Name Help is a series at Appellation Mountain. Every week, one reader’s name questions will be discussed. We’re relying on thoughtful comments from the community to help expectant parents narrow down their name decisions. Thank you in advance for sharing your insight! Piper writes: We are having a baby girl in a few months, and […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Rethinking Roger, British Baby Names, and More …
How’s this for #namespotting: a baby Roger! Okay, I’m 99% certain that I overheard a mom calling her toddler son Roger. They were seated one row in front of us in church last week, and I think I heard it clearly, more than once. I’d love to ask – and we do see them around […]
READ MORE >>Nature Names for Boys: Most Popular
Let’s look at nature names for boys. Daring possibilities abound, but this list focuses on the most popular picks in the US. In some ways, nature names for boys have fascinated us for decades. During the 1960s, common names like Craig and Glenn tiptoed close to the nature name line. A century ago, favorites like […]
READ MORE >>Henry: Baby Name of the Day
Henry proves that names can be both the height of tradition and the definition of stylish at the same time. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from this list of classic boy names. Henry: So Very Famous It’s the given name of fictional action hero-archeologist Indiana Jones. England’s Prince Harry was baptized Henry, too, […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: Should we name our daughter Sochi?
Name Help is a series at Appellation Mountain. Every week, one reader’s name questions will be discussed. We’re relying on thoughtful comments from the community to help expectant parents narrow down their name decisions. Thank you in advance for sharing your insight! A. writes: My husband and I are pursuing adoption. We heard a name […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Advice for Unusual Names, Girl Juniors, and More
Here’s my best piece of advice for parents choosing a truly unusual name for their child: be prepared to succinctly explain the name’s origin, and then smile. Because if you choose a name that is very unusual – or really, even one that is just slightly outside the mainstream – questions will come. They’re often […]
READ MORE >>Quirky Boy Names 2017: Auden, Loxley, Mars
Quirky Boy Names 2017 can cover an awful lot of territory. I could talk about unusual celebrity names, like Terrence Howard’s Qirin, or the go-to crazy name of the moment, Rocket. (Which isn’t crazy at all.) Or maybe I’d look at names from the bottom of the list. Except I’ve done that already, and a […]
READ MORE >>Hadley: Baby Name of the Day
Hadley soared as the world fell in love with a real-life literary figure from a New York Times bestseller. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from the Sweet Spot Girl Names list. Hadley: Mrs. Hemingway Elizabeth Hadley Richardson married the young Ernest Hemingway in 1921. Her first name had disappeared by the time she […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: English-Spanish Name for Baby Five
Name Help is a series at Appellation Mountain. Every week, one reader’s name questions will be discussed. We’re relying on thoughtful comments from the community to help expectant parents narrow down their name decisions. Thank you in advance for sharing your insight! Briana writes: We’re expecting our fifth baby and we’re totally stumped on girl’s […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: On Names Aging Well, Royal Babies, and More …
Lately I’ve been thinking about men called Cory. Cory and Corey peaked in the 1980s. Some call it an Irish heritage choice. I think of it as a cute boy name from my youth. Credit goes to former child stars turned teenage heartthrobs Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, I suppose. Now it brings to mind […]
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