Roses and Cellar Doors

Continuing my (increasingly delayed) series, today I'll be scouring records of medieval France. As before, I'll be focusing mostly ...

Up today on the Medieval World Tour is Spain & Catalonia! As always, I'm looking particularly for names/forms that didn't surviv...

The world tour continues! We're heading to Germany next, still looking especially for names/forms that aren't still in use today (al...

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...

Next stop (going in no particular order, BTW) is Italy, again focusing on names/forms that didn't survive to modern day. Here we go! (t...

It's probably pretty obvious by now that I love medieval English names, especially for girls. Well, I decided it's probably time to ...

I know, I know: how have I not done Finn  yet? It's trending in several countries across Europe, as well as in the US, Australia, & ...

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

Before books and movies and urban legends, there were fairy tales. Many were, of course, adapted to the new mediums, but for some reason, ot...

I've already done name lists of the least common vowels ( U , O , & I ), so now it's time for the least common consonants. No su...

I was perusing name announcements the other day, and came across Kimber . I admit, my initial reaction was along the lines of " Ugh. An...