Moniker: The Histories and Mysteries of Names

We see hundreds of them in a day! But how did Memes and GIFs get their names? Did they exist before social media? And what on earth is the correct way to pronounce GIF??

We'll answer these and more questions as we look at the histories of these internet giants. Watch for detours into the "web" of the 90s!

Sources:

Websites:

www.techipages.com
www.dictionary.com
www.waybackmachine.com
www.britannica.com
www.knowyourmeme.com
www.burnyourgifs.org

Articles:
https://time.com/5791028/how-to-pronounce-gif/ 

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/15/15802136/gif-turns-30-evolution-internet-history

https://digitalcommunications.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2019/06/14/what-is-a-gif-file/ 

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/53242/when-did-we-start-talking-about-going-viral 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-gif-early-internet-innovation-ubiquitous-relic-180963543/ 

Books:
Dawkins, R. (1978). The Selfish Gene (New Ed). Oxford University Press.

Mina, A. X. (2019). Memes to Movements: How the World’s Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest and Power (Illustrated ed.). Beacon Press. 
https://www.amazon.com/Memes-Movements-Worlds-Changing-Protest/dp/0807056588/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=memes+to+movements&qid=1627915068&sr=8-2 


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If you have a tiny bit of Latin in your naming toolbelt, you can see how Mortimer seems like it has to do with the dead sea: Mort=death and mer=sea. But is this the whole story?? Why on earth would that be a person's name? Why is Mortimer both a last name and a first name? And why are so many pop culture jerks named Mortime?
We will attempt to answer all of these questions as we take the winding path of Mortimer from swamp to screen.


Sources:


Books:
de Beaurepaire, F., & de Beaurepaire, F. (1979). Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de la Seine-Maritime. A. et J. Picard.

Mortimer, I. (2013). The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England: 1327--1330. Thomas Dunne Books.

Thierry, A. (2014). History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: All Volumes. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.


Websites:
www.nameberry.com
 www.ancestry.com
www.ssa.gov
www.mortimerhistory.com       
https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3499
https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantagenet_50.html
https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1279730/rick-and-morty-creators-justin-roiland-dan-harmon-adult-swim-channel-4 

Articles:
https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2019/09/the-true-history-of-rollo-the-viking-from-whom-all-current-european-monarchs-descend/

https://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/jan07/mouse.html 

Keefe, P. (2017). The Family That Built an Empire of Pain. The New Yorker. Published. https://www.newyorker.com

Zelizer, J. (2018). America’s Long History of Anti-Semitism. The Atlantic. Published.



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In an episode inspired by a stupid quote from the movie Hercules, we aim to trace the popularity of the 90s darlings Jason and Brittany. But were these names as big in the 90s as we think? Join me as I go down the naming rabbit hole from ancient Greece to Watergate!

Sources:

Websites:
www.ssa.gov
www.imdb.com
www.behindthename.com
www.britannica.com
www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com

Articles:
https://www.verywellfamily.com/jason-name-meaning-origin-popularity-5181610
https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/britain-after-the-romans-left/
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Bretons-of-Brittany-France
https://historylink.org/file/1563
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3155063?seq=5#metadata_info_tab_contents 

Books:
Lieberson, S. (2010). A Matter of Taste: How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change. Yale University Press.
Hanks, P., Hodges, F., & Hardcastle, K. (2016). A Dictionary of First Names (The Oxford Reference Collection) (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.

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Today we're going to mine the depths of the Golden State! Hopefully we'll find some good nuggets! It'll be a real rush! (I know, I hate me too).


More to explore on the Latino/a and Mexican American experience of California:

Anthology of works by Los Angeles-based Latino/Hispanic writers
https://losangelesliterature.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/latinoa-writers-of-los-angeles-and-southern-california/

Books on California history by Latino authors

Occupied America by Rodolfo Acuna 
https://www.amazon.com/Occupied-America-History-Chicanos-8th/dp/0205880843/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=occupied+america&qid=1624643688&sr=8-1 

The History of Alta California: A Memoir of Mexican California  by Antonio Maria Osio 
https://www.amazon.com/History-Alta-California-Memoir-Mexican/dp/0299149749/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Alta+California&qid=1624643744&sr=8-5 



Sources:

Websites:
www.britannica.com 

www.census.gov

https://www.loc.gov/collections/california-first-person-narratives/articles-and-essays/early-california-history/

Articles:
https://medium.com/anne-t-kent-california-room-community-newsletter/the-problem-with-californias-application-for-statehood-e326b81012cc

https://exhibits.stanford.edu/california-as-an-island/feature/history 

https://amadisofgaul.blogspot.com/2009/07/california-according-to-garci-rodriguez.html 

The Mythical Straits of Anian. (1915). Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, 147.

Books:
Guinn, J. M., & Beck, J. (2015). A History of California and an Extended History of Los Angeles. Jazzybee Verlag.

Starr, K. (2007). California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) (Reprint ed.). Modern Library.


Videos:
https://reason.com/video/2021/06/07/is-california-over/

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Today I'm joined by my sister and favorite collaborator Mandy Gearhart (still technically Bozart but hey, who cares). We'll explore the trajectories of our names from their Greek and Latin roots to their late 20th century explosions. Beware of detours into pop culture and snacks!

