Sources Used
Name Books
- Ahmed, Salahuddin
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names © 1999 Salahuddin Ahmed
- Cottle, Basil
- Dictionary of Surnames © 1967 Basil Cottle
- Evans, Cleveland Kent
- The Great Big Book of Baby Names © 2006 Publications International
- Flanagan, Laurence
- Favourite Irish Names for Children © 1993 Laurence Flanagan
- Förstemann, Ernst
- Altdeutsches Namenbuch © 1900
- Gandhi, Maneka
- Hindu Names © 1989 Maneka Gandhi
- Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges
- A Dictionary of First Names © 1990 Oxford University Press
- Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges
- A Dictionary of Surnames © 1988 Oxford University Press
- Pickering, David
- The Penguin Dictionary of First Names © 1999 David Pickering
- Reaney, P. H. and R. M. Wilson
- Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames © 2005 University of Sheffield
- Withycombe, E. G.
- The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names © 1948 Oxford University Press
General Books
- Ben-Yehuda, Ehud and David Weinstein
- Ben-Yehuda's Pocket English/Hebrew Dictionary © 1964 Ehud Ben-Yehuda and Dora Ben-Yehuda
- Cotterell, Arthur and Rachel Storm
- Ultimate Encyclopedia of Classical Mythology © 1999 Anness Publishing Ltd
- Derksen, Rick
- Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon © 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV
- Dixon-Kennedy, Mike
- Celtic Myth & Legend © 1996 Mike Dixon-Kennedy
- Kohlenberger III, John R.
- NIV Compact Nave's Topical Bible © 1993 John R. Kohlenberger III
- MacKillop, James
- Dictionary of Celtic Mythology © 1998 James MacKillop
- Oxford Study Bible
- © 1992 Oxford University Press
- Smith, William
- The Wordsworth Classical Dictionary © 1996 Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Turner, Patricia and Charles Russell Coulter
- Dictionary of Ancient Dieties © 2000 Patricia Turner and Charles Russell Coulter
- Websters Dictionary
- © 1994 Merriam-Webster
- Wehr, Hans
- A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic © 1994 Otto Harrassowitz
- Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- © 1970 Cassell & Co. Ltd
Websites
People
I have also received help from the thousands of people who have frequented this website. I would especially like to thank:
- Bjoern Fredrik Meyer from Norway for all of the Scandinavian names
- Costas Skandalis from Athens for the Greek and Latin name corrections
- Noam Hendren from Israel
- Hopalong on A.O.L. for the Slavic names
- Jörg Benscheidt from Germany for all of the variations of George/Jörg
- L. Mulry Tetlow for the information on Moses
- Dr. Denis Constales from Belgium for numerous corrections
- Hormazed Limbuwala for the Persian names
- Hartmut Haberland from Germany for his thoughts on Catherine and Heidrun
- Aki Ozawa in Japan for the information on Japanese names
- Lucjan for the Polish name variants
- Gilbert B. Cote for the notes on the Greek names
- Blair Miles for miscellaneous corrections
- Teuvo for the Finnish names
- Wlodzimierz for Polish names and Slavic name elements
- Wolf-Dieter Schubert for more German names than I know what to do with
- BlessedG for her idea
- Nina M for random corrections
- Faith Rudin for her extremely exhaustive lists
- Anthony Ferry for his thoughts on Irish names
- Ivanka from Hamburg, Germany for her big list of names
- Aleksandra for the Polish names and corrections
- Guido Buldrini for the Italian names
- Christiana for the huge list of names
- Vesa Lehtinen for the huge list of Finnish names
- Pavlos, Nanaea, and Daividh for earning the title OnomaMasters of Behindthename.com!
- Selwyn for the Danish monarchy info, and Selwyn and Phyllis for the Shakespeare info
- Anna Golitsyna for her notes on Russian names
- My good friend Marta from Barcelona for the info on Spanish and Catalan names!
- Charlotte for the Welsh nature names
- Nanaea for the Esperanto names
- Nanaea for the Gothic names for the random name generator
- Károly Tutajos for many corrections to the Hungarian entries
- Golsa for the list of Iranian names
- Eduardo Porcher for many Portuguese and Armenian names
- Ramona for the list of Romanian names
- Michaela for the Czech name corrections
- Hedwig for the Dutch name corrections
- Elder for his orderly list of missing Portuguese names
- Vasilica for his complete list of Romanian names
- Great 1 for lists of Croatian names
- Zvonimir for various notes on Slavic names
- Kristján for some Icelandic names
- Fredrika from Sweden for corrections
- Berker from Turkey for additions
- Cro Man for his well-organized list of Croatian names
- Tomislav for corrections to the Croatian and Serbian names
- Shingayi for the Shona names
- Matti from Finland for the list of Finnish names
- Araceli for the Galician names
- Bostjan for the fantastic list of Slovenian names
- Carol from Brazil for the Portuguese names and corrections
- Kati for the Finnish names
- Narinoc for the popular Hungarian names
- Gabor K. for the corrections to the Hungarian names
- Sugarcubebabe7 for the many Basque names
- Marjolijn for the Dutch and Frisian names and pronunciations
- Patrick for the Hungarian name help
- Riina from Toronto for the Estonian names
- Miranda, Lala, Chrisell and Mirfak for helping to moderate the message boards!
- Andy ;~) (with the long nose) for notes and clarifications on various names
- Ivayla for several emails re Bulgarian names over the years (and for her helpful website)
- E. MacKenna for the Irish and Welsh names
- Sissi for the Greenlandic names
- Blerta for some Albanian names
- Franc for the scans of the Slovenian name dictionary
- Erika for the list of Estonian names
- Maddy for the Japanese names and meanings
- P. N. Hobma for some missing Dutch and Frisian names
- Tsukiko Takahashi for the Japanese names
- Countless users for attaching helpful comments to the names
- Claudia Segger for help transcribing and explaining ALL the Japanese names!
- Lucille for filling a good part of the submitted names database, and for the Limburgish names!
- X-Mar for beta-testing
- Sanja aka Sofia for the comprehensive lists of Croatian names
- Goricar for the Croatian name notes
- Nikki for the Macedonian names
- Maja for the Serbian name additions
- Maks for sourcing and compiling several popularity lists