"We want to help you answer that age-old question: what's in a name? Ever wondered where your name comes from? Ever wondered where it's going? WhitePages Names is here for you to indulge your curiosity. From the common (there are 3,551,763 Johns in the United States) to the rare (there are 411 people named Jv), we can help you find the information you want, and maybe even have some fun."If you're like me and many other people out there who are interested in names, then this site is perfect for you. Perhaps you have a baby on the way or know someone who is expecting. Maybe you just got a new pet and have no idea what to name it. Perhaps you've come across a name that you have no clue how to pronounce. Then White Pages Names is definitely a site to check out!
Upon entering the home page, you can see a "Name of the Day" Today's name is Theodore and the image below shows exactly what it looks like on the home page. Each day will feature a new name and tell specific info about that name such as how it is pronounced, the meaning and the rank in US. For example Theodore is ranked 397th in the US for 2011.
As mentioned above, you can browse the most popular names by letter. Our very own Anne and Amanda are at the top of that list! I'll have to share this with them for sure!
Of course, curious minded as I am, I had to see what the letter "M" held for popular names. I was not surprised one bit to see my name on that list. In elementary school, there were four girls names Melissa in my grade alone! I also found that three of my cousins' as well as my soon to be MIL's names were all on that list. However, Mary isn't; even though it was listed as the most popular first name.
Playing around in the popular "B" names, I found my dad's. That made me smile. My son's wasn't found in the popular "C" names, but that does not surprise me. The Man has a really uncommon name, so we didn't want common names for our boys.
I clicked on "Discover" next and found the little tidbit below quite interesting!
"We have organized the most popular first and last names by state, city and year. Of course, WhitePages.com didn’t exist in 1910, so we used the Social Security Administration’s popular birth names for pre-Internet days. If popularity isn’t your thing, you can even browse names by their meaning to find that perfect child’s name or finally understand why your parents named you Mark - meaning "God is gracious""On this page you can find the most popular first and last names by state and city, the most and least popular by time and you can search by meaning. Below are the most and least popular by time.
It was quite interesting to see that the 8 most popular names in the last century are all female names! I guess girls really do rule!
After this I searched names by meaning. The first I clicked on "Noble" led me directly to my dad's name "Brian" again. This morning started off pretty bad, so I'm wondering if he's reaching out from beyond to comfort me somehow!
Although I always knew my name means "Honey Bee", I searched anyway and had to laugh at the meaning.
"From the Greek word melissa ‘honey bee’. It is the name of the good witch who releases Rogero from the power of the bad witch Alcina in Ariosto's narrative poem Orlando Furioso (1532). The name was fairly popular in the 1990s, along with other girls’ names sharing the same first syllable."It's funny because I got sucked into a MMORPG game a few years ago and my first characters were a Warlock and Mage. Perhaps I have some secret "witchy" abilities that I'm unaware of!
The nicknames above gave me a pretty good laugh too! People have always called me "Melis" of course, but I was surprised to find "Melika" on there. Years ago, my cousin's friend accidentally called me that by mistake, getting tongue tied or something. It was so funny, we even joked about it years later!
Ok, so you've seen the fun I've had with this site over the past hour and a half! Now it's your turn. I dare you! Check out White Pages Names and see what your name means. Check out names from other people you know. It's really quite interesting. When the kids get home later this afternoon, I'm going to show them so they can play around. You should have seen them when they found the "baby name" book last year when we were moving. They didn't put it down for days. This is going to be even better!
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129 comments:
Anne.....has a very interesting meaning behind it according to the site. I think I need to process this info now......
What a fun site, I am off to check it out!
Very cool, I always gave my mom a hard time about Corrie being a boys name, turns out 98% are girls!
I found my name is derivative a male name
I like the most popular first names lists
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I learned that most of the people with my name and spelling are In Nebraska and that the majority are over 55.
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people in the U.S. have the same name as my daughter, Bailey!
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My name is 1,815th in the U.S. for 2011
I learned that the state I was born in (Texas) has the most people with my name.
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New Hampshire has the most people named Susan per capita
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I learned that the state of Michigan has the most "Michelle's" per capita
I learned that Hawaii has the highest number of people with my name per capita!
I found out there are 130 people in the country with my name. Thanks for the chance.
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39 people have my name
I learned that Tens of thousands of people have my last name in the U.S.
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I found out my name Dawn means daybreak.
I found that hardly anyone shares my name, Lorri, compared to other names
1954 was the height of popularity for my name.
I learned that 486 people in the US have my youngest daughter's name.
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I learned that utah has the most kristy's of any other state!
I learned that Massachusetts has the most people named Ann per capita
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I learned that my name was ranked 12,218th in 2011.
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Five people have the same name as mine.
Mississippi has the most people per capita with my name (Mary).
I'm entering on the rafflecopter with my Facebook username (Mary Happymommy).
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3 in every thousand share my name in my state.
I learned that the state I live in (California) has the most people with my name
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I searched my full name and it said 0 people had my name.
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New Hampshire has the most people named Suzanne per capita
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over 49,000 americans share my last name
My name reached its peak in 1962.
I found that 497,691 people have by name, Joyce
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I looked up my oldest daughter's name and there's 55,232 people with her name right now. thank you!
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My first name was 40th in popularity in the US in 2011
the highet of my name was in 1979
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Learned that at least the number given for those in the US with my last name is incorrect--I'm in OK and they missed that state entirely! But I did know it was rare--they only found 85 of them.
