http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-29644 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:02:29 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-29644 [...] decided early on that Boston’s middle name was going to be James, but then we made the mistake of telling people his name. My sister-in-law did not like the name [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-29313 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:59:39 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-29313 My dad is James Kenneth! Great name! We just named our firstborn James Patrick after his two grandpa’s. I really would like to keep it James as well. Although we affectionly refer to him as Jamesy at home. I love to sing sweet Baby James to him by James Taylor.

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-29271 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:03:43 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-29271 [...] is a gin-based liqueur, touted as medicinal by inventor James Pimm in the 1820s.  The original drink is Pimm’s No. 1 Cup.  As the company expanded, [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-28997 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:05:03 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-28997 [...] as Fenella or Fionala or Finola.  But Fiona isn’t heard until the eighteenth century, when James Macpherson interpreted the old legends to create a wildly popular series of writings, starting with [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-28677 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:02:53 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-28677 [...] character in novels-turned-movies The Virgin Suicides and Atonement, plus the name given to Pam and Jim’s daughter on The [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-28316 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:03:09 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-28316 [...] or two, I suspect that they were quickly seen as different names, the equivalent of Jacob and James [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-27591 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:27:36 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-27591 [...] songs to 1960s flicks.  “To Sir With Love” was her biggest hit, but if you’re a James Bond fan, you might also know “The Man With the Golden [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-27419 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:08:31 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-27419 [...] puts the T. in Captain James T. Kirk, and before we went boldly where no man had gone before, he was a Roman [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-26450 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 07:03:05 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-26450 [...] Not that I never write about popular, even common names.  I’ve covered Madison and Ava and James.  But would a wacky pick like Habakkuk ever make it through [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/07/name-of-the-day-james/#comment-26344 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:02:40 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1349#comment-26344 [...] liked the name Joshua James for their first son.  Then along came twins, Jana Marie and John-David.  They didn’t want [...]

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