Comments on: Name of the Day: Calla http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Fetching Names: Apple Edition | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-25348 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:03:32 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-25348 [...] you should name a child Party or Festival, but Gala feels like a name, in step with the botanical Calla or The Lion King’s Nala.  She’s an unexpected noun [...]

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Tansy | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-23756 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:03:50 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-23756 [...] she’s really quite pretty – a homespun nature name more akin to Willow than Calla.  While weeds aren’t likely sources of inspiration, wildflowers certainly can be.  Still, [...]

]]> By: Baby Name of the Day: Calyx | Appellation Mountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-20718 Mon, 09 May 2011 07:04:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-20718 [...] to Alex, and Alix has history as a valid variant of Alice.  Girls’ names like Callie and Calla share her first syllable, as do Calvin and [...]

]]> By: appellationmountain http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-4720 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:42:36 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-4720 CONGRATS, Kat! What fabulous news. I know we’re all on pins’n'needles waiting to hear what name you choose. (And that you and your darling daughter are well, of course. But then the name!) :)

]]> By: Emmy Jo http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-4718 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:01:40 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-4718 I suppose I do. I had never thought of my names as so serious before — more like literary or historical or substantial. And some of them, like Clara and Wesley, seem very light and happy to me.

To me, names like Helen and Alice feel very serious. I guess I always thought my girls’ names at least felt more soft and feminine, which kept them from sounding overly serious.

But if my only complaint against names like Calla is that they feel rather insubstantial, maybe I do like my names to be a bit more serious. I guess it depends on where someone draws the “serious” line.

]]> By: Kat http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-4717 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:14:14 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-4717 Thank you so much! We are excited.

]]> By: Laney McDonald http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-4703 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:47:30 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-4703 Congrats Kat! It is so much fun raising a little girl. Good Luck!

]]> By: Kat http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-4701 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:03:08 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-4701 Yes. I wanted to use this name, but got pooh-poohed by not only my husband but my mother-in-law, who claimed it sounded “unfinished”. Sad, because I think I could have been fine with Call; whereas now my girls name list has gotten out of control (almost 45 names being considered) as I try to find one I like equally well.

And we ARE having a girl…found out last week! :)
This is wonderful, but WE’RE NEVER GOING TO DECIDE ON A NAME!! :(

]]> By: photoquilty http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-4699 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:41:11 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-4699 Emmy, you do like seerious names, don’t you?

]]> By: Emmy Jo http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/22/name-of-the-day-calla/#comment-4689 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:54:24 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2179#comment-4689 Calla is gorgeous! I don’t think it’s one I’d use personally — photoquilty has said I tend to like “serious” names and Calla is definitely less substantial than similar Clara or even Violet or Iris. But it’s oh-so-pretty and it’s a great alternative to tons of more common girls’ names.

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