<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Baby names @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Baby names) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Baby names @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Peter: the name</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/peter_the_name.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/peter_the_name.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=peter%5Fthe%5Fname</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is for A.M. who still has better reason to look at baby name books  than I have, but really has to decide sometime very soon.&nbsp;From The Last Word on First Names (1995) by Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran:&quot;There is an appealin]]></description><category>baby names</category><category>names</category></item><item><title>What do you think of the name Skyler?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/what_do_you_think_of_the_name_skyler.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/what_do_you_think_of_the_name_skyler.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fdo%5Fyou%5Fthink%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fname%5Fskyler</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There&#39;s a story behind this question, but I don&#39;t feel comfortable writing about it in a public entry, since the details aren&#39;t mine.&nbsp; I&#39;ll just say that for anyone who has been following our family planning saga, this is another]]></description><category>names</category><category>baby names</category></item><item><title>Simon: the name</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/simon_the_name.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/simon_the_name.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=simon%5Fthe%5Fname</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is for A.M. who still has better reason to look at baby name books  than I have.&nbsp;From The Last Word on First Names (1995) by Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran:&quot;There is an appealing genuineness about this name, perhaps due to]]></description><category>baby names</category><category>names</category></item><item><title>Name that dog</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_that_dog.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_that_dog.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=name%5Fthat%5Fdog</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Though as everyone I know knows, I&#39;m not very good with change.&nbsp; So though it&#39;s really entirely my idea, I&#39;m excited but nervous about deciding to adopt Aztec.&nbsp; There are plenty of variables here: how will Rosie react, how will]]></description><category>names</category><category>dog names</category></item><item><title>Name atrocities</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_atrocities.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_atrocities.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=name%5Fatrocities</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sorry, dear readers, I&#39;m going to have to renege on my Lily Bard series review for today.&nbsp; I&#39;ve started it, but I&#39;m not going to finish it tonight.&nbsp; I&#39;m tired.&nbsp; So instead, I thought I&#39;d share some of the names of n]]></description></item><item><title>Lilah: the name</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/lilah_the_name.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/lilah_the_name.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=lilah%5Fthe%5Fname</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Again, this is for A.M. who still has a better reason to look at baby name books  than I have presently.&nbsp;From The Last Word on First Names (1995) by Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran:Has no entry for Lilah, but under DELILAH says, &quo]]></description></item><item><title>Archer: the name</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/archer_the_name.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/archer_the_name.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=archer%5Fthe%5Fname</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is for A.M. who has a better reason to look at baby name books  than I have presently.From The Last Word on First Names (1995) by Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran:&quot;One of the more stiff and formal surname names.&quot; &nbsp;From]]></description></item><item><title>More baby name fun!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_baby_name_fun.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_baby_name_fun.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fbaby%5Fname%5Ffun</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Laura Wattenberg has created a database  for baby name suggestions based on names that you already have used or love.&nbsp; It&#39;s called the Nymbler.&nbsp; It&#39;s a fun little time waster for anyone who loves baby names  and a useful tool for th]]></description><category>baby names</category></item><item><title>Rachel: the name and the Matriarch</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/rachel_the_name_and_the_matriarch.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/rachel_the_name_and_the_matriarch.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rachel%5Fthe%5Fname%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fmatriarch</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the process of reading The Lost: a Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn, I ran across the name Ruchele.&nbsp; Mendelsohn had a great aunt and a cousin by that name.&nbsp; The great aunt went by the short name, Ray which was a clue to]]></description><category>baby names</category><category>rachel</category></item><item><title>This clears things up a bit</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/this_clears_things_up_a_bit.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/this_clears_things_up_a_bit.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fclears%5Fthings%5Fup%5Fa%5Fbit</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I found this post on the Baby Name Wizard Blog  very enlightening:&quot;Catholic canon law only requires that a baptismal name &quot;should not be foreign to Christian sensibilities&quot;; so Satan Chainsaw Jones is out, but almost anything else is i]]></description><category>baby names</category><category>catholic names</category></item><item><title>How many baby names books do you have?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/how_many_baby_names_books_do_you_have.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/how_many_baby_names_books_do_you_have.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fmany%5Fbaby%5Fnames%5Fbooks%5Fdo%5Fyou%5Fhave</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have six.  I thought I had seven, but it looks like I let someone borrow the most generic, 10,000 Baby Names.Most people probably only buy or look at baby names when they are expecting a baby.  Understandable.  This type of book almo]]></description><category>baby names</category><category>baby name books</category><category>books</category></item><item><title>1st homestudy visit</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/1st_homestudy_visit.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/1st_homestudy_visit.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=1st%5Fhomestudy%5Fvisit</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We had our first homestudy visit with Bethany last Thursday.&nbsp; It was amazing how much less stressful it was for me than the first time we went about it.&nbsp; I feel so much more confident about this process and about my ability to be a mother.&]]></description></item><item><title>Thinking about girls&apos; names</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/thinking_about_girls_names.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/thinking_about_girls_names.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=thinking%5Fabout%5Fgirls%5Fnames</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[J. and I have more or less decided that after we get back from our vacation in Florida, we'll start the adoption process again. I feel nervous going into it, for a variety of reasons, but mostly because Russia is kind of unstable regarding foreig]]></description><category>baby names</category></item><item><title>Name dropping</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_dropping.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/name_dropping.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=name%5Fdropping</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Just thought I&#39;d make a note of this: twice this week two older women have come up to me to see Max, once at church and once at the grocery store. They cooed over him and asked his name. When I told them it was Max, they both said, &quot;MAX! I l]]></description></item><item><title>How popular is too popular?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/how_popular_is_too_popular.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/how_popular_is_too_popular.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fpopular%5Fis%5Ftoo%5Fpopular</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, so over Mother&#39;s Day the Social Security Administration released their report on the most popular baby names of 2003.And Grace is #13.  13!  That&#39;s pretty popular.I&#39;m kind of annoyed at this. I picked this name out over 5 years ago]]></description></item><item><title>Tentatively decided</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/tentatively_decided.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/tentatively_decided.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tentatively%5Fdecided</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It looks like J. and I are both fairly certain about Max as a name. Formally it will be:Maxwell Graham (+Russian birth name) P-----Of course, J. tends to waffle up a storm about stuff like this, so everything is subject to change.]]></description></item><item><title>Names</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/names_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/names_1.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=names%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Since it looks like we&#39;ll be getting a boy, J. and I have been reviving the old &quot;What shall we name the baby&quot; conversation. A long time ago, when we were first dating, we had this really stupid argument about what we would want to name]]></description></item><item><title>More happiness</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_happiness.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_happiness.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fhappiness</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I still can't believe it. I think I'm going to have that test stick bronzed.My mom cried when I told her, my sister screamed, laughed, and cried. The phone's been ringing off the hook. My in-laws were very excited, except for H. who took]]></description><category>infertility</category></item><item><title>Names</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/names.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/names.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=names</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[J. and I have been cuddling on the couch, picking out baby names.  All of my baby name books have been in the basement for a dog's age because it was too upsetting to look at them.The P names are pretty much out. And it's too bad because Pete]]></description></item></channel></rss>