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What’s Your Baby Name Style? Harry or Huckleberry?
This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel considers the subject of naming style as reflected in current newsy choices
Baby name style is a highly personal thing, and I’m always surprised by the names on birth announcements. Sure, I can guess with sometimes frightening accuracy what parents will have shortlisted for baby #2 or #3, but they’ve already showed their hand by then. Until they’ve hinted at what they’re thinking of for their firstborn, baby name style is surprisingly tough to guess.
Over the summer, I met three siblings, all living in the same area, each with a daughter about the same age. The three girls’ names could have easily belonged to sisters, even triplets: Annabelle, Georgia, and Phoebe. The women of the family clearly share the same general style – so much that I’d guess there must have been some consternation when they found out they were all expecting daughters within the same year.
For every situation where two former roommates both want to use Ethan James for their sons, there are plenty of cases where, no matter how much sisters or friends have in common, name style is simply not one of them. You roll your eyes when your BFF suggests Kestrel, only to hear your sis describe Eleanor as too old-fashioned.
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Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops
This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel looks beyond the Top 1000 most popular baby names list to find some still undiscovered goodies.
Wasn’t yesterday a little bit like a birthday/Fourth of July/belated Mother’s Day celebration all rolled into one? I’ll admit it: I hung up on my own mother to watch The Today Show announcement.
Most of us – whether we’re due next month or many years away from starting a family – immediately search a few key names. If you were hoping to keep your favorite all to yourself, there might have been disappointing news on May 14. Adele and Olive both rose. So did Willow and Beatrice, Declan and Archer, Nico and Enzo. Penelope was up, and Ezra, too. Berries tend to be ahead of the curve, but the wider world does eventually catch on.
But fear not – there is a silver lining. Search for stylish, appealing appellations that remain unranked and outside of the spotlight, and there are plenty to choose from.
I spent yesterday looking for what isn’t on the much-awaited list.
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11 Most Notable Names of 2011
What were the names that most commanded our attention this year? Our notable names of 2011 are inspired by heroes and heroines real and imagined, contemporary and historic, all grown up and newborn. Their names are zooming into focus and disappearing from view, newly-minted and freshly revived.
The most notable names of 2011, one of them perhaps right for your brand new baby, are:
Happy 3rd Birthday to Nameberry!
You know you’ve been around a while when you forget your birthday. The third anniversary of Nameberry’s launch, earlier in October, came and went without any of us realizing it. But now that we have, we want to pause and take stock of how far we’ve come with the help of all you wonderful berries over the past three years:
Number of visitors: Nearly 12 million
Number of page views: Almost 90 million
Number of countries populated by berries: All of them. Even you, Chad!
Most-read blog: Baby Names 2011: The Hottest Trends, with nearly a million readers.
Designer Baby Names: Fashion-forward names for your child
This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel checks the labels on designer kids’ clothes and finds some stylish, sassy name options.
Every year a few kids are named after high-end designers, like Armani and Chanel. Despite their luxury brand status, the names tend to feel a little forced. Chances are that a kid destined to graduate from a Dior couture layette to Gucci toddler gear would never wear a name so obvious.
But your kid’s closet or the racks at the local baby boutique could serve as inspiration for a baby name. Designers aplenty have launched pint-sized versions of their runway-worthy duds. Equally intriguing are the names of the many labels launched to help us dress our kids in the latest fashions.
Ever since Elisabeth started writing her style column, I’ve been thinking: yes, the stuff is great. But aren’t those names equally worthy of attention?
GIRLS
IRIS – Iris + Ivy is another irresistible pair that could work as well for siblings as it does for a clothing line
HANNA – Hanna Anderson has been bringing Scandinavian style to the states for years.
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