Nook of Names

Information and Reviews about Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names and Nook of Names

• Announcing Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names – About Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names; includes a list of names on the theme of newness and beginnings
• Book News – December 2011 Update, including reviews
• A Confession and a Promise – More information about Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names
• Give Away of Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names at Appellation Mountain – includes a review
• News Flash — Book of Names Now Available!
• A Nook of Names – Not Just for Pagans! – About the Nook of Names website; includes a list of ‘Pagan-friendly’ names from the US and UK top 100  
• Valentine’s Give-Away

Inspiration Everywhere!

• Add a Splash of Color! – Name inspiration from the paint store
• Artistic Names of Artists – Artist surnames which make good first names
• Essentially Essentials – Name inspiration from aromatherapy
• Inspiration Partout – Inspiration from a journey in France
• Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Baked Beans… – Spammers’ names
• Super Names from Super Foods
• Fromage Formidable – Name inspiration from French cheese
• Names from a Sacred Landscape – Name inspiration from Somerset
• Ysbrydoliaeth ym Mhobman – Inspiration from a trip to Pembrokeshire

Name Consultation

• Gwendolen or Guinevere? The dilemma of choosing a new name… advice for a change of name
• Twin Siblings for Peregrine — Name suggestions for new twin siblings for a little boy called Peregrine

Names from Fiction

• A for Andromeda
• The Catcher in the Rye – Names from J. D. Salinger’s novel
• Harry Potter Premier! – Names from J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series
• Harry Potter (and the Deathly Hallows) Names (Part I)
• Harry Potter (and the Deathly Hallows) Names (Part II)
• The Magical Names of Stonewylde – Names from Kit Berry’s Stonewylde series
• A Peake into Gormenghast – Names from Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast series
• A Sharp Look at Rebecca – a tribute to Thackeray’s Becky Sharp
• What the Dickens! – Name inspiration from the works of Charles Dickens
• What the Dicknes! – Part II

Names from History

• 1066 And All That – Names on the Bayeux Tapestry
• A Very British Sibset – the Mitfords
• Born on the 4th July – Names from New England in 1776
• Memory of Marathon – Names associated with the Battle of Marathon
• The People of Pompeii – Names from Pompeii in the first century CE
• Snapshot of an English Village – Shropshire names from the 1891 Census
• The Story of an English Manor — Names associated with a medieval manor house, c.1300-1900
• The Witches of Salem – Names of the victims of the Salem Witch Trials
• The Ultimate British Sibset — the children of Queen Victoria

Names from Nature

• Alluring Agaric and Amanita
• The Blessings of Betony
• Mushroom Mushroom — attractive botanical names of mushrooms
• Sweet Meadowsweet

Nook’s Miscellany

• An August Gust of Guses – Other names that can shorten to Gus
• Dissecting St Nicholas – Other Greek names containing the same elements as Nicholas
• Friday the Thirteenth – Auspicious names to ward off bad luck!
• A Ghostly Gathering – Names of well-known ghosts
• Happy St Andrew’s Day – Unusual Scottish names
• Io, Saturnalia! — Names for the Pagan Roman festival of the Saturnalia
• Looking Back at 2011 – Boys’ names at the Nook
• Looking Back at 2011 – Girls’ names at the Nook
• Looking Back at 2011 – The most tempting names in Blogland
• Names from a Small Aquarium – Small Child’s watery sibset
• Nook’s Pick of the Grandpas – Old-fashioned boys’ names ripe for revival
• Nook’s Pick of the Grannies – Old-fashioned girls’ names ripe for revival
• The Most Popular (Boys’) Names of 2035
• The Most Popular (Girls’) Names of 2035
• Nereid Names
• The Next in line to the throne – What Kate and Wills will call Baby Number One
• O Baby! – Names ending in -o
• Twelth Night — Names inspired by “The Twelve Days of Christmas”
• Twin Siblings for Peregrine — Name suggestions for new twin siblings for a little boy called Peregrine
• Waltzing my -ilda’s – Names ending in -ilda

Onomastic Allsorts

• Homophony – A method of naming used since Adam and Eve
• It’s the Animal Instinct in Me – Names and attitudes to animals
• Is it a girl… or a boy? – On the use of boys’ names for girls
• It Should be Banned! – On whether baby names should or should not be regulated
• Should you use the name of a God or Goddess?
• Surnames as First Names – What to say to a surnames-as-first-names skeptic
• What’s in a (Pagan) Name? – On what constitutes a “Pagan name”

