How popular is the baby name Angelo in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Angelo.
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Years ago, I mentioned that Malta was the only nation I knew of in which parents were not allowed to register baby names in the national language.
Why couldn’t they? Because Malta’s government IT systems could not handle Maltese font.
But “a collective overhaul across government IT systems [is now] being done to ensure Maltese orthography is accepted across the board,” and Malta will soon be allowing parents to officially bestow traditional Maltese names.
Maltese, a Semitic language that descended from Sicilian Arabic, has six letters that English doesn’t have. One of them, ie, is easy enough to replicate on a computer; the other five (below) are not.
Here’s how to pronounce them, roughly:
C-with-a-dot makes a ch-sound
G-with-a-dot makes a j-sound (without the dot, G makes a g-sound)
Gh-with-a-line is silent*
H-with-a-line makes an h-sound (without the line, H is silent)
Z-with-a-dot makes a z-sound (without the dot, Z makes a ts-sound)
Without these letters, a large number of traditional Maltese names are unable to be rendered properly.
(I would love to list some of those names, but, ironically, I can’t — my blogging software doesn’t handle special characters very well.)
Anyway…well done, Malta! I’m proud of you. :)
P.S. More on the silent letters: “Maltese orthography continues to reflect the presence of some letters that are no longer pronounced in order to indicate semantic provenance — a convenience that makes it possible, among other things, to look up words in the dictionary under the three-consonant root (as one does with Semitic languages).”
Update, 6/13/20: Here’s an image of a list of traditional Maltese names…
The list above includes Maltese names that are equivalent to: Angelo, Beatrice, Francis, Elizabeth, Jacob, James, George, Juliet, Justin, Joseph, John, Hilda, Lucia, Luigi, Theresa, and Vincent.
P.S. While gathering these names, I happened to find out that the surname Buttigieg — as in former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg — is Maltese and means “poulterer.” Specifically, it comes from a pair of Sicilian Arabic words meaning “father, master, owner” and “fowl.”
Update, 1/2/21: “A baby boy called Ganni is the first child to be officially named using Maltese fonts after an IT system change that recognises letters in the national language” (Times of Malta, Dec. 23). Of course that uppercase G-with-a-dot won’t render correctly in this post, though, so here’s an image:
It’s the Maltese equivalent of John.
Sources:
Mallette, Karla. European Modernity and the Arab Mediterranean. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 9, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 9-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “nines” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Rockwell correspond to the numbers 18, 15, 3, 11, 23, 5, 12, and 12. The sum of these numbers is 99. The digits of 99 added together equal 18, and the digits of 18 added together equal 9 — the numerological value of Rockwell.
Baby names with a value of 9
Below you’ll find the most popular 9-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
9
The letters in the unisex baby name Ace add up to 9.
9 via 18
The letters in the following baby names add up to 18, which reduces to nine (1+8=9).
Girl names (9 via 18)
Boy names (9 via 18)
Lea, Gaia, Ela, Acacia, Addi
Can, Adal, Acie, Edi, Jag
9 via 27
The letters in the following baby names add up to 27, which reduces to nine (2+7=9).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number nine. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 9 being described as “humanitarian,” “tolerant,” “helpful,” “determined,” and “compassionate.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are some things that are associated with the number 9:
Pregnancy (9 months long)
Baseball (9 players on the field; 9 innings)
K-9 (“canine”) police dog units
“Cloud nine” (expression)
“Nine lives” of a cat (expression)
“To the nines” (expression)
“The whole nine yards” (expression)
What does the number 9 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.
The godfather of Gothic fiction, Edgar Allan Poe, was born 202 years ago today.
He may have been master of the macabre, but he wrote widely — far beyond horror. His other works fall into genres such as humor/satire, science fiction, detective fiction, and adventure fiction.
