Friday, August 23, 2013

Ias, Inas, & Itas

As much as I love the elaborate, austere appellations, I have a thing for the short & catchy--names that are compact and to the point.
I was browsing the other day, and started to think about -ina names--Nina, of course, Tina, Rina..which leads to Rita, oh, and Riya and Priya and Pia....I wonder just how many there are?
(and unless stated, these are all feminine)

  • Bia (Portuguese)
  • Diya (Arabic) [masculine]
  • Fia (Scandinavian)
  • Fria (Scandinavian)
  • Gia (English)
  • Kia (Scandinavian)
  • Lia (Italian, Portuguese)
  • Mia (English, German, Scandinavian)
  • Nia (Welsh)
  • Pia (German, Latin, Polish, Scandinavian, Spanish....)
  • Priya (Hindi)
  • Rhea (English)
  • Ria (German, Scandinavian)
  • Riya (Hindi)
  • Sia (Scandinavian)
  • Thea (English)
  • Tia (English)
  • Ziya (Arabic) [masculine]

  • Bina (German, Scandinavian)
  • Crina (Romanian)
  • Dina (Italian, Scandinavian)
  • Fina (Italian, Scandinavian)
  • Gina (English, Italian, Scandinavian)
  • Hina (Japanese)
  • Ina (everywhere with Latinate/Latinized names)
  • Kina (Swedish)
  • Lina (everywhere!) [multiple derivations]
  • Mina Dutch, English, French, German)
  • Nina (almost everywhere) [multiple derivations]
  • Rina (Dutch, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese) [multiple derivations]
  • Sina (Scandinavian)
  • Stina (Scandinavian)
  • Tina (Dutch, English, Italian)
  • Trina (English, Scandinavian)
  • Vina (Hindi)
  • Zina (Russian)

  • Brita (Scandinavian)
  • Chita (Spanish)
  • Dita (Albanian, Czech, Dutch, English, German, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
  • Gita (Croatian, Hindi, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
  • Lita (English)
  • Nita (English, Scandinavian)
  • Rita (everywhere with Latinate/Latinized names)
  • Sita (Hindi, Scandinavian) [multple derivations]
  • Vita (Croatian, Italian, Dutch, Scandinavian)
  • Zita (Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese)

Saturday, August 10, 2013

No Alternates Allowed!--Boys (2012)


Oh, my goodness! So many more boys' names from the Top 1000 than girls'! A lot of the boys' names past about 750 or so seem rather "out there" since historically, parents are more conservative with boys' names, thus girls have much wider 'naming pool'. 
I was considering cutting this list short and only using names with only one spelling from about the Top 500 - 750, but I decided "screw it". Good for the goose, good for the gander; and all that.
Plus, along with the more odd names near the bottom of this list, there are still some really nice ones. ;)

  • Robert
  • Charles
  • Thomas
  • Jose
  • Parker
  • Juan
  • Jesus
  • Diego
  • Richard
  • Sawyer
  • Alejandro
  • Jude
  • Grant
  • Harrison
  • Tucker
  • Jorge
  • Paul
  • Abraham
  • Omar
  • Peter
  • Seth
  • Travis
  • Fernando
  • Manuel
  • Mario
  • Edgar
  • Roberto 
  • Pedro
  • Frank
  • Joaquin
  • Grady
  • August
  • Keith
  • Dexter
  • Pablo
  • Ronald
  • Trent
  • Julio
  • Gideon
  • Donald
  • Raul
  • Archer
  • Walker
  • Randy
  • Saul
  • Davis
  • Bruce
  • Larry
  • Porter
  • Rodrigo
  • Hugo
  • Alberto
  • Moises
  • Arturo
  • Orlando
  • Mauricio
  • Warren
  • Jonas
  • Arjun
  • Sullivan
  • Alfredo
  • Royce
  • Ahmed
  • Maurice
  • Channing
  • Yahir
  • Sam
  • Nash
  • Aldo
  • Ernesto
  • Moshe
  • Terry
  • Salvador
  • Nelson
  • Chad
  • Rodney
  • Harper
  • Joey
  • Santino
  • Ellis
  • Guillermo
  • Rex
  • Reginald
  • Tomas
  • Zechariah
  • Urijah
  • Felipe
  • Hank
  • Flynn
  • Jerome
  • Vicente
  • Harry
  • Brent
  • Eugene
  • Rene
  • Ben
  • Vincenzo
  • Steve
  • Wayne
  • Otto
  • Bruno
  • Fletcher
  • Theo
  • Tyrone
  • Harvey
  • Rudy
  • Amos
  • Valentino
  • Arlo
  • Ramiro
  • Legend
  • Duncan
  • Harold
  • Vance
  • Abdiel
  • Gibson
  • Heath
  • Kingsley
  • Yael
  • Rolando
  • Anders
  • Alvaro
  • Gilberto
  • Salvatore
  • Maximo
  • Dario
  • Rodolfo
  • Truman
  • Hugh
  • Bridger
  • Alfred
  • Ignacio
  • Santos
  • Ross
  • Briggs
  • Turner
  • Howard
  • Foster
  • Gilbert
  • Gordon
  • Clarence
  • Jean
  • Pierre
  • Rocky
  • Elvis
  • Bishop
  • Mariano
  • Thatcher
  • Jeremias
  • Leif
  • Ralph
  • Judson
  • Avi
  • Humberto
  • Ford
  • Keller
  • Milton
  • Josh
  • Alton
  • Stetson

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

No Alternates Allowed!--Girls (2012)

It seemz lyke everywhere u turn--kreatyv spellings! Obviously, they're not for everyone, but those who prefer the usual spellings have definitely felt their impact. Even parents using the most traditional or common names/spellings find themselves spelling their child's name out constantly.
But, for some reason, a few names from the Top 1000 (NameNerds' variant-adjusted Top 1000, that is) have defied the trend, and remain variant-free.
Here they are, in order of popularity.
(and stylistically, one of the most random lists ever)


  • Harper
  • Valentina
  • Rose
  • Amanda
  • Parker
  • Ruth
  • Olive
  • Fernanda
  • Elle
  • Guadalupe
  • Alejandra
  • June
  • Gloria
  • Brenda
  • Sawyer
  • Eve
  • Dulce
  • Paola
  • Marie
  • Virginia
  • Irene
  • Beatrice
  • Willa
  • Paula
  • Martha
  • Abril
  • Salma
  • Paloma
  • Nola
  • Heather
  • Giada
  • Sharon
  • Paolina
  • Alma
  • Luz
  • Juniper
  • Judith
  • Barbara
  • Ingrid
  • Charity
  • Belen
  • Monroe
  • Estelle
  • Meadow
  • Tess
  • Astrid
  • Princess
  • Liv
  • Belinda
  • Azul
  • Bonnie
  • Louisa
  • Magnolia
  • Vienna
  • Magdalena
  • Hunter
  • Clementine
  • Milagros
  • Gretchen