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Popularity of the baby name Aristarchus


Posts that mention the name Aristarchus

Baby names with STAR: Starling, Castara, Alastar

stars

Looking for a name that’s the STAR of the show?

If so, you’re in luck!

Below you’ll find a long list of names that contain the letter sequence “s-t-a-r.”

Some of these names come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data, but — because the data only includes about five dozen STAR names — I augmented the list with names gathered from U.S. vital records, censuses, and headstones.

  • Alastar, Alistar
  • Aristarchus
  • Armstard
  • Astar
  • Astara
  • Astaria
  • Astarte
  • Daystar
  • Estarlin
  • Gustar
  • Kristara
  • Nestar
  • Nestara
  • Ostara
  • Star, Starr
  • Stara, Starra
  • Starann
  • Starasia
  • Starbella
  • Starbelle
  • Starboard
  • Starbrina
  • Starbuck
  • Starburn
  • Starby
  • Starcia
  • Starcie, Starcy
  • Starden
  • Stardette
  • Stardust
  • Starel, Starell
  • Starella
  • Staren
  • Starene
  • Staresha
  • Staretta
  • Starfield
  • Starford
  • Stari, Starie, Starri, Starry
  • Staria
  • Starina
  • Starine
  • Starion
  • Staris
  • Starisha
  • Starita
  • Stark, Starke
  • Starkeisha
  • Starkes, Starks
  • Starkesha
  • Starkey, Starkie
  • Starkisha
  • Starla, Starrla, Starlah
  • Starlan
  • Starland
  • Starleana
  • Starlen
  • Starlena
  • Starlene, Starleen, Starlean, Starrleen
  • Starlet, Starlette, Starlett, Starrlette
  • Starletta
  • Starley, Starlee, Starlie, Starleigh, Starly
  • Starlight, Starlite
  • Starlin
  • Starlina
  • Starling
  • Starlisa
  • Starlisha
  • Starlit
  • Starlita
  • Starlon
  • Starlotta
  • Starlus
  • Starlyn, Starlynn, Starrlyn, Starrlynn, Starlin
  • Starlyne
  • Starna
  • Starnella
  • Starnell, Starnelle
  • Starner
  • Starnes
  • Starnisha
  • Staron
  • Starquasia
  • Starrett, Starett, Starette
  • Starritt, Staritt
  • Starsha
  • Starshema, Starshemah
  • Starsia
  • Starsie
  • Starsky
  • Startasia
  • Startina
  • Starton
  • Starwood
  • Staryl
  • Starza
  • Starzy
  • Sylvestar
  • Wistar

Some of the more whimsical STAR names I spotted while doing research include…

  • Starchild, Starbird, Starfire, Starfawn
  • Eveningstar, Fallingstar, Risingstar, Shiningstar, Dancingstar
  • Stardancer, Starwalker, Stargazer, Starhunter, Starcatcher

(And I’ve previously blogged about combinations like Northstar, Bluestar, Sunstar, Starfinder, Starblanket, and Starship.)

Which STAR name do you like most? Let me know in the comments!

Sources: SSA, FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave

Image: Adapted from “Cosmic Cliffs” in the Carina Nebula (by NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)

Nomenclator: Ancient Roman name-rememberer

Colosseum

In ancient times, well-to-do Romans didn’t have to worry about remembering people’s names. Why? Because they had special name-remembering slaves to do the job for them.

These slaves were called nomenclators, from the Latin words nomen, meaning “name,” and calo, meaning, “call together, summon.”

Essentially, a nomenclator was a social secretary. He accompanied his master in public and reminded him of the names and details of important individuals, such as business acquaintances. Nomenclators were particularly useful to politicians soliciting votes in elections to public office.

The Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum owns a 1st century epitaph for a guy named Aristarchus who worked as a nomenclator. (The name Aristarchus is based on the ancient Greek words aristos, meaning “best,” and archos, meaning “master.”)

Are you good at remembering names? Would you have made an efficient nomenclator?

P.S. I learned about this interesting ancient job from episode 51 of the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast.

Sources: Nomenclator – Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Nomenclator – Wiktionary, ‘Working IX to V’ in Ancient Rome and Greece

Image: Adapted from The Colosseum archs, Rome by Jorge Royan under CC BY-SA 3.0.