Have you ever thought about baby names with built-in Halloween costumes? When we named our daughter, I immediately started dreaming up Halloween costumes that matched her name. She’s been Clio the Muse, and Cleopatra, of course. When she was just a few weeks old, I realized that Clio was the name of the goldfish in […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Hill House, Kira-Kira, and Power Boy Names
Happy Sunday! Er … on Monday. First up: the next round of the Great Halloween Baby Names contest is live! Vote for your favorite Wizard names here, and your top Witch names here. Elsewhere online: Place your bets! The bookies are already guessing what Meghan and Harry will name their firstborn. Duana says that River […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2018: Witches of Harry Potter Round of Four
October brings the annual Great Halloween Baby Names contest. Now it’s time for the Great Halloween Baby Names 2018: Harry Potter Round of Four. This contest is for the names of witches; the wizards’ round posted earlier today. You’re not a Potterhead, you say? No worries. This contest is all about the rich and varied […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2018: Wizards of Harry Potter Round of Four
Earlier this month, we kicked off this year’s Great Halloween Baby Names contest. Now it’s time for the Great Halloween Baby Names 2018: Harry Potter Round of Four. This contest is for the names of wizards; the witches’ round will post later today. This contest focuses on the names, not the characters. It’s limited to […]
READ MORE >>Name Help: What if it’s another girl?
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! Renee writes: We are pregnant with our fifth baby! We don’t know the […]
READ MORE >>Wizarding World Baby Names: Find Your Harry Potter Name!
Let’s talk Wizarding World baby names. I’ve written an awful lot about Harry Potter baby names over the last few weeks. But here’s a puzzle: how about the names of ordinary witches and wizards, far removed from the tumultuous events at Hogwarts? If you were dropped into Diagon Alley right now this minute, what would […]
READ MORE >>Lawson: Baby Name of the Day
Lawson might just follow Jackson and Jameson right up the popularity charts. Our Baby Name of the Day comes from this post, featuring alternatives to Logan. Lawson: Son of Who? Not every name ending in -son actually implies a parent-child relationship. Jason does not. Nor do Carson, Mason, or Tyson. But many of them do, […]
READ MORE >>The Great Big List of Shakespeare Baby Names
Shakespeare baby names have charted in the US Top Ten – think of Jessica and Olivia. The good news: more gems await discovery! William Shakespeare innovated with language, shaping the English we speak today. No surprise his work brims with amazing names. All of the names feel wearable, though they range from the familiar, to […]
READ MORE >>Sunday Summary: Jake, Gray, Maud, and Ooh … New Zealand!
Happy Sunday! Have you seen Solo? It didn’t get great reviews, but we watched it this weekend. And I loved it! Alden Ehrenreich made a great young Han. My husband is a big Star Wars fan, so he got all of the inside references. I didn’t … but the movie held up well on its […]
READ MORE >>Halloween Baby Names 2018 SemiFinals: Wizards of Harry Potter Edition
Last week, we kicked off this year’s Great Halloween Baby Names contest. Now it’s time for the Great Halloween Baby Names 2018 SemiFinals: Harry Potter edition. This contest is for the names of wizards; the witches’ semifinal round posted earlier today. All of our names are drawn from the witches and wizards that we know […]
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