Roses and Cellar Doors

(I know, my puns are getting worse. Sorry.) Continuing my posts of rare-letter names, it is now time for X. X is the third-least-common st...

Woo! Time for another theoretical names post (I have a lot of fun with these). Lots of gemstone- & other mineralogical-type names are/h...

I've done quite a few nature-name posts, but I realized I'd left out a lot of names! Captain Planet would be ashamed. Earth: ...

While doing my virtue-names post a while back, I came across many names with meanings that weren't quite  virtues. While naming your da...

May flowers! Happy, uh, May Day? We'll go with that. On the heels of my bird-themed post, a flower-themed post also seemed like a fun i...

I admit, sometimes I come across fun new names, and have to come up with a way to work them into a post (without being ridiculously obvious,...

Like J & K, Xs are relatively rare in English words, and so they're memorable & eye-catching. Unlike J & K, however, it'...

Earlier this week I added to my SSA analysis, discovering trends and sounds that describe American names. Knowing what most people are drawn...

The average American name (based on 2010's top 1000) is 6 letters long. Boys' names are slightly more likely to be shorter (5.8 ± 1....