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Name Help: A Brother for Journey and River

January 5, 2022 By appellationmountain 12 Comments

Welcome Wells Matthew

UPDATE: Welcome to the world, Wells Matthew! Angela writes: I liked Wells the minute I saw it on the list. My mom read this, too, and she had the same reaction. But my husband immediately said no. Then just a few days before I went into labor, he said “What about Wells?” Like he’d never […]

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Name Help: A Sister for Charlotte and Josephine

November 26, 2021 By appellationmountain 11 Comments

Welcome Rosalie Ellinor

UPDATE: She’s here! Welcome to the world, Rosalie Ellinor. Lexi says, “We had almost made up our minds to call her Elliott, but it never right. After reading the comments here again, I found myself drawn to Rosalie. My husband agreed! We settled on Ellinor as a little bit of a connection to Elliott, but […]

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Name Help: A Brother for Mae Elinor

November 5, 2021 By appellationmountain 20 Comments

Welcome Max Wallace

Kate writes: Thanks for all the feedback about using Max with Mae. We looked at all of the suggestions, and really liked many of them. But when he was born, I knew immediately that his name was Max. We’re all so in love with our sweet little guy, and thanks again for the encouragement to […]

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Name Help: Is Bonnie Racist?

April 16, 2021 By appellationmountain 15 Comments

welcome Bonnie

They went with Bonnie! Sarah writes: Sorry it took so long for the update, but wanted to let you know that all of the comments reassured us. Bonnie is beautiful and I can’t imagine her with another name! People have brought up Bonnie and Clyde and My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean and Toy Story […]

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Name Help: A Sister for Emma Jeanne

February 19, 2021 By appellationmountain 15 Comments

Welcome Caroline Joy

She’s here! Welcome to Caroline Joy, a sister for Emma Jeanne. Meghan writes: Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. We appreciated the feedback that Caroline went well with Emma Jeanne, and that made our decision easy. We debated her middle name a lot. It was Jane, then Rose, then Jo, and finally Joy. It’s the […]

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Name Help: Katherine, Jonathan, and …

January 29, 2021 By appellationmountain 14 Comments

welcome Genevieve

UPDATE: She’s here! Welcome to the world, Genevieve. Jamie writes: We loved Rosalie and liked Rachel a lot, but with an R last name, we worried it would just be too run-on. We had about six finalists up until the day she was born, including Cecilia and Louise/Louisa. But none of them fit. So we […]

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Name Help: A Sister for Gemma Lou

November 20, 2020 By appellationmountain 21 Comments

Welcome Willa Bea

UPDATE: Please welcome Willa Bea! We loved Clara, but it doesn’t work with a strong K sound in our last name. Up until the last minute, she could have been Tessa, Nella, or Lola (love this name!) but when she was born, we fell in love with Willa Bea. I wasn’t sure about wallaby at […]

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Name Help: A Brother for Joey III

November 13, 2020 By appellationmountain 10 Comments

Welcome Miles Julian

UPDATE: Welcome Miles Julian! Karlie writes “This was just the list we needed to get us thinking – thank you! We considered Jude, Garrett, Blake, Theo, and Davis. We finally agreed to either Holden or Julian, and we were going to decide after we met him. But then, in the hospital, my husband agreed that […]

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Name Help Updates: Babies We Have Named #2

October 16, 2020 By appellationmountain 4 Comments

name help updates

Two years ago, I wrote a post rounding up recent name help updates. While I do my best to share these on social media, they’re easy to miss. When parents choose a name suggested in the post or the comments, I’ll admit it’s a thrill. But each and every one of the name help updates […]

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Name Help: Something Like Margaret

June 5, 2020 By appellationmountain 24 Comments

Welcome Marie

UPDATE: She’s here! Casey writes: We loved the idea of Josephine, but not with our (J) last name. Margot and the other Margaret names were great ideas, but unfortunately, it still felt too close for comfort. After pretty much ignoring it on the original list, we came back to Marie two days after she was […]

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