Personal names around the world

"How do people's names differ around the world, and what are the implications of those differences on the design of forms, databases, ontologies, etc. for the Web?

 People who create web forms, databases, or ontologies are often unaware how different people’s names can be in other countries. They build their forms or databases in a way that assumes too much on the part of foreign users. This article will first introduce you to some of the different styles used for personal names, and then some of the possible implications for handling those on the Web."

http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-personal-names

My Buddhist Name

My Buddhist name is Dharma Teacher Firmly-Established Never-Diminishing Youth. What's yours?

"Reading Buddhist literature, one thing that struck me was how the names of all the significant people were so cool after having being translated from the Japanese, based on the original Sanskrit via Chinese. Studying deeper, I came to realise how I could divine what Buddhist name you are guaranteed to obtain within the next major world system dust particle kalpa, or your money back."

http://mybuddhistname.com/

Welsh place name search

"You don't have to be a language expert to work out what some of the place names in Wales may mean. This new search tool aims to help uncover the meaning behind them.

It includes hundreds of Welsh, English, Norse and French word elements which make up the names of our cities, towns, villages and even houses, farms, streets and buildings."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/whatsinaname/sites/placenametool/

The Blogadilla Swedish Furniture Name Generator

"This is the kind of stuff you dream up while waiting around in IKEA for 2 hours.

Enter your first name and it will create your Swedish furniture name."

http://www.blogadilla.com/2008/05/11/the-blogadilla-swedish-furniture-name-generator/

The Meaning of Liff

"In Life*, there are many hundreds of common experiences, feelings, situations and even objects which we all know and recognize, but for which no words exist. On the other hand, the world is littererd with thousands of spare words which spend their time doing nothing but loafing about on signposts pointing at places. Our job, as wee see it, is to get these words dow off the signposts and into the mouths of babes and sucklings and so on, where they can start earning their keep in everyday conversation and make a more positive contribution to society."

http://folk.uio.no/alied/TMoL.html

Network Naming Schemes

"A good naming theme is scalable, unique, and easy to remember. The purpose of these naming schemes is to name network computers, but it can also be used to name projects, variables, streets, pets, kids, or any other project where unique names and rememberable names are required. "

http://namingschemes.com/Main_Page

Name Generators

http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php

Fake Name Generator

http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/gen-random-en-uk.php

Your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

Lady Fortune the Absurd of Greater Internetshire presents your opportunity to receive your very own eccentric British aristocratic title.

http://www.masquerademaskarts.com/memes/peculiartitle.php