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Sunday Summary: 28/2016

July 10, 2016 By appellationmountain 1 Comment

Sunday Summary 7.10.16The news has been heavy this week, hasn’t it?

I’m craving some onomastic distraction, of the light and lovely variety, so let’s jump right into the name news.

  • Could four names be the new three? There’s a birth announcement for Frederick Hugo Tristan George in the latest round-up from British Baby Names. On the one hand, it seems excessive. On the other hand, I might have said the same thing about two middles not so long ago.
  • I knew I was going to love Nancy’s Five-Name Fridays. But the outcome of the first post was better than I could have predicted!
  • This problem from The Name Lady made me laugh out loud: what do you do when your favorite name is the name of your new neighbor’s dog? A few years ago, we moved into a new development, so all of the families were new at the same time. Two doors down was an adorable newborn baby named Seamus. And a block away? A dog with the same name. We referred to “dog Seamus” for a while to distinguish the two. Still, the dog and his family eventually moved on. I’m inclined to say it’s fine … but then, I was the neighbor, not the mom! How would you feel?
  • I love to share Living with Kids home tour names, so no surprise I’m just as enchanted by this post from Cup of Jo, featuring three kids: Griffin, Louise, and baby James.
  • Could there be more backstory to Finnick? I tend to assume that Suzanne Collins invented it, inspired by popular Finn names, Finn McCool, and District 4’s fishing industry. But here’s a theory connecting it to surname/place name Fenwick.
  • Hmmm … are we really surprised that someone with a big social media following would ask followers for help finding baby names?
  • It’s fun to see these vintage nicknames for royals: Thora and Babette and Minnie. All nicknames not obviously from the children’s first names – love!
  • How much do I love the name Liv Tyler chose for her new daughter? Lula Rose is just darling.

That’s all for this week. As always, thank you for reading – and have a great week!

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  1. Lashley says

    July 11, 2016 at 1:05 AM

    There’s a coffee shop down the street from us in Denver called Lula Rose General Store, so reading that name earlier today gave me a little chuckle! I bet Liv Tyler doesn’t get 19 LuLa Roe Facebook invites a day either.

    Heading over to read Five Name Friday now!

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