Posted in Ask Emmy Jo, tagged Amabel, Anna, Anne, Caroline, Carys, Cecilia, Charis, Charissa, Charlotte, Dorothea, Dorothy, Hannah, Jane, Jean, Josephine, Kerensa, Lillian, Mateja, Mattea, Sophia, Theodora, Valentina on April 19, 2009 | 15 Comments »
This is the first of my advice column posts. I’d like to make this a regular weekly feature on the site, so if you have a name question or need name suggestions that meet certain criteria, please feel free to email me at the address found in the sidebar.
Danielle Hurlock writes: (more…)
Posted in Name Lists, tagged Adah, Alexander, Anna, Augustus, Chloe, Claudia, Clement, Demetrius, Drew, Dru, Drusilla, Ethan, Felix, Jadon, Jason, Javan, Julia, Julius, Linus, Lois, Lydia, Nicolas, Phoebe, Priscilla, Rhoda, Rufus, Sapphira, Stephen, Susanna on February 16, 2009 | 14 Comments »
We all know that John, David, Matthew, Paul, Mary, Eve, and Rebekah are in the Bible, but here are some names from the Good Book that just might surprise you. (more…)
Posted in Name Lists, tagged Andrew, Anna, Audrey, Calvin, Carmen, Caroline, Catherine, Charles, Charlotte, Daniel, David, Elizabeth, Grant, James, Jesse, Joel, John, Joseph, Julia, Laura, Lydia, Malcolm, Mary, Michael, Miriam, Patrick, Phillip, Rachel, Rebecca, Richard, Robert, Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, Victor, Vincent, Wesley, William on January 26, 2009 | 20 Comments »
Conventional naming wisdom says that names tend to become popular in 100-year-cycles. A generation has to die off before the common names of that generation can sound new and fresh again. This is why many of our great-grandparents’ names (like Clara and Emma) sound cute, but our grandparents’ names (like Barbara and Norma) or parents’ names (like Deborah and Patricia) sound dated and very unfashionable.
However, there are some names that seem to transcend these trends and maintain relatively consistent popularity throughout the years. I like to think of these as “timeless names” because one could imagine them suiting a person born any time during the last century. (more…)
