Roses and Cellar Doors

Okay, yes, I have a lot  of flower-name posts already. But, despite all those, I'm sure I can find more (plus, it's my birthday and ...

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...

Oh, I miss the beach. While I wouldn't recommend 'booby' or 'haematopus', there are some really nice-sounding seabird na...

Fern   is kind of an odd name if you think about it. I mean, we don't call kids ' Algae ' or ' Angiosperm ' or ' Con...

Time for some more theoretical fun! Previously I found some songbird  and butterfly  genera that I thought might make decent human names (ma...

At first this post was just going to feature the names of women who've been in space, but since part of my inspiration was the amazing...

A while back, I went looking for taxonomic names that can work as (or already are!) people-names, starting with butterflies . Now it's t...

It never ceases to amaze me how many names are also animal genera. Quite a few taxonomic names might make good people-names, too, it turns o...

You can thank my 7-year-old's obsession for this list. While watching a documentary on Icelandic volcanoes, I couldn't help but noti...

I admit, I'm always looking for ways to make fun namesake posts. I already did female scientists (nowhere near  a comprehensive list), ...

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

Having a good namesake is always a plus. Of course, academically-inspired names for boys abound--up until the last century or so, women in t...