Onomastic Hodgepodge

• Agatha – Good Goddess!
• Calypso
• Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus — on the Welsh name Dwynwen
• Fair Sabrina
• Harper Seven
• A Lily by Any Other Name
• Orange – what a juicy name!
• Minding my P’s and Q’s – Plaxy
• Minding my P’s and Q’s – Quenilda
• Ruth
• The Eve of St Agnes
• Thetis

Pagan Name of the Month

• Pagan Name of the Month – Aidan
• Pagan Name of the Month – Blake
• Pagan Name of the Month – Evan
• Pagan Name of the Month – Genesis
• Pagan Name of the Month – Owen
• Pagan Name of the Month – Ruby
• Pagan Name of the Month – Stella
• Pagan Name of the Month – Summer

Pick of the Week

• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Argent
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Aster
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Augustus
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Branwen
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Cinnamon
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Coventry
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Dennis
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Elysia
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Guinevere
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Hadrian
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Janus
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Jenico
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Jessamy
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Lucius
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Odin
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Nasir
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Rosamund
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Rudolph
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Sherlock
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Snowdrop
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Tigerlily
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Torquil
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Una
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Vashti
• Nook of Names Pick of the Week – Winter

Written in the Runes – names inspired by the ancient runes

• Written in the Runes – choosing names inspired by runes
• Rune Names – Feoh
• Rune Names – Ur
• Rune Names – Thorn
• Rune Names – Os
• Rune Names – Rad
• Rune Names – Cen
• Rune Names – Giefu
• Rune Names – Wynn
• Rune Names – Hægl
• Rune Names – Nyd
• Rune Names – Is
• Rune Names – Jera
• Rune Names – Eo

Sneak Peeks – Preview extracts from Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names

• Sneak Peek Week – Christina
• Sneak Peek Week – Deborah
• Sneak Peek Week – Estelle
• Sneak Peek Week – Laura
• Sneak Peek Week – Lydia
• Sneak Peek Week II – Eros
• Sneak Peek Week II – Iolo
• Sneak Peek Week II – Jack
• Sneak Peek Week II – Max
• Sneak Peek Week II – Oliver
• What Is – and What Is Not

Surnames as First Names

• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – A
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – B
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – C
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – D
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – E
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – F
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – G
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – H
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – I and J
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – K
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – L
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – M (Part 1)
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – M (Part 2)
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – N
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – O
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – P (Part 1)
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – P (Part 2)
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – P (Part 3)
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – Q
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – R
• Surnames as First Names: English Surnames – S (Part 1)
• Surnames as First Names: English Sunrames – S (Part 2)

Surnames or Word Names?

• Surnames – or Word Names? (A & B)
• Surnames – or Word Names? (C)

Wheel of the Year

• Lughnasadh! - Names associated with Lughnasadh
• Equinox – Names for the Autumnal Equinox
• Happy Halloween! – Names associated with Samhain
• Merry Yule! – Names for the Winter Solstice
• Imbolc – Names for Imbolc

Witch of the Week

• Witch of the Week – Ceridwen
• Witch of the Week – Circe
• Witch of the Week – Mildred

World Names

• Baltic Babies — Most popular names in the Baltic States
• C’est Bizarre! — Unexpected girls’ names in the French top 500
• C’est Bizarre! Part Deux — Unexpected boys’ names in the French top 500
• Dreaming of the Mountains of My Home – Welsh Names
• Extreme Welsh Names – Welsh names with attitude! 
• Farewell to Sumer – More inspiration from Sumerian
• From Russia with Love – Names of Russian cosmonauts
• He Who Shakes The Earth – Quechuan names
• Incan Inspiration – Quechuan words with great name-worthy meanings
• Les Prénoms Provençaux – Names from Provence
• Mes Prénoms Preférés — A selection of some of my personal favorite French names
• Sumerian Names – Part 1
• Sumerian Names – Part 2
• Sumerian Names – Part 3
• Sumerian Names – Part 4
• Viva, Venezuela! – Venezuelan names
• Welsh Flower Names – Part 1

World Names: Latin Lovelies and Loathlies — name inspiration from Classical Latin

• Latin Lovelies – and Loathlies – A
• Latin Lovelies – and Loathlies – B
• Latin Lovelies – and Loathlies – C
• Latin Lovelies – and Loathlies – D
• Latin Lovelies – and Loathlies – E