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Welcome to Visitors from Pregnancy & Newborn and Matilda Magazines

November 4, 2012 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Are you new around here? Appellation Mountain has recently been featured in the debut issue of Matilda Magazine, an online magazine all about names. Better still, there’s content between editions on the Matilda Magazine blog! I’m writing baby name consultations, like this one. You can read the magazine online. You’ll also find me in the […]

In Honor of October 15th

October 15, 2012 By appellationmountain 8 Comments

Appellation Mountain arrived early in 2008, and as the community has grown, I’ve realized that a relatively small percentage of the visitors are actually attempting to name a baby-on-the-way. Some of us are name nerds, some of us are all about celebrity gossip, some of us just like language and words. And some of us […]

Announcing Lurker Week: Comment Here

August 11, 2012 By appellationmountain 48 Comments

Are you a long-time reader, but never commented? Is there a name you’ve been dying to suggest for ages, but fear that I’ll scoff? Reject the suggestion, you, and your every idea about names? Ignore your email forever? (Okay, that last one might actually happen, but I’m working on it.) Here’s your chance. The week […]

Announcing Hated Names Week

June 30, 2012 By appellationmountain 66 Comments

Every year I take one week to choose all of the names, typically without input from anyone. This year, I had a slightly different idea. I’ve really enjoyed writing about Cohen and Madison and Apple. I typically discover there’s much to love aboutanyname, even one that provokes strong feelings in others. And so I’ve decided […]

A Mother’s Day Give-Away

May 13, 2012 By appellationmountain 54 Comments

One of my favorite destinations in the name-o-sphere, hands down, is For Real Baby Names. It’s an elegant concept. Sarah simply gathers up armfuls of the loveliest, daffiest, no-way-they-named-their-baby-that, how-cool-they-named-their-baby-that names in the English-speaking world. She hits post and we devour every single Ellis Creed, Landry Ulrich, Boone Elijah, and Ruth Delaney. Addictive. Now she’s […]

Site News: We’re Moving

April 20, 2012 By appellationmountain 17 Comments

Sometime later this evening, the lovely and talented Sharon will push some buttons, and magically, Appellation Mountain will move to a new host with a snazzy new design. As with any move, I expect there to be some unexpected occurrences. Some will be happy, as I reorganize with all of the space required. Some might […]

A Give-Away: Nook's Book!

January 30, 2012 By appellationmountain 49 Comments

I wanted to do something special in honor of

Year in Review: 2011

December 31, 2011 By appellationmountain 7 Comments

Yesterday I unveiled my predictions for the coming year, and that was going to be all I had to say about the year’s close. Except that I found myself hypnotized by a video of old-school clocks from Etsy’s Vimeo channel. Time really does slip by so quickly. (Next month, I’ll enter my fifth year of […]

We Have a Winner! Custom Bookplates Give-Away from My Kids Eat Off the Floor

October 29, 2011 By appellationmountain 2 Comments

We have a winner! Out of 114 entries, including those at Nameberry, and using the handy-dandy widget at Random.org, the winner is Emily (emily.m*******@*****.com), fan of the enduring Madeline, plus Dr. Seuss’ Wacky Wednesday. Emily, look for an email later today with details! If you’d still like to order bookplates, don’t forget to visit Kate’s […]

Mocked on Gawker = Big Time?

September 29, 2011 By appellationmountain 32 Comments

I was working on a regular old post last night when I glanced at the sidebar. The site stats were up. I shrugged and went back to work, but the next time I clicked through, the bar for September 28, 2011 had shot THROUGH THE ROOF. And then a Google alert tipped me off to […]