riley
Brady
Brandon
Cayden
Chase
Cole
Colin
Eric
Rinn
Henry
Nathaniel
Skyler
Camden
Justin
Sean
Trevor
Xavier
Cominic
Ian
Miles
Peter
Seth
Taylor
Timothy
Travis
Brayden
Carson
Declan
Gage
Landon
Tanner
Trey
Tucker
Alex
Blake
Christian
Corey
Devin
Eli
Ezra
George
Kaden
Dayden
Levi
Peyton
Spencer

Vermont’s Most Popular Baby Names For Girls
(listed in order, most popular at the top)

Emma
Emily
Hannah
Olivia
Madison
Abigail
Ella
Elexis
Ava
Grace
Hailey
Anna
Julia
Isabella
Sophia
Molly
Chloe
Taylor
Mia
Natalie
Jasmine
Lily
Elizabeth
Makenna
Megan
Paige
Sarah
Gabrielle
Morgan
Samantha
Zoe
Katherine
Amelia
Makayla
Maya
Jillian
Jordan
Katelyn
Sadie
Stella
Alyssa
Brianna
Lydia
Maria
Nevaeh
Riley
Sierra
Ashley
Jenna
Kaylee
Rebecca
Trinity
Autumn
Camryn
Faith
Gabriella
Kayla
Kelsey
Kylee
Lauren
Lillian
Madeline
Mya
Addison
Alexandra
Annabelle
Brooke
Eleanor
Isabelle
Jessica
Kaitlyn
McKenna
Sydney
Allison
Amy
Aurora
Haley
Kathryn
Kylie
Kyra
Margaret
Michaela
Sophie
Alana
Audrey
Bailey
Cadence
Cassandra
Catherine
Charlotte
Chelsea
Dakota
Destiny
Eliza
Hope
Isabel
Jordyn
Kadence
Lindsey
Mackenzie
Madelyn
Mariah
Rachel
Sage
Savannah
Willa

There were five first time entries to the top 100 most popular Irish baby girl names in 2005: Alicia, Alisha, Isabella, Julia and Ruby. A number of baby girl names regained their popularity and returned to the top 100 after one or more years’ absence: Clara, Emer, Hazel, Heather, Isobel and Zara.

In general, baby Irish girls are given a wider variety of names than boys. Over 38% of newborn girls were given a name that was not in the top 100, compared with 28% of the boys.

Here is the list of the top baby girl names in Ireland during 2005 according to the Irish Central Statistics Office:

Emma
Sarah
Katie
Amy
Aoife
Ciara
Sophie

Chloe
Leah
Ella
Emily
Rachel
Niamh
Grace
Rebecca
Hannah
Caoimhe
Ava
Lauren
Jessica
Anna
Kate
Roisin
Lucy
Molly
Megan
Abbie
Laura
Holly
Ellen
Ailing
Ellie
Mia
Caitlin
Aine
Saoirse
Nicole
Shauna
Tara
Erin
Katelyn
Clodagh
Zoe
Eimear
Abigail
Aimee
Sinead
Mary
Eva
Robyn
Alannah
Lily
Orla
Eabha
Jade
Shannon
Eve
Kayleigh
Maria
Olivia
Ruby
Isabelle
Jennifer
Aoibhe
Jane
Cara
Charlotte
Kayla
Elizabeth
Amber
Abby
Kelly
Ruth
Sadhbh
Isabel
Jodie
Louise
Orlaith
Alanna
Claire
Alexandra
Alice
Catherine
Michelle
Ener
Maeve
Sophia
Alicia
Isobel
Zara
Alisha
Amelia
Alison
Clara
Isabella
Lisa
Heather
Julia
Hazel
Danielle

There were 3 first time entries in the top 100 for boys: Calum, Leo and Oscar. Calum was the highest new entry, as it rose from 160th place in 2000 and 117th place in 2004. Ruairi returned to the top 100 after a year’s absence.

