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 […]
READ MORE >>87 Boy Names with Great Meanings
Looking for boy names with great meanings? Start with this list. I’ve (mostly) skipped the straight-up word names. No epic choices like Valor and Maverick, no modern virtues like Bodhi or Chance. Instead, these names appear on regular ol’ baby name lists. Some are Biblical, others mythological. They’re drawn from languages across the globe. One […]
READ MORE >>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 […]
READ MORE >>Palmer: Baby Name of the Day
Palmer is poised to follow Piper and Harper up the popularity charts. Our Baby Name of the Day is new to the girls’ US Top 1000 as of May 2019. Pilgrim Palmer sounds like an occupational surname, a cousin to Carter and Hunter. But that’s not quite the case. The name referred to one who […]
READ MORE >>Psalm: Baby Name of the Day
Psalm joins the galaxy of Kardashian baby names. Our Baby Name of the Day carries deep, spiritual meaning – but is this a name at all? Song The Greek psalmos referred to a song sung to a stringed instrument – a harp. It appears in Old English as pselam or salm. Over time, the spelling […]
READ MORE >>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 […]
READ MORE >>Marvel: Baby Name of the Day
Marvel sounds like one of those only-in-Hollywood, what-were-they-thinking choices. Except it carries far more history than you might guess. Celebrity Baby Names Week 2018 continues with the name Pete Wentz chose for his daughter in the spotlight. Marvel: Wonder The word comes from the French merivelle, meaning something that causes astonishment, a surprise, a wonder. […]
READ MORE >>Araceli: Baby Name of the Day
Araceli sounds fresh, modern, and ethereal. Two of those three things are true. Thanks to Kathleen for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. Araceli: Mary This name feels like a modern invention, doesn’t it? But nothing could be further from the truth! Instead, it’s a Marian name, associated with a title traditionally given to […]
READ MORE >>Baby Name Wells: Hopeful Nature Name
The baby name Wells feels one-part surname name, one-part nature name, and slightly virtuous, too. Our Baby Name of the Day is another recent debut on the popularity charts. SPRING If your ancestor happened to live near a spring, you might have ended up with the surname Wells. In England, there’s a famous city built […]
READ MORE >>True: Baby Name of the Day
True makes for short virtue name with a cool, modern sound. What’s not to love? Thanks to Aurelia for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day, and to Khloe Kardashian for putting it back in the headlines. True: A Virtuous Virtue Some virtue names – modern and traditional – feel narrow. Patience isn’t always the most […]
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