Roses and Cellar Doors

More short girls' names that travel well! As usual, English is a bit of an oddball when it comes to pronunciation, so just assume all -i...

I'm always on the lookout for names & name patterns that seem to transcend language barriers. For some reason, girls' names in p...

Yes, I already have a post with this name , but it's really old, and has a bit of a different focus than my other " ....in Other La...

So, Valentine's Day. I'm 'meh' to it, but it is an excuse for fun name opportunities. ;) Here's how you say "love...

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...

I somehow got sucked into a rabbit-hole of looking up names based on Latin "love", the most familiar of which today are probably A...

It is pretty interesting how so many girls' names from different cultures follow similar phonetic tendencies. I suppose boys' names ...

Boys turn! Again, I decided to try and find out what are currently the most popular name families in the Western world. This data was compi...

I'm amazed at how trends can spread across the globe. Yeah, Sophia  is popular here in the US, but how is it also  popular in like 14 ot...

Time for another installment of the short and catchy! (first two here:  Aias, Anas, & Aras ,  Ias, Inas, & Itas ) Since English is...

Oh, princesses. They've been a part of pop-culture for a while, and I'm happy that the idea of a less passive-damsel-in-distress typ...

It's probably pretty obvious by now that I love nature names. And of all the nature-y posts I've done so far, I think " Plants ...

Yeah, I know it's kind of silly of me to be doing this so shortly before the new SSA list comes out, but I kind of doubt the US Top 100 ...

I'm continually fascinated by the fact that name trends are not only local, but global. I intend to tackle the Top Names lists from all ...

Many cultures have generic placeholder names. In American English, we have "Tom, Dick, and Harry" (that is, 'any/all men')...

At first this post was just going to feature the names of women who've been in space, but since part of my inspiration was the amazing...

Occupational surnames are a big trend right now ( Mason, Carter, Taylor, Harper, Piper, Hunter, Chase )--and the vast majority end in -er. ...

Floral and other plant names are again having a heyday-- Lily , Violet , Jasmine , Hazel , Willow , Ivy , etc. The boys are even getting int...

Over the centuries, many female writers have adopted male or ambiguous pen names, often to be more accepted by male readers. I'm sure th...

No, that's not an anime (that I know of, anyway). Goddess-trios are a common theme in mythology, and while the Greeks are most famous f...