Roses and Cellar Doors

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...

Poor Molly . Is she a nickname, or a full given name? I guess the answer is 'both': Molly was originally a regional pronunciation of...

I really need to come up with a better title for these posts--I'm rapidly running out of "usual" nicknames! Anyway, I see Oz  ...

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...

(bonus points if you read the title in George Takei's voice) Like I , O is a relatively rare first letter in American names. Olivia  ...

For such a long time, Alex  was the favored nickname for Alexander , but in recent years, you're just as likely to hear Xander . Thanks ...

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...

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, ...