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Enter standard line chart data and view the ranks changing through time
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The #1 names in 2020 were Olivia and Oliver once again! Olivia, since 2016 and Oliver since 2013. New to the top 100 are Milo, Yusuf, Otis and Myles, Myla, Lyra, Maeve, Elodie, Eden and Olive. Of these, Milo, Otis, Maeve and Lyra were the largest risers. Maeve move
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Defying longstanding tradition of only listing the fathers’ details, marriage records in both England and Wales will now include the names of the mothers. According to an article in The New York Times, mothers’ names will be added to all marriage records.
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Today’s mystery is from late 16th C Somerset, and is as far as we can tell a hapax legomenon
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Today’s name is one that we came across quite recently, in the 16th C registers of the parish of Bath.
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Writing a novel or screenplay set during World War II and looking for the pefect World War II-era names for your hero or heroine? Look no further! We've done the research for you!
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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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Come play! The Namerology popularity chart is now updated with current stats for every baby name used in measurable numbers in the USA or England/Wales last year. That’s a total of 36,460 different names to dig into. You can search and sort names by letter sequences, popularity range, and popularity …
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Two weeks ago I posted George Redmond's top 50 national totals for first names for men and women living in 1377-81 in England. This compiled from male names from 10 counties and female names from 10 counties in the Poll Tax returns of 1377-81 combined to produce a nationa
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In 1377-1381, the Hundred Years wars have been raging for forty years, and Edward III has just died after his 50-year reign, leaving his grandson, Richard, as heir. Below are the top 50 national totals for first names for men and women living in 1377-81 in England, collated b
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Seven baby girls were named Demelza and nine baby boys named Ross across the South West
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OLIVIA and Oliver are now the most popular baby names in the county.
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One thing that's really fun about baptismal registers is seeing the incidence of twins being baptised, and what their names are. (A friend once did a study of a number of Welsh registers, and found that male twins were disproportionately baptised Thomas, which is an interesting comment on the transparency of the meaning to ordinary…
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Can you guess which ways the trend arrows point on these fast-moving names?
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Naming one child is hard, picking names you can pair up is even harder
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A while back, I stumbled upon a register of people associated with Oxford University in the late 1500s and early 1600s. The most interesting part? The author of the register included a chapter dedi…
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How did people name their children in the Middle Ages? Why did we start using surnames? And what were the most popular names? HistoryExtra content director Dr David Musgrove chats to Dr James Chetwood about the way people’s personal names changed dramatically over the course of the Middle Ages, and what this tells us about medieval society
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Last October, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) carried out a census rehearsal in preparation for the next census in 2021. The census rehearsal took place in four local authority areas across England and Wales. These were: Carlisle (North East England) Ceredigion (Mid-Wales) Hackney (London) Tower Hamlets (London) Hidde
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Not long ago, Nigel Smith discovered he was an endangered species. Smith had always known that his first name wasn’t the height of fashion. Still, it came as a blow to learn that in a recent year the UK’s Office for National Statistics hadn’t recorded a single newborn Nigel. Zip, …
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William and Olivia topped the Royal Borough’s most popular baby names list last year. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows that 18 babies were named William, taking Oscar’s place from 2017. A total of 13 newborns were called Olivia, which was also the most popula
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While there may be many cultural differences between American parents and our English counterparts across the pond, scoping out lists of baby name rankings when it comes time to name a newborn is a universal activity. English parents have been known…
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1700 - William III (famously known as William of Orange) is on the throne. This year, William Congreve's comedy The Way of the World is first performed in London and an English translation of the novel Don Quixote is first published. Below are the top 50 first names fo
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A NEW Year's Day baby has been given an unusual name to combine her parent's favourite film characters.
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Olivia and Oliver were the most popular baby names in Oxfordshire, England, in 2018.
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