Map Monday, most common surname in each European country

What is the most common surname in Europe?  As frequent readers know this blog has a deep fascination with names.  Past posts have included my ramblings about how I created fictional character names and fantasy names. In addition to how I create names in my books, I’ve also blogged about… Read more“Map Monday, most common surname in each European country”

Map Monday, What are the most popular names in Europe?

New parents worry over everything from the very important, such as the baby’s health, to the extremely mundane, what color to paint the baby’s room.  Somewhere near the top of their list of concerns is what to name their child.  Some families are blessed (or cursed as the case may… Read more“Map Monday, What are the most popular names in Europe?”

You don’t need to be a philologist to create great fantasy names

One of my first posts on this blog ventured into a problem many fiction authors encounter – naming characters.  I focused on the Misaligned series.  It’s a contemporary fantasy story, albeit one with a connection to Welsh mythology, but nevertheless a story where most characters needed contemporary names. In that… Read more“You don’t need to be a philologist to create great fantasy names”