Comments on: Name of the Day: Pearl http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Baby Name of the Day: Garnet | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-29042 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:03:26 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-29042 [...] have daughters named Ruby and Pearl, Gemma and Jewel, so why not this sparkling [...]

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Maya | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-26774 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:02:30 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-26774 [...] on the big screen and Up All Night on television.  She’s also the mother of the nicely-named Pearl, Lucille, and Jack, making her a favorite with we name fans. The expectations attached to Maya [...]

]]> By: Sunday Summary: 7/24/11 | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-22682 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:31:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-22682 [...] Rudolph welcomed son Jackson Wright, a little brother for Pearl Bailey and [...]

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Scarlett | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-21951 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:04:11 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-21951 [...] until then you might have met a Rose or a Hazel or an Olive; Pearl or Ruby, too.  But Scarlett was rare.  Scarlet appears as a masculine moniker on the US Census [...]

]]> By: Kayla http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-4191 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:03:29 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-4191 Hmm I do like this name although not enough to make my favourites list. I feel that others such as Edith are ready to be pulled out of the closet but I’m not sure that Pearl’s quite ready.

]]> By: Christina Fonseca http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-3772 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:49:26 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-3772 Sophie – Beatrix Elodie Pearl is a wonderful combination!

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-3770 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:37:45 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-3770 That’s probably it. I guess there weren’t any Puritan girls named Ruby, either, despite that whole “good woman is better than rubies” bit.

But that’s *so* interesting that her name might’ve been Margaret. Don’t you just *love* history!

]]> By: Emmy Jo http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-3768 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:18:47 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-3768 Abby — Some scholars have speculated that his daughter’s name was Margaret.

I wonder if the reason the name Pearl never caught on with the Puritans has to do with their desire for simplicity and modesty in dress. Though pearls are used in the symbolically in the Bible, St. Paul also cautions women to “dress modestly…not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes.” Would naming a daughter Pearl have felt too showy and vain, perhaps?

]]> By: Kate http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-3766 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:39:54 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-3766 Pearl is my favourite gemstone name by far so thanks for making her name of the day. I think it’s because she feels so different to the others gemstones; less gawdy and showy, she oozes the quiet, simple elegance that pearls themselves offer.

I think she would make a pretty and unusual choice these days and agree with other posters that she seems well suited to the middle spot where she fufils the common requirement for a mono-syllable name but would sound fresh, classy and once familiar and yet wonderfully unexpected.

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/02/21/name-of-the-day-pearl/#comment-3765 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:28:39 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1693#comment-3765 Sarah, I was dimly aware of a SpongeBob character named Pearl, but I didn’t realize she was a whale – yikes!

Emmy Jo, that’s interesting – was there any suggestion that Pearl *was* his daughter’s name? I’m assuming that’s not the case, especially not in that era. But I keep wondering why the Puritans didn’t pick up on the idea of naming their daughters Pearl?

Beatrix Elodie Pearl is lovely, Sophie! But Maris, oh – I *love* Maris!

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