Would you – or did you – change what you named your child based on a holiday or season? Or circumstances of birth? If your first name is, say, Winter or maybe even May, you’re likely to get the occasional question about your date of birth. The more common a name becomes, the less this […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: Another Long-Short Boy Name
Name Help is a series at Appellation Mountain. Every week, one reader’s name questions will be discussed. We’re relying on thoughtful comments from the community to help expectant parents narrow down their name decisions. Thank you in advance for sharing your insight! Lyssa writes: We have twin sons, Nathaniel Biagio and Theodore Severino. They go […]
READ MORE >>Joanna: Baby Name of the Day
Joanna qualifies as regal, midcentury, romantic, dated, and ready for revival all at once. Thanks to Katherine for suggesting one of 2019’s Trending Traditionals as our Baby Name of the Day. JOHN File John among the most impeccably classic names for boys. It’s Hebrew, meaning God is gracious. And as it’s traveled from Hebrew to […]
READ MORE >>Virtue Baby Names: The Ultimate List of Lists
Thanksgiving means Pilgrims, and that makes us consider virtue baby names. Some are right at home on Plymouth Rock, the kind of names the early colonists chose to set themselves apart. Others are modern innovations, the product of the 1960s counterculture, or twenty-first century families’ search for meaning. Some might feel tough to live up […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Eliseus Y
I opened a customer service chat the other day, the kind of thing that seems so normal circa 2019. The rep I was connected to? Eliseus Y. The name is cousin to Elisha and Eliseo, and it’s wildly rare, at least in the US. That got me thinking: is there someplace on Earth where Eliseus […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: A Sibling for Sophina
Name Help is a series at Appellation Mountain. Every week, one reader’s name questions will be discussed. We’re relying on thoughtful comments from the community to help expectant parents narrow down their name decisions. Thank you in advance for sharing your insight! C writes: I’m pregnant, and would love some help coming up with more […]
READ MORE >>Ruby: Baby Name of the Day
Ruby shines, from the height of summer to the winter holidays. It’s vibrant and modern, vintage and restrained. What’s not to love about our Baby Name of the Day? RUBEUS The word comes from the Latin rubeus. Ages before it meant “Hogwarts game keeper,” it simply referred to the color red. Over the years, we […]
READ MORE >>Names like Sadie: 16 Great Alternatives
Sadie rocketed into the US Top 100 back in 2013. It’s bright and spunky, a retro nickname name right at home in the twenty-first century. Ever since Sadie caught on, a group of similar names like Sadie have also risen in use. Some of them started out as diminutives for formal names. Others come from […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Playing King of the Mountain with Baby Names
Let’s say you have a favorite name. Maybe it’s always been the name you imagined for a child. Or it could be something you’ve discovered recently. But you can’t quite commit. It strikes you as a little too popular, or maybe a little weird. The rhythm isn’t perfect with your surname, or it sounds kinda […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: Nolan, Grady, and ….
Name Help is a series at Appellation Mountain. Every week, one reader’s name questions will be discussed. We’re relying on thoughtful comments from the community to help expectant parents narrow down their name decisions. Thank you in advance for sharing your insight! Roma writes: We are expecting our third and final baby at the end […]
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