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Name Help: A Sister for Hutch and Scout

August 17, 2018 By appellationmountain 32 Comments

Name Help: Rustic Chic Girl Names

We have a birth announcement: welcome to the world, Wells Patricia! rusticmommy writes: I emailed you back when I was pregnant with my second, and loved your suggestions and the readers’ responses. I am in search of a name for my third. I currently have a Hutch Gerard (named after the grandfathers) and Scout Olinda […]

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Name Help: Porter or Phoebe?

August 14, 2018 By appellationmountain 24 Comments

Name Help: Porter or Phoebe?

An update: welcome to the world, Thayer Grey! Natalie writes, ” … we were leaning towards Porter Blaire … but after sitting with it, I just couldn’t imagine calling her Porter. Phoebe … also didn’t sing. I pulled out an old, old list from when I was pregnant with my first daughter, and began reading […]

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Name Help: Patrick, Caroline, and …

August 10, 2018 By appellationmountain 25 Comments

Name Help: A Sibling for Patrick and Caroline

UPDATE: Welcome, Andrew Lewis! And thanks from Julie + family for the help with the decision. Julie writes: We are expecting our third child, sex unknown, in October. Naming our first two didn’t seem this hard. They are Patrick Hunter (my maiden name) and Caroline Joan (his mom’s name). The kids are always Patrick and […]

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Name Help: We Can’t Name Him THAT!

August 3, 2018 By appellationmountain 20 Comments

Name Help: Cool not Crazy Boy Names

Update from Kayla: After being worried that our little guy would never have a name, we compromised on Barrett “Bear” Jameson two days after he was born. Thank you so much for your help! We’re hoping to be expecting again before too long, so we’ll be back! Kayla writes: I’m due with my first child […]

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Name Help: Everly, Emerson, or Something Else?

June 29, 2018 By appellationmountain 15 Comments

Name Help: Harper's Sister

Update: We went with Emery! It was the perfect in-between name, a little bit Emerson and a little bit Everly. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions! Caitlin writes: Help! I have a 3 year old named Harper and I am pregnant with our second baby girl who is due in September. My husband and I […]

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Name Help: Something Special for Palmer’s Southern Belle Sister

June 21, 2018 By appellationmountain 24 Comments

Name Help: A sister for Frederick and Palmer

Update: She’s here! Scroll to the bottom to find out what they chose. Stephanie writes: I’m a Jersey girl who married into a Very Southern family. Our son’s name is Frederick, in keeping with my husband’s family tradition. Our daughter is Palmer, which was my mother’s maiden name, but his family’s habit to use maiden […]

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Name Help: A Formal Name for Lainey

June 1, 2018 By appellationmountain 28 Comments

Name Help: Helena or Lainey

Update: Erica writes that they named her Alaina West! We’d agreed on Helena called Lainey, but the spelling kept coming up. And the closer I got to my due date, the more it bothered me. Then Alyssa suggested Alaina. I saw the spelling before, but worried it was too close to Alyssa’s name. But since […]

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Name Help: A Sister for Lucy and Arthur

April 6, 2018 By appellationmountain 23 Comments

Name Help: A Sibling for Lucy and Arthur

Update: He’s here! Welcome Grant, and thanks to everyone for sharing your insight. Beth writes: We are really struggling with the choice for our third. Our first two are Lucy and Arthur. Their middle name is a shared family name; last name is three syllables and starts with a P. We knew so quickly with […]

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Name Help: Barrett “Bear” and August “Augie” and …

March 16, 2018 By appellationmountain 21 Comments

Name Help: A Brother for Barrett and August

Update: They went with Sullivan Rockett, nickname Van! Meredith writes: Hi! We need help coming up with a name for our third boy! We’re really struggling with this one. We have Barrett Lee and August Lee, although he goes by Augie 100% of the time. This baby’s middle name will also be Lee. I personally […]

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Name Help: What Goes with Nova?

March 2, 2018 By appellationmountain 31 Comments

Name Help: Nova Lee's brother or sister

Update: He’s here! Lindsay writes “For a girl we stuck with our original ideas of Sadie and Remy … my husband and I had committed to the intuition that Remy would be entering the world. So imagine our surprise when our now beloved Bennett popped out instead! He was instantly ours, instantly loved, and instantly […]

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