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Articles by Zeffy

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Sephora, who goes by Zeffy on her blog Baby Names from Yesteryear, is a history obsessive and name enthusiast. She has a degree in history and likes to spend her spare time researching dusty old sources for forgotten gems. Gifted with an unusual name upon birth, she prefers to focus on the weird and wonderful world of unusual names.

Tue Nov 18 2014

Opera Baby Names: Handles from Handel

George Frideric Handel was a prolific composer of operas and, it turns out, a great creator of quasi-unique baby name possibilities.
Sun Jul 27 2014

Names From an Art Dynasty: Raffaelle, Rembrandt and Rubens Peale

Unique in art history, this family of artists–the Peales– used other great artists of the past as namesakes for their children.