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We've shut down business over at The Other Place, and SOMEONE (*cough* @seaxeducation.bsky.social *cough*) asked if we were moving over here.

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"On the Identity (and Individuation) of Proper Names"

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On the Identity (and Individuation) of Proper Names
Though this blog has been rather quiet for rather longer than we might have liked, this doesn’t mean work isn’t being done…it’s just quiet, background work. But there’…
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October 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We love it.
Best name ever: Gybylygabyly!

Gybylygabyly was a thief who abjured England sometime around the year 1275.
December 31, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Reposted by Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources
One of my favorite categories of names are virtue names -- both traditional/historical (Sapience! Memorantia!) and modern (Evidence! Reality!). A few weeks ago I was interviewed by two Washington Post journalists and their column came out Friday:

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Column | Puritan baby names are back. Is ’90s culture responsible?
We took a look at data going back to the Revolutionary War and found something shocking: Virtue names such as Hope, Charity and Faith are back and bigger than ever!
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December 15, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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December 9, 2024 at 11:08 AM