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Name Help: Choosing Honor Names from Both Sides

November 10, 2023 By appellationmountain 9 Comments

Name Help: Choosing Honor Names

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! Kristina writes: Our first child will be here by the end of the […]

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Modern Virtue Names: Haven, Noble, True

November 9, 2023 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

modern virtue names

Modern virtue names pick up where the Puritans left off. Of course, we’re still using plenty of virtuous names from earlier eras. Think of Felicity and Grace, Faith and Mercy. They’d feel right at home on Plymouth Rock way back when, or on a playground right now. Plenty of names have virtuous meanings, but aren’t, […]

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Name Help: A Brother for Millie

November 8, 2023 By appellationmountain 11 Comments

Name Help: A Brother for Millie Vivian

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! Kate writes: My partner and I have a three year old daughter named […]

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Baby Name Asha: Wish Upon a Star

November 7, 2023 By appellationmountain 12 Comments

baby name Asha

The baby name Asha might get a boost from a new Disney movie. Thanks to Pree for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. ASH NAMES Surname Ashley rocketed to the top of the popularity charts for girls in the 1980s. Boys’ names like Ashton followed. Now Asher is a favorite for our sons. Names […]

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Boy Names Starting with L: Liam, Luciano, Loyal

November 6, 2023 By appellationmountain 10 Comments

boy names starting with L

It’s true: boy names starting with L include the most popular name in the US right now. Besides Liam, favorites like Leo and Luke rank well, too. All of this makes the letter L one of the most popular choices for a son’s first initial in the US – third, in fact, behind only J […]

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Sunday Summary: 11.5.23

November 5, 2023 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Sunday Summary 11.5.23

How many names is too many names? By now you’ve probably heard about the Spanish aristocrat who piled on the names for his newborn daughter, until the government said “no, no, no, this is madness” and told the well-heeled parents they’ve have to narrow it down. If you’re curious, the name they chose was as […]

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Baby Name Constance: Underused Gem

November 4, 2023 By appellationmountain 19 Comments

baby name Constance

The baby name Constance could be the perfect successor to Eleanor or Grace or even Charlotte. Thanks to Corinne for suggesting our Baby Name of the Day. STEADFAST In Latin constantem means constant or steadfast. Names have been based on this word for millennia – think of Constantine. In Late Latin, Constantia appeared as the usual […]

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Name Help: A Sibling for Matthew Roger

November 3, 2023 By appellationmountain 16 Comments

Name Help: Sibling for Matthew Roger

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! Kellie writes: With our first baby, it took us all 39 weeks and […]

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Hunger Games Inspired Names: Katniss, Rue, Lucy Gray

November 2, 2023 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Hunger Games inspired names

There’s no shortage of Hunger Games inspired names. The Hunger Games gave us a dystopian world of heroes and villains, set across three novels and their movie adaptations. Then the prequel, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, explained how it got to be that way. A big screen adaptation of that book is out in November […]

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Name Help: His List, My List

November 1, 2023 By appellationmountain 14 Comments

Name Help: First Daughter

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! Marianne writes: My husband and I both came up with lists on our […]

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