Tag: female names

These are names borne by non-aristocratic women in 8th-century Japan. The main source of these names is a list of people who were given rations of rice by

It’s been a while since I regaled you with tales of Haitian onomastic nerdery, but wait no longer–I have a fine new source of names, rich and glowing

A few notes on my travels through the Haitian Genealogical Archives: Gertrude Kernésie Etienne Gabriel, a bride in 1850–antecedents of the Ken- and Kern- names popular today? Reminders

This is the same data as the other table of Haitian female names, but I’ve standardized the spelling to get a more accurate idea of the real popularity of

The children across the street were piling up the leaves in Madame Augustin’s yard. The bigger ones waited on line as the smaller ones dropped onto the pile,

I’m on the second day of editing the massive list of all the teachers in public and private schools in Haiti, and the data is still a mess.