It’s been some time since we tripped through our Naming Dictionaries searching for material for an alphabet post – too long!
READ MORE >>Is Zoe the next Mackenzie?
Back in 1996, I met a Mackenzie.
READ MORE >>Starbaby Round-Up
It’s been a big two weeks for celebrity baby naming. We had high hopes for Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg’s second daughter.
READ MORE >>What's in a Name? Not So Much.
We at ApMtn can’t decide if we’re thrilled by the evidence uncovered by Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback in their new book Bad Baby Names, or a bit disappointed. I’ve yet to read the book, but wanted to recommend the New York Times article.
READ MORE >>Kayla/Kyla/Myla/Twyla
The year was 1982. Joan Jett, Survior and the Human League were on the radio. E.T. phoned home on the silver screen, and Rocky fought Mr. T. And in a fictional town called Salem, the character Kayla Brady first appeared on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Unlike some soap-sudsy names, Kayla wasn’t created […]
READ MORE >>Elsewhere Online: Bicultural Naming
If you’re a parent, you’re already reading
READ MORE >>Building a Boy: Names from Architecture
Most categories of unusual names seem better suited to boys than girls – nature names and muscial terms, for example.
READ MORE >>It's Official: JLo's kiddies are Max and Emme
After much rumor and speculation, JLo’s rep confirmed that her twins are indeed named Max and Emme. For the coverage from People, click here. For more on the names, check out Spotlight: Max and Emme. And with that, we’ll officially call Emme as a name to watch for 2010.
READ MORE >>Baby Name of the Day: Penelope
A modern-day fairytale about a girl with a pig’s snout seems like strange inspiration for a baby name, but the Christina Ricci film is only one piece of this name’s rise in popularity. Our Baby Name of the Day is Penelope.
READ MORE >>The Fifth Sin: Double-Barreled
Here on ApMtn, rarely do we run into kids called Maia-Jai or Oliver-William. Perhaps that’s because few people actually go through with the insanity of hyphenating two first names together to create a Frankenstein of a baby name. Or perhaps it’s because, in common use, it is quite difficult to make a “double-barreled” name stick. […]
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