Last year, we kicked off our first-ever Great Halloween Baby Names contest. This year, it’s back! Welcome to the Great Halloween Baby Names 2018 Opening Round: Harry Potter edition. That’s right, this year, all of our names are drawn from the witches and wizards that we know and love from the original seven-books series. (Sorry, […]
READ MORE >>Harry Potter Baby Names: Not Just for Witches and Warlocks
Don’t you just love Harry Potter baby names? Not only did JK Rowling give us an entire fantasy world complete with unforgettable villains and heroes, she also bestowed the most amazing names on her characters. The first novel debuted in the UK in 1997, and a year later in the US. It became a sensation, […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2017: Witches Win!
Our Halloween baby names showdown has come to a close for 2017. The witches win! Winifred was the last witch standing, beating out Hermione, Sabrina, Tabitha, Thessaly, Millie, Willow, and Piper to compete in the big final showdown. The bewitching name faced off against Amelie, the vampire queen of The Morganville Vampires fame. Amelie bested […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2017 Final: Winifred v. Amelie
Time for the Halloween Baby Names 2017 Final! We’ve narrowed it down to just one wonderful witch name and a single gorgeous vampire appellation. The big take-away from this contest so far? A beloved character can make us love a name – but not necessarily take it to the top of our favorites list. But […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2017 SemiFinals: Witches v. Vampires
Time for Halloween Baby Names 2017 SemiFinals! The showdown continues, with just two witch names and two vampire names advancing, all vying for the chance to represent their fellow mythical creatures in next weekend’s final showdown. Let’s review the outcome of last week’s contest, witches first: Winifred – as in Hocus Pocus’ Sanderson sister – […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2017 Quarter Finals: Witches v. Vampires
The weather keeps getting cooler, days continue to shorten – we’re creeping closer and closer to Halloween! Thanks to everyone for voting in last week’s Opening Round. We’ve narrowed it down to your four favorite Witch Names and four favorite Vampire Names. Now it’s time to whittle that list down to just two! It will […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2017 Opening Round: Witches v. Vampires
It’s time for the Great Halloween Baby Names 2017 opening round contest. What, you might ask, is Halloween Baby Names 2017? If you’re a long-time reader you know that Appellation Mountain already hosts two annual contests. We play March Madness every spring, with the most popular names on the site facing off for the title. […]
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