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Names
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 2,000 Cat Names: Naming Your Kitten 
 As in the 2000 Dog Names site, this page helps you decide on a name for your pet. "Some names can cause people to judge a cat and react positively or negatively/fearfully when meeting it. For these reasons it is important to use a name that conveys the proper image." http://www.petrix.com/catnames/ Topics: Mammals, Pets, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Apr 18, 2002 2000 Dog Names: Naming Your Puppy
The ideal site for people having difficulty coming up with the perfect name for their dog. An alphabetical list makes choosing easier. Other information includes rankings of obedience and working intelligence by breed, and most effective guard dogs. http://www.petrix.com/dognames/ Topics: Mammals, Pets, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Dec 23, 2003 The Baby Name Wizard: NameVoyager
"A letter-by-letter exploration of American name trends and history" from 1900 to the present. The timeline chart shows name ranks by decade. Blog articles include sibling names, surnames, androgynous and cross-gender namesake names, and creative spellings. From the author of a baby name book. http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jul 12, 2008 Baby Names
Contains thousands of baby names with short meanings, roots, and nationality. Also has lists of names from Shakespeare, J.R.R. Tolkien, and soap operas. Searchable and browsable. http://www.babynames.com/ Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Mar 7, 2005 BabyCenter
Contains a list of baby names, a customizable pregnancy calendar, parenting news, advice from experts, bulletin boards, a pregnancy safety guide, and more. Searchable. http://www.babycenter.com/ Topics: Diseases & Conditions, Families, People, People, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Reproductive and Sexual Health Last updated Jan 9, 2006 BabyNamer
A database of over 23,000 names for your baby. Information can include source, meaning, popularity, alternate spellings, teasing nicknames, and pronunciation. Search by sex, popularity, notable names of famous and infamous people, meanings, and specialized lists from panelists. Searches can be customized by beginning letter, language, number of syllables, or degree of popularity. A discussion forum and a FAQ are also available. http://www.babynamer.com/ Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jun 12, 2007 Beastly Garden of Wordy Delights
A handy list of over 150 collective nouns for animals (a "charm" of finches); the commonly associated sounds that various animals make (ducks "quack," deer "bell"); the various names given to animal young (a baby kangaroo is a "joey"); and animal adjectives (if you are foxlike, you are said to be "vulpine"). Includes links to related sites. http://www.anapsid.org/beastly.html Topics: Animals, Mammals, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Dec 7, 2004 Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names
Etymological dictionary of first names. The site also features most popular names, namesakes, name days, suggested names for twins, anagram names, and a name translator. Created and maintained by a hobbyist. http://www.behindthename.com/ Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jun 10, 2007 Bow Wow Meow: Thousands of Pet Names, Popularity, Meanings and Ratings
This searchable site provides pet names for cats and dogs by sex, pairs, and by category. An alphabetical list and popular name lists are available. "Names of the Month" are archived back to 1998. Includes a dog-to-human age calculator. http://www.bowwow.com.au/ Topics: Mammals, Pets, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jul 5, 2004 Coats of Arms from Ireland and Around the World
"Over 2000 FREE coats of arms from Ireland and around the world in GIF format." There is also a collection of "articles relating to Proto-Heraldry in Early Christian Ireland, Heraldry in Ireland, Gaelic Irish Heraldry and Heraldic Practice, The Coats of Arms of Irish Septs, The Meaning of Coats of Arms, Clans and Chieftains in Ireland, Mac and O in Irish Surnames, The Distortion of Irish Surnames, Irish Personal Names and Spurious Coats of Arms." http://homepage.eircom.net/~donnaweb/ Topics: History, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Jul 29, 2002 FILExt: The File Extension Source
"FILExt is a detailed database of file extensions and programs that use them." This searchable and browsable site explains the letters, numbers, and symbols that come after the dot in computer file names. It also provides general file extension information and includes a FAQ, and a discussion forum for questions and answers. http://filext.com/ Topics: Computers, Computers, Internet Guides & Search Tools, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Web Design and Management Last updated May 13, 2003 Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)
ING, "a collaborative project of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) and the Smithsonian Institution, was initiated in 1954 as a compilation of generic names published for all organisms covered by the 'International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.'" Database is current through 1990 and includes a bibliography. From the Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/ing/ingForm.cfm Topics: Biology, Plants, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Science, Science Last updated Apr 10, 2007 Merriam-Webster Online [Dictionary]
A dictionary based on the Webster Collegiate, with updates added annually. Hundreds of thousands of entries. Each word is accompanied by definition, pronunciation, usage, grammatical function, and a brief etymology. Includes a thesaurus. Misspellings return suggested spellings. The dictionary's search system supports internal wildcards and right hand truncation searching. Includes an extensive pronunciation guide and sound files for the pronunciation of many terms. http://www.m-w.com/ Topics: Dictionaries, English Language, Language, Literature & Books, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Feb 4, 2006 Names in America - Census Bureau
Mary ranks number one among the most common names in America for females, according to the 1990 Census. You can search for female, male, or surnames. http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Mar 7, 2005 Operas and Composers: A Pronunciation Guide
A lightly annotated list of well-known operas and composers of operas, with sound files to help with pronunciation. From Opera Memphis. http://patriciagray.net/Operahtmls/works.html Topics: Language, Literature & Books, Music, Musical Genres, Musicians, Notable People, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Feb 7, 2008 Popular Baby Names
A compilation of lists of the most popular baby names, including top male and female names in birth years starting in 1880, in each state starting in 1990, and by decade starting in 1900, and a search engine for finding the popularity of specific names from 1990 and on. Created by the Social Security Administration (SSA) based on samples of Social Security number applications. http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Mar 7, 2005 Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians
This dictionary provides some help in "pronouncing the titles of classical music and the names of composers and performers" in "the form of pronunciations by a phonetic system devised by E. Douglas Brown of the staff of WOI Radio at Iowa State University." The browsable dictionary provides more than 30,000 entries. Unfortunately, it is not searchable, and there are no audio files. http://iowapublicradio.org/dictionary/ Topics: Dictionaries, Language, Literature & Books, Musical Genres, Performing Arts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Sep 18, 2005 Voice of America (VOA) Pronunciation Guide
Sound files and pronunciation guide for people and places in world news. Searchable by keyword, and browsable by name and country of origin. http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/ Topics: Language, Literature & Books, Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Feb 4, 2007 World Names Profiler
Use this site to learn about the popularity of selected surnames around the world. Search results provide maps of name concentration for selected countries and local regions (with a focus on western Europe). Information is "derived from the analysis of large databases of name records. ... [including] data for 26 countries in Europe, America, Asia and Oceania." Area and ethnicity sections are under development. From a spatial science research group. http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/ Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts Last updated Sep 8, 2008 Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names
Lists of tropical cyclone names for various regions throughout the world. "Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. ... Six lists [of 21 names] are used in rotation." If "more than 21 named tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet." Also includes a list of retired hurricane names. From the National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml Topics: Ready Reference & Quick Facts, Weather Last updated Oct 26, 2005 |
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