Baby Name: almond

Phone Book Fishing in Mississippi – Clemmer, Hilrie, Kermis, Velleph

I’m currently in Mississippi visiting my nephew Ezra. We’ve been driving around a lot, so I’ve had enough downtime to thumb through most of the phone book. Here are some interesting names from the nearby towns of New Augusta, Ovett, Pittman, Poplarville and Purvis: Ada’Carol Afard Almond Anselina Arange Arnettia Audis Azeline Baldo Bliss Calona [...]
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How Do You Feel About Your Name, Almond?

I love my name and wouldn’t change it for anything,” says Almond, a female 40-something from the United Kingdom. “I have a lot to thank my Mum for. On a scale of 1-10 I would give it a 9.5.” Almond e-mailed me a few weeks ago, after I’d mentioned the name Almond as a male [...]
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Names of Old Cape Cod – Kimball, Mehetabel, Sparrow, Temperance

I’ve been browsing through a cool website called Cape Cod Gravestones over the past few days, getting a feel for the sorts of names that were used on the Cape in centuries past. Predictably, most of the names were biblical — ranging from the common (e.g., Abigail, Benjamin, Hannah, Joshua, Mary and Samuel) to the [...]
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