Roses and Cellar Doors

Two major things alter names: time and translation. More than any other type of name, it seems, Biblical names have been subject to both. To...

Sometimes a name's journey is a straight line. Other times, it's a bizarre inter-cultural mash-up of 'Telephone' and 'Ho...

Every now and again I come across a etymology that astounds me. Many names are fairly straightforward, some are so old their origins have be...