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Back in January, our editor in chief went to Luxembourg to speak in the Digital History and Hermeneutics colloquium series hosted by the Center for Contemporary and Digital History. A lovely write up of that presentation is now available on the C2DH blog: How medieval is your name, and why should computer science care?
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Women in STEM-related fields have worked hard to earn the same recognition as men. These girl names are inspired by those smart, determined women.
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In this high tech age, why not a tech-related name for your babe?
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The baby name Karl is based on a Germanic element meaning “man” or “freeman” (that is, someone who ranks above a slave, but not as high as a royal or a noble).
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The baby name Victor is based on the Latin word victor, meaning “conqueror” (in reference to a male; the female equivalent is victrix).
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The baby name Richard is based on the Germanic words ric, meaning “ruler,” and hart, meaning “strong, hard.”
Here are more than three dozen impressive people named Richard:
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Tesla was a misunderstood genius, a hero of steampunk, a heavy metal band, and now a potentially world-changing car. But is it a baby name?
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What would you name the two anonymous Frenchmen in Louis Daguerre's "Boulevard du Temple" (1838)? Includes a big list of traditional French names!
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NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, now rests on Hidden Figures Way. The street was renamed in June 2019 in honor of Katherine Johnson, the late Dorothy Vaughan and the late Mary Jackson, three women who helped put astronaut John Glenn in orbit by calculating his flight trajectory by hand.
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There are a host of brilliantly clever and amusing little bots on twitter, from those that generate poetry (some better, some worse) to ones who tweet gruesome medieval deaths. We recently discovered an excellent onomastic one, Neural Names, "a bot who posts a new name generated by a neural network every 30 minutes". Check it…
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A list of impressive people named Cooper.
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The baby name Alan is of uncertain derivation, but there are several theories about where it might come from. One theory is that it’s based on a Gaelic word meaning “rock.” Another is that it’s based on an Old Welsh word meaning “deer.”
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A list of impressive people named Frederick.
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The baby name Edwin is based on the Old English words ead, meaning “riches, wealth,” and wine, meaning “friend.”
Here are nearly two dozen impressive people named Edwin:
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Are you a Steampunk aficionado? Here's Nephele's rich, long list of related choices, from Arronax to Brisco to Zylpha--and some more ordinary names in-between. - baby names
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