Hello, Ella. Where did you come from?
Thanks to Ivy for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day – the short, sweet Ella.
Hello, Ella. Where did you come from?
Thanks to Ivy for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day – the short, sweet Ella.
She’s a foreign import, a nature name and an unexpected way to get to an all-the-rage nickname.
Thanks to Corinne for suggesting Elowen as Name of the Day.
If you happened to be channel surfing early Saturday morning (on the East Coast of the US, anyhow), you might’ve caught Miss World 2009, broadcast live from South Africa.
Or was that just me?
I’m not into beauty pageants, but I stopped and watched, eager to hear contestants’ names. Except they kept referring to them as Miss Colombia and Miss Poland. So off to Google I went, and here are the international appellations that graced the stage.
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.
Ah, September. The leaves change color, apples of every possible variety can be found in stacks at the Farmers’ Market and me?
I’m glued to the television:
Also on the big screen, there’s Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. Stand by for boys called Aldo, after Brad Pitt’s hyper-masculine hero. (The character was named after a real-life tough guy actor from the 50s and 60s, Aldo Ray.) There’s also the heart-breaking Jewish-French Shosanna, a name memorably yelled by the creepy Nazi Sicherheitsdienst officer Hans Landa, and her alias Emmanuelle.
Onto starbaby news:
Should you find yourself in a pediatrician’s office this month, pick up the current issue of Parents Magazine – there’s an extensive article on baby naming. For true name aficionados, it is not exactly news. (Though the report of one couple’s use of a name consultant was interesting and it was among the better coverage I’ve seen in a mainstream publication.) But the big takeaway? Laura Wattenberg contributed her Top Ten picks for the most popular names of 2019:
GIRLS: Lila, Peyton, Lucy, Violet, Aubrey, Amelia, Piper, Ruby, Juliet and Harper.
BOYS: Miles, Rowan, Lincoln, Eli, Jude, Cooper, Wyatt, Ryder, Lucas and Henry.
I’ll have to do some thinking about her lists – some strike me as spot on, others … maybe not so much. But seriously, if Laura Wattenberg is touting them as the likely hot names of 2019? That alone might be enough to make it so.
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Is this name a short and sophisticated stand-alone or best reserved as a nickname?
Thanks to JNE for suggesting the lovely Lena as the Name of the Day.
What a difference an “a” makes! Helen is your 60-something great aunt. Attach an extra vowel, and the name becomes vibrant and current, without sacrificing an ounce of classic style.
Thanks to Another for suggesting the bright – and timely – Helena for today’s Name of the Day.
Love the nickname Ellie, but wonder if Ella or Elle is enough of a name to fill out a birth certificate? We hear you!
Fortunately, Ellie is a sweet and simple name that can be derived from any number of given names, ranging from the exotic to the classically classic. Read on for some great ways to get to Ellie – and then check out You Can’t Call It It’s post on Ella.