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Halloween Baby Names: The Ultimate List

September 21, 2023 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Halloween baby names

Halloween baby names that celebrate spooky season! Seasonal names work for lots of reasons: they create an automatic shortlist, embrace a favorite time of year, or just plain express your personal style. Maybe Halloween is your favorite holiday, or your baby is due in late October. No matter the reason, these names capture the spirit […]

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Monster High Names: Cleo, Abbey, Twyla

October 6, 2022 By appellationmountain 5 Comments

Monster High names

Monster High names blend the traditional and the fanciful. They started out in the toy aisle, Barbie-sized dolls manufactured by Mattel. Their backstory is simple: monsters were once teenagers. The students of MH are the children of some of the most famous creatures to ever haunt a horror film. Think Dracula and the Creature from […]

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Bewitching Witch Names for Halloween

October 2, 2021 By appellationmountain 15 Comments

girl names inspired by witches

Witch names come to mind every autumn! Fictional witches have worn so many fantastic names. Some, like Elphaba, fascinate – but seem like a stretch as a child’s given name. This list focuses on witch names perfectly wearable for a real girl – black cat, bubbling cauldron, and magical powers not required. Read on for […]

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Baby Name Bram: Brisk and Romantic

February 16, 2021 By appellationmountain 12 Comments

baby name Bram

The baby name Bram fits with brisk, brief boy names like Jack and Cole, but also sweeping romantic heroes, like Tristan and Sebastian. Thanks to Leela for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. ABRAHAM Bram comes from Abraham, the Biblical patriarch name. In Hebrew, it means “father of many,” which is, of course, Abraham’s […]

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Gorgeous Goth Baby Names: Zella, Bram, Claudia

October 31, 2020 By appellationmountain 14 Comments

Goth baby names

Goth baby names sound just a little dark. Mysterious, even. It’s punk meets Victoriana; half-Edgar Allan Poe, half-Siouxie and the Banshees. There’s a certain sophistication to these names. Sophia is too popular to really qualify, but otherwise it might. But bright and cheerful Sadie misses the mark entirely. While brooding vampires and moody musicians don’t […]

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Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: The Winners

October 26, 2019 By appellationmountain 2 Comments

Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: The Winners

Drum roll, please! The winners are in for this year’s Great Halloween Baby Names contest. But before we talk about this year’s results, let’s look back at the last few years. In the very first year of competition, we pitted witch names against vampire names. Turns out they’re very different kinds of choices. Amelie and […]

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Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Boys Final

October 19, 2019 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Boys Final

Time for the final round in the boys’ Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019! Your votes have narrowed it down to just two names left. But before we get to the very last contest of the season, let’s take a look back at where we’ve been. All of this year’s contestants are drawn from Vampire […]

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Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Girls Final

October 19, 2019 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Girls Final

Your votes have narrowed down the field to two final names! But before we get to the two beguiling finalists, let’s review the girls’ SemiFinals in the Great Halloween Baby Names Contest. To recap, all of the names in this year’s showdown are drawn from Vampire Diaries and its two spin-offs, The Originals and Legacies. […]

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Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Boys SemiFinals

October 12, 2019 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Boys SemiFinals

The votes are in for the opening round of the boys’ Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019! As with the girls’ contest, there were some serious surprises … and a few expected outcomes, too. AM readers aren’t shy about favoring a more obscure name over a mainstream chart-topper, and that tends to come out in […]

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Great Halloween Baby Name Contest 2019: Girls SemiFinals

October 12, 2019 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Great Halloween Baby Names Contest 2019: Girls SemiFinals

You’ve voted on your favorite girl names drawn from Vampire Diaries characters. The results? A mix of surprises and upsets, along with some results I figured would go exactly as they did. Things get tricky in our next round. There will be THREE names in both match-ups, but you can only vote for one. I […]

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