An Entertaining Look at Names and Naming

Names List

Sports Team Names

Baseball Team Names — A list of Major League Baseball team names, past and present.

Major League Baseball team standings — Sort teams by statistics from 1901 to the present.

Basketball Team Names — A list of professional team names, past and present.

American Football Team Names — A list of professionalteam names, past and present for American style football.

National Football League team standings — Sort teams by statistics from 1933 to the present.

Hockey Team Names — A list of professional team names, past and present.

All Professional Team Names with Variable Sorting — A complete list of professional sports team names, past and present.

College Team Names with Variable Sorting — A complete list of college team names in the United States.


Famous Cowboy Names

Western movie stars

Western Characters of Film and TV

Legends of the Old West


Other Name Lists

Famous Dog Names — Dog movie stars, and other famous canines.

Famous Ship and Boat Names — A list of famous sailing vessels.

Famous Masked Heroes — What were they called during their day job?

Famous Streets, Roads and Byways — Street names that have become part of the language.

U.S. Presidents — A list of presidential facts you can sort on.

The Chemical Elements — A list of the chemical elements, sortable.

State Names — Origins and meanings of the American states.

Renaming the States — What if we could rename the States...


Naming Fun

Hair Raising Names — Barbers are great at creating pun-ishing names for their businesses.

Fun With Names — Ivan Itch and lots more.

Common Name Phrases — Many first names have become part of the English language.

Silly Business Names — Some clever business names aren’t so clever.

Jack O’ Words — The name Jack is the most common first name found in English words.

Common American Surnames — Comparison of occurrences between 1990 and 1790.

Children Surnames — Options for naming the kids.

Roles and Names — The many names you have.


Name Generators

Boat Name Generator — Got a boat to name?

Street Name Generator — Want to invent a pastural name for a street?

Fictional Name Generator — Create your own fictional name

Indian Name Generator — Create your own fictional name

Articles about Names

What is a Name? — That question is finally answered.

Benedict Arnold’s Infamous Brother — Why are some names stronger than others?

An Old Lady and a Mop — You don’t buy a good commercial name, you sell it.

God Bless Bjarnia — Surveying the names of states and cities in the United States.

Saks Fawn Creek Chase — The story of street names in the United States.

A Game with No Rules — A look at the game of naming sports teams.

Improving Football — Some suggestions for American football.

You Are Not Your Name — Don’t take your personal name personally.

Surnames and Her-Names — The history and future of last names.

Cats and Dogs — How we name pets, boats, churches, newspapers and more.

Namely — Why is Jimmy Johnson so upset?

The Johnson Formula — How many people do you know? Try this.

Names and Naming

We all get to name something in our lifetime.  We can treat the occasion as a solemn duty, a mindless chore, or a chance to express our creativity or our sense of humor.  In any case, we seldom realize what power there is in naming something—in creating a string of syllables that others must use.  It is like inventing a new word for the language.  Even if the sounds and spelling are old, that new label you assign to someone or something gets a new definition, a new meaning for the people around you—and maybe, if fate dictates, for the whole world.


(Put your mouse cursor on the picture here and see the explosion of names.)

Name sign


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Other Web Sites About Names

Name Meanings — The meaning of names and much more.

Baby Names — Baby names with meaning and origins. Browse famous names, cute names, unique names, top names, popular names.

Meaning of Names — Offers a fun look at the etymology of common names including genealogy, lineage and origins.

Most Popular Boy and Girl Names — From The New Parents Guide.

The Etymology and History of First Names — by Mike Campbell.

Scientific Names — Doug Yanega's page.


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