Like any word in the dictionary, a person’s name has meaning. The study of names is called onomastics or onomatology. Onomastics covers the naming of all things, including place names (toponyms) and personal names (anthroponyms). Given names, often called first names, and surnames, often called last names, usually derive from words with distinct origins. From the New York Public Library.
The sources from which names are derived are almost endless: nicknames, physical attributes, counties, trades, heraldic charges, and almost every object known to mankind. From the BBC.
NamepediA is the world's largest information platform and community about personal names. Data is collected about names of all languages and cultures, in all scripts, with a focus on the latin alphabet.
The United States Social Security Administration releases annual statistics tracking how popular a specific name is. You can also use the SSA data to track previous years’ popular names back through 1880 or see what is popular by each state.
NamepediA is the world's largest information platform and community about personal names. Data is collected about names of all languages and cultures, in all scripts, with a focus on the latin alphabet.
A name sticks with us from birth until death and although we often have no control over it, our names can define us. We can all thank our parents for our name. You can search for your own name and pull out amazing information from the massive name database. With more millions of statistical records and historical references for popular baby names after 1880, this site is packed with eye-opening facts.
