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A
- A Names 20
- Activists 20
- African American Names 20
- African American Names 44
- African Names 20
- African Names 10
- Alexander variants and short forms 6
- American Idols 20
- American respellings 3
- American surname names honouring admired figures 5
- Amish Names 20
- Anagrams: examples 13
- Ancient Norse names in Scandinavian use 3
- Anglicizations from Irish and Scottish Gaelic 10
- Anglicizations from Welsh 4
- Aquatic Names 10
- Arabic Names 20
- Architects 20
- Asian Names 20
- Astronauts 20
- Auto-Racing Names 18
- African American names 12
B
- B Names 20
- Ballet Dancers 20
- Barflies 20
- Baseball Stars 10
- Basketball Stars 20
- Basque vernacular religious names 4
- Be Creative: examples 9
- Biblical boys' names: familiar examples 3
- Biblical boys' names: obscure examples 3
- Biblical Names 20
- Biblical names 62
- Biker Names 20
- Bird Names 10
- Bodybuilders 20
- Bowlers 20
- Boxers 20
- Brand Names 20
- British Authors 20
- British Names 7
- Bull Riders 20
C
- C Names 20
- Car Names 20
- Carpenters 20
- Catholic middle-name examples 4
- Cavity Causers: examples discussed by the author 4
- Celebrity Baby Names 20
- Celebrity Names 20
- Celebrity place-name examples 3
- Celebrity unisex name examples 10
- CEOs 20
- Chefs 20
- Chess Players 20
- Children's Lit 20
- Choose a Theme: names with shared meanings 10
- Christian names in Scandinavian use 3
- Christopher variants 3
- City Names 20
- Class Clowns 20
- Classic Names 20
- Classical Greek names revived in Greece 4
- Clever but Cruel: pun-name examples 5
- Clowns 20
- Colleges 10
- Colors 20
- Combining parents' names: examples 6
- Comic-Strip Characters 20
- Common Hungarian male names adapted from other languages 4
- Composers 20
- Constellations 20
- Couch Potatoes 20
- Country Names 20
- Country Singers 20
- Czech forms of Western saints’ names 4
- Czech names 15
- Czech Slavonic dithematic names 3
- Celtic names 118
N
- Names from Canada, Australia and New Zealand 9
- Names coined or adopted in English since the 1600s 27
- Names of local and patron saints 18
- N Names 20
- Names associated with Clan Macdonald 3
- Names tied to particular churches 7
- Names associated with Protestants 3
- Names described as almost exclusively Jewish in source period 3
- Names described as almost exclusively Roman Catholic 3
- Names described as characteristically Canadian 3
- Names established in Brittany 4
- Names expressing desirable qualities 5
- Names favoured by Habsburgs 3
- Names from the Alphabet 10
- Names influenced by film stars 11
- Names of Church fathers 6
- Names from classical antiquity 9
- Names of martyrs 8
- Names of Norse legends and sagas 3
- Names popularized by Gone with the Wind 4
- Names supported by aristocratic use 3
- Names That Are Candidates for Nicknames 20
- Names That Command Respect 20
- Names That Double as Pets' Names 20
- Names That Make an Impression 20
- Names to Grow Up With 20
- Names with Great Expectations 20
- Native American Tribal Names 10
- Nicknames as full names: examples 10
- Nicknames as Names 20
- Nicknames used as first names 3
- Nineteenth-century literary names 4
- Nineteenth-century nature names 4
- Nobel Prize-Winners 20
- Non-English variants of classic names 7
- Northeastern Names 20
- Nouns as Names 10
- Names with surprising origins 29
- Names made famous by books, film and popular culture 53
D
E
- E Names 20
- Early Beginnings: settler names 8
- Early twentieth-century newcomers 4
- Eccentric Names 20
- Edible Names 10
- Editors 20
- Emily spelling examples 4
- EMTs 20
- English names from a pre-Christian Germanic past 5
- English place surnames used as given names 5
- Established surnames used as given names 9
- European forms in the source’s Black naming discussion 3
- Exotic Names 20
- Explorers 20
F
- F Names 20
- Fabrics 10
- Fairy-Tale Names 20
- Family-name spelling and variant examples 7
- Famous for Being Famous 20
- Famous Generals 10
- Farmers 20
- FBI Agents 20
- Female forms in the John group 4
- Female names from Acts and Epistles 9
- Feminine names derived from masculine names 20
- Feminine names with flair 20
