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What is in a name?
A lot actually.
The history of language shaped over time. People who have worn the name with honor or infamy. Family members. Religious ties. Locations. Countries. Word forms with constants and vowels. A thousand different things to hold meaning.
Carrie-Ann has a website dedicated to names:
Onomastics Outside the Box: Names beyond the Top 100, from many nations and era
I ran into her during A-to-Z April blogging, and her themes include “Apple Names”, “The Many Forms of Sarah”, and longer series like “Theophoric names” which is up to part 14.
Her most viewed post of all time from October 12, 2020 is “Doll and Puppet Names.”
If you are a writer and stuck on a name, you might want to hit up this blog for ideas.
If you prefer to copy and paste instead of direct links – here is the link to her blog: https://onomasticsoutsidethebox.wordpress.com/