The Name Garden
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The Name Garden is a blog about anthroponomastics: the study of human names. The Name Garden is a name website, set up with thousands of names, with the ability to search for names by letter, origin, meaning and more. You will also find name lists, relating to specific sets of names, as well as trends and information on the changing popularity of names.
The Name Garden
4y ago
Hello all,
I’m making big changes to the blog whilst I come back to it after an extended period of illness. With these changes, I want to make my blog more inclusive, specifically regarding the gender binary, and obviously the best people to help me know how to make that change will be people who fit outside that binary!
The blog, as you can see, is set up with names stating “Gender: Male/Female”. The reason for this is that names have traditionally been attributed to a specific binary gender, and due to that, names that have been seen as male/female sometimes actually have different origins ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
A personal birth announcement from here at The Name Garden! My second beautiful niece was born on August 17th. Her name is Daisy Mae, little sister of Emilia Jayne ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
Hey everyone. I apologise for my extended absence. As I’ve stated a couple of years back, I have a few chronic illnesses. Over the past 6 months, fatigue and concentration have been a really huge issue for me, and I had to put the blog on hold purely because I didn’t have the energy to read or type.I am currently in the process of looking for ways that I can simplify my work so that I can still bring you lots of naming content!At the moment, I’ll be updating the background work - there are at least 4000 posts that need updating with current statistics, so I’ll get onto that right away. After t ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
Gender: MalePronunciation: LA-ra-mee (English); LER-he-mee (French)Origin: French and English form of the name LaraméeMeaning: Canopy of leafy boughs ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
Gender: FemalePronunciation: LA-ra-mee (English); LER-he-mee (French)Origin: French and English form of the name LaraméeMeaning: Canopy of leafy boughs ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
Gender: MalePronunciation: LA-ra-mee (English); LER-he-mee (French)Origin: FrenchMeaning: Canopy of leafy boughs ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
Gender: FemalePronunciation: LA-ra-mee (English); LER-he-mee (French)Origin: FrenchMeaning: Canopy of leafy boughs ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
Gender: MalePronunciation: ROO-deeOrigin: English diminutive of the name RudolfMeaning: Famous wolf ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
Gender: FemalePronunciation: ROO-deeOrigin: English diminutive of the masculine name RudolfMeaning: Famous wolf ..read more
The Name Garden
5y ago
Welcome to the last of our baby name games using the 2016 birth announcements! I hope you’ve enjoyed this baby name game series. What would you name 3 or more children using the babies who had their births announced in December 2016? For an extra challenge, keep all spelling the same!Girl First Names Isabel, India, Kaydence, Kendyn, Farah, Paige, Lita, Landry, AnnaLeigh, Stella, Hadley, Molly, Aline, Scarlett, Isabelle, Gabriella, Violet, Lyric, Willow, Adriana, Alicen, Myra, Athena, Eleanora, Harper, StevieGirl Middle Names Victoria, Catherine, Nancy, Taylor, Jayella, Liyana, Lee, Marie, El ..read more