{"id":122560,"date":"2016-05-26T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/122560\/whats-in-a-name\/"},"modified":"2016-05-26T07:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T05:40:00","slug":"whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2016\/05\/26\/whats-in-a-name\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in a name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have a family name that you would like to pass down, or you may be one of the lucky ones who have always known what they want to name their children. However, you may be one who follows trends and would like your child to have a \u201cpopular\u201d name.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the most chosen names in 2015.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/05\/baby-girl_srecyj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-267153 \" src=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/05\/baby-girl_srecyj-520x399.jpg\" alt=\"baby-girl_srecyj\" width=\"505\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sophia, meaning wisdom in Greek.<\/p>\n<p>Emma, meaning whole or universal.<\/p>\n<p>Isabella, meaning devoted to God.<\/p>\n<p>Olivia, meaning olive.<\/p>\n<p>Ava, meaning iniquity.<\/p>\n<p>Emily, meaning hard working.<\/p>\n<p>Abigail, meaning the father\u2019s joy.<\/p>\n<p>Mia, meaning mine.<\/p>\n<p>Madison, meaning son of Maud.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth, meaning my God is an oath.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/05\/baby-boy.jpg.560x0_q80_crop-smart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-267154 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/boksburgadvertiser.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2016\/05\/baby-boy.jpg.560x0_q80_crop-smart-520x300.jpg\" alt=\"baby boy.jpg.560x0_q80_crop-smart\" width=\"520\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jacob, meaning holder of the heel.<\/p>\n<p>Noah, meaning comfort; long-lived; repose.<\/p>\n<p>Mason, meaning one who works with stone.<\/p>\n<p>William, meaning strong-willed warrior.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan, meaning strong.<\/p>\n<p>Liam, meaning strong protector.<\/p>\n<p>Michael, meaning who is like God.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander, meaning defender of men.<\/p>\n<p>Jayden, meaning God has heard.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel, meaning God is my judge.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='f110a6e427ef7cd4a3b349daafd444ff'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name of your child will be the first thing people will learn about them. This leaves parents feeling pressured to choose the right name. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":122561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686,8097],"tags":[6892,977,11134,11135,9418,7965],"class_list":["post-122560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","category-lifestyle-and-health","tag-baby","tag-children","tag-choosing-names","tag-name-meanings","tag-names","tag-parenting"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Lifestyle and Health"},"tag_labels":["baby","children","choosing names","name meanings","Names","parenting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}