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Girls Names Ending With O: Willow, Coco, Marlowe

July 27, 2023 By appellationmountain 47 Comments

girl names ending in O

Girls names ending with O range often feel feminine, but not too frilly. They range from the ancient to the oh-so modern, with plenty of choices falling somewhere in between. Whether your favorites girls names are as brief as Jo or as elaborate as Callisto, there’s something for everyone on this list. International options abound, […]

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Clio: Baby Name of the Day

October 2, 2019 By appellationmountain 46 Comments

Clio: Baby Name of the Day

Clio belongs to a muse and a queen, and while the name is short and simple, there’s nothing flimsy about this one. Today’s Baby Name of the Day goes out to my daughter on her eleventh birthday. GLORY In Greek, kleos means glory. The original bearer of the name wasn’t earning renown as much as […]

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Jericho: Baby Name of the Day

August 21, 2019 By appellationmountain 21 Comments

Jericho: Baby Name of the Day

Jericho combines an ancient place name with a modern sound. Thanks to Jenny & Jonah for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. On the Map Place names dot the current US popularity rankings. Just ask the parents of London or Savannah, Cairo or Camden. And this isn’t any place name. Jericho has been inhabited for […]

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Margot: Baby Name of the Day

October 24, 2018 By appellationmountain 20 Comments

Margot: Baby Name of the Day

Margot peaked back in the 1930s, and seems poised to rise even higher today. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from Asha, and also appears on this list. Margot: Marguerite Everybody knows Margaret. It comes from the Greek word margarites, meaning pearl. It became Margalit and Margarita, and eventually Marguerite in French. Margot evolved […]

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Octavia: Baby Name of the Day

June 6, 2018 By appellationmountain 36 Comments

Octavia: Baby Name of the Day

Octavia combines ancient style with an auspicious meaning, and gets a boost from a popular television character, too. Our Baby Name of the Day is one of the newest girl names to enter the US Top 1000. Octavia: Ancient World Way back in the first century BC, the future Emperor Augustus was born Gaius Octavius […]

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Olympia: Baby Name of the Day

February 7, 2018 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Olympia: Baby Name of the Day

Olympia sounds so much like chart-topper Olivia, and brings to mind feats of athletic achievement. Could it be the perfect stands-out/fits-in name for a daughter? We’re looking at the Best Celebrity Baby Names of 2017 with today’s Baby Name of the Day – daughter of tennis star Serena Williams. Olympia: Mount In Greek myth, Mount […]

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Benicio: Baby Name of the Day

June 14, 2017 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Benicio: Baby Name of the Day

Benicio arrived in the US Top 1000 this May, one of 42 boys’ names that claim that honor for the year ending December 31, 2016. New names month continues with this handsome Baby Name of the Day. Benicio: The Bens Ben names are having a moment. Biblical, Founding Father Benjamin climbed to #6 last year. Benton, […]

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Horatio: Baby Name of the Day

April 26, 2017 By appellationmountain 30 Comments

Horatio: Baby Name of the Day

Horatio appears in history, literature, and on the modern small screen. And yet this name trends towards obscurity. Thanks to Paul for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Horatio: Horace’s Sprightly Cousin Back in the first century BC, Quintus Horatius Flaccus penned some of the greatest works of the Ancient World. We know the poet as […]

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Rare Boy Names Ending with O

April 24, 2017 By appellationmountain 13 Comments

Boy Names Ending with O

Boy names ending with o have become quite stylish in recent years. There’s Leo and Theo, Arlo and Milo, Mateo and Diego and Santiago. I’ve written about tons and tons of names in this category before, but I keep discovering rare boy names ending in o that have been overlooked. If you love this style, but […]

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Arrow: Baby Name of the Day

December 12, 2016 By appellationmountain 8 Comments

Arrow: Baby Name of the Day

Arrow might not seem like a name, but suddenly it’s on the rise. A new celebrity birth announcement inspired our Baby Name of the Day. Arrow: And Bow We’ve been shooting with bows since before written history. Think Upper Paleolithic before. They feature in mythology – Artemis, of course, but she’s not the only one – and remained […]

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