Sentences with phrase «popular as a first name»

It should come as no surprise that her surname has become increasingly popular as a first name, or that it radiates the same kind of glamour as the blonde bombshell herself did.

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By now, many of us have heard about or might even own one of the popular, sleek multi-functional voice - first devices, such as the Amazon Echo, also known as «Alexa», the name used when waking the device to give a verbal command.

On May 2, 2015, after months of community rallying, Johnstown, Pa. — the city that served as inspiration for the popular hockey movie, «Slap Shot» — was named the first - ever Kraft Hockeyville ™ USA.

But now comes the first pope to take as his regnal title the name of one of Catholicism's most popular saints, and the reinvention of Francesco Bernardone has started all over again — this time, in the form of projecting onto St. Francis what observers admire in his papal namesake.

Mohammad as the most popular first name is not entirely true as it is used differently in Muslim culture.

Its continued popularity (whether it's first or not) makes it the most popular boy's name of the past five years — the entire past five years taken as a group, not one year at a time.

then later we read «Mohammed first became the most popular boy's name in England in 2009, then was knocked back into second place the next year as Oliver enjoyed a huge surge in popularity.»

Mohammed first became the most popular boy's name in England in 2009, then was knocked back into second place the next year as Oliver enjoyed a huge surge in popularity.

A popular urban legend identifies a Native American chef named George Crum as the first American to serve potato chips to a restaurant customer at a resort in Sarasota Springs, New York.

Thanks to the generous support of local businesses like our concert series sponsor, First Midwest Bank and stage sponsor, Lutheran Home, the Village is able to book concerts with groups such as Trippin» Billies, Chicago Experience, Dixie Crush, Blooze Brothers and Deacon Blues - to name a few who have stepped on our stage through the many years of our popular Sounds of Summer concert series.

But now presidents» last names repurposed as first names have become popular among Millennial parents as well.

Right around this time the name Landon began to surface as a first name, picking up steam over the following decade, and catapulting into the top ranks of popular baby names.

Bowie was a popular boy's first name even before the Let's Dance singer's death and as we have lost so many national treasures this year we may see Alan (Rickman), Terry (Wogan), and even Prince make their way back to the fore.

Lee is still a popular middle name, and the spelling Leigh is popular for girls, but as a first name, Lee has somewhat dropped off the charts.

Surnames as first names for boys will continue to be popular in the coming years, according to Jennifer Moss.

Archin, in Sanskrit = Shining / Brilliant / Pious Sound similar to Unisex Sanskrit name, «Archi» Archi, in Sanskrit = Flame of Fire / Ray of Light Alternative spelled as «Archen» Archen, in Sanskrit = Worshipper Call this a coincident, but... Archen, is also the name of first ever Bird Pokémon (globally popular Japanese cartoon series).

3: «Get Out» or Luca Guadagnino's achingly tender «Call Me by Your Name» will emerge as a popular first choice among Oscar voters, and a film that was made for considerably less than $ 10 million will win Best Picture for the second year in a row, confirming that «Moonlight» changed the game in more ways than one and forever altered our idea of what constitutes an «Oscar Movie.»

Based on the first installment of Suzanne Collins's popular trilogy of the same name, The Hunger Games is a riveting, if gruesome adventure which definitely will not disappoint its legions of loyal fans, a demographic every bit as rabid as readers of the Harry Potter and Twilight series.

The Accord has been named a Car and Driver magazine «10Best» an unprecedented 30 times and has been the most popular car in America with retail car buyers for three consecutive years.2 The Accord is on track to earn a fourth straight year as America's most popular car with sales up 12.3 percent through the first three months of 2016.

First, while it doesn't pretend to take the place of the Kindle reader — hence the official name, despite the popular talk that it would simply be referred to as the Kindle tablet or sometimes, the Kindle 4 — some proponents of the device also state that it doesn't even pretend to compete with the iPad in that it is more an e-reader and entertainment - based device.

While the male category crowned a new first place winner, Bella proved its staying power as the most popular female kitten name for the seventh straight year.

In the 1990s, a player named Dennis Fong (under the handle Thresh) was able to make a living playing Quake and other popular first person shooters of the day through tournament prize money and corporate sponsorships, becoming widely acknowledged as the first professional gamer.

Gotham is a name first - used for New York in the early 19th century, which then went on to become popular when Bill Finger used it in his Batman series — which has led to Gotham being understood as a metropolis both imaginary and real, a gothic - meets - science - fiction dystopia where superheroes fight supervillains on the rooftops of the common people.

Its various accessories, such as the indispensable Popular Name Tool make it a first resort of legal researchers.