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Here is the game we are playing: We are going to pretend that we are naming a baby and that the name MUST start with a certain letter, and so we will need one name starting with that letter for a b…
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Every Monday we will post an entry that hasn't yet been published with a view towards harnessing the collective onomastic power of the internet. If you have any thoughts about the name's origin, other variants it might be related to, other examples of its use, etc., please share them in the comments! If you wish…
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Sondagem de opinião a respeito dos nomes Ester e Salomé.
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Sondagem de opinião a respeito dos nomes Inês & Sofia.
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Some medieval names, on the other hand, have fallen into complete obscurity and even the most hipster of hipsters would balk at giving such a name to their child. Today’s mystery name, recorded in early 9th C Italy in Latin, is one of the latter.
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"We need a girl's name that preferably starts with S (but definitely not a R, M, or A); middle name will be Cathleen. Mom wants something soft and flowery (Lilah and Lily are contenders)."
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Sondagem de opinião a respeito de Sarah, por oposição a Sara, variante mais comum em Portugal
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"My brother named his daughter Sophia. For ours we want something of a similar style, but not as popular."
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O blog dos nomes portugueses de A a Z. Nomes portugueses e Nomes brasileiros. Significados. Nomes antigos e modernos, rankings, debates!
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Name these twins with initials GT & HS. You choose genders! #babynames
Mine: Gisele Tamsin & Harriet Sabine / Genevieve True & Heathcliff Sage / Gideon Theodore & Henry Sebastian ��
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Every Monday we will post an entry that hasn't yet been published with a view towards harnessing the collective onomastic power of the internet. If you have any thoughts about the name's origin, other variants it might be related to, other examples of its use, etc., please share them in the comments! If you wish…
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Sondagem de opinião a respeito dos nomes João, Simão e Sebastião
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Sondagem de opinião a respeito dos nomes José e Simão.
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Today’s name is one of those names — recorded in Middle Low German in Estonia in the early 15th C, it’s not obvious (to us, at least!) what it’s origin is.
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Any ideas about what happened in 1955 (or late 1954) to make people see September as more than month name?
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"I want to name my daughter after my mom Sarah, but I also want [them] to have their own unique names ... What are some nice names like Sarah?"
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Today’s name is a 16th C Middle French masculine name which sounds surprisingly modern — it wouldn’t be out of place in a 21st C nursery! It’s also a hapax legomenon in our dataset, and we’ve not come across anything like it before. Have you? Do you have thoughts about variant forms or its origin? Please share in the comments!
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You’re in line at the convenience store, picking up some last minute eggnog, when the nice lady behind you (who happens to be pregnant) strikes up a conversation. While the two of you chat, s…
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Today we bring you a lovely Catalan feminine name from the 16th C:
Do you recognize this name? Have any thoughts about its origin? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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