SUNDAY SUMMARY

Sharing all the baby name news from the week!

Every Sunday, the Summary rounds up the most newsworthy name-related stories, along with the occasional blast from the past. We'll examine trends and themes, surprising celebrity choices, and names in the headlines, too.

Sunday Summary: 1/10/10

January 10, 2010 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

First, congratulations to JNE on welcoming Imogen’s little brother, the nicely named Oliver George! Aly turned five on December 17, but we finally got around to throwing his birthday party this weekend. We invited his whole pre-K. (No, the party was not in our house. Our guests wouldn’t fit in our house, even standing still.) […]

Sunday Summary: 1/3/10

January 3, 2010 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

It’s the first Sunday Summary of 2010. Happy New Year! Congratulations to Chanara and her family as they celebrate their first New Year’s Day with new daughter Rosemary Amelie Belle. Now, on to the random name spotting: Hat tip to Photoquilty for the heads up on Today’s story about bizarre baby names, including Marijuana Pepsi. […]

Sunday Summary: 12/13/09

December 13, 2009 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Christmas may still be almost two weeks away.

Sunday Summary: 12/6/2009

December 6, 2009 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Deck the halls!

Sunday Summary: 11/22/09

November 22, 2009 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

First off, a Thanksgiving news alert:

Sunday Summary: 11/15/09

November 15, 2009 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Here at AppMtn, it isn’t so very unusual to receive an outraged email or comment after I’ve said something less than flattering about a name.

Sunday Summary: 11/8/09

November 8, 2009 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

So not only did SJP and Matthew Broderick have twins, they’ve generated double the press with their name choices. First came the announcement that the girls were named Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge.

Sunday Summary: 11/1/09

November 1, 2009 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

I hope everyone had a spooktacular October 31.

Sunday Summary: 10/25/09

October 25, 2009 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

As you read this, I’m in New Orleans, celebrating the wedding of my dear friend Nicole. Turns out her middle name is Rhunette. Let’s see if I can work in a subtle inquiry about that one in between “congratulations” and “yes, I’d love some more champagne!” In any case, this is my first trip away […]

Sunday Summary: 10/18/09

October 18, 2009 By appellationmountain 6 Comments

First, congratulations to reader Photoqulity for a successful showing of her work Fuzzhead by DP at the Newport News Fall Festival of Folklife. Her bibs rock! Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming. True fact: I can recite the original text of Where the Wild Things Are. From memory. (And yet I regularly forget my […]