http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/ Where Every Name Has a Story Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-27694 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:11:58 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-27694 [...] twins, but you could name the incoming class of Hogwarts with these appealing choices: Ptolemy, Rufus, Rafferty, Amable, Ianthe, [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-26475 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:06:34 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-26475 [...] Baby Names’ post on Red Names includes two of my favorites – Rufus and [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-26410 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:02:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-26410 [...] that would be Varius, as in 1st century BC poet Lucius Varius Rufus, a contemporary of Virgil and Horace, considered their equal in his day, but mostly forgotten these [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-24869 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:23:15 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-24869 We called our son Rufus. Had some funny looks when we told people we planned to do so when I was pregnant but since he’s been born everyone agrees he ‘looks like’ a Rufus! I absolutely love it, it’s one of the few boys names to suit both little boys and grown men. We generally call him Roo though for brevity’s sake!

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-24355 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:03:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-24355 [...] lasted longer than you might think, and included a Best Supporting Actor Oscar, won for his turn as Rufus in 1958′s The Big Country.  It’s the small screen that endures Burl Ives to modern [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-21925 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:04:04 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-21925 [...] -s ending puts him in the company of ancients like Julius, Maximus, Rufus, and Francis.  Except Travis is far younger, an occupational surname from Middle English, probably [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-21766 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:00:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-21766 [...] too.  Nirvana had a song with this title, but it’s clearly about pictures of the plant.  Rufus Wainwright sings about a girl called Marigold in his single “Rebel Prince.” It’s [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-21641 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:06:19 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-21641 [...] vowel sound is attractive, shared with stylish up-and-comers like the ruddy Rufus and the starbaby [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-20877 Sun, 15 May 2011 16:44:42 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-20877 [...] Baby Names sourced some sibsets from the 1900 and 1911 census data.  Lottie Lily Louisa, Kenrick, Rufus Theodore … proof that inventive baby naming is nothing [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/11/name-of-the-day-rufus/#comment-19461 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:05:29 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1378#comment-19461 [...] a compelling option.  With his -s ending, he’s quite stylish, fitting in with choices like Rufus and [...]

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