He’s part-classic, part-cowpoke and all boy.
Thanks to Violetveruca for mentioning him a few weeks ago. Today’s Name of the Day goes out to her son: Zane.
Name of the Day: Zane
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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Sunday Summary: 10/11/09
I can’t tell if you can tell, dear reader, but I’ve been crazed lately. Because yesterday? Was the first-ever Benefit Consignment sale for my kids’ school. Which I chaired. And which was, if I do say so myself, quite the success. I’ve been neglecting the housekeeping here at AppMtn, for which you have my sincerest regrets. (But seriously, I could NOT sell one more candy bar.) And it’s a great school, so it was worth every minute of sorting gently-worn 2T tees.
The sale did make me think of something – you’d REALLY better like your kids’ names, because at some point, you will almost certainly introduce yourself as “Jackson’s mom, Ellen,” or be greeted as “you must be Ivy’s mom!” In some small way, your kids’ names become your name, too.
While I was otherwise engaged, it was a weighty week in the Baby Names ‘verse:
- First, check out a few quotes about naming over at Babynamelover’s blog – yes, there’s Shakespeare. But there’s also Salman Rushdie;
- Heard the one about Le-a, pronounced Ledasha? For a look at names, race and culture there’s Laura Wattenberg’s series on all of those urban legends about babies with outlandish monikers;
- I appreciated Nancy’s comments on the TIME magazine story Adios, Juan and Juanita – Jeffrey Kluger got it wrong, wrong, wrong – Juan and Juanita might be fading, but plenty of other Latino names are on the rise. He dismissed the rise of Diego as nothing more than parents inspired by Dora the Explorer’s cousin. Only trouble? Go, Diego, Go! debuted in 2005, and Diego’s rise started years earlier.
Perhaps the most intriguing thing was his “Juan and Juanita” construction. Wonder if he’s aware it is a nod towards the Nameberry duo’s Jennifer and Jason?
On a lighter note:
- Bewildertrix spotted this sibset: new baby Frankie, a brother for Tiarn, Sam, Sunny, Jet, Elwood and Ace. That’s two superheroes, a Blues Brother, a hippie chick plus two geezers and an Irishman – what a dinner table!
- She also reported a Curtin and a Tasmine. I love Tamsin, could really do without Jasmine and can’t help think of Tasmania when I see this one.
Lights, cameras, babies:
- Grandduggar Mackynzie Renee arrived in Arkansas, the first of what could be a veritable tribe of offspring produced by the television mega-family. Parents are Duggar firstborn Josh and wife Anna;
- Actors DB Woodside and Golden Brooks welcomed a daughter, Dakota Tao;
- General Hospital’s Tyler Christopher and wife Brienne Pedigo welcomed a son named Greysun James. Nope, that’s not a typo – it’s “sun” with a u.
I’ll be catching up with Names of the Day and all sorts of things in the next week or two – but tune in tomorrow for Zane. And, as always, thanks for reading!
Name of the Day: Hermione
You might know her as the whip-smart witch from Harry Potter, but there’s more to her.
Thanks to Alicia for suggesting Hermione as Name of the Day.
Name of the Day: Zebulon
He’s Biblical, quirky and offers up a great nickname.
Thanks to Paul for suggesting Zebulon as Name of the Day.
Name of the Day: Isobel
Isabella is the chart-topping, romanza name with a healthy dose of regal appeal. No wonder she’s heard from Peoria to Park Slope to the Pacific Palisades and back again. But she’s just one of many members of her name family.
Thanks to Kelleita for suggesting the less common and more tailored Isobel as Name of the Day.
Yea or Nay: Annalena
While I was working on recent Name of the Day Alina, I stumbled across the German Annalena. I don’t believe this is an official list, but you’ll find Annalena at #107.
With Anneliese and company garnering mentions in more and more baby name forums, I have to ask: Annalena, yea or nay?
Name of the Day: Horatio
He’s a hero in history and fiction alike, and his sprightly sound might appeal to modern parents.
