Tuesday’s child is full of grace, or so goes the old Mother Goose rhyme. And so perhaps, should your darling daughter join the world on a Tuesday, you’ll consider this unusual, but appealing, moniker. Tuesday has never appeared in the Top 1000 in the US. But unlike some choices, it will never be misspelled or […]
READ MORE >>Simple, Sweet and Stuck in the Middle
We’ve written about middle names before. But today, we’ve decided to offer a fairly simple list for your consideration. While many of these are gender neutral, this list was compiled with girls in mind. For decades, parents have stuffed an unimaginative Anne or Lynne between the first and last names. More recently, Grace and Rose […]
READ MORE >>Baby Name of the Day: Rhys
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on May 6, 2008 and substantially revised on November 15, 2011. He’s a short, storied name for boys that brings to mind peanut butter cups and Hollywood actresses. But he should conjure up images of Wales. Our Baby Name of the Day is Rhys.
READ MORE >>Bookshelf: Bad Baby Names
Let’s start with an important disclaimer:
READ MORE >>Alphabet: D is for Girls
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
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