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We all get to name something in our lifetime. We can treat the occasion as a solemn duty, a mindless chore, or a chance to express our creativity or our sense of humor. In any case, we seldom realize what power there is in naming something—in creating a string of syllables that others must use. It is like inventing a new word for the language. Even if the sounds and spelling are old, that new label you assign to someone or something gets a new definition, a new meaning for the people around you—and maybe, if fate dictates, for the whole world.
Famous Cowboy Names
Famous Cowboys Actors — Notable personalities of movies and TV whose fame was predominantly in westerns.
Famous Cowboy Characters on Screen — Notable cowboy characters in western movies and TV series.
Legends of the Old West — Notable personalities of the West.
Sports Team Names
Professional Baseball Leagues and Teams — A list of professional baseball team names, past and present.
Major League Baseball Standings, 1901-now — Season standings of teams with variable sorting.
Professional Football Leagues and Teams — A list of professional football leagues and teams.
National Football League Standings, 1933-now — A list of professional baseball leagues and teams.
Basketball Team Names — A list of professional basketball team names, past and present.
Hockey Team Names — A list of professional hockey team names, past and present.
Best List of American Colleges & Universities — A complete list of American colleges and universities, and facts about them.
Other Name Lists
Famous Dog Names with images — Dog in movies, comics, TV and history.
Famous Ship and Boats with images — Famous sailing vessels: distinquish by tragedy, record setting, historic events.
Famous Fictional Detectives — Private detectives in books, movies and TV.
Famous Streets and Roads — Famous Byways around the world.
Famous Masked Heroes — What were they called during their day job?
U.S. State Names — Origins and meanings of the American state names and other facts.
Renaming the States — What if we could rename the States...
Name Generators
Boat Name Maker — Got a boat to name?
Street Name Maker — Want to invent a pastoral name for a street?
Fictional Name Generator — Create your own fictional name.
America Indian Name Generator — Create your own Indian name.
Naming Fun
Hair Raising Names — Barbers are great at creating pun-ishing names for their businesses.
Silly Business Names — Some clever business names aren’t so clever.
Jack Words — The name Jack is part of many common English phrases.
Articles about Names
What is a Name? — That question is finally answered.
Strong Names/Weak Names — Why are some names stronger than others?
Commercial Names — You don’t buy a good commercial name, you sell it.
Place Names — Surveying the names of states and cities in the United States.
Street Names — The story of street names in the United States.
Sports Team Names — A look at the game of naming sports teams.
Surnames and Her-Names — The history and future of last names.
Common Surnames in the U.S. — Most common surnames, 2000 compared to 1790.
You're Not Your Name — Don’t take your personal name personally.