To celebrate Poe’s birthday, let’s check out some of the character names he used in his short stories, poetry, and longer works:
Girl Names
Ada, from the poem “Tamerlane” (1827)
Alessandra, from the play Politian (1835)
Annabel Lee, from the poem “Annabel Lee” (1849)
Annie, from the poem “For Annie” (1849) and the short story “Landor’s Cottage” (1849)
Arabella, from the short story “The Man That Was Used Up” (1839)
Berenice, from the short story “Berenice” (1835)
Camille, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Eleonora, from the short story “Eleonora” (1842)
Ermengarde, from the short story “Eleonora” (1842)
Estelle, from the short story “The Mystery of Marie Roget” (1842)
Eugenie, from the short stories “The Spectacles” (1844) and “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether” (1845)
Eulalie, from the poem “Eulalie – A Song” (1845)
Evangeline, from the poem “Evangeline” (1848)
Fanny, from the poem “Fanny” (1833)
Grettel, from the short story “The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall” (1835)
Helen, from the poems “To Helen” (1831) and “To Helen” (1849)
Ianthe, from the poem “Al Aaraaf” (1829)
Isabel, from the poem “Fairy-Land” (1829)
Jacinta, from the play Politian (1835)
Jane, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Kate, from the short story “Three Sundays in a Week” (1841)
Kathleen, from the short story “The Man That Was Used Up” (1839)
Lalage, from the play Politian (1835)
Lenore, from the poems “Lenore” (1843) and “The Raven” (1845)
Ligeia, from the poem “Al Aaraaf” (1829) and the short story “Ligeia” (1838)
Madeline, from the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839)
Marian, from the short story “The Oblong Box” (1844)
Marie, from the short story “The Mystery of Marie Roget” (1842)
Miranda, from the short story “The Man That Was Used Up” (1839)
Morella, from the short story “Morella” (1835)
Pauline, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Psyche, from the short story “A Predicament” (1838)
Rowena, from the short story “Ligeia” (1838)
Stephanie, from the short story “The Spectacles” (1844)
Tabitha, from the piece “How to Write a Blackwood Article” (1838) and the short story “The Man That Was Used Up” (1839)
Ulalume (rhymes with tomb), from the poem “Ulalume” (1847)
Una, from the short story “The Colloquy of Monos and Una” (1841)
Zanthe, from the poem “Al Aaraaf” (1829)
Boy names
Adolphe, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Adolphus, from the short story “The Spectacles” (1844)
Alberto, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Alexander, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Alexandre, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Alfonzo, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Andrew, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Angelo, from the poem “Al Aaraaf” (1829)
Arthur, from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) and the short story “Some Words with a Mummy” (1845)
Auguste, from the short stories “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841), “The Mystery of Marie Roget” (1842), and “The Purloined Letter” (1844)
Augustus, from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) and the short story “A Tale of the Ragged Mountains” (1844)
Baldazzar, from the play Politian (1835)
Barnabas, from the short story “Thou Art the Man” (1844)
Benito, from the play Politian (1835)
Charles, from the short story “Thou Art the Man” (1844)
Cornelius, from the short story “The Oblong Box” (1844)
Dirk, from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838)
Egaeus, from the short story “Berenice” (1835)
Emmet, from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838)
Ernest, from the short story “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” (1845)
Ethelred, from the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839)
Fortunato, from the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” (1846)
Frank, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Frederick, from the short story “Metzengerstein” (1832)
Gordon, from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838)
Hans, from the short story “The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall” (1835)
Henri, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Isidore, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Israfel, from the poem “Israfel” (1831)
Jacques, from the short story “The Mystery of Marie Roget” (1842)
James, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
John, from the short story “The Man That Was Used Up” (1839) and the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Jules, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Julius, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Jupiter, from the short story “The Gold-Bug” (1843)
Meredith, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Napoleon, from the short story “The Spectacles” (1844)
Paul, from the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Pedro, from the short story “The Oval Portrait” (1842)
Peter, from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) and the short story “The Business Man” (1840)
Pierre, from the short story “Bon-Bon” (1832), the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840), and the short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841)
Poindexter, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Politian, from the play Politian (1835)
Prospero, from the short story “The Masque of the Red Death” (1842)
Richard, from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838)
Robert, from the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) and the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840)
Roderick, from the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839)
Rupert, from the play Politian (1835)
Tamerlane, from the poem “Tamerlane” (1827)
Theodore, from the short story “The Man That Was Used Up” (1839)
Toby, from the unfinished novel The Journal of Julius Rodman (1840) and the short story “Never Bet the Devil Your Head” (1841)
Ugo, from the play Politian (1835)
Victor, from the short story “The Spectacles” (1844)
William, from the short stories “William Wilson” (1839), “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841), and “The Gold-Bug” (1843)
Zoilus, from the short story “Shadow – A Parable” (1835)
Though they aren’t character names, Raven and Poe could be added to this list as well, as both are closely associated with Edgar Allan Poe. And both are bird-related, incidentally: the surname Poe can be traced back to the Middle English word for “peacock.”
Which of the above names do you like best? Which would you considering using in real life?
Mckinley, Richard. A History of British Surnames. New York: Routledge, 2013.
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