Surprisingly enough, the ten most uncommon last names in Michigan are easy to spell too. I was expecting super bizarre, hard-to-spell, or difficult-to-pronounce names. That is not the case at all. As far as the most popular first names in the United States right now, Olivia, Emma, Am...
Unique Girl Names Unique Boy Names Unique boy names may be rare mythological names or modern last names used as firsts, they might be uncommon nature names or gender-neutral names with international origins. Here's a starter set of unique boy names. Click through for hundreds more unique, ra...
Goda was a masculine name and Gode a feminine. Both were short forms of names featuring the name elementgod"God" or "good" such as Godwin, Godgifu and Godgýð. Goda, in this case, looks to be a Latinised form of Gode. Goda (Godgifu) of England was the daughter of Æthelr...
Abraham names his next-born child Champion. And early on, Champion is a gifted musician. The next boy, Ooneemeetoo, is a gift dancer. The two boys, born in northern Manitoba, move through their world, hunting caribou with their parents and making music and dances for their family. These...
FAVORITE BOATS of AMERICA since 1978. At a nationally advertised price, TRACKER was the first aluminum boat brand to sell a boat, motor, and trailer kit, revolutionizing the fishing and recreational boat industry. In the last four decades, TRACKER has continued to combine efficiency, fish power...
French has been offering not only incisive analysis of why the fear is rampant but why it is rampant now, during a time in America when political and legal movements of the last forty years, at both federal and state levels, have favored conservative Christians, colleges, and businesses more...
In the early days of large-scale U.S. railroad intermodal operations, described more accurately at that time as “Piggyback”, or TOFC (Trailer On Flat Car), the identification of these vehicles typically consisted of railroad company road names. Containers, as such, were unusual, although ...
Frank and my great grandfather, John Schmitt, last names originally “Nagelschmitt,” had emigrated through Ellis Island in 1848 from Alsace, presumably to escape the revolution and counter-revolution that swept Germany that year. The name “Nagelschmitt” appears to translate to...
Much like his control over choosing the performers, he would only let others conduct opera in the new hall with his permission. As stated in an obituary after his death in 1989, Karajan was “the last absolutist ruler”. The festival after Karajan A huge change occurred in the Salzburg ...