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August 4, 2020 11:51 AM
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We didn’t give up hope, though! Dr. Uckelman was struck with the thought that the letters “-in-” in Yfaine could be a misreading of “-m-,” so the name is actually “Yfame,” a variation of “Euphemia,” for which we have an entry in the Dictionary here. We even have a source in Old French from 1296, lining up nicely with our Mystery Name!
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July 31, 2020 6:18 PM
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Every Saturday, we will revisit one of our Mystery Monday names that we have solved. Many thanks to everyone who has contributed their knowledge and expertise, whether commenting here or on twitter or via email. You've all helped solve a mystery! Our very first Solution Saturday name is Kermunt. Our hypothesis that the prototheme was…
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July 15, 2020 7:54 AM
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For a few years now, on Mondays we've been posting "mystery" entries, where we've harnessed the collective onomastic power of the internet to crowdsource the origin/etymology of the name. One of the big plans for our research interns this summer was to start solving some of those mysteries -- that is, going through the archive…
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July 10, 2020 4:38 PM
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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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June 21, 2020 2:50 PM
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Today’s name is an early Germano-Gothic name from Iberia:
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May 18, 2020 5:41 PM
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Time for another mystery name! Today we have Darwyn, which saw a dramatic spike in usage in 1935: 1937: 14 baby boys named Darwyn1936: 17 baby boys named Darwyn1935: 67 baby boys named Darwyn [peak…
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April 6, 2020 10:40 AM
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Today’s name is another two for one — possibly. The two names share an element, and so even if they are not variants of each other (they probably aren’t) they are probably related.
The first name is found in 10th C Austria, the second in the 11th C.
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March 28, 2020 8:45 AM
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Here’s a mystery baby name for you: Nydra. It was a one-hit wonder in the SSA data in 1981, registering with 14 baby girls. Fourteen wasn’t quite high enough to boost Nydra onto the lis…
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March 4, 2020 2:57 PM
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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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March 4, 2020 2:55 PM
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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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February 17, 2020 7:39 AM
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In 1976 and 1977, several names like Sujey, Sugey and Suhey popped up in the national baby name dataset: 197519761977Sujey-35*36Sugey-13*29Suehay-11**-Sujei-10*6Suhey-8*7Sugei-6**-Zujey–5*Suj…
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January 8, 2020 3:42 PM
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Today’s name is a feminine name found in 12th C France, in two variants:
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December 17, 2019 4:02 PM
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Today’s name is (a) definitely Czech, (b) probably a diminutive (given the suffix), and (c) likely masculine (given context; but not necessarily given grammar).
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July 31, 2020 6:20 PM
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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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July 31, 2020 5:46 PM
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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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July 10, 2020 4:39 PM
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June 23, 2020 5:16 PM
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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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June 12, 2020 5:28 PM
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Today’s name is a Catalan feminine name found in Valencia in 1510:
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April 27, 2020 6:37 PM
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Here’s a baby name I haven’t been able to figure out: Prisma. It debuted in the data in 1984 with an impressive 18 baby girls, then saw even higher usage after that for several years: 1…
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March 31, 2020 9:33 AM
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Today’s name is a masculine name found in late 13th/early 14th century Italy:
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March 11, 2020 11:05 AM
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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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March 4, 2020 2:56 PM
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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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March 4, 2020 2:54 PM
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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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February 1, 2020 4:43 PM
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Today’s name comes from 14th C Germany (Münster, to be precise).
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December 17, 2019 4:03 PM
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Today’s name appears in Bergamo, Italy, in a list of women between 1265 and 1339. The lady in question is named Domina Ultesmana uxor condam Zoanni de Lapsina “Lady Ultesmana, wife of the late Zoanni of Lapsina”.
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