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Zakai: Baby Name of the Day

September 25, 2019 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Zakai: Baby Name of the Day

Zakai sounds like a modern mash-up of Zachary and Kai, but this newly discovered boys’ name has more to it. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from this list. Zaccai Will we ever use up all the Old Testament names? Probably not. Or at least, we haven’t yet. Because Zaccai or Zakkai comes from […]

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Zev: Baby Name of the Day

August 28, 2019 By appellationmountain 6 Comments

Zev: Baby Name of the Day

Zev scores high on Scrabble, brings to mind a fierce, majestic creature, and shares the short, punchy style of Jax. What’s not to love? Thanks to Kells for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Ze’ev Strictly speaking, this is a two-syllable name: Ze’ev. It appears in the Old Testament, but as the name of […]

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Promise: Baby Name of the Day

July 17, 2019 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Promise: Baby Name of the Day

Promise sounds like something from Plymouth Rock, but it’s actually one of the newest girl names of the moment. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from this list. Pledge Some words prove elusive, their exact origins lost to time. But this one? We can trace it to the Latin promissum. It became promesse in French […]

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New Names Showdown 2019 Girls Opening Round

July 6, 2019 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

New Names Showdown 2019: Girls Opening Round

Time for the new names showdown 2019 girls opening round! Our goal: to choose the name most likely to climb dramatically when the new numbers come out in May 2020. This is the girls’ contest; the boys’ opening round will post later today. The competing names come from the new entries to the US Top […]

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Baker: Baby Name of the Day

May 30, 2019 By appellationmountain 2 Comments

Baker: Baby Name of the Day

Baker sounds like a occupational surname, but the job that put this one on parents’ radar? Quarterback. Our Baby Name of they Day comes from this list. Bakers Gonna Bake Quick: what does a Carter do? A Cooper? Many of the most popular occupational surnames don’t make for obvious job titles circa 2019. Even if […]

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Best New Baby Names 2019: Scout, Jericho, Anais, Zakai

May 20, 2019 By appellationmountain 9 Comments

Best New Baby Names 2019

Time for me to pick the best new baby names 2019! These are my favorites from the names debuting or returning to the US Top 1000 in May 2019. Read the full lists here: New Girl Names 2019 New Boy Names 2019 I’ve chosen exactly eight names for girls and eight for boys. They’ll advance […]

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New Boy Names 2019: Jericho, Justus, Zev

May 17, 2019 By appellationmountain 6 Comments

New Boy Names 2019

New boy names 2019 borrow from popular sounds, span the globe, and bring back some forgotten classics – it’s a little bit of everything. In May 2019, the US Social Security Administration released the new popularity data for all children born between January 1st and December 31st of 2018. 45 boys’ names ranked in the […]

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New Girl Names 2019: Adalee, Promise, Scout

May 14, 2019 By appellationmountain 11 Comments

New Girl Names 2019

New girl names 2019 range from the retro Arlette to the nouveau Austyn, the minimalist Ann to the elaborate Giavanna. Headlines brought back Meghan; ongoing trends pushed Palmer and Bellamy onto the charts at last. And that’s just the beginning of the list. In May 2019, the US Social Security Administration released the new popularity […]

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