Baby Name of the Day: Hedy

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It’s Liz’s week at Appellation Mountain!

Her first choice is a sturdy German name mixed with a generous helping of Hollywood glam.

Our Baby Name of the Day is the glamorous nickname Hedy.

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Baby Name of the Day: Elsie

Elsie Ferguson, Photoplay magazine

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If Sadie is stylish, is it any wonder this name is making a comeback?

Thanks to Photoquilty for suggesting Elsie as Baby Name of the Day.

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Baby Name of the Day: Denny

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Dennis is in fashion limbo, but how ’bout this one?

Thanks to Sarah, mom to Owen and Grey, for suggesting a name they have in mind for another son.  Our Baby Name of the Day is Denny.

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Baby Name of the Day: Basia

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Barbara is your aunt, the mom who called her daughters Ava and Madison.  But this exotic nickname spin might just revive her from a middle aged slump.

Thanks to Jana for suggesting Basia as Baby Name of the Day.

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Baby Name of the Day: Liam

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Once upon a time, all of those boys called William answered to Bill, but now it is the second half of the name in the spotlight.

Thanks to Melissa for suggesting Liam as Baby Name of the Day.

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Baby Name of the Day: Liliane

The garden of girls contains no bloom more favored than Lily.  Add in the growing interest in appellations française, and what do you get?

Thanks to Kristine for suggesting Liliane as Baby Name of the Day.

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Baby Name of the Day: Romy

She and BFF Michele went to their high school more than a dozen years ago.  Today you might just find her on the playground.

ROMY 2008 TV awards at the Hofburg in Vienna; photo by Manfred Werner

The name I have in reserve for a (no-I’m-not-pregnant) second daughter is today’s Baby Name of the Day: Romy.

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Baby Name of the Day: Sally

She’s Charlie Brown’s little sister, Lightning McQueen’s best girl, and Don Draper’s  damaged daughter.

She’s also the person who helped me set up my very first blog.  Our Baby Name of the Day is Sally.

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Baby Name of the Day: Therese

She’s a saintly classic, rich in nickname options but not often heard today.

Thanks to Rocking Fetal for suggesting Therese as Baby Name of the Day.

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Name of the Day: Mae

She’s small but mighty, packing a surprise amount of style into a mere three letters.

Thanks to RockingFetal for suggesting Mae as Name of the Day.

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