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A research study found that 30% of parents wish they had spent longer choosing their baby's names. Here are some top tips to make sure that you are happy with the name that you pick!

Baby Names in 2018 Now that 2018 has drawn to a close it's time to look back at the top baby names from last year. The National Records of Scotland don't reveal the most popular names in Scotland for 2018 until March time but here are some interesting findings that I've discovered from personalising hundreds of Baby's 1st Christmas and new born baby gifts. As I predicted last year, gender neutral names have proved popular. Names such as Charlie, Robin, Skylar and River to name a few have received personalised gifts from CalEli Gifts! Aria/Arya from Game of Thrones and Pretty Little Liars, Elsa from Frozen, Peter and Jemima from Peter Rabbit and Chase from Paw Patrol have all influenced...

In this blog I will reveal some fascinating facts about baby names in Scotland in 2017, from unique baby names to the most popular. Can you guess what they were?

What are good names for Babies? I spent my childhood saying to people yes it's Lynne with an "e" at the end. Then when I got married, things didn't get any better "Yes it's Lynne with an e and Munro without!". To this day I still can't quite believe that we gave our sons, Callum and Elliot, names that could be spelt in different ways. My boys were one of my main reasons for getting into bespoke personalised gifts. I can spell names any way you want. Far too often I would walk into gift shops and see the usual mugs, keyrings, magnets etc that seemed to have lots of other names but not our kids. With more and more parents...