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Baby Name Trendspotting: Hello, Dolly!
Dec 24, 2024
  By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names   Even though they didn’t make the top 20 list of names which had moved up the most in 2013, one thing I particularly noticed about the recent England and Wales data release was the number of “Dol” names that had shot onto the scene....
The Two Aggies: Agatha and Agnes unbuttoned
Dec 24, 2024
  By Linda Rosenkrantz   For what seems like forever, this pair of sainted sister names, Agnes and Agatha, have seemed like the quintessential starched, buttoned-up, high-lace-collared, mauve-dressed Great-Great-Grandmother appellations.   I’d like to propose that we let the unbuttoning commence.   Agnes has a bit of a leg up on several counts:   1....
Modern Girls’ Names: Zhuri, Marlowe, and Vale
Dec 24, 2024
  By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain   Is the way we name our daughters changing?   The way we name our sons in 2014 feels different.  For years we relied on Biblical favorites with a few hardy Germanic go-tos mixed in.  But since the 1990s, we’ve seen names like Tyler, Mason, and Jayden...
What makes a name a name?
Dec 24, 2024
  By Abby Sandel, AppellationMountain   What makes a name real?   To think bigger, what makes a word real?  That’s the question raised by English professor and language historian Anne Curzan in her TED talk.   They’re long-standing questions, but the speed of our modern age means that change happens fast.  Imagine a...
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