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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/wiki/Names
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Asian Name Pronunciation Guide
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/~pronunciation/

Behind-the-Name: Etymology and History of First Names
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/Heartland/Hills/1739/givennames.html

The Hidden Meaning in Your Name - about.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/b/a/112029.htm

Kabalarian Philosophy - Baby Names
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/Depts/esl/StudProj/Names.html

Some 18th and 19th Century American Nicknames
Nicknames matched with cooresponding Proper Names.
www.cslib.org/nickname.htm

 

Baby Names

BabyNameAddicts.com
Over 51,000 (and growing) Names with Meanings, Origins, Popularity Graphs, Surveys, and more.
www.babynameaddicts.com/

Baby Name Locator
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/baby-names/

Hebrew Baby Names
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/OACT/babynames/

Think! Baby Names
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.thinkbabynames.com/

Unique Indian Baby Names with Meanings - anbutamil.com
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/

 

Middle Eastern Names

Feminine Arabic Names - sudairy.com
Arabic Names and Their Meanings.
www.sudairy.com/arabic/fem.html
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Feminine Arabic Names - ummah.net
A long alphabetized list with meanings.
www.ummah.net/family/fem.html
Masculine Arabic Names   

Iranian Girl and Boy Names with meanings
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/names.htm

 

Other Kinds of Names

Aircraft - The 1918 Designation system
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/Elevon/gustin_military/brdes.html
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Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
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/aboutnames.shtml

 

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