Posts Tagged ‘Audrey’

Sunday Summary: 6/21/09

21Jun09

Happy Father’s Day!  In a mash-up of dad-centric stories/baby name news, I bring you:

MSNBC’s story on the pluses and perils of being a Junior.  The predictable story?  There are good and bad things to sharing your name with Pop.  The interesting takeaway?  The percentage of juniors has been dropping for at least forty years or [...]


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Babes in the Blogosphere

10May09

Happy Mother’s Day!
We’ve always celebrated our kids’ rites of passage – first tooth, first step, first-time-she-brings-home-a-completely-unacceptable-boy.  
Add in one more circa 2009:  first time Mommy writes all about you in a blog post.
Yes, our children will probably be terribly, terribly unhappy about some of our overshares in twenty years.  (Or not.  Social media is a [...]


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25 Sensible Names for Girls

20May08

While we’re of the opinion that there is no such thing as a normal name, we do grudgingly admit that there are safe, sensible choices.  These are names that will never prompt a stranger to say, “What an interesting name!”  But neither will they cause someone to do a double take and say, “Umm … [...]


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Alphabet: A is for Girls

31Jan08

The average baby name dictionary boasts dozens of entries for every letter of the alphabet.
Here at Appellation Mountain, we’re simpling it up. We’re going A to Z, on both boys and girls. For every letter, we’ll highlight a handful of names to consider – and possibly one or two to avoid.
First up – [...]


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