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...

Well, I've done I-names and O-names , so now it time for me to continue the trend of underused letters, this time with U. Only 4 names...

It occurred to me the other day that I is a most underused vowel. If you're watching the final round of Wheel of Fortune , no one ever p...

George . It's one of those names where the consensus is split pretty evenly--some think it's purely boring, stodgy old-man, and some...

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

What can you say about John ? Thanks to a pair of admirable Bible characters, it's one of the most popular boys' names of all time, ...

Jacob --a seeming contradiction; both traditional and trendy. It was a top name back when the SSA started keeping track over 120 years ago, ...

Watching languages develop & diverge is fascinating--or at least, that's what I tell myself when even I see a crazy alternative spel...