Pet Names
Episode #42 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss everything about pet names! Dog names, cat names, even hippos! We discuss common pet name categories, famous historical → full article
Names from Horror
Episode #41 – Just in time for Halloween, Jennifer and Mallory talk about iconic names from the horror genre: movies, tv, and books. They also → full article
Shakespeare Names
Episode #40 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss names from the works of William Shakespeare: names Shakespeare (allegedly) created, how Romeo and Juliet discussed names, Shakespeare → full article
Spanish Names
Episode #39 – In honor of Hispanic History Month, Jennifer and Mallory discuss Spanish names, the history of Spanish naming and name construction, Spanish surnames, → full article
Superhero Names
Episode #38 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss names of famous superheroes (and supervillains) from the comics, movies, and television. We also report on current celebrity → full article
Names from STEM
Episode #37 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss names inspired by STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. We go over namesakes of inventors, mathematicians, physicists, → full article
French Names
Episode #36 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss everything about French names! We start with the history of naming in France, then discuss the top 20 → full article
Names from Big Brother
Episode #35 – Big Brother is an international reality show that has been on air in the U.S. since the year 2000, and just recently → full article
Names from Musicals
Episode #34 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss names from musical theater – movie and stage musicals! We first go over musicals with names in the → full article
Color Names
Episode #33 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss a spectrum of baby names derived from colors. We also gab about the latest celebrity baby news and → full article
Archie, Psalm, and the 2018 Social Security Baby Names List
Episode #32 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss the royal baby Archie, the newest Kardashian-West, the top 1000 names of actual U.S. babies born in 2018, → full article
The History of English Names
Episode #31 – Our guest is Kevin Stroud, attorney and host of The History of English Podcast. We talk about English naming, and what happened → full article
Fun with Dick and Maryjane – Names that Mean Other Things
Episode #30 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss names that have evolved into meaning other things, particularly in slang or colloquialisms. Please Note: this episode contains → full article
Names from Game of Thrones
Episode #29 – To celebrate the premiere of the final season of the HBO series Game of Thrones, Jennifer and Mallory discuss names from the → full article
The Absolute WORST Baby Names Ever
Episode #28 – What are the absolute WORST baby names we’ve ever heard? In this episode, Jennifer and Mallory address this question that they get → full article
