If you're looking for a truly one-of-a-kind name for your baby girl, this list has plenty of beautiful, strong, and meaningful options that aren't in the top 500 most popular names. There are names ...

“The Meaning of Names” by Karen Gettert Shoemaker, Red Hen Press, 219 pages, $15.95, paperback As the nation gazes 100 years backward this year at World War I, native Nebraska author Karen Gettert ...

THE controversy as to the priority of discovery and the honor of bestowing a name on the New World has been so long undecided, — almost three centuries, — that any light thrown upon this intricate ...

For anyone who has ever struggled to properly pronounce place names like “Eufaula” (in Alabama), “Karlsruhe” (in North Dakota), or “Fontainebleau” (in Florida), it is probably not news that many of ...

Florida is a state rich with history and that history starts with the state's name. Juan Ponce de Leon arrived near Florida's shore in April 1513, close to Easter, and called the new land La Pascua de ...