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From the Greek island of Thēra.
nice.
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I learned that there are 4,540 people in the US with my first name.
The name Susan was the most popular girl name in 1954.
Mu name is Susan and the height of popularity for that name came in 1954. Just the year I was born!
I like the Name of the Day feature!
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I learned 141,879 people have the same name
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It is so much fun to look up all our family names and find interesting facts about them!
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1730 people in the us have my name. The highest number in utah. Weird.
LIAM
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Short form of Irish Uilliam (Irish equivalent of William). It is now generally used as an independent given name and since the 1990s has been in vogue throughout the English-speaking world, in common with a number of other names of Celtic origin.
3,525th in the U.S. for 2011
I think it's cool that they have a name of the day!
I like the Name of the Day on their homepage.
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I discovered that you can do a reverse phone lookup!
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I like the name facts. I learned that 24,282 people in the US have my name which surprises me because I rarely find anyone with my name.
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I learned that my name is 49th in the U.S. for 2011
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248 have my name
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The Virgin Islands have the most people named Quinn per capita. It's my daughter's name!
178,871 people have the same name
192 people have the name Lyric
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Interesting - my name Barbara is from Latin, meaning foreign woman.
Thank you.
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The name of the day is YOLANDI, which I've never heard before.
My name was 404th in popularity in 2011.
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i learned that my name was #13 in popularity in 2011
i found 268,576 in the us with my daughters name, morgan
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Patricia is a latin name.
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My first name comes from the phrase ‘I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys’ (Song of Solomon 2:1)-it is a Biblical name.
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99% of the people with the name Aidan(my grandson)are under 12 years old.
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Thanks for a great giveaway! I love that you can put in a phone number and get an address! Now I can see who's been pranking us! lol
Angela Michels
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found out the number of people who have the same name
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My name was most popular in 1977.
I love that it lists how many people share the name and how many in each state. Awesome name site!
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There are only 49 people with my daughter in laws maiden name
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I looked up my little dude's name and found out there are only 15 people in the U.S. with his name!
I learned that South Carolina has the most people with my name.
I like that they have name of the day.
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I love that I found out I can find out interesting facts about my own name, which is so cool
Jamie Brigham
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I am one of 2 Seyma's in NC.
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The name milly is 5,150th in the us for 2011.
I looked up my own name and found some interesting facts I didn't know! Utah supposedly has the most Tamara's. I really like this website! Thanks for the chance to win!
sad. Milly doesn't have a meaning.
Thanks for the contest.
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My name was 1,206th in the U.S. for 2011.
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the name of the day is yevgeny
my daughters name isnt in there with that spelling
There are only 60 people in the U.S. with my name!
My name is most popular in Rhode Island.
It said there were only 3 people with my daughter's name and most of them lived in Georgia! Guess where we live?! GA!
I learned my name is most popular in South Dakota, which is where I am from!
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Name of the day is "DARIUS"
I learned that my name is most common in West Virginia
I learned that my name is the 13th in the U.S. for 2011, and that New Hampshire has the most people named Jennifer per capita. Neat site. Thanks for the giveaway.
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New Hampshire has the most people named Lisa per capita. tylerpants(at)gmail.com
2,428 have the same first name as me.
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Love this site! I learned that my name means pearl.
Thanks so much.
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I wonder who the .18% are that use Michelle as a boys name! Thats interesting. What a cool site!
the word for today is darius
I learned that name is 18th in the U.S. for 2011. That's a cool site to go to.I've never seen anything like it. Thanks for the giveaway!
Rhode Island has the most people named Gianna per capita.
I found out that Laura is Feminine form of the Late Latin male name Laurus ‘laurel’.
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My name means "the bee" in Hebrew.
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South Dakota has the most people named Kristi per capita
Eva is the name of the day today.
there are 60 others in the uS with my name - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
66,427 have the name Candice and Utah has the most per capita. Such a fun site!
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I learned that my name was at the height of its popularity in 1976
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I learned today's name of the day is Everlyn. It is 14,908th in the US for 2012. I can honestly say that I have never heard this name before.
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My name peaked in 1979.
I learned that Massachusetts has the most people named Annemarie per capita!
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I learned that 1983 marked the height of its popularity.
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I learned that the Name of the Day is Everlyn.
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i learned utah has the most people with my name. Very nifty site.
196,588 people in the US have the name Holly!
I found out that 165,428 people have my name
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I've always disliked my unusual name. I learned that only 147,075 in the US have the same name.
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Most popular first names
James has beat out Michael
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New Hampshire has the most people in the usa with my name
Susan was the most popular girl name in 1954
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i learned my name(shirley)It was given by Charlotte Brontë to the heroine of her novel Shirley (1849).
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There are 0 people with my son's whole name living in the U.S.Wonder how that is possible...lol
Cindy B (on rc/fb) ~ my husband's name is a lot more popular than I thought. Thanks for another great giveaway.
There are 3622 other people in the US with the same first name as me.
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Conner is derived from Connor(irish)
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Conner is derived from Connor, and is Irish
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I learned that Alaska is the state with the most people with my name per capita. Thanks!
Geoff K
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That this site was even here, this is cool. And that my daughters name Valli is more popular than I think. Not very popular though.
I learned that my daughters name Valli is more popular than I thought.
The name of the day was Everlyn, but there was no meaning available for that name.
My name is 56th most popular name in 2011 :)
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I learned that there is 18 people in the United States with my last name!
How neat :) Thank you for this opportunity!
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