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Question of the Week: How do you feel about sharing your name(s)?
Jan 14, 2025
  Today’s QOW was inspired by a comment from jgirl525.   This week it’s a two-parter:   a.  What’s your response when you meet someone who shares your own first name? Do you feel an instant kinship or do you feel more proprietary?  If it’s a popular name, do you immediately start comparing nicknames...
Popular baby names: The case for the common name
Jan 14, 2025
  Today’s guest blogger Kristen, aka Swistle, confronts the question of popular baby names–and explains why it’s okay to use them.   More common than the name is this naming concern heard from parents: “We don’t want her to be one of five  in every class.”   We know they don’t need to worry about...
Name Stories for Kids: For name-nerds-in-training!
Jan 14, 2025
  There are countless books for kids with first names in their titles—from Harold and the Purple Crayon to Madeline to Fancy Nancy to Olivia—but there aren’t very many books for children about names, with scenarios revolving around such name issues as how they relate to identity, popularity, etc   I have found a...
The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1
Jan 14, 2025
  This week, Appellation Mountain ‘s Abby Sandel travels around the country and across the pond to discover which  names ranked Number 1 where.   Baby name news is fast and furious at year’s end.  Lists of Worst and Best Celebrity Baby Names abound.  (Did anyone else notice that Zuzu Audrey, daughter of Top...
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