http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/ Where Every Name Has a Story Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-29472 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:03:07 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-29472 [...] Then again, you might already share the name Mary with your sister-in-law, your best friend Mary Jane and your neighbor Mary Anne, to say nothing of the grandmother after whom you were named in the [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-28531 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:03:25 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-28531 [...] Rosamund Pike, who has played everything from a Bond Girl to a character in a Jane Austen [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-26098 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:57:57 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-26098 [...] gang who went on to get her own show in 1969.  Miss Pitstop was part damsel-in-distress, part-Jane Bond, as she usually did her own [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-24738 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:31:57 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-24738 As a Jane, it’s great to hear that so many people love my name. I love it too. It’s simple and memorable and at least in my generation, I stick out from all the Jessicas, Nicoles, and Stephanies.

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-24384 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:53:14 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-24384 [...] month of June. Thankfully I decided not to let that keep us from using it.  We almost went with Jane, instead, a name I continue to completely adore, but we both liked the “oo” sound with [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-24020 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:53:09 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-24020 [...] a racier turn.  A 1951 novel titled The Revolt of Mamie Stover gave the name to a prostitute.  Jane Russell starred as Mamie in the 1956 movie adaptation.  Despite escaping to Hawaii and meeting a [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-23720 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:03:34 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-23720 [...] you’re disappointed that Jane and Kate are mainstream, you could turn towards Tess.  She’s short and perhaps a bit [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-23442 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:16:41 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-23442 [...] from 1843?  Some of her finds could be from one of ForReal’s posts today: Syndeniah, Telo, Jane [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-23246 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:13:47 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-23246 [...] the familiar “I’m 21 weeks and need to settle on a name soon” complaint.  Nope, Jane and Miles welcomed their little guy back on July 21 and just can’t decide, though she thinks [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/17/name-of-the-day-jane/#comment-23216 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:08:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1674#comment-23216 [...] Appellation Mountain, you can learn about classic names like Henry and Jane, popular names like Ethan and Willow, modern names like Indigo and Madison, old-fashioned names [...]

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