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Baltic Babies
It is twenty years ago today that the United States recognized the independence of the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia from the former USSR. Seems like a good opportunity to take a look...
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Les Prénoms Provençaux
For the last month, I have been in France — for much of that time, in Provence. It is a region with a much deserved reputation for spectacular scenery and picturesque villages. In the region where we...
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Rune Names — Os
Os is yet another Rune which ended up interpreted in different ways in the medieval period. The form it takes in the various alphabets is as follows: Eldar Futhark: *Ansuz Anglo-Frisian: Os or Ós...
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The Most Popular (Girls’) Names of 2035…
Yesterday, I gazed into my crystal ball (a.k.a. the American SSA’s Popular Baby Name website), and predicted what boys’ names will be in the top 10 in 2035. They were: Lucas Judah Jacob Rafferty Elijah...
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The Story of an English Manor
On our holiday last week we stayed at historic Gurney Manor — sometimes called Gurney Street Manor — in Cannington, Somerset. It is a very special place. Rescued by the Landmark Trust in the 1980s,...
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What the Dickens! — Part II
In celebration of the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, here is Part II of the best of the names from Dickens’s works for babies… and cats. Lupin — believe it or not, J.K. wasn’t the first...
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