Boy names starting with V range from classic Vincent to dashing Valor. It’s an international letter, too. There’s Sanskrit Vivaan and Vihann, Slavic Vassily, Italian Vincenzo and Valentino, and more. Plenty of those rank in the current US Top 1000. But while V features in chart-toppers from Oliver and Levi to Xavier and Everett, it’s […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: 6 + 3 = 9
But so does 5 plus 4. And 7 plus 2. Also 8.1326 plus .8674. You get the idea. The same is true in naming: there’s more than one way to think about things. Your way is right for you; someone else’s way works for them. That’s not to say that 6 plus 4 makes 9, […]
READ MORE >>Grimaldi Royal Family Names
Don’t you just love a royal family tree, especially one with elaborate, language-spanning names? The Grimaldi royal family names might be the most intriguing in Europe. The family originally hails from Genoa, but they’re most closely associated with the tiny, prosperous principality of Monaco. Their roots trace to the twelfth century. The family intermarried with […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: Can We Talk About Boris?
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! Shae writes: Can we talk about Boris? It was my grandpa’s name. I […]
READ MORE >>Baby Names from Song Titles
19Baby names from song titles include some unforgettable classics. Think of Derek and the Dominos’ “Layla” or Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon.” Other names appear in multiple hit songs, or maybe that one-hit wonder we remember – and yet they don’t necessarily come to mind when we talk about names in hit songs. Boys’ names are far […]
READ MORE >>Baby Name Enid: Offbeat Traditional
The baby name Enid is a vintage gem that just might be ready for a comeback. Thanks to Sara for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. SOUL The girl’s name Enid comes from Welsh word eneit or enaid. It means soul, spirit, life, or maybe purity – a positive set of associations. Some sources […]
READ MORE >>Girl Names Starting with T: Tessa, Tamsin, Talia
Girl names starting with T include surnames like Taylor and classics like Teresa, names nearly forgotten like Thelma, but also new favorites, like Trinity. It’s a surprisingly versatile letter. But it’s not a very popular one – at all! T ranks twenty out of twenty-six letters. Even Z names are more popular. That wasn’t always […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Familect Names
Do you have a familect? Chances are good that you do. It’s a set of words or phrases that only make sense in your small group. Even though I’ve known that my family – both the home I grew up in, as well as my own household – has a complicated, convoluted familect for years, […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: Baby Girl Boss-with-an-R
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! Leah writes: Our daughter will be here in a few more weeks, and […]
READ MORE >>Name Advice: Why I Never Say “Save the Name for a Son”
Should you save the name for a son? It comes up from time to time in #namehelp posts, and in all sorts of baby naming forums, too: We love the name Raymond, after my dad, but we’re having a girl. I’d like to use my mother’s maiden name for my first child, but does Macallister work […]
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