by Pamela Redmond Satran

　　At this time of year, catalogs flood the house every day – the poor mail deliverer! – only to be promptly thrown into the recycling bin.

　　One of the few exceptions is the Sundance Catalog. It’s not as if I ever order anything from there, though if my husband is reading this, he should know that I’d be very happy to find any of their earrings under the Christmas tree.

　　It’s more the image and the lifestyle that attract me, at least for the length of time it takes to eat a peanut butter sandwich. Relaxed yet chic, feminine as well as outdoorsy, the Sundance Catalog depicts the kind of woman I’d be if only I spent my time rambling around a ranch rather than typing on a sofa.

　　What does any of this have to do with baby names? As usual, everything, as the Sundance Catalog includes lots of girls’ names and also nature names that are in keeping with its cosmopolitan Western bourgeois bohemian aesthetic.

　　Here, for example, are some of the girls’ names Sundance uses for blouses, boots, and bracelets — but that might work just as well for your own little cosmopolitan cowgirl:

　　[column1]AdoniaAlessandra

　　Anabel

　　Anika

　　AnnaleeAnnesleyArabella

　　Ava

　　Beatrice

　　Britta

　　Devi

　　Eva

　　Fiona

　　Freya

　　Grace[/column1][column2]Greta

　　Isabella

　　Joplin

　　Josephine

　　Juliette

　　Kelsey

　　Lillian

　　Luna

　　Madeline

　　Maire

　　Paige

　　Patience

　　Sienna

　　Tessa

　　Vanessa[/column2]

　　And here are some nature and other word names found in its pages that convey the Sundance aesthetic:

　　[column1]Allegro

　　Angel

　　BirchCaminoClarity

　　Ever

　　Frost

　　Indigo

　　Midnight

　　Pacifica[/column1][column2]Paisley

　　Reverie

　　Serenity

　　Snow

　　SolsticeStardustSunsetTwilightVelvet

　　Winter[/column2]

　　Do you ever find name inspiration, or just entertainment, in catalogs, Sundance or other?