Archive for Names
An assortment of real-life British punny names, with more in the comments following the article. Including a couple that are so British I didn't get them. It took me a...
Apparently, Utah Mormon names are often pretty unusual. A couple who used to live in Utah have been collecting such names for the past ten years or so; the result...
Recently came across an interesting item in Wikipedia: List of names for the Biblical nameless, which "compiles names given in Jewish or Christian mythology for characters who are unnamed in...
I'm pretty sure that I already knew that the Western Gorilla has the taxonomic name Gorilla gorilla (genus + species). But I don't think I knew until now that the...
There's a drug called rapamycin, which is showing promising results in anti-aging studies. But that's not why I'm mentioning it here. I'm mentioning it because of this sentence from the...
Makers of computer software and hardware have to give each new version of a given product a new label or name, to distinguish it from other versions. There are a...
Just saw this headine: Supreme Court Rules that Government Can Fine for 'Fleeting Expletives' --Washington Post, April 28, 2009 Wouldn't "The Fleeting Expletives" be a good band name?...
I know of at least three entirely different games called The Name Game. One of them is used for introductions and theatre warmups: everyone stands in a circle, and one person says their name paired with an adjective that starts with the same letter—"Frantic Fran," for instance. As they say this, they make a gesture […]
I don't know how long people have been coming up with odd names for groups of musical performers, but the practice dates back at least to the 1930s. (Before that there were named musical groups, but the names were usually descriptive (and often place-linked), like "The London Philharmonic Orchestra," rather than fanciful.) Bands with names […]
I just came across a resource and a name that are both cool enough to be worth adding a comment here. The resource is the Real Names of Famous Folk site, which lists lots and lots of pseudonyms of all varieties. The name is (are you ready for this?): Ramon Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio […]