Roses and Cellar Doors

Waaaaaay back in 2012 I did a post on Marian names, and have since been adding to it one at a time as I came across others. Recently, thoug...

Names ending in "oh" are trending pretty nicely right now, mostly for boys, but definitely a bit for girls as well. The boys' ...

I originally started this post looking for new full forms for Beth , but it struck me that most could also work for Bess  and/or Betty  as w...

Well, probably not. Since Everett  (boys) and Everly  (girls) are amongst the quickest rising names in the US (admittedly, that might change...

I think this is definitely in the running for the longest 'Bi-cultural Names' post yet! Same spelling, but (usually) with small pr...

I know; it's been a while since I did one of these! This time, I'll be looking for names used in both Portuguese and English. Spel...

Considering how many F-names seem to be trending ( Finn  and variants, Flynn , Ford ,  Fisher , Fletcher ,  Felicity , Fiona, Freya ), I...

I've been wondering--why do we have so many iambic names for girls , but not for boys? (if you need a reminder, an "iamb" is a...

Recently I did a breakdown on which letters were "feminine" vs. "masculine", and there were a couple surprises. Specific...

Thanks at least partially to Latin, girls are seriously lacking in ending-letter diversity. Girls have the majority of -a, e, y, ah, and i, ...

Is it just me, or is everybody  using the middle name Ray / Rae right now, for both boys and girls? Although the "cute" factor is ...

(I'm being fancy. It's pronounced "skay") After sorting through all those modern -lee names, I need good dose of classic...

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...

(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...

Yes, yes, I know: Rory isn't a nickname; it's a full boys' name. But, thanks at least partially to Gilmore Girls , Rory is incre...