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Boy Names Starting with V: Victor, Vaughn, Vireo

February 6, 2023 By appellationmountain 4 Comments

boy names starting with V

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 […]

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Sunday Summary: 6 + 3 = 9

February 5, 2023 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Sunday Summary 2.5.23

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, […]

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Grimaldi Royal Family Names

February 4, 2023 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

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 […]

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Name Help: Welcome Boris “Bo” Andrew

February 3, 2023 By appellationmountain 18 Comments

welcome Boris "Bo" Andrew

UPDATE: We went for it! Baby Bo – Boris Andrew – is here, and we’re calling him Bo 100% of the time. My mom cried when I told her, and even though she was against the name at first, she’s so happy that we decided to use her dad’s name now. He’s a big chunk […]

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Baby Names from Song Titles

February 2, 2023 By appellationmountain 10 Comments

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 […]

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Baby Name Enid: Offbeat Traditional

January 31, 2023 By appellationmountain 22 Comments

baby name Enid

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 […]

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Girl Names Starting with T: Tessa, Tamsin, Talia

January 30, 2023 By appellationmountain 8 Comments

girl names starting with T

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 […]

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Sunday Summary: Familect Names

January 29, 2023 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

Sunday Summary 1.29.23

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, […]

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Name Help: Baby Girl Boss-with-an-R

January 27, 2023 By appellationmountain 22 Comments

welcome Ruby Jordan

Update from Leah: “Our sweet little girl arrived early, but thankfully she is healthy and strong. After lots of discussion, we had almost compromised on Bella, but at the last minute, my husband agreed that she just looked like a Ruby. And so Ruby Jordan Boss-with-an-R is here! I love her name, and thank you […]

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Name Advice: Why I Never Say “Save the Name for a Son”

January 26, 2023 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

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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