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​WORDS THAT BECAME NAMES

Words that becoming names: Back in day when they were still burning witches at the stake, it was common for names to derive from virtuous nouns, like Honor or Obedience, that parents wanted their children to embody. Some Puritanical names are best left to the 1600s (Humiliation), but others are perfectly descriptive for modern names,

Words for occupations becoming names: It’s likely that you know someone with the last name Miller (one who mills), Baker (one who bakes), or Cook (one who cooks). It was.common for terms for occupations becoming first names. This patter of naming has been popular since the 1600s and 1700s.

Words for nature becoming names: Flowers, plants, mountains, bodies of water: Lovely outdoor vistas have always been popular sources for names. While some of these old-fashioned names have fallen out of favor, many have been making a steady comeback.

We also have names derived from food and drink or entertainment. Geography and Astronomy are both common science naming practices.

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ADNOMINATIO - assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.

ANTHROPONYMS - study of the names of people

​APTRONYM - a name aptly suited to its owner, often because the name applies in more than one sense.

ANTONOMASIA - term in which a descriptive phrase replaces a person’s name. It can range from lighthearted nicknames to epic names.

ARCHETYPAL NAMES - proper names.

BIFF - from a nickname that was based on the English word biff, which means "punch, hit, strike".

​COGNOMEN - a name, more specifically a nickname

CRYPTONYM - private or secret name

DEMONYMS - names used for the people who live in a particular country, state, or other locality. Formal demonyms for the above are New Zealander, Connecticuter and Nebraskan, respectively.

DOMUNYM - literally ‘home name,’ used to identify people from particular places (Philadelphians; Annapolitans).

EPONYMS is a person, place, or thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives derived from eponym include eponymous and eponymic.

EXONYM - place name used by foreigners that differs from the name used by natives. For example, Londres is the French exonym for London; Germany is an exonym because Germans call it Deutschland.

​FAMILECT - a created name known only to members of your family. It's part of the 'house dialect.

HYPOCORISM - use of pet names, diminutives, baby talk, or terms of endearment. "Comfy" instead of "comfortable."

Ekename: The Origin of the Word
"A nickname is not, as one might at first suppose, a name that has been stolen or nickedfrom somewhere else; it is, literally, an 'additional name.' The current form of the word, with the element as nick-, is in fact a corruption of the earlier form eke-name (with the first element as eke-). . . .

NOA WORD - a word free of any taboo in the languages under consideration, usually signifying that it may be employed without reservation in the creation of an international commercial name.

ONOMASTICS - study of proper names,

PATRONYMIC - of or relating to the name of one's father or a paternal ancestor; also, a name so derived.

PROSONOMASIA - nickname is a familiar form of a proper name

​SOBRIQUET - nickname is a familiar form of a proper name

SHIBBOLETH - a word or pronunciation that distinguishes people of one group or class from those of another.

TAUTONYM - a scientific name in which the genus and species names are the same. For example, gorilla gorilla.

THEOPHOROUS - having the name of a god; derived from the name of a deity

​TOPONYMS - study of names of places places (toponyms).
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TRIONYM - name consisting of three words

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