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Ruby, Elise & Sheena: Girls Names from Alt Rock

January 29, 2008 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: This post was originally published on January 29, 2008.  It was substantially revised and republished on January 26, 2012. If your muscial inclinations take you lower on the radio dial, you won’t be surprised to learn the following: in 1977, the Ramones released Rocket to Russia, their third LP. Track Six was “Sheena […]

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Shopping for Names: Pottery Barn Edition

January 27, 2008 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

It’s been called yuppie porn. And let’s face it, if my house looked as pulled together and interesting as the average Pottery Barn Catalog room, well, I’d be having you all over for dinner to flaunt it. If PB is clearly aspirational, then the names that they choose for their products – and many of […]

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Never Out of Style: Classic Names for Boys

January 26, 2008 By appellationmountain 14 Comments

Editor’s note: This post was one of the first ever published at AppMtn, on January 26, 2008, when the blog was a mere three days old. It was substantially revised and re-posted on Monday, March 19, 2012. Are you a Brooks Brothers button-down kind of guy? Do you prefer your Thanksgiving turkey served on grandmother’s […]

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Baby Name Advice: The Middle Matters

January 26, 2008 By appellationmountain 3 Comments

Strictly speaking, there are no rules in baby naming. But there are some guidelines that I believe in strongly enough to call rules, at least here on Appellation Mountain. And here’s the first: The Middle Matters.

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Bookshelf: Cool Names for Babies, Revised & Updated

January 26, 2008 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

If you’re a namenik, you may well recall what baby name books looked like before Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz hit the scene: plodding lists in alphabetical order, with descriptions, origins, nicknames and possibly a note about a famous bearer or two. But for the most part, Abelia and Amanda were treated equally. Then […]

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As Seen on TV: Gossip Girls

January 25, 2008 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

The writer’s strike may be putting a hitch in the television schedule, but babies need naming every day of the year. And what better naming inspiration than a pair of rich-as-sin, pretty-as-starlets characters on a television drama about privileged teenagers? Serena and Blair, welcome to Appellation Mountain.

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Railway Names

January 25, 2008 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

I have a 3 y.o. son, and he is wild about trains. We’ve been careful not to feed him a steady diet of Thomas the Tank Engine – in fact, he’s only recently discovered the other Little Blue Engine That Could. But as I watch the show – over and over and over again – […]

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Spotlight: Fiona

January 25, 2008 By appellationmountain 11 Comments

Let’s suppose that you’re expecting a new baby girl in 2008, and you’ve always liked Sophia. But you’ve just learned that Sophia cracked the Top 10 last year, and shows no signs of slowing down. If you call your new little dear by this pretty and meaningful name, she may very well be one of […]

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Stuck in the Middle

January 23, 2008 By appellationmountain 2 Comments

Poor Marie. The name hasn’t been in The Top 100 since 1957. But if you check the drivers’ licenses of women around you – in your office, your family or even just waiting at the bus stop – odds are that quite a few of them will have the middle name Marie. The same is […]

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Ava and Harlow: Hollywood Baby Names

January 23, 2008 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: This post was the very first one ever published at Appellation Mountain, on January 23, 2008!  It was revised and reposted on January 26, 2012. Nicole Richie and Joel Madden named their new little one Harlow Winter Kate.  Their daughter arrived on January 11, 2008, and the name has caused a sensation. She’s […]

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