http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:09:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-29114 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:03:16 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-29114 [...] been reading for a while, you might know that I refer to my firstborn as Aly, short for Alexander.  He’s named after his grandfather, a choice that I’ve never regretted, even if it [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-28644 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:16:23 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-28644 [...] J. Fox is best known for two roles:  Alex P. Keaton on television’s Family Ties and Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-27424 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:08:51 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-27424 [...] form.  Tib?  Berry?  One possibility is Ty – but that’s as unsatisfying as reducing Alexander to [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-27374 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:11:21 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-27374 [...] seen steady use in the last few years.  He’s also a possible short form of the oh-so popular Alexander.  Alexander’s last two syllables have also given us Xander and Zander in recent [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-25957 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:11:36 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-25957 [...] are constantly referred to by FirstLast.  BenSmith and BenJones.  Never just Ben.  While my son Alexander is one of three in his school, all of whom seem to favor the nickname Alex, much to my dismay, [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-25534 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:03:09 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-25534 [...] – Like Jackson, this one bridges the artistic/cowboy vibe.  (Three Alexander Calders, grandfather, father and son, made sculptures, while Jackson Pollock flung paint.)  He [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-25450 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:02:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-25450 [...] they’d be right at home with current favorites, for either gender.  Consider Alexander and Elijah, and even Oliver – all names that open with a vowel paired with an l.  On the [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-25191 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:02:45 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-25191 [...] and Alexander have been popular for years.  Why not this [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-24822 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:02:57 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-24822 [...] Alex Sawyer. My last name is Rush, and I happen to be a big fan of the band Rush. (It tends to catch wise guys off guard when they tease me about my name and ask me if I like the band, and I tell them, “As a matter of fact, I do!”) Alex would have been for Alex Lifeson, the band’s guitarist, and Sawyer would have been for “Tom Sawyer,” one of their best-known songs. Using Sawyer would have bent our prohibition on occupation names, but I had to make an exception in this case. How many Rush fans get to show off their fandom with their very own names? [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/17/name-of-the-day-alexander/#comment-24123 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:04:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1194#comment-24123 [...] Alex and Max and Xavier and Jaxon, he has the x [...]

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