Roses and Cellar Doors

Rose , of course, is perfectly fine on its own. But, as Rosalie  regains popularity, it may pave the way for other Rose-names. Everyone know...

It's funny how when asked for classic boys' names, we have a tendency to list names we know from our  generation. Jason, Andrew, Rya...

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...

Perhaps a bit of a cheat, as tons  of names contain the letter Y. However, almost none have it as an initial letter...in English, anyway. I...

Peter  is an interesting case. While some names have only a few forms and are spelled the same in several languages ( Andrew , Matthew , and...

Despite an iconic namesake, Winnie 's never really caught on in the U.S.  I am, of course, referring to The Wonder Years , not Winnie th...

May flowers! Happy, uh, May Day? We'll go with that. On the heels of my bird-themed post, a flower-themed post also seemed like a fun i...

Well, I did my favorite girl-name family not too long ago, so now I'm going to do my favorite set of boy-name variants. Louis  probably ...

Poor Anne is often held as the epitome of 'boring' names. And yet, she's also one of the most common contributors to compound n...

Although I generally write this sort of posts for very popular (some would say overused) nicknames, today I'm writing about Cory . Origi...

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, ...

A recent post on another board got me wondering just how many little surprises are going to be due about 40 weeks after Hurricane Irene. So,...

Ah, Katherine . Literally one of the oldest names on earth. It's so old that it's original meaning has been lost to time. Many baby ...

A good way to balance an unusual, rare, or heritage-name is with an easy, recognizable nickname. I plan on doing a series of these sorts of ...

Once upon a time, the British Isles had several languages, all descended from Celtic. If you think of a language tree like a family tree, C...