More from the book.

[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

"Biblical names, especially for boys, have been among the hottest of the hot for several decades now. And as one generation of names - Benjamin and Adam and Daniel, for instance - becomes widely used, parents turn to more unusual choices. Now, even the long-grey-beard names of the Old Testament prophets, Abraham and Moses, sound young and fresh again. Here's the latest group of biblical names heating up for boys."

*Aaron
Abel
Abraham
Amos
Asa
*Asher
Caleb
Darius
Elijah
Emanuel
Ephraim
Ezekiel
*Ezra
Gabriel
Gideon
Hiram
*Isaac
*Isaiah
Jared
Jeremiah
*Jonah
Josiah
Judah
Levi
*Malachi
*Micah
Moses
Nathaniel
*Noah
Obadiah
Omar
*Phineas
Raphael
Reuben
Samson
Samuel
Simeon
Simon
*Tobias
*Zachariah
Zebediah

"They're a bold lot, these Irish boys, elbowing their way into the center of the baby naming arena. But how could we ignore them, with luminaries like Liam Neeson to Aidan Quinn, Conan O'Brien to Malachy McCourt claiming our attention? Whether they've captured our hearts by force of energy or charm we're not sure. Big brothers Brian and Ryan, Kevin and Sean may be fading away, but the new Irish Rogues are the bad-boy names everyone loves to love."

Aidan
Barnaby
Brady
Brendan
*Brennan
Casey
*Colin
Conan
Connor/Conor
*Cormac
Declan
Dermot
*Desmond
Devin
Donovan
*Eamon
Fergus
Finian
Finn
Flynn
Grady
Gulliver
Kennedy
Kieran
Killian
Liam
Lorcan
Maguire
*Malachy
McCauley
*Milo
Nolan
Padraig
*Quinn
Redmond
Riley
Rory
Seamus
Tully