Sources:

Articles: 
https://www.genealogy.com/articles/research/35_donna.html
https://datawookie.dev/blog/2015/11/evolution-of-first-names-changes-over-the-last-century/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meghan-baby-name-popularity_l_5cd97513e4b0796a95df8c36

Books:
Lieberson, S. (2010). A Matter of Taste: How Names, Fashions, and Culture Change. Yale University Press.

Levitt, S. D., & Dubner, S. J. (2020). Freakonomics Revised and Expanded Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (Revised, Expanded ed.). William Morrow Paperbacks.

Websites:
https://www.behindthename.com/
https://www.mamanatural.com/baby-names/girls/mandy/
https://www.names.org/n/mandy/about
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi 

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What do you think of when you hear the word Bohemian? Do you think of a province of Czechia? Me neither. You probably think of Moulin Rouge, La Boheme, and Rent (yuck), right? So how did the word Bohemian become avante garde? Join me as we dissect the origins of this regional name and how its meaning changed over the centuries! Please like and subscribe!

Sources:

Articles:

Houfek, S. (2020). A Real Bohemian Explores Her Roots. Realize Magazine. Published. http://realizemagazine.com/content/real-bohemian-explores-her-roots

Petrus, S. (1997). Rumblings of Discontent: American Popular Culture and its Response to the Beat Generation, 1957–1960. Studies in Popular Culture, 20, 1–17.

Websites:

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bohemia#Ancient_Bohemia

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/bohemian-word-history-origin

https://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/BarbarianBoii.htm

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/shakespeareshttps://www.bohaglass.co.uk/bohemian-movement/-plays/winters-tale/#:~:text=The%20Winter's%20Tale%20Summary,the%20son%20of%20Leontes'%20friend.

https://www.bohaglass.co.uk/bohemian-movement/

https://www.americaandbeyond.us/blogs/boho-fashion-blog/bohemian-style-history 

https://www.parisinsidersguide.com/the-latin-quarter-paris.html

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Today we kick off our Moniker Miniseries on How the States Got Their Names! We'll start with my home state of Oregon. No one knows for sure how Oregon got its name but historians have provided us with some pretty cool theories. Join us on a journey through Native American economics, European fur wars, and academic bickering!   

Sources:

Websites:
https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon_the_name/#.Xv39521KjIV

https://www.oregon.com/attractions/oregon-state-facts

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50465/thanatopsis

Books:
Project, F. W. (2013). The WPA Guide to Oregon: The Beaver State. Trinity University Press.

Articles:
Phillips. (2001). Fish Mystery: Did the Name of Oregon come from the Smelt-like Ooligan? Smoke Signals. Published.

Elliott, T. (1921). The Origin of the Name Oregon. The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, 22(2), 91-115. Retrieved July 3, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/20610179


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Welcome back for the part 2 of our story on how Smith became the most common surname in America! We'll go through the whole shebang from Capt. John Smith to Mr. & Mrs. Smith with all the racist awfulness in between! 

Be sure to support these and other Black creators who are doing groundbreaking work in the fields of genealogy, science, and history! 

Nicka Sewell-Smith
whoisnickasmith.com 
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Africanancestry.com 
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Award-Winning Journalist, Media & Storytelling Officer for the Field Foundation of Illinois 
https://fieldfoundation.org/meet-our-new-ms-program-officer-lolly-bowean/
Twitter:@lollybowean 


Sources:

Websites:

https://www.facinghistory.org/reconstruction-era/changing-names

https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=47

https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders-and-ministry/2018-08-10/we-are-family-over-500-descendants-of-joseph-smith-sr-and-lucy-mack-smith-gather-for-one-epic-reunion-9490

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/

http://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/page/mission 

http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1458 

https://www.thoughtco.com/smith-name-meaning-and-origin-1422624 

https://www.jaunequicktoseesmith.org/

https://www.bjpa.org/content/upload/bjpa/name/NAME%20CHANGING%20JEWISH%20REFUGEES%20CENTRAL%20EUROPE%20IN%20US,%20ERNEST%20MAAS%20SEPT%201958.pdf

census.gov

Books:

Smith, H. (1891). Fifty Years of Slavery in the United States of America. classics.us.

How did Smith become the most common surname in America? We'll trace the history of Smith beginning with its Anglo Saxon origins in the British Isles.

Sources:

Websites

https://www.census.gov/en.html

https://immigrationtounitedstates.org/393-british-immigrants.html

https://www.libraryireland.com/names/s/smist.php

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Agincourt

http://www.agincourt600.com/ 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Cromwell  

https://www.houseofnames.com/smith-family-crest/Irish

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/names-common-surname-ancestry-smith-outsiders-a8965056.html

Books

Arthur, W. (1857). An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. Sheldon, Blakeman, & Company.

The Smith family : being a popular account of most branches of the name--however spelt-- from the fourteenth century downwards, with numerous pedigrees now published for the first time. (1904). E. Stock.




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Welcome to Moniker: The Histories and Mysteries of Names. My name is Megan and I will be your guide as we take deep dives into the world of names and naming practices.  New episodes drop every other Saturday!




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