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Ike: Baby Name of the Day

March 25, 2020 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

Ike: Baby Name of the Day

Ike might fit right in with Max and Jack. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from this list. ISAAC Most of the time, Ike comes from Isaac. The Biblical boy name ranked in the US Top 100 in the late 1800s, and it’s back again, cracking the current Top 100 in 1995. It comes […]

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Virtue Baby Names: The Ultimate List of Lists

November 11, 2019 By appellationmountain 7 Comments

Virtue Baby Names: The Ultimate List of Lists

Thanksgiving means Pilgrims, and that makes us consider virtue baby names. Some are right at home on Plymouth Rock, the kind of names the early colonists chose to set themselves apart. Others are modern innovations, the product of the 1960s counterculture, or twenty-first century families’ search for meaning. Some might feel tough to live up […]

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Miles: Baby Name of the Day

April 24, 2019 By appellationmountain 32 Comments

Miles: Baby Name of the Day

Miles feels like an antique revival, but it’s actually more popular today than ever before. Thanks to Kelly for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Good-Gracious-Soldier Debate surrounds this name’s meaning and origin. My best guess? It’s an all-of-the-above scenario, with more than one backstory behind the name. The Germanic element mil means generous […]

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Hale: Baby Name of the Day

April 3, 2019 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Hale: Baby Name of the Day

Hale might make a bold, meaning-rich, and unusual name for a son. This recent post at Swistle inspired our Baby Name of the Day. Hello! If your first thought is “Hail, Caesar,” you’re not alone. The Old Norse heill meant health or good fortune. In Old English, a similar phrase meant “be well.” We’ve been […]

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Forrest: Baby Name of the Day

November 21, 2018 By appellationmountain 27 Comments

Forrest: Baby Name of the Day

Forrest blends our love of surname-names with all things green and growing. Thanks to Annabel for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Forrest: Outside In Latin, forestem silvam refers to the “outside woods.” Forestum comes from foris – the same root as our word foreign. Medieval Latin gives us forestis, a game preserve. Other […]

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Lincoln: Baby Name of the Day

September 19, 2018 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Lincoln: Baby Name of the Day

Lincoln makes for a very Americana name, even if it gets its start in England. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from this list of fastest rising boy names. Lincoln: On the Map The Romans called it Lindum Colonia, but they weren’t the first to settle there. That happened way back around the Iron […]

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Red: Baby Name of the Day

February 14, 2018 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

Red: Baby Name of the Day

Red became a gold medal name at the PyeongChang Olympics in February 2018. Will it catch on with parents? Our Baby Name of the Day was inspired by snowboarding. Red: Color Red begins the rainbow – remember your ROY G. BIV? It’s a primary color, and one found throughout nature. As a word, it’s been […]

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Chicago: Baby Name of the Day

January 19, 2018 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Chicago: Baby Name of the Day

Could Chicago join London and Savannah as go-to place names for babies? The newest Kardashian-West arrival prompts this bonus Baby Name of the Day post. Chicago: Windy City Some place names pop up all over the map. There are Jacksons galore, more than one Astoria, and so on. But Chicago stands alone. It comes from […]

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Hadley: Baby Name of the Day

September 13, 2017 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

Hadley: Baby Name of the Day

Hadley soared as the world fell in love with a real-life literary figure from a New York Times bestseller. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from the Sweet Spot Girl Names list. Hadley: Mrs. Hemingway Elizabeth Hadley Richardson married the young Ernest Hemingway in 1921. Her first name had disappeared by the time she […]

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Alice: Baby Name of the Day

July 25, 2017 By appellationmountain 51 Comments

Alice: Baby Name of the Day

Alice went chasing rabbits, but this storybook name carries considerable substance. Thanks to Nessa for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Alice: Wonderland Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865. Carroll borrowed the character’s name from a family friend. Even if you’ve never read the book, you know the famous scenes […]

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