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Sunday Summary: 6/6/10

June 6, 2010 By appellationmountain Leave a Comment

Yesterday marked the first in a series of Reader Baby Name Stories.

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  1. Sebastiane says

    June 6, 2010 at 8:17 PM

    Oh, speaking of DC babies, I was on Capitol Hill one weekend and ran into a little Wilson. The father kept yelling, “Wilson! Wilson.” I could not help but giggle and think of Tom Hanks.

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  2. Sebastiane says

    June 6, 2010 at 8:16 PM

    Cielo is not that unheard of in the Hispanic community, but I have only ever seen it used on a girl.

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  3. Names4Real says

    June 6, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    I’ll quit too if Boo, Chryzanthe, Fargo, Mookie and those other names get popular.

    BTW, Marlo is a boy.

    I love the reader baby name stories, I’m always curious to find out how they picked a name. I wish a lot of the ones I find came with a reason why. 🙂

    Thanks for the mention. As always, a great read.

    Sarah

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  4. British American says

    June 6, 2010 at 6:10 PM

    I don’t know any kids named Cielo or Annick in our midwest town. Though I did grow up in a tiny town in the UK knowing an Octavia. She must be in her mid-30s now. Her sister is Penelope, but she went by her middle name of Ruth.

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  5. Kayt says

    June 6, 2010 at 5:32 PM

    Dren, from what I read in a review, was named as such because it’s nerd backwards. Clive and Elsa are named for characters in ‘The Bride of Frankenstein’. I don’t know where they come up with Dren in the movie, though.

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    • Joy says

      June 6, 2010 at 8:57 PM

      Dren was in an early episode of Happy Days, too. Lovestruck Joanie got a crush on Potsie and left him notes addressed to “Dren.” She later explained that everyone called him a nerd, but she thought the complete opposite, and nerd spelled backward is Dren.

      Not enough to make me put it on a list; I just have too many TV factoids in my brain!

      Speaking of which, isn’t Bree one of the Desperate Housewives? I just hear it as a nn for Sabrina.

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  6. youcantcallitit says

    June 6, 2010 at 4:01 PM

    HIya Abby, thanks for the mention as always!

    A few tidbits:

    *Clothilde is at the top of my list. I could completely see BeBe, Lolly, and Tildy

    *I may live in “The City” but just to give you an idea of where I come from? My grandparents vacationed in Hot Springs frequently. That and Branson. 😀

    * Sneak peek to the next bit of local color: I met a MUNGO at the Children’s Museum today!

    *I might as well take this opportunity (hope you don’t mind) to plug my Utah names post from last week. http://youcantcallitit.com/2010/06/01/state-of-a-nation-a-look-at-baby-names-of-utah/

    Not sure if people are not interested or are afraid to comment, but I spent OODLES of time on it and pathetically feel as if it’s gone to waste. I plan to do this will all the states, or at least the most interesting ones, but if nobody except Patricia cares, I may opt out!

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    • British American says

      June 6, 2010 at 6:05 PM

      Aww, I liked reading it. I just know nothing about Utah to make an interesting comment. Would like to hear about more states.

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    • Names4Real says

      June 6, 2010 at 6:16 PM

      British American’s comment is what I was going to write. I would love to see more.

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    • appellationmountain says

      June 6, 2010 at 7:09 PM

      MUNGO! That’s fabulous!

      I’m off to look at the Utah post – the first Mormon couple I ever met included a (female) Mackenzie, born in the 1970s, so I’ve always been fascinated by Utah baby names.

      Which reminds me, check out this site: http://wesclark.com/ubn/

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      • youcantcallitit says

        June 6, 2010 at 7:57 PM

        Thanks for coming to take a second look you guys! I just needed to hear it. I know it’s a bit childish.

        Abby, that site is linked in the article. You could spend hours pouring over it.

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    • shelly ok says

      June 7, 2010 at 8:26 PM

      I read it too, and loved it! I’m not always the most clever of commenters, so I don’t always post my thoughts. App Mountain and your site are my 2 favorite places to read thoughtful information about names…

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  7. Charlotte Vera says

    June 6, 2010 at 3:11 PM

    I was happy to see some of those names slip off the top 1000 because I want to use them! Clarence and Thaddeus are both on my list of top-ten favourite names for boys. I’m not sure a modern boy can pull off Clarence (in the first spot), but Thaddeus is still quite doable in my opinion.

    On a similar note, I can rather understand why Cornelius has fallen, given its clunkiness and close relation to corn. I have a cousin-in-law whose name is Cornelius, as was his father’s before him and so on. However, when he and my cousin had their first child, a son, last year, they named the little tyke Lukas Cornelius. They plan on giving him the option of having his name legally changed to Cornelius Lukas when he gets older.

    I had a childhood friend named Seneca (a girl). She’s of South Indian descent and grew up in Bombay, so the name choice is certainly fascinating. I wish I could ask her parents how they chose her name.

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    • shelly ok says

      June 7, 2010 at 8:24 PM

      I ran into a little boy who was probably 2 year olds named Thaddeus! He was accompanying his newborn brother-Liev at the peditrician’s office.

      I think the nurse was a name nerd–she was the one who asked what his name was, and when he mumbled it, she asked the parents. I was extremely delighted to run into a little Thaddeus, it was one we considered at the end for our son. I hope you are able to use the name–it is fabulous!

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  8. fran says

    June 6, 2010 at 2:59 PM

    that nickname post on the stir made me smile, i’ve know lots of people (including my sister and brother) who have only ever gone by their nicknames. in fact i rarely call my older daughters by their full names either. oh and grace avery is beautiful, a bit too popular in itself but lovely nevertheless

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