Roses and Cellar Doors

I've already done a post on named stars , as well as one on names that mean 'star' . However, that overlooks one very narrow cat...

Gus  seems to be a rather polarizing nickname: either you find it adorable, or you find it hopelessly dorky. In the US, it's usually sho...

Really? I haven't done Nora yet? Yikes, what an oversight! Nora  is currently quite a popular name on its own, all over the world, but ...

If you're anything like me, you consider Raymond a "grandpa name" (and I'm not trying to be mean; it is literally my grand...

Despite the fact that Etta  rose higher than any of her long forms, I still think of her as a nickname. I'm not sure why--because -etta ...

What begins with A? Lots of smallish girls' names, and they also end that way: Abha  (ahb-hah, Hindi)--"light, luster" Ac...

Did you know there're no D-names for girls in the Top 100? Destiny  is the highest-ranked, at #113, followed by Delilah , Daniela , Dais...

I haven't done this one yet? Really?? *hangs head in shame* Originally short for Millicent , Mildred , and other musty Germanic names, ...

Aubrey  (AW-bree, English)) Alberico  (al-BEHR-ee-koh, Italian) Auberon  (OH-behr-on, French)--Also spelled  Oberon . Avery  (AY-ver-ee...

Oh, poor Agnes . Once one of the most popular girls names in all the English-speaking world, she fell off the charts in the early 70s, and h...

There are quite a few popular nicknames that are seriously lacking a variety of sources! Of course, I have to try anyway. This will definite...

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: ...

Guy  is a bit odd. Most people today consider it a slang term rather than a name, and that's not completely unreasonable, since it's...

I admit it--I have a soft spot for bird-names: Wren , Lark , Robin , even the "weird" ones like Kestrel , Peregrine , & Heron ...

Grab-bag time! Boys: Amon  (AH-mon, Egyptian)--god of creation. Later merged with the sun-god, Ra . Also transliterated as  Ammon, Amun,...

Poor Anne is often held as the epitome of 'boring' names. And yet, she's also one of the most common contributors to compound n...

A recent post on another board got me wondering just how many little surprises are going to be due about 40 weeks after Hurricane Irene. So,...

Ah, Katherine . Literally one of the oldest names on earth. It's so old that it's original meaning has been lost to time. Many baby ...

Andy is usually short for the Biblical Andrew and its feminine spin-off Andrea . If you love the nickname, but are bored with the usuals,...