Posts Tagged ‘Charlotte’

First, Happy Birthday to me.  Well, actually, my birthday is tomorrow.  And so I’ll be doing something I haven’t done since shortly after I started writing Name of the Day posts in May 2008 – I’m choosing the names.  All week.  And I’m starting with my discarded given name tomorrow. But enough about that.  The [...]


Glance at any newsstand and you’ll spot her, along with Suri and Apple, and a host of other pint-sized celebrities. Thanks to Urban Angel for suggesting Shiloh as our Baby Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


For those of you in the US, Happy Memorial Day weekend!  There will be no Baby Name of the Day on Monday, May 31. But never fear!  There’s news aplenty to occupy your quiet hours: This post at Swistle raises one of my favorite questions: how close is too close? Can you name your daughter [...]


An American icon and a 90s heartthrob helped propel this poetic choice into the US Top 50. Thanks to Urban Angel for suggesting Dylan as Baby Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


Happy Mother’s Day!  I spent the morning indulging in an M-Day brunch at Max Brenner and then listening for kids’ names at the Union Square playground near my sister’s new Manhattan apartment.  I heard Ezra and Sophie at Ladybird Bakery in Park Slope – near sister #2′s place – the morning before, but mostly the [...]


Can an Oscar-nominated actress take this choice from ditzy diner waitress to Hollywood glam? Thanks to Jackson for suggesting Vera as Baby Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


I’m not a loyal viewer of America’s Next Top Model, but I do check in from time to time to see the contestants’ names.  Naduah and Ren are already out, but Alasia and Anslee are still in.  Speaking of Anslee, there’s a historic home in Baltimore County, Maryland called Villa Anneslie.  I find it a slightly [...]


First, please join me in wishing a fond au revoir to Bewildertrix!  With baby #3 on the way, she has decided to put Onomastitrix on hiatus.  (See?  That’s me feeling hopeful that she’ll be back someday.  Because no one does a round-up of BAs like Bewildertrix.)  She promises she’ll be around and will definitely come [...]


First, thanks to Pam and Linda at Nameberry for running my guest post on Movie Award Names: Looking beyond Oscar.  Lilia, Magali, Denholm, Tahar … I could’ve gone on for pages. Speaking of winners, whilst channel surfing earlier this week, I caught an episode of Toddlers and Tiaras featuring BFFs turned rivals, Jacee and Mayce.  [...]


Once worn by queens and saints, today she’s oft-cited as the name you’d never give your girl. Thanks to Jillian for suggesting Gertrude as Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This