Jack
Sean
Adam
Conor
James
Daniel
Cian

Luke
Aaron
Michael
Dylan
Ryan
Jamie
Ben
David
Thomas
John
Patrick
Matthew
Darragh
Eoin
Oisin
Shane
Alex
Evan
Joshua
Liam
Nathan
Mark
Jake
Cathal
Ciaran
Joseph
Callum
Kyle
Samuel
Robert
Fionn
Andrew
Cormac
Eogan
Stephen
Brian
Ronan
Cillian
Lee
Alexander
Kevin
Ethan
Harry
William
Charlie
Niall
Paul
Benjamin
Josh
Finn
Scott
Sam
Christopher
Noah
Killian
Dean
Peter
Jason
Gavin
Ross
Rory
Tadhg
Calum
Aidan
Alan
Max
Kian
Anthony
Martin
Diarmuid
Oran
Oscar
Tom
Dara
Leon
Darren
Craig
Jonathan
Kieran
Christian
Karl
Ruairi
Owen
Daire
Deo
Brandon
Charles
Hugh
Jack

Examples of popular baby names for girls and for boys and their creative spelling variations:

Brianna
Breanna
Breanne
Breona
Briana
Briona

Cadence
Caedence
Kaidence

Caitlin
Caitland
Caitlinn
Caitlynn
Kaitlyn
Katelin
Katelyn
Katelynn
Katlyn
Kaytilnne

Kayla
Kaliyah
Kayleigh
Kaylyn
Kaylynn

Madison
Maddison
Maddyson
Madisen
Madisein
Madisyn
Madyson

Madeline
Madalyn
Madiline
Matelyn
Matilyn

Makaily
Makayla
Makena
Makenna
Makyla
McKayla
Mikayla

Hannah
Hanna
Tannah

Riley
Rylee
Ryleigh
Ryley

Aaron
Aron
Aren
Arryn

Braeden
Bradyn
Brayden

Ethan
Ethyn
Iathan

Hoyt
Orlando
Reed
Josiah
Zack
Turner
Tomas
Sydney
Albin
Bufort
Cicero
Evans
Haywood
Hollis
Houston
Levy
Ransom
Butler
Cliff
Clint
Crawford
Evert
Graham
Addison
Wright
Simeon
Carson
Dillard
Harlan
Ford
Jordan
Ludwig
Webster
Brown
Aron
Caleb
Carleton
Lindsey
Mckinely
Merrill
Mitchel
Orrin
Reese
Rubin
Seymour
Thaddeus
Thornton
Tillman
Wilburn
Dorsey
Frederic
Gabriel
Hampton
Hermon
Hillard
Kirby
Lucien
Mahlon
Mathias
Maxwell
Miller
Palmer
Parker
Price
Selmer
Weldon
Alden
Alvis
Arley
Benedict
Benton
Bertrand
Brooks
Eber
Clifford
Gregory
Howell
Hurley
Ivey
Landon
Leigh
Page
Percival
Rollin
Rush
Sheldon
Tolbert
Weaver
Adelbert
Ballard
Asberry
Baxter
Bennett
Blair
Blake
Brady
Brice
Cassius
Creed
Dempsey
Edison
Eldred
Ephraim
Finley
Gaston
Garnett
Gerhard
Hayden
Hershel
Humphrey
Jonah
Lamberts
Jones
Manley
Manson
Newman
Park
Peyton
Rocco
Rogers
Samson
Santiago
Squire
Rudy
Theron
Westley
Winston
Alba
Asbury
Bernhard
Byrd
Casey
Conley
Delmar
Haskell
Hamilton
Hayes
Hudson
Jarvis
Larkin
Murdock
Meyer
Nolen
Orson
Quincy
Reinhold
Roderick
Rene
Royce
Seldon
Talmadge
Talmage
Shade
Steward
Vester
Webb
Young
Zeb
Albion
Alto
Andres
Ashton
Benito
Berton
Beryl
Clive
Clovis
Dayton
Dexter
Dillion
Doyle
Drew
Elwin
Eldin