Thanks to Paul for suggesting Horatio as Name of the Day.
Name of the Day: Alina
Is she a modern coinage? A traditional diminutive able to stand on her own? Or something else entirely?
Thanks to Laney McDonald for suggesting the elusive Alina as Name of the Day.
Sunday Summary: 10/4/09
As part of our Birthday Fun Weekend, we took the kids off to Build-A-Bear Workshop. Actually, Aly built a bear dog. There was stuffing and fluffing and convincing us that yes, his bear dog absolutely needed ice skates. And then we got to the moment – naming the bear dog.
After several suggestions were rejected by the Builder of the Beast, including Harry and Warren, we settled on Star. Unimaginative, I guess. But we’d been there for a while. And a birthday party was bearing down on the birth certificate station.
“Maybe,” my friend suggested, “he should be Starr. Star doesn’t seem like much of a name.”
“Starr? Really?”
“I guess it is kind of feminine. Maybe an e at the end?”
“Stare? How ’bout Stahr?” I replied.
And just like that, I understood precisely how we end up naming our kids Jordyn and Madalon and Carsin. Except that a plush pet doesn’t ever have to put his name on a business card.
In other news, Nymbler released their September search names:
- No surprises from the Top Ten favorites – Charlotte, Ava, Amelia, Audrey, Grace and Ella for girls and Jack, Finn, Benjamin and Oliver for boys;
- As for the new Nymbler debuts? There’s surname-with-a-twist Everleigh (chosen by Twilight’s Cam Gigandet), the feminissa Elliana, the lovely Cornish Elowen, part-goddess, part-sci fi Inara and the French Marielle.
It’s been a quiet week in celebribaby naming news, and the choices have been quite conservative, including:
- Actress Sarah Sahai and husband Steve Howey welcomed a son, William Wolf;
- Nancy reports that House’s Robert Sean Leonard welcomed a daughter, Eleanor – months ago;
- Jon Cryer and wife adopted a daughter, Daisy, a little sister for Charlie Austin;
- Teresa Strasser welcomed son Nathaniel James – loved her posts about the search for the perfect name;
- And then there’s one daring choice of the week - Ben Lee and Ione Skye welcomed a daughter, Goldie Priya. Priya is gorgeous. Goldie is a bit too much of a diminutive for my tastes, but if Sadie and Molly can be given as independent names, why not Goldie?
As for real life kids:
- Bewildertrix spotted a child named Eternity Amenity. Isn’t that something offered by a funeral home? She also spied a Jahykuhb, which seems more like an entrant in a Wacky Respelling contest than a real name;
- This week’s Toronto Star baby is named Graydon. The parents were following Jewish tradition, so they needed to settle on a name that started with G. I’m hearing Graydon as yet another Aidan/Jayden/Braeden/Hayden/Caiden twist more and more;
- I loved reading Elizabeth’s post about her Baby with No Name dilemma over at Nameberry. Her daughters are Courtney Olive – known as Olive, Kit Aurora and Nola Belle. Elizabeth and her husband have a truly distinctive naming style, I think – and the story of how they arrived at a name for each daughter is great fun;
- Here’s a guess: Eleni will reappear in the US Top 1000 by 2011, if not sooner. (She’s currently unranked.) It’s the name bestowed by two pairs of friends – with very different styles, inclinations and backgrounds – on their newborn daughters over the past few weeks.
My vote for best diversion of the week goes here: this Nameberry post on Hawaiian Baby Names led to a link to find your Hawaiian name. I spent much, too much time converting the names of everyone I know into Hawaiian. In RL, of course, I am far too pasty to be answer to Apikalia.
Speaking of RL, I’ll confess that I’m dealing with a Level of Hectic that I haven’t encountered, well – ever. I’m often slow to respond to Name of the Day requests – I like to save them up, then sit down with my calendar and look at bunches at once. But these days? It might be slower than slow. Please stand by, and know that I do look at every request and do my best to squeeze ‘em in.
Thanks for reading – have a great week!
