Posts Tagged ‘Margaret’

A violent television series put this gentle nature name on the map. Thanks to Danielle for suggesting Meadow as Baby Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


If Moses is a pleasing starbaby choice, why not this name worn by his stepmama? Thanks to Samantha for suggesting Bethia as Baby Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


Thanks to everyone who has submitted their Baby Name Stories.  Keep ‘em coming!  They’ll be found here on Saturdays starting in June.  And I also appreciate all of you who de-lurked to suggest a Baby Name of the Day.  I’ll be scheduling the lurker posts tomorrow, so check back and you’ll know when your name [...]


The evergreen David has never left the US Top 50.  How would this surname spin on the classic wear today? Thanks to Urban Angel for suggesting Dawson as Baby Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


Last February, I posted  In Defense of Emma and Ethan: Ten Good Reasons to Use a Common Name. While reviewing what I’d written in 2009, I realized that I’d never laid out the case for uncommon names. Need I state the obvious?  I rather like names that you don’t hear everyday.  And so here are [...]


If you’ve read anything here, you’ve probably guessed that I’m a voracious reader.  Always have been.  My obsession of the moment is Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.  The tale is gripping.  And the reluctant heroine?  She wears the nicely pared down Lisbeth, a German diminutive form of Elizabeth that stands on her [...]


She’s a pretty botanical choice with an appealing nickname. Thanks to Lyndsay for suggesting Magnolia as Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


I usually don’t pre-post my Sunday Summaries.  (I do schedule my Name of the Day posts, sometimes weeks in advance.)  But a record-setting snow is descending on Metro DC, and as you read this, I may be huddled ’round a Maglite with a 5 y.o. who really wants to watch Team Umizoomi now and doesn’t [...]


It’s a traditional symbol of luck, but would it bring good fortune to your daughter? Thanks to Corinne for suggesting Clover as Name of the Day. Share this: Email StumbleUpon Digg Reddit Print Facebook Press This


The baby boom continues at AppMtn.  Congratulations to Emmy Jo on the birth of her son, Julius! Have you been reading all of those press releases by this hospital or that about the most popular names of 2009?  They haven’t been terribly exciting, but I’m reading them anyhow.  This one caught my attention, not because [...]