http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-29512 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:02:52 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-29512 [...] Dudevant was the French nobleman best known for marrying Aurore Dupin – the future George [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-29367 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:03:31 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-29367 [...] – Name your son John, Paul, or George doesn’t scream Fab Four.  (Though Ringo would raise a few eyebrows.)  In our age of Jackson [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-28707 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:03:30 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-28707 [...] know, for example, that youngest Llewelyn-Davies brother Nicholas answered to Nico.  (Along with George, John, Peter, and Michael, the brothers and their family were friends of J.M. Barrie, and the [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-28482 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:03:27 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-28482 [...] George Gershwin, his brother Ira, and husband-and-wife team DuBose and Dorothy Heyward get credit for the enduring Porgy & Bess.  The folk opera first debuted in 1935.  The Heywards had titled the original novel and play just Porgy.  But Bess, his love interest, has been part of the title for years. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-27912 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:41:16 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-27912 [...] Alana Hamilton Stewart is the former wife of rock star Rod Stewart, as well as actor George [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-26924 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:40:26 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-26924 [...] Clarice Maud, Alma Sebastopol, Oliver Archibald, Ira and Adonis, Ruby Violanthe, Flora Amanda, George Ocatvius – absolutely fascinating lists!  Based on the time period, I’m assuming that [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-26084 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:03:16 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-26084 [...] princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz married King George III and brought the name to [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-25961 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:11:50 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-25961 [...] Unless, of course, you go with something completely unexpected, like one of these Celtic Cool names from British Baby Names – Jory, Lorcan, Macsen, Treeve; Aderyn, Eleri, Emblyn, Kerensa, Tressa, Ysella.  If I had any claim to any Celtic heritage, I’d be all about them.  Then again, Jory could make a fun short form of George; [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-24687 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:03:17 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-24687 [...] Byron to Donatella Versace.  Allegra Kent was a famous ballerina, muse to legendary choreographer George Balanchine.  In music, the term allegro means cheerful, bright, lively, ultimately from the Latin [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/12/name-of-the-day-george/#comment-23331 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:08:41 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1172#comment-23331 [...] ever so slightly French, but sounds at home with Mid-Century modern picks like Nancy, Sally, George, and Ralph, too.  Nerine is tough to pin down, but that just might make her even more attractive. [...]

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