Roses and Cellar Doors

Waaaaaay back in 2012 I did a post on Marian names, and have since been adding to it one at a time as I came across others. Recently, thoug...

Gus  seems to be a rather polarizing nickname: either you find it adorable, or you find it hopelessly dorky. In the US, it's usually sho...

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, & ...

The holidays are over; winter can be over now too, thanks. ;) I was thinking the other day about names with "flower" meanings, sp...

Considering how many F-names seem to be trending ( Finn  and variants, Flynn , Ford ,  Fisher , Fletcher ,  Felicity , Fiona, Freya ), I...

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...

Thanks at least partially to Latin, girls are seriously lacking in ending-letter diversity. Girls have the majority of -a, e, y, ah, and i, ...

Is it just me, or is everybody  using the middle name Ray / Rae right now, for both boys and girls? Although the "cute" factor is ...

Handsome Cal ! How have I forgotten you? While  Cal  is starting to gain use on its own, it's still down below the Top 1000. Traditional...

If you're anything like me, you consider Raymond a "grandpa name" (and I'm not trying to be mean; it is literally my grand...

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...

Did you know there're no D-names for girls in the Top 100? Destiny  is the highest-ranked, at #113, followed by Delilah , Daniela , Dais...

A Top 500 boy name on the rise, Ari  has begun to gain momentum as a girls' nickname--nothing new in the naming world, of course--thanks...

That's a double-V, not a W. ;) Evie  is one of the fasting-rising nicknames, from traditional picks like  Evelyn, Eva, & Evangeline...

While doing my virtue-names post a while back, I came across many names with meanings that weren't quite  virtues. While naming your da...

Well, I've done I-names and O-names , so now it time for me to continue the trend of underused letters, this time with U. Only 4 names...

Poor confused Bridget . To some, she's an underused classic; to others, inescapably 70s'; and to many, quintessential Irish. One of ...

Benedict  (BEN-eh-dikt, English) Bengt  (BENGT, Swedish) Benito  (ben-EE-toh, Italian) Bennett  (BEN-net, English) Benoit  (ben-WAH, ...

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...