Baby Name Pondering

Celestina - she's strong yet feminine and lacy, a beautiful name inspired by the night sky. I came across Celestina as a 'contesta...

It's not unusual for people (especially name lovers) to name their toys. Sometimes the toymakers give us a helping hand and name t...

Every day on my tram ride into work, I pass by a big house with the name Penryn emblazoned on it. But it wasn't until recently that ...

Jane Fonda as Barbarella in the movie of the same name has become an iconic image. The character is a young woman who travels among vario...

These days, the lines between given names and brand names are growing ever more blurry. You don't have to look far to see some of t...

Valerie Azlynn  I wasn't really aware of who Valerie Azlynn was until I saw her last week on ' The Late Late Show with Craig Fe...

Photo courtesy of Tammy B Photography Have you ever come across a name in a book that just feels so perfect as a name that you wonder w...

Currently I'm reading the first book in ' The Liveship Traders ' series by Robin Hobb, and Malta is just one of the great n...

Photo by Elena Karneeva A few months ago I featured the name Zared , which I first came across in a fantasy novel. Today's name rem...

Emilia Clarke plays the Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen on HBO's ' Game of Thrones' As a name lover and fan of the 'A Song ...

I grew up in the 80's and have very fond memories of some of the fantasy adventure movies from that decade. Movies such as these wer...

Few things are as magical as that moment when the four Pevensie children first enter Narnia together Like many avid readers, when it com...

' League of Legends ' Champion Tryndamere - The Barbarian King Okay, so I'm not sure how many of these would fall into the ...

By panyangitz at deviant art As you may have been able to tell from some of my previous posts, I'm a bit of a fan of fantasy novels...

The latest Wizard of Oz sequel - called 'Dorothy of Oz' - is due out in 2013 Dorothy will be voiced by ' Glee ' star Lea...

Photography by Glow Portraits , crown available at  etsy A couple of weeks ago I met a guy called Lor. Yes, that's his real name,...