Tag Archives: Katharine

Is C the new K?

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Even if you’re not even a teensy, eensy bit interested in the royal wedding, it would be pretty tough to avoid the topic today.  William and Kate’s wedding is an all-out media frenzy.

Chatter about royal baby names has been non-stop since the engagement was announced, and I’ve very much enjoyed dreaming up possible names for a future heir to the throne.

But here’s the big baby naming question that I’m wondering about: when commoner Kate becomes regal Catherine, will C become the new K?

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Baby Name of the Day: Amory

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F. Scott Fitzgerald used the name.  So did model-turned-designer India Hicks.

Thanks to Lem for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day: Amory.

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Baby Name of the Day: Spencer

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Spencer Tracy in a screenshot from the trailer...

Screenshot from Broken Lance; Image via Wikipedia

Today’s choice is the given name of a Hollywood titan, and the surname of real life royalty.

He’s also quite the popular pick for a boy.  Thanks to Emma for suggesting today’s Baby Name of the Day: Spencer.

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Baby Name of the Day: Amy

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In honor of my 37th birthday, our Baby Name of the Day is the one I shed: Amy.

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Baby Name of the Day: Tracy

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Is it a boys’ name appropriated by girls?  A diminutive for the saintly Theresa?  Or a gem from Hollywood’s Golden Age?

Thanks to One Saucy Dish for suggesting the terribly misunderstood Tracy as Baby Name of the Day.

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Miss World 2009

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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.

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In Defense of Isobel and Aiden: Ten Reasons to Embrace Variant Spellings

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Head over to a baby naming website and suggest naming your baby-to-be Alivia.  Or Jaxon.

Some will applaud your choice and add that Alyveah and Jaxin are cute, too.  Several will sigh, and ask what’s wrong with Olivia and Jackson.

I’ll admit to a few snarky comments about Konner and Mackynzee.  So maybe it sounds like hypocrisy – or blasphemy – to now write that perhaps variant spellings are not the end of the world.

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Name of the Day: Isobel

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Isabella is the chart-topping, romanza name with a healthy dose of regal appeal.  No wonder she’s heard from Peoria to Park Slope to the Pacific Palisades and back again.  But she’s just one of many members of her name family.

Thanks to Kelleita for suggesting the less common and more tailored Isobel as Name of the Day.

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The Secret Meaning of Names

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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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