I’ve mentioned before that I come from a family of serious nicknamers. You could know me for 100 years and never learn my siblings’ actual names. It’s not like we’re in witness protection or anything. It’s just unfathomable that someone so close to me wouldn’t have a series of names, nesting like Russian dolls, from […]
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Sunday Summary: We’re all just like the royals …
Royal watchers + fans of high profile birth announcements already know: Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank named their new son August Philip Hawke. It’s very much a family name. Philip honors Eugenie’s grandfather, Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II. While Hawke might make you wonder if the Brooksbanks binged Cobra Kai during lockdown, it’s actually […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Which Direction Does the Arrow Point?
Good baby naming advice is often good LIFE advice, and vice versa. Swistle recently answered a question from a parent with three E-named kids. In her reply, Swistle noted that there’s no need to continue with E names, but added “if drastically narrowing the name-choice field is helpful and reduces naming stress rather than increasing […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Name Overthinkers Anonymous
I know a handful of people who strike me as genuinely carefree. But – inevitably – as I get to know them better, there’s some area of their lives that they overthink. Not necessarily in a bad way. Maybe it’s because of past experience or professional training. Or just a general area of interest. Something […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Changing Your Name Should Be Normal-ish
I think of Anne Hathaway as effortlessly elegant and poised – her name and her persona. But the actor recently appeared on Jimmy Fallon and admitted that she’s not wild about the name Anne. She much prefers to be called Annie. Which doesn’t match my image of her at all … but then again, we’ve never met. […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Robinette?
I’ve written quite a bit about the name Kamala. But what’s up with Robinette? It’s a question that I’ve been asked half a dozen times since the inauguration on Wednesday. Fellow name fans might be able to guess at the name’s origins, but let’s unpack it – just for fun. Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. was […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Popularity isn’t Style
… except when it is. I often tell parents that you can love classic names and still find something relatively uncommon. (Peter versus James; Louise versus Elizabeth.) Likewise, it’s possible to be attracted to Top 50 names that don’t exactly go together: sisters Ava and Harper and Amelia. Popular names can feel a little bit […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Wendy Darling
Here’s something that fascinates me: pop culture names don’t necessarily succeed in the same year – or decade – they’re created. There’s often a lag. Sometimes we’re waiting for the right generation to grow up. If you’re old enough to name a daughter Sloane in 2021, chances are you saw the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Welcome Darly Doggo!
Our family grew by four paws and one very waggy tail in December. We’d decided to adopt a rescue dog way back in 2019. It took far longer than we expected, but we finally connected with a great local organization. (If you’re in metro DC, it’s Lucky Dog Animal Rescue. They were great!) After an […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Grateful
As this wild and challenging year draws to a close, I wanted to take a minute and just say: I’m incredibly grateful for you, each and every single one. I had a longer – and I think, very eloquent – version of this written on Christmas night. But somewhere between then and now, technology happened. […]
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