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Name - wikipedia.org The use of personal names is not unique to humans. Dolphins also use symbolic names, as has been shown by recent research. Individual dolphins have individual whistles, to which they will respond even when there is no other information to clarify which dolphin is being referred to. en.wikipedia.org/ Native speakers who were/are Cal Poly Pomona students provided all sound samples (in .wav format) for Cambodian, Cantonese, Mandarin, Filipino, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese names. www.csupomona.edu/ It is not known when humans first began using names though the practice is certainly very old, probably extending far into prehistory. www.behindthename.com/ Chinese Personal Names Most Chinese today have only a surname (xìng) and a given name (míngzì), plus perhaps a nickname (chuòhào) or two. weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/hbnames-u.html Given Name Index By clicking on the letter group for the given name you are researching, you will be taken to a list of names that begin with those letters. www.geocities.com/ Could someone named Biff ever be president? Could a Gertrude ever become a prima ballerina? Does your name really play an integral part in who you are and what you will become? genealogy.about.com/ The Kabalarian Philosophy teaches constructive living based on principles of right thinking, right breathing, and right eating which provide the key to understanding how to control life to bring into reality the happiness, mental freedom, and personal success that everyone seeks. www.kabalarians.com/index.cfm Kanji Names Project: List of Names Alphabetized list with a paragraph written about each name. www2.gol.com/users/billp/students/kanjiname/nameindex.html The Meaning of Names What do our names mean? Were we named after a favorite person in our family? Were we named to honor an important person in our family or our society? Were we named for a quality or characteristic that our parents hoped we would embody? www.missioncollege.org/ Nicknames matched with cooresponding Proper Names. www.cslib.org/
Over 51,000 (and growing) Names with Meanings, Origins, Popularity Graphs, Surveys, and more. www.babyname Find the perfect baby name for your child by searching among 5400 popular, unique or unusual baby names and find their meanings, origins and similar names. baby-names.adoption.com/ Baby Names Meanings and Origins Dictionary collection of baby names for help and recommendations naming your son or daughter. www.weddingvendors.com/ Search over 8500 Hebrew names with the Hebrew Baby Name Searcher, plus view a painting for each name implementing the Hebrew letters. www.hebrewbabynames.com/ Popular Baby Names - Social Security Administration The Social Security Administration published a brief study in 1998 on the distribution of given names of Social Security number holders. www.ssa.gov/ Here you will find thousands of baby names - from the most popular to the traditional to the highly unusual and unique, including hundreds that only recently have been coined or rediscovered. www.thinkbaby Some unique names from Indian culture, especially those that likely originated from Tamil language - first language to be recognized as a Classical Language by The Government of India. www.anbutamil.com/
Arabic Names and Their Meanings. www.sudairy.com/ A long alphabetized list with meanings. www.ummah.net/family/fem.html Afareen: Praise - also means to create, afsAneh: A fairy tale, afsar: Crown, afshAn: To sprinkle, afsoon: Charm - spell - bewitchment, aghigh: Name of a stone, Ahou/Ahoo: Deer, akhtar: Star - also name of a flower, and many more. persia.org/Information/girls.html Jewish Last Names Except for aristocrats, wealthy people and well off Jewish merchants did not get surnames in Eastern Europe until the Napoleonic years of the early 19th century. jewishwebindex.com/
The 1918 system was based on the meaning of names as codewords. It was used until 1927. Up to 1921 alliteration of aircraft name and manufacturer's name was obligatory. www.csd.uwo.ca/ A concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy, with links to sources of additional information. www.philosophypages.com/dy/ Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN), contains information for almost 2 million physical and cultural geographic features in the United States and its territories. geonames.usgs.gov/ International Plant Names Index The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants. www.ipni.org/ Meaning of Names in Tolkien Shows how many key names in the works of Tolkien may be derived from semitic words and Ancient Egyptian mythology. www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/tolkien.htm Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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