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Is it a girl… or a boy?
Do you think the toddler in this portrait by Richard Buckner a boy or a girl? The answer is - we simply don't know. There’s been quite a bit of discussion about unisex names in the name-blog community...
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Baltic Babies
It is twenty years ago today that the United States recognized the independence of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia from the former USSR. Seems like a good opportunity to take a look...
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Runic Names — Thorn
Thorn is the third letter of the Runic alphabet. Eldar Futhark: *Þurisaz (Thurisaz) Anglo-Frisian: Þorn (Thorn) Marcomannic: Thorn Younger Futhark: Þurs (Thurs) Like Ur, Thorn has a split-personality,...
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The Most Popular (Boys’) Names — of 2035…
I took to musing the other day about how popular the top ten names of 2010 in the USA were twenty-five years ago. Will the names currently occupying the spots taken by America’s current favorites be...
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A Ghostly Gathering
My Small Child’s Halloween costume yesterday is today’s inspiration. Originally, she planned to be a little Victorian ghost, but after a visit to Disneyland, Paris, back in September, she changed her...
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Surnames as First Names: English Surnames — S (Part 1)
Scollas On to letter “s” of English surnames beginning with “s” of Old English, Old Norse and Anglo-French origin, which have never, or have only rarely, featured in the US top 1000. It’s another...
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