"It was my godmother's favorite name," she told me. "Her son was her only child, so she didn't get to use it." The godmother was delighted when her first granddaughter was named Jane. Meanwhile ...

A woman took to the internet for advice after her first baby name choice was rejected by her family. In a post on the 'namenerds' Reddit forum that received over 700 comments in less than 24 hours ...

Marzanna – While the name is not popular at the moment, it goes back to Slavic antiquity. Marzanna was a Slavic deity, and she is still present in Polish folklore. An effigy of the goddess is burnt on ...

The answer is: they all bore Polish names. But do names have a nationality in the first place? Here are six stories which prove that names can travel beyond geographic boundaries, transgressing ...

Melania was actually born Melanija Knavs - the first name of which, comes from the Greek words mélas and mélaina, and means ...

Because there are at least two possible readings for every kanji character, it is possible for two-character first names to have a wide range of possible readings. And some Japanese have let ...

The Irish Family History Forum will hold its January meeting on this Saturday morning, with topic under discussion being “Old ...