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If you have an unusual name how much does it bother you to pronounce it and correct others? Swistle asked the question earlier this week, and the answers were interesting. For me, I think it’s a matter of degree. My maiden name – wow, that sounds old...

B writes: I sent in a request for name help in November 2020 and received wonderful feedback, a sister for Maverick and Elliot. We ended up choosing Adrienne Elizabeth and still love our choice! We are now due with our second girl in June and are struggling...

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...

Here’s something that’s different about naming a child in 2024: if we’ve named our kid after our hero, we want to you to know. Lennon, not John. Avila, not Teresa. Not every family, of course. And plenty of first names are plenty distinctive on their...

Megan writes: We’re expecting our second son, and probably our last child, this summer. It took us forever to agree on our Hayden’s name, but now we love it and can’t imagine using any of the other names we considered. But that means that our original...