http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:09:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-28405 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:44:58 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-28405 [...] to Disney World, I didn’t realize that the murderous bride in The Haunted Mansion is named Constance.  But Lou did!  That’s it – Constance is officially in the top eight for my fictional [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-26589 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:09:46 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-26589 [...] Constance, Consuelo – The two names aren’t actually related, but they have a lot in common.  Constance comes from a Late Latin name meaning steadfast.  William the Conqueror had a daughter called Constance, and the name has been in use in English ever since.  Consuelo is a different kind of virtue name, drawn from the Spanish word for consolation, a title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Consuelo.  Another powerful William – William Vanderbilt – gave the name to his daughter in 1877, in honor of her half-Cuban godmother.  Both carry a certain upper crust polish, a strong anchor for Coco.  Consuelo’s o-ending makes her especially fitting. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-26067 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:50:53 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-26067 [...] are having their day.  There’s also Temple and Arizona’s Tempe. File Temperance with Constance and Prudence.  She’s out of step with fashionable sounds, but her status as a virtue name [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-23758 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:03:55 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-23758 [...] My personal favorite is the unrelated – but still very appropriate – Constance; [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-23019 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:39:27 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-23019 [...] Opera, film, and more novels have included her as a character over the years.  Silent film star Constance Talmadge played the queen in D.W. Griffith’s 1916 master work [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-22706 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:03:44 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-22706 [...] Any name that starts with Co can easily lead to the short form: Colette, Corinne, Coleen, Cordelia, Constance, Coraline, and Coralie all come to [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-20413 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:51:20 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-20413 [...] the logical nickname – Connie – feels a bit dated.  There’s also virtue name Constance, which offers the option of nature nickname [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-19886 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:04:35 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-19886 [...] later in life became U.S. Ambassador to France in her own right.  Harriman’s mother was born Constance Pamela Alice [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-19704 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:05:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-19704 [...] name.  Actor Dylan McDermott has a daughter called Colette.  So does gymnast-turned-actress Constance [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/09/18/name-of-the-day-constance/#comment-16845 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:12:13 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3219#comment-16845 I like Constance, especially with the WASPy nickname Stancy.

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