http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/ Where Every Name Has a Story Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-29601 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:03:15 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-29601 [...] Clio – Full disclosure: this is my daughter’s name.  Since Clio is originally a Greek muse, she almost qualifies for the Hermione list.  Except that -o ending screams modern, especially for girls.  Spell it Cleo and she’s a legendary Egyptian queen with a thing for eyeliner.  Similar in sound to the mega-popular Chloe, Clio is different, but still recognizable. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-29117 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:03:24 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-29117 [...] was thrilled with Aly, and it was easy for his baby sister to pronounce, too.  Aly and Clio – his name wasn’t too masculine, hers wasn’t too feminine.  We’re not the [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-25956 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:11:33 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-25956 [...] festivities here.  In the midst of nursery school trick’or’treat I noticed that Clio’s classroom now includes two boys with the same name – Benjamin – who are constantly referred [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-25702 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:04:55 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-25702 [...] picks, but a few letters off.  I’m never sure if this satisfies or frustrates.  I know Clio is often mistaken for Chloe, something that I’d never anticipated.  I wonder if [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-25639 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 07:03:32 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-25639 [...] so in 2011.  Or ever again, really.  Clio might be a never-in-the-Top-1000 choice but thanks to clever, insanely cheap technology, the purple [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-24895 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:33:12 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-24895 [...] third birthday to my darling daughter, Clio!  In another hour, I’m walking down the street to pick up her assembled big girl bike from [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-21463 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:03:34 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-21463 [...] made their way into popular anthologies.  Today, Cleon feels a little bit like a masculine form of Cleo, and indeed, the two names share a root – kleos, Greek for [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-21229 Sun, 29 May 2011 12:04:11 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-21229 [...] room to quibble about the origins of many names – they were absolutely uninformed.  Cleo meant “Egyptian queen” as did Cleopatra.  (Wrong.)  Julie was listed as an American [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-21092 Mon, 23 May 2011 17:18:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-21092 [...] Schwimmer and wife Zoe Buckman have welcomed a daughter named Cleo Buckman Schwimmer.  Long-time readers know that I have a daughter called Clio, though she has a [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/09/25/name-of-the-day-clio/#comment-21051 Sat, 21 May 2011 17:33:07 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=663#comment-21051 Oh, another Clio – how fabulous!

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