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 >>Name Help: Just 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 […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: Will This Nickname Stick?
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! Jordan writes: Our daughter is due in May, and we can’t wait to […]
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 >>The Myth of the Normal Name
Let’s explore the Myth of the Normal Name. Visit nearly any baby name forum and it’s amazing how often you’ll hear variations on one comment: Give your kid a normal name! What’s even more dazzling is that this criticism comes in response to nearly any choice. Chart toppers like Harper and Hudson, classics like Edward […]
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 >>Adorable Grandpa Names for Boys: Reasons to Use Really Old School Boy Names
Let’s talk adorable grandpa names. Think Cedric. Alfred. Edmund. Harold. At first, they seem hopelessly out-of-date, misplaced on a playground full of boys answering to Mason and Logan and Finn. But here are seven great reasons to use adorable grandpa names – and two dozen fabulously fusty names to consider. Adorable Grandpa Boy Names: Everyone […]
READ MORE >>Naming Boys After Women: Six Ways That Work
Naming boys after women should be standard practice. After all, we’ve been naming our sons after their dads and grandfathers for generations. We name girls after the significant men in their lives, too. What else explains so many feminine forms of traditional masculine names? And, to a lesser extent, we meet women named after their […]
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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