Time for the April 2019 Mailbag! You ask questions … and I try oh-so-very diligently to answer them. They’re question too short for Facebook, but not quite right for a #namehelp post, either. Let’s dive in! Was there ever a prince named Crispin? Fiction must have given us one, right? A little bit of digging […]
READ MORE >>Abby Answers: February 2019 Mailbag
Time for the February 2019 mailbag. These posts offer a chance to answer questions too short for a #namehelp post, and too long to fit on Facebook. Mailbag February 2019: Do you think Riverdale will influence popular names? What a fun question! My gut response is yes. Because those kinds of shows – successful teen-ish […]
READ MORE >>Abby Answers: January 2019 mailbag
Time for the January 2019 mailbag. They’re a chance to answer questions too short for a #namehelp post, and too long to fit on Facebook. Mailbag January 2019: Is Brio a good name for a boy? I’d say yes. It’s also a very unusual name. A mere seven boys were named Brio in 2017, and […]
READ MORE >>Baby Naming Advice: Spelling Counts Edition
Time for baby naming advice: spelling counts edition. Yup, after a quiet summer, Abby Answers: Your Most Pressing Baby Naming Dilemmas, Resolved is back! We’re talking about the decisions that vex parents during the naming process. They’re the ones debated on baby naming forums, discussed around the kitchen table, argued over text with our friends. […]
READ MORE >>Baby Naming Advice: Nicknames versus Formal Names
Time for baby naming advice: nicknames versus formal names. And … drumroll please! This isn’t just a post, it’s also the launch of a video series called Abby Answers: Your Most Pressing Baby Naming Dilemmas, Resolved. I’ll address the questions that come up again and again and again about choosing the name you love for […]
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