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During the Azuchi-Momoyama period, the former distinctions between noble and commoner women’s names disappeared as commoners adopted the names of the nobility. Meanwhile, noble women used a nickname
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
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,
