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> What's in a Name?
>
> Most of us are interested in information related to our name.
> Is it a popular name? Does it have a literal meaning? Where
> does it come from? There are sites on the web that could be
> the inspiration for a brief, engaging, and perhaps somewhat
> whimsical activity for students: researching their own name.
>
> Or these sites might lead to a deeper, statistically-oriented,
> graph-building, cross-cultural study of names. Students might
> want to consider the reasons why baby-naming trends change
> over the decades, as part of a comparison of the "most popular
> names" over time and across locations.
>
> British Columbia Vital Statistics (most popular baby names,
> 1996):
> http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/vs/births/babyname.html
>
> Top Names for Baby, Alberta, Canada, 1996:
> http://www.crowfoot.com/plates/babies.htm
>
> Baby Names in Michigan, 1995:
> http://www.mdmh.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/NAMES95.HTM
>
> BabyCenter (popular baby names, past and present):
> http://www.babycenter.com/babyname/popnames.html
>
> 1990 U.S. Census (has section on frequency of male and female
> first names):
> http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/genealogy/www/freqnames.html
>
> First Names and What They Mean:
> http://www.zelo.com/firstnames
>
> The Etymology of First Names:
> http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~mcampbel/etym/top.html
> http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~mcampbel/etym/sources.html
> Elizabeth Wellburn (ewellbur@cln.etc.bc.ca)
> CLN, Open School, B.C., Canada, phone:250 953 7431 fax:250 953 7444
> Open School http://www.openschool.bc.ca/index.html
> Community Learning Network http://www.etc.bc.ca/tdebhome/cln.html
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>
> Permission is granted to redistribute the above message provided that
> credit is given to the source and no fees are charged.
passed on by: --
Pat Elliott
Teacher/Librarian
Ferndale Woods Elementary School
Barrie, Ontario Canada
mailto:pat.elliott@sympatico.ca
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> What's in a Name?
<P> Most of us are interested in information related to our name.
<BR> Is it a popular name? Does it have a literal meaning? Where
<BR> does it come from? There are sites on the web that could be
<BR> the inspiration for a brief, engaging, and perhaps somewhat
<BR> whimsical activity for students: researching their own name.
<P> Or these sites might lead to a deeper, statistically-oriented,
<BR> graph-building, cross-cultural study of names. Students might
<BR> want to consider the reasons why baby-naming trends change
<BR> over the decades, as part of a comparison of the "most popular
<BR> names" over time and across locations.
<P> British Columbia Vital Statistics (most popular baby names,
<BR> 1996):
<BR> <A
HREF="http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/vs/births/babyname.html">http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/vs/births/babyname.html</A>
<P> Top Names for Baby, Alberta, Canada, 1996:
<BR> <A
HREF="http://www.crowfoot.com/plates/babies.htm">http://www.crowfoot.com/plates/babies.htm</A>
<P> Baby Names in Michigan, 1995:
<BR> <A
HREF="http://www.mdmh.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/NAMES95.HTM">http://www.mdmh.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/NAMES95.HTM</A>
<P> BabyCenter (popular baby names, past and present):
<BR> <A
HREF="http://www.babycenter.com/babyname/popnames.html">http://www.babycenter.com/babyname/popnames.html</A>
<P> 1990 U.S. Census (has section on frequency of male and female
<BR> first names):
<BR> <A
HREF="http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/genealogy/www/freqnames.html">http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/genealogy/www/freqnames.html</A>
<P> First Names and What They Mean:
<BR> <A
HREF="http://www.zelo.com/firstnames">http://www.zelo.com/firstnames</A>
<P> The Etymology of First Names:
<BR> <A
HREF="http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~mcampbel/etym/top.html">http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~mcampbel/etym/top.html</A>
<BR> <A
HREF="http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~mcampbel/etym/sources.html">http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~mcampbel/etym/sources.html</A></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE><A
HREF="http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~mcampbel/etym/sources.html"></A>
<P> Elizabeth Wellburn (ewellbur@cln.etc.bc.ca)
<BR> CLN, Open School, B.C., Canada, phone:250 953 7431
fax:250 953 7444
<BR> Open
School
<A
HREF="http://www.openschool.bc.ca/index.html">http://www.openschool.bc.ca/index.html</A>
<BR> Community Learning Network <A
HREF="http://www.etc.bc.ca/tdebhome/cln.html">http://www.etc.bc.ca/tdebhome/cln.html</A>
<BR> Network Nuggets Archives: <A
HREF="http://www.etc.bc.ca/lists/nuggets/home.html">http://www.etc.bc.ca/lists/nuggets/home.html</A>
<BR> subscribe/unsub info: <A
HREF="http://www.etc.bc.ca/lists/nuggets/join.html">http://www.etc.bc.ca/lists/nuggets/join.html</A>
<P> Permission is granted to redistribute the above message provided
that
<BR> credit is given to the source and no fees are charged.</BLOCKQUOTE>
passed on by: --
<BR>Pat Elliott
<BR>Teacher/Librarian
<BR>Ferndale Woods Elementary School
<BR>Barrie, Ontario Canada
<BR><A HREF="mailto:pat.elliott@sympatico.ca">mailto:pat.elliott@sympatico.ca</A>
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