- Finnish borrowings from Swedish 3
- Firearms 10
- Firefighters 20
- First Ladies 10
- Flavorful Names 20
- Football Stars 10
- Forensic Scientists 18
- Forms discussed as the same name across languages 8
- Founders of religious orders 3
- Four evangelists 4
- French flower names 3
- French Names 20
- French names 13
- French royal and aristocratic names 4
- Future Pop Stars 20
G
- G Names 20
- Gaelic forms surviving in Ireland 4
- Gaelic names associated with conscious Celtic ancestry 5
- Gaelic names borrowed from Norse 7
- Game-Show Hosts 20
- Gardeners 20
- Gender Boundaries: names for both sexes 20
- Geniuses 20
- German Names 20
- German names 29
- German royal and princely names 5
- Germanic female names surviving in English 3
- Globetrotters 10
- Golfers 20
- Greek Names 20
- Grocery Clerks 20
- Guitarists 20
- Gymnasts 20
H
I
J
- J Names 20
- Jewish Names 44
- Jockeys 20
K
- K Names 20
L
M
- M Names 20
- Male names from Acts and Epistles 3
- Mary variations 3
- Masculine and feminine pairs 13
- Masterpiece Theatre Names 20
- Mechanics 20
- Mob Names 20
- Models 20
- Modern American given names 39
- Modern Jewish names 16
- Modern naming trend examples 5
- Most popular names in 2000 10
- Most popular names in 2005 10
- Most popular names in the 1940s 10
- Most popular names in the 1960s 10
- Most popular names in the 1980s 10
- Most Popular Names of 2000 20
- Most Popular Names of 2001 20
- Most Popular Names of 2002 20
- Most Popular Names of 2003 20
- Most Popular Names of 2004 20
- Most Popular Names of 2005 20
- Most Popular Names of 2006 199
- Most Popular Names of the 1890s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1900s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1910s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1920s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1930s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1940s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1950s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1960s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1970s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1980s 20
- Most Popular Names of the 1990s 20
- Mother Nature: flowers and plants 4
- Mother Nature: landscape examples 3
- Mother Nature: seasonal examples 4
- Mother Nature: stones and minerals 5
- Mother-Nature Names 20
- Movie Directors/Producers 20
- MTV Names 20
- Multiple Middle Names 28
- Muppets Characters 20
- Muslim Names 39
- Mystics, ascetics, and visionaries 4
- Mythological Characters 20
- Mythological names discussed in slavery history 4
S
- Spanish, Portuguese and Basque names 46
- S Names 20
- Sailors 18
- Saint legends obscuring historical evidence 3
- Saints' names 25
- Scandinavian Names 20
- Scandinavian and Finnish names 35
- Scandinavian royal names 5
- Scottish Names 20
- Scottish placenames used as given names 7
- Scottish surname examples 7
- Scottish surnames used as English given names 5
- Sculptors 20
- Seasons/Months 10
- Senators 20
- Sesame Street Characters 20
- Shakespearean names described as too outlandish for popular status 3
- Shakespearean names drawn from historical characters 3
- Shakespearian Names 20
- Sitcom Names 20
- Skydivers 20
- Slavonic dithematic names in Polish use 3
- Slavonic influence in eastern German names 5
- Soap-Opera Names 20
- Soccer Players 20
- Southern Names 20
- Spanish female names associated with the Virgin Mary 7
- Spanish Names 20
- Spanish names of Visigothic origin 11
- Spanish pet forms 4
- Spanish religious festival and symbol names 5
- Spelling and Pronunciation: Add a capital letter in the middle 7
- Spelling and Pronunciation: Add an extra letter (h or silent e) 9
- Spelling and Pronunciation: Add to or take away from double consonants 11
- Spelling and Pronunciation: Replace i or e with y 11
- Spelling and Pronunciation: Replace s with z 9
- Spelling Variation: examples 6
- Spiritual Names 20
- Sports Legends 20
- Sportscasters 20
- State Names 20
- Stereotypes: names discussed by the author 6
- Storm-Inspired Names 10
- Straight-cut feminine names 21
- Strong Names 20
- Stunt Performers 20
- Stylistic traditional masculine names 5
