The Beauty of Names

"Portrait of Charles and Georges Durand-Ruel" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Renoir was a leader in the Impressionist movement, and lived from 1841 to 1919. All the names in this post are taken from names of his paintings and his subjects which sat for them. Female: Lise Jeanne Berthe Gabrielle Christine Angelina Julie Madeleine Diana Alice Julienne Sévérine Henriette Andrée Elisabeth Lucie Adrienne Marie Octavie Romaine Lydia Francisca Leontine Marguerite Alphonsine Irene Graziella Camille Suzanne Marie-Therese Aline Lucienne Renée Erin Nini Misia Tilla Georgette Amélie Yvonne Thérèse Vera Margot Ellen Rapha Clementine Marie Sophie Male: Alfred Claude Jules Albert Jacques Robert Coco Pierre Jean Ambroise Edmond Victor Charles James Lucien Stephane Eduoard Alexander Georges Catulle Paul Barton Frédéric Joseph Richard Léonard Eugene Philippe

Dress by SartorialMatters For the family that has had that grand house for at least two generations; the swamps surrounding it holding their own sort of beauty. The girls wear pearls and the boys wear slacks, and they are a sort of royalty. Fresh iced tea is always on hand, and a Rolls-Royce is parked in front. They always attend church, despite the shady ways they came into money and power, and the older generations still talk about the Civil War as if it was something to be proud of. The children, both girls and boys, proudly wear family names and surnames like badges of honor. They are vain and pretentious, but you can't help but be drawn in by that Southern charm. Female: Cologne by herbalalchemy Teapot by Unihom Hadley Lila Pearl Sabrina Irene Zelda Fern Tilly Charlotte Sealy Kit Marlo/Marlowe Susanna Bellamy Eulalia Winifred Collie/Colly Mamie Vivienne Delta Magnolia Blue Clea Leigh May Aberdeen Sutter Cora June Adelaide Eliza...

Holliday Grainger as Lucrezia Borgia in "The Borgias" This new series of posts are going to be highlighting names I've been thinking about or names I can't fit into any other posts. I will be posting (hopefully) every Monday. Lucrezia - While Lucretia has that unfortunate similarity to "secretion", the Italian version, pronounced "loo-KRE-tsyah", is crisp in sound and just as lovely. Many will still have problems with the association with Lucrezia Borgia though, whom I find to be a fascinating, and vilified, figure. Josceline - A guilty pleasure of mine is Josceline (or Jocelyn) on a boy, so I was pleased to come across Josceline Percy , a member of the Royal Navy and son of Algernon Percy, 2nd Baron of Lovaine of Alnwick. Morgaine - I'm really excited to start reading "The Mists of Avalon" which I recently received for my birthday. It is a retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the point of view of Morgaine, or Morgan...

Finally we have his newest film, "The Wind Rises". Women: Nahoko Satomi Kayo Horikoshi/Kinu Men: Jirô Horikoshi Hattori Katayama Satomi Castorp Honjô Kurokawa Sone Caproni

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have welcomed a baby boy they called Otis Alexander.

Will and Drew Drew Barrymore and husband Will Kopelman just welcomed a little girl they called Frankie Barrymore Kopelman. Frankie joins older sister Olive.

Today's film is "My Neighbor Totoro". Women: Satsuki Kusakabe Mei Kusakabe Yasuko Kusakabe Men: Totoro Kanta Okagi Tatsuo Kusakabe

Moira Shearer Stunning redhead Moira Shearer was born in 1926 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, as Moira Shearer King. In 1931 her family moved to Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, where her father, Harold Charles King, worked as a civil engineer. It was here where she first started to take dance lessons under the tutelage of a former pupil of Enrico Cecchetti. In 1936 they went to Britain, where she trained under Flora Fairbairn before being accepted as a pupil by Nihcolas Legat.Three years later Moira would join Sadler's Wells Ballet School. With the outbreak of WWII her parents took them back to Scotland. Her first big break came when she posed as Posy Fossil in the ads for "Ballet Shoes" by Noel Streatfeild, who was friends with Flora Fairbairn. Then, she was cast as the lead in "The Red Shoes", the film she is most well known for. By 1953 she had retired from dancing, but continued to appear in films. She teamed up again with Michael Powell, who had directed ...

Wren's Room Girls: Elizabeth Nemo Annie Ivy and Marlow Maddie (sister to Harry) Norah Wren Arden (sister to Conrad) Eleanor Isabella and Aurelia (sisters to Felix) Olive Sydney Lilah and Tess Elia Betsy Belle Helaina Boys: Ky Grayson Bo Rafael Carter and Wesley Finn Wilfryd (nickname "Wilf") James Conrad (brother to Arden) Sanjan Gregory and Anthony Cruz Stanton Emmett Aidan Harry (brother to Maddie) Carter Felix (brother to Isabella and Aurelia) Lucas Gray August Elliot Darwin Henrik Zachary Sanjan's Room

Today's film is "Kiki's Delivery Service". Women: Kiki Ursula Osono Kokiri Lily Barsa Men: Jiji Okino Jeff Fukuo Tombo

Today's film is " Nausicaä  of the Valley of the Wind". Women: Nausicaä Kushana Obaba Lastelle Men: Asbel Master Yupa Kurotowa Gol Mito King Jihl Gikuri

George III George III was born George William Frederick to Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha . He married Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , who was born Sophia Charlotte. Their children were: George Augustus Frederick, " George IV " Frederick Augustus, " Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany " William Henry, " William IV " Charlotte Augusta Matilda, " Charlotte, Princess Royal ", later " Queen Charlotte of  Württemberg " Edward Augustus, " Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn " Augusta Sophia, " Princess Augusta Sophia " Elizabeth, " Princess Elizabeth ", later " Langravine of Hesse-Homburg " Ernest Augustus, " Ernest Augustus I of Hanover " Augustus Frederick, "Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex " Adolphus Frederick, " Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge " Mary, " Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucest...

Today's film is "Ponyo". Women: Ponyo/Brunhilde Lisa Toki Akiko Takeguchi Karen Granmamare Kumiko Yoshie Kayo Men: Sōsuke Fujimoto Kōichi