Hancock \ha-nco-ck, han-cock\ is defined as a boy's name is of Old English origin. May possibly relate to poultry. Bostonian patriot John Hancock was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence. His name is now used for a huge insurance conglomerate and an ultra-modern glass building in downtown Boston. Hancock is not a popular first name for men but a very popular surname or last name for all people.[source: thinkbabynames.com]

These days it is getting harder and harder to come up with unique baby names. I think that parents these days wants to give their child a name that is unique. There are so many commonly used names but unique names are conversation starters. If you have a unique name, people are always interested to know what it means and where the name comes from. I'm one of those people, intrigue about unique names. That is why I've decided to look into unique names, to provide you with a list including their meanings and origin. Hope this helps someone out there who is stuck for names.

There are numerous website online where they list baby names both for boys and girls. I would highly recommend checking babynames.com.au, It is a very organise site where names are well categories. They have lists of biblical names, shakespear names, timeless names and others. Next I would recommend babynames.com, not only do they have lists of names which are listed from A to Z they also have a search funstionality where you can type a name that you like and it brings that information up for you. They also have some fun stuff such as games, name surveys, celebrity names and more.They also have a "Name of the day"

I have always been interested in finding out how first names came about. According to an article I've read, first names have originated from places, mythology, history, and nature, but the history of names is so ancient that no one knows how it started. Dating back as far as oral history reaches, people have had names. In prehistoric times, descriptive names were used over and over until a name pool was created and rather than invent new names, parents just used existing names for their children. However, as languages changed some words were no longer used, but were still rooted in names. This is why it is difficult to determine the meaning of many names.[source: webcenters.netscape.compuserve.com]

Our first and last name is what differentiate us from one another. Our given names are normally given to us by our parents from birth. Names are very important as it helps sprcifies and differentiate us humans, animals and things from one another. We give our pet names to make it personal to us, like they are part of our family. At the vets they even given your pets the same surname as yours. Names are also given to all animals to differentiate them amongst each other. Birds for all flying animals, cats for cheetah, tiger, lynx, etc. and reptiles for crocodiles, snakes and turtles. Those are just their group names, then names becomes more specific depending of the species of the animal. We have also given names to plants and just like animal names, plant names are grouped into shrubs, trees, etc and then each plant is given a specific name depensing on their species.

Names are given to just about everything. Businesses are given names to differentiate them from one another and for branding purposes. Movies have different names which helps people remember them and sometimes movie names are a summery of what the movie is about. Names are given to cars, some car names have pretigious attachments to them such as BMW, Merc, Porsche, etc. Streets are given names to help us find our way around a place and to ensure that our letters gets to the right letter box. Even escorts have a working name for privacy reasons. Escorts Sydney or Melbourne Escorts have the most interesting escorts names. We have given names to our utensils, furnitures, houses, chairs, tables and many more. Having names for everything makes it easier to talk about thing in a more specific manner. When we talk about having fallen off a stool, we know exactly what type of chair a stool is, not just a any chair but a specific chair, "a stool". Without these names I think it will be very hard for people to talk about things and to help the listener imagine exactly what the speaker is telling them.