Roses and Cellar Doors

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...

Anybody else feel like Winnie -names might be starting to trend? I did a post on Winnie -names for girls a bit back (and somehow missed Elo...

I did "boyish" girl names, so now I have to do the reverse, of course! Boys have much more diversity when it comes to name endings...

Really? I haven't done Nora yet? Yikes, what an oversight! Nora  is currently quite a popular name on its own, all over the world, but ...

The usual nickname for the classic Caroline , Carrie  also has a timeless feel, although its use as a given name  has tanked over the last t...

Quite frequently, I come across a name with a couple interesting variants, but not enough to dedicate an entire post to. I've been stori...

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...

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...

It appears that the holiday shopping season is upon us again (and getting earlier every year, it seems), which got me thinking about Christm...

Popularity is a funny thing. Sometimes a name is bolstered by its history, sometimes by resemblance to another name, sometimes by some indes...

Jacob --a seeming contradiction; both traditional and trendy. It was a top name back when the SSA started keeping track over 120 years ago, ...

*dies under avalanche of Ellas* I kid, I kid. Ella/Ellie is potentially one of the most popular nicknames right now, though, with Isabella,...

K is a fairly uncommon letter in the English language. Because it's uncommon, it draws the eye and is becoming more and more popular in ...

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...