- Stylists 20
- Subtly connected twin names 10
- Superheroes 20
- Surfers 20
- Surname forms in the source’s Black naming discussion 3
- Surnames as given names 19
- Surnames for both girls and boys 7
- Surnames of historical figures used as given names 6
- Surviving Puritan virtue names 3
- Swimmers 20
O
- O Names 20
- Occupations 10
- Old English names revived in the Victorian period 4
- Old English personal names transmitted through surnames 3
- Old Testament examples 10
- Old Testament names associated with 17th-century Nonconformists 7
- Old Testament names continuing in America 6
- Old Testament names promoted by Puritan reformers 3
- Old-West Names 20
- Olympians 20
- Optometrists 20
- Original Works of Art: place names 5
- Original Works of Art: seasonal and nature examples 4
- Ossianic names used for Napoleon’s godchildren 4
- Other female names derived from male names 4
- Other World Sources: France 4
- Other World Sources: Russian examples 6
- Overachievers 20
- One name in many languages 11
P
- P Names 20
- Painters 20
- Patriotic Names 20
- Patronymics used as given names 4
- Pet-name examples discussed by the author 3
- Philosophers 20
- Pilots 20
- Pirate Names 10
- Place Names: examples 22
- Place-name theme examples 4
- Plant Names 10
- Plant names 3
- Poets 20
- Poker Players 20
- Police Officers 20
- Polish Names 20
- Polish names 11
- Polish royal names and saints 5
- Polish short and pet forms 3
- Polish survivals of pre-Christian naming 3
- Popes 10
- Popular Names in Alberta 20
- Popular Names in Australia 20
- Popular Names in Austria 20
- Popular Names in Basque Country 20
- Popular Names in Belgium 20
- Popular Names in British Columbia 20
- Popular Names in Catalonia 20
- Popular Names in Chile 20
- Popular Names in Denmark 20
- Popular Names in England and Wales 20
- Popular Names in Finland 20
- Popular Names in France 20
- Popular Names in Germany 20
- Popular Names in Hungary 20
- Popular Names in Iceland 20
- Popular Names in Ireland 20
- Popular Names in Italy 20
- Popular Names in Japan 20
- Popular Names in New Zealand 20
- Popular Names in Northern Ireland 20
- Popular Names in Norway 20
- Popular Names in Poland 20
- Popular Names in Portugal 20
- Popular Names in Scotland 20
- Popular Names in Slovenia 20
- Popular Names in Spain 20
- Popular Names in Sweden 20
- Popular Names in the Czech Republic 20
- Popular Names in the Netherlands 20
- Popular-Song Names 20
- Portuguese adaptations of classical names 4
- Post-Revolutionary surname names 4
- Powerful Names 20
- Precious or desirable things as names 3
- Presidential forenames 4
- Principal apostolic names enumerated in source 9
- Pro Wrestlers 20
- Psychologists 20
- Puritan names 4
- Puritan words and phrases used as first names 4
Q
- Q Names 20
R
- R Names 20
- Reality-TV Names 20
- Redneck Names 20
- Representatives 20
- Republicans 20
- Revived nineteenth-century names 6
- Risk-Takers 20
- Roman Names 20
- Roman names transmitted through early saints 4
- Romance Novelists 10
- Romanian names 7
- Romanian names drawn from Slavonic areas 3
- Romanian names similar to Italian and Spanish forms 4
- Royal and aristocratic names 37
- Royal names: Austria 3
- Russian Names 20
- Russian names 13
- Russian names from Byzantine Greek 3
- Russian names introduced via France 3
T
- T Names 20
- Talk-Show Hosts 20
- Teachers 20
- Tempting Fate: association examples 5
- Tempting Fate: virtue-name examples 6
- The Abbreviators 4
- The Classics 4
- The Classics 3
- The Generation Gap: 1930s favorites 6
- The Generation Gap: names described as in 4
- The Generation Gap: names described as out 4
- The In-Crowd Names 20
- The Rhyming Game: given-name examples 5
- Title words used as names 3
- Top Twins Names of 2006 200
- Track and Field Stars 20
- Traditional biblical middle names 4
- Traditional boys' favorites 5
- Traditional female names 28
- Traditional Hebrew names 3
- Traditional masculine names 4
- Travelers 20
- Tree Names 10
- Triathletes 20
- Truck Drivers 20
U
V
- V Names 20
- Virtue Names 10
- Virtue names 5
W
X
- X Names 20
Y
- Y Names 20
- Yuppie Names 20
Z
- Z Names 20
- Zodiac Signs 10