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Names from Hildegard of Bingen: The Woman of Her Age, by Fiona Maddocks
Recently, I have been researching Hildegard of Bingen, a very interesting visionary abbess active in twelfth-century Germany. Her life and...
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Names from Treasury of Indian Tales, Books I and II
I recently checked out just about every book of Indian stories and folktales I could get from my public library....
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Name game: Canadian prime ministers
Today’s name game is to choose a new name for yourself from the names of all the Canadian prime ministers...
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Names from 1923 movies
The other day, I found myself wondering how names of characters (in books, movies, tv shows, etc.) differ from the...
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Distinctive international names
A topic I see pop up on baby name websites pretty frequently is multicultural names, or names that work in...
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Name suggestions from a toddler
Are you struggling to name your baby? Let my toddler help you. Here are some name suggestions I got when...
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8 Anglo-Saxon names that should be as popular as Edward and Edith
One of the things that always strikes me about Anglo-Saxon names is the way you’ll be immersed in a sea...
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English word names
Let’s talk about English word names, by which I mean “names for people that are also regular English words,” not...