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Name Help Update: Welcome Briar Elaine

April 24, 2020 By appellationmountain 39 Comments

Briar Elaine

UPDATE: She’s here! Jamie writes: Thanks SO MUCH to everyone for the suggestions! As much as I liked Scout, it didn’t sound right with our last name. We took Briar, Acadia, and Wren with us to the birthing center, and we decided she looked like a Briar. Elaine is for my mom. Jamie writes: We […]

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Name Help: Navigating Family Objections

April 17, 2020 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

Welcome Daisy Eleanor

UPDATE: Gina reports that they stuck to their guns and named their daughter Daisy … and none of the grandparents have said anything about her name since. Don’t you just love a #namehelp happy ending? Gina writes: My husband and I are “those” people – we got married right after we met, and yes, we’re […]

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Name Help: Jacob?

February 28, 2020 By appellationmountain 17 Comments

Name Help: Will they regret the name Jacob?

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! Holly writes: My husband and I are expecting our first child this spring. […]

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Name Teasing: Why You Should Ignore (Most of) Your Fears

January 6, 2020 By appellationmountain 11 Comments

Name Teasing

We love to worry about name teasing. Strangers and our closest friends alike warn us not to use this name or that one, because it rhymes with something or brings to mind a fictional character or reality star. Or it sounds too much like an unpleasant slang term or obscure medical reference. Maybe it’s plain […]

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Name Help: Eleanor Scout or Scout Eleanor?

August 2, 2019 By appellationmountain 11 Comments

Name Help: Scout Eleanor or Eleanor Scout?

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! Linsey writes: Ever since we started trying for a family, I had one […]

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In Praise of Boring Baby Names

July 29, 2019 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

Boring Baby Names

I’m here today in praise of boring baby names. In a world dominated by Instagram, it’s easy to imagine that everyone is naming their babies something fabulous. Clever and unexpected. Just different enough. You’re stuck between Grace and Rose for middle names, but your old roommate just named her daughter Eleanora Fig. Or you’re fretting […]

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Name Help: A Sister for Ben and Sam

June 21, 2019 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

Name Help: A Sister for Ben and Sam

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! Dawn writes: We have two boys, and are expecting our third child in […]

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Courageous Baby Naming: Five Rules Expectant Parents Need to Know

May 24, 2019 By appellationmountain 9 Comments

Courageous Baby Naming

What is courageous baby naming? It’s using the name you love, even though your mom hates it and your sister insists your child will hate you for choosing it. It’s picking a name that feels right to you and your partner, even if it’s beyond the Top 1000, tough to spell or pronounce, or maybe […]

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Abby Answers: April 2019 Mailbag

April 25, 2019 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Mailbag April 2019

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 […]

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Name Help: Just Different Enough

April 5, 2019 By appellationmountain 20 Comments

Name Help: Different Enough

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! Jessica writes: I’m a 1980s Jessica married to a Michael. Our siblings’ names […]

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