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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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Is Sosie a nickname for Susan?
The claim: Sosie is a diminutive of Susan If you’ve heard of the name Sosie, there’s a good chance it’s...
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Cool name resource
Yesterday I stumbled across a cool name resource: the TeachingBooks Author & Illustrator Pronunciation Guide. It has recordings of thousands...
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Name Interview: Iona
Iona is one of the Inner Hebrides islands in Scotland, known for having a very old abbey that was important...
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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 Interview: Casimir
A traditional name for medieval royalty in Poland/Lithuania (including Casimir the Great and St. Casimir), Casimir is relatively unheard of...
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Name Interview: Indigo
I spend enough time on name websites that I probably saw Indigo on some list or other previously, but the...
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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...