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1st June 2018
11:00pm BST

Kourtney Kardashian and son Mason[/caption]
It's a tradition that harks back to days gone by in the American south, when boys were given their mothers' maiden names as first names, according to Laura Wattenberg of The Baby Name Wizard.
"Whether or not the parents change their names at marriage, there's a feeling that you want both families to be represented equally in the kids' names," she told the Chicago Tribune.
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Kimberly Walsh and baby Cole.[/caption]
If you like the idea but don't necessarily want to use a family name for your new arrival, here are some names that might inspire you.
We've divided them up here but many of these names are unisex and would be lovely for either a boy or a girl.
Boys
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