Posts Tagged ‘Claire’
I doubt we’ll ever have a third child. There are dozens of practical reasons.
And one reason that’s trivial for him, dead serious for me: we could never agree on a name.
We do have a few candidates, scraps from the cutting room floor. I’ve mentioned them in comments from time to time, but I thought a [...]
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When we decided to call our daughter Clio, we forever closed the door on another favorite name – Theodore, nickname Theo.
Or did we?
For every family that decides Maya and Milo are too similar, another embraces the sound-alike names. Or insists that Alicia and Alina are totally different names. Perhaps it never even occurs to them [...]
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Sunday Summary: 12/6/2009
Deck the halls!
With a mere 19 days ’til Christmas, I finally settled down to watch last season’s romantic-comedy-just-in-time-for-the-holidays, Four Christmases. Vince Vaughn’s character, Brad, finally takes his girlfriend home and, in the midst of yuletide merriment, she discovers that Brad legally changed his name – from Orlando. Brothers Denver and Dallas were introduced, and [...]
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Name of the Day: Eponine
She’s a tragic figure from literature and Broadway. But with the revival of interest in French names for girls, might some parents discover her?
Thanks to Sebastiane for suggesting Eponine as Name of the Day.
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Name of the Day: Chiara
Today’s post goes out with a Happy First Birthday to my daughter, Claire Caroline Wren.
Our Name of the Day was worn by Clio’s great-great-grandmother: Chiara.
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Sunday Summary: 9/27/09
Welcome to the end of (gulp) September. Can it really be?
The good news is that the new Drew Barrymore/Ellen Page flick Whip It hits theaters on Friday. I can’t wait to see it, first, because Roller Derby? Is cool. (And in the blood. My cousin S. skated for the Brew City Bruisers as Madam Bomb.) [...]
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Sunday Summary: 9/20/09
There’s a theme to this Sunday Summary, methinks:
First up, Hope Edelman guested over at Nameberry about seeing a name scrawled on a mailbox late in her pregnancy, and knowing that someone (other than the graffiti artist) was sending her a sign. Check out the whole story – Maya’s name was truly meant to be;
On the [...]
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The Secret Meaning of Names
No, I’m not talking about kaballah. I’m not even talking about names like Nevaeh, where the so-called secret meaning is quite clear.
Instead, I’m intrigued by the difference between the meanings given by baby books and the reasons our parents pick our names.
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Sunday Summary: 8/16/09
It’s August 16, and that means Mad Men’s third season debuts tonight. Check out the Mad Men Names list over at Nameberry. Midge might not make a comeback any time soon, but Joan, Peter and Betty all sound fresh to my ear. Bewildertrix has spotted Betty in a few birth announcements recently.
Speaking of television – [...]
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Name of the Day: Maren
She’s a tailored choice that conjures up the ocean.
Thanks to Photoquilty for suggesting Maren as Name of the Day.
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Tags: Allison, Caren, Claire, Clarinda, Emerentia, Emerson, Gertrude, Karen, Karin, Karyn, Lauren, Madison, Maren, Maria, Marin, Marina, Mary, Taylor
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