Comments on: Name of the Day: Elsa http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/ Where Every Name Has a Story Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sunday Summary: 9/4/11 | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-23907 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:02:27 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-23907 [...] on my radar until Mer de Noms spotlighted her character names.  Lily, Pixie, Baxter, and Bliss?  Elsa, Pippa, and Hank?  Ms. Wilson is clearly one of [...]

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Mila | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-21440 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:13:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-21440 [...] model Elsa Benitez – two-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model and host of Mexcio’s [...]

]]> By: Sunday Summary: 6/5/11 | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-21332 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:57:47 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-21332 [...] Stork Bites Man must be the best dad blogger site name ever, so it is no surprise that his daughters are nicely named, too – Astrid and Elsa; [...]

]]> By: Name of the Day: Clio « Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-1836 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:22:15 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-1836 [...] Roper, one of the Babble bloggers, writes about her twins, Elsa and Clio, over at Baby Squared.  As the girls enter toddlerhood, both names appear to be wearing [...]

]]> By: Leonie http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-1446 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:18:27 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-1446 Elsa sounds lovely to me, and my middle name is Elizabeth so it would have a good link for me (I’m having a girl in 2 weeks!) but Ella is so top ten in Oz that I fear everyone would just call her Ella by assumption. Interestingly enough, our current favourite is Clio, so I’m off to read that baby squared blog! Clio Elsa Surname, anyone? How about Clio Beth Eliza just to turn my middle name on its head?

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-1444 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:02:42 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-1444 Lola, I appreciate your keen eye! I went back and forth on whether or not to include the reference, but I suspect many people hear Elsa and think of Casablanca. Me? I’ve seen the movie so many times that I can recite her dialogue. And I still had her name spelled wrong in my first draft – I was sure it was Ilse. ;)

Katharine, thanks for the ideas!

Noa will be NotD on 9/20. I find her so tempting myself – I’ll be delighted to learn more about her. (And Japanese names in general. I went to grad school with tons of women – and a few men – from Japan, but didn’t pay enough attention to their naming style.)

Alberta is 9/22. We don’t have any -a or -inas in my family, but we do have a bunch of Alberts, so I’m curious myself.

And Jago! Now that’s a dazzlingly interesting choice. Since my husband veto’d Giacomo, I’m quite curious about all the James/Jacob variants out there – he’s 9/24!

Another, that’s always an interesting thing. I once dated a Sean Patrick VeryIrishLastName and always thought his parents went WAY overboard. But then it’s equally jarring to meet a Midori Sanchez. (Not that I have. But you get the idea.)

And Laney, ah, another name ruined by a negative association! Funny how that happens.

]]> By: Unknown http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-1443 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:44:11 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-1443 Elsa’s such a pretty name. Elisabeth is such an amazing name already, and there are just so many awesome names related to it! I actually know an Elsa; she’s a friend of my teenage daughter Calla. She’s Chinese. Her parents picked such a great name for her!

]]> By: Lola http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-1441 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:59:08 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-1441 katherine, Valentine was NotD back on Valentine’s day.. if you search for Valentine, you’ll find it!

Jago’s the Cornish form of Jacob and related to James, so if youve a James or Jacob in the family, Jago’s a likely replacement! I think he’s kind of funky fun. Jazzy hip too. I can see a writer Jago, a musician Jago, an actor Jago but there are limitations to me. I can’t picture a happy CPA Jago or a Librarian Jago.

And I’ll second Alberta/Albertine/Albertina as a possible NotD! I have an honorary Aunt Alberta (who goes by Ginger, I always thought her name was Virginia!) who was another one of my Mother’s best friends from college. I count her two boys as “cousins (as they do my siblings & I), even though we aren’t really blood related! I keep toying with crystalline Albertine (pardon) ain the middle somewhere for her. I think Albertine is pretty awesome! And with the rush for place names, why not Alberta?

]]> By: rockingfetal http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-1440 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:33:59 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-1440 Elsa is one of my very favs. Some think it is too nny, but I find it substantial enough to stand on its own.

]]> By: Katharine http://appellationmountain.net/2008/08/25/name-of-the-day-elsa/#comment-1439 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:35:23 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=492#comment-1439 Opps posted before I meant to!! Also, I haven’t checked whether any of these have been name of the day before…

Valentine – I just love this!
Jago- I keep reading this name on the ‘Telegraph brith annoucements and would love to learn a bit more about it!

Thanks :-)

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