<![CDATA[Jezebel: Name Game]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Name Game]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/name game http://jezebel.com/tag/name game <![CDATA[It's Time To Bet On Bey-Z Baby Names]]> An Irish bookmaker has helpfully drawn up a list of possible names for Beyoncé and Jay-Z's baby, complete with odds. Let the gambling begin! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5835345&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Why Doesn't Anyone Want To Be Called "Grandma" Anymore?]]> For years, people have used a variety of terms for their grandparents, from Nana to PawPaw. Recently, Blythe Danner and Goldie Hawn rejected the name "grandma" so now it's officially a trend! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5801143&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Japanese Women Fight For Right To Keep Their Maiden Names]]> Four women and one of their husbands filed a lawsuit yesterday in Tokyo to challenge the law that forces almost all Japanese women to take their husband's last name, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Japan's Civil Code, which was written in 1898, requires that married couples share the same last name. It's extremely unusual for a man to take his wife's name, unless she's from a noble family. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5760692&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Pros And Cons Of Gender-Neutral Naming]]> A Canadian professor reports a rise in gender-neutral names. Which is awesome — maybe. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5720648&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Tizzy Over What To Call Kate Middleton]]> Despite a complete lack of control over the situation, many people are getting weirdly atwitter over whether or not Kate Middleton will score the bona fide "princess" title. And if they're not concerned with that, it's the "commoner" thing. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5715292&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Portia DeGeneres, Kelly McGillis And The Battle For Equality]]> The central conflict of the most heralded love story in history can be encapsulated in four words: "What's in a name?" More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5652431&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Countries That Regulate Baby Names]]> 1. In Germany, Matti is an unacceptable boy's name, but Legolas is cool. 2. 15-20% of new baby names are rejected each year in Denmark. 3. There is a kid somewhere in New Zealand named "Midnight Chardonnay." [Mental Floss] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5574417&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Secret Lives Of Fictional Characters]]> Think celebrity baby names are weird? The Pillsbury Doughboy has a wife named Poppie Fresh and two kids named Popper and Bun Bun, and Mr. Clean's real first name is "Veritably." [CNN] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5562338&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Z Is For Zoe, A Cutie With Zing]]> Zoe's adorable, but look out — she bites. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5492100&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Y Is For Yvonne, A Shady Lady]]> If Yvonne seems a bit aloof, it's not that she doesn't like you — it's just that she has to protect her secret identity. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5486575&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[X Is For Xena, Xylina, And Other Xceptional Ladies]]> If you're blessed with an X name, you're probably pretty fierce — because you have to be. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5481171&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[W Is For Wendy, Who'll Soothe Your Wounds]]> With her kind and nurturing demeanor, Wendy is there to help the lost boy — or girl — in all of us. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5475756&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[V Is For Valerie, A Hot Valentine]]> Today is V-Day — Valerie Day, that is. And lucky Val inspires nothing if not love. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5470542&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[U Is For Ursula, Who's Due For A Comeback]]> Ursula's not such a popular name these days — but given its sea-witch-meets-Bond-girl pedigree, maybe it should be. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5465123&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[T Is For Taylor, A Trend That Should Die]]> Taylors, like Madisons, have been cursed with an obnoxiously trendy name. Can they redeem themselves? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5459721&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[S Is For Samantha, A Soccer-Playing, Hair-Modeling Ninja]]> With her flowing hair and her shelf full of trophies, Samantha's the kind of girl you hate because she's good at everything. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5454740&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[R Is For Rachel, From Routine To Rad]]> At first glance, Rachel may seem like the most mainstream of American names. But a few famous Rachels are turning it into something more interesting. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5449066&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Q Is For ... Um ...]]> Quinn, Queenie, Quetzal — by now you already know you have somewhat unusual names. And you know that makes you both lucky and unlucky. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5443774&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[P Is For Paula, Who's A Little Bit Nutty]]> Paula has always struck me as a motherly name — for a mom who's a little bit kooky. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5429676&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[K Is For Kate, Who Kicks Ass, Takes Names]]> Kate doesn't take shit from anybody, meaning she can be an awesome go-getter — or an ice queen. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5398788&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[J Is For Jennifer, The Vanilla Of Names]]> Jennifer was the most popular girl's name from 1970 all the way to 1984, and its sheer ubiquity makes Jennifer seem wholesome, trustworthy — and a little run-of-the-mill. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5393675&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Latin & Hispanic Names: "Doomed"]]> In a story for Time magazine, Jeffrey Kluger writes that Latin/Hispanic names — like Juan, Juanita, Guillermo and Manuel — are dropping in popularity. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5375405&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mrs. Butterworth's First Name Revealed…]]> It's Joy. Also, she has a Twitter account(?!?!) and her background looks like waffles. What a tease. [Mrs. Butterworth's Twitter] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5372979&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Name Game]]> As an advertising icon fan, as I've previously mentioned, Mrs. Butterworth's first name has never been revealed. But it will be, on October 1. It had better be something sweet! [PR Week] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5367055&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[D Is For Danielle (Or Dani, Who's Apparently Kinda Judgey)]]> Danielle has always seemed like a non-confrontational name to me, but some of its variants (namely Dani or Danny) might help you get ahead in the legal profession. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5362684&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[B is for Beth (And Barack! And Bandana!)]]> Today in "The Name Game," we focus on a name we think is all about sweetness and light: Beth. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5347955&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Do People's Online "Personas" Say About Them?]]> Personas, part of the Metropath(ologies) art installation on display at the MIT Museum, generates a visualization of a person's online identity. We entered a few famous names to see if the internet knows something about them that we don't. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5341909&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Cougars, Pumas, MILFs, And....TWITs?]]> Oh, dear. I'm not sure why the world feels that women need to place themselves into stupidly named sociological gangs in order to justify their existence. We have the Cougars, the MILFS, the Pumas, and now, the tragically dubbed TWITs. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5327948&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[You Are Cordially Invited To The Wedding Of Kelly Hildebrandt And Kelly Hildebrandt]]> Kelly Hildebrandt decided to look up her own name on Facebook last year, just to see if anyone else shared it with her. Lo and behold, someone did; a young man she thought was pretty cute. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5318051&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Alecs]]> A new study reveals that babies given certain "bad boy" names are more likely to end up in jail. So what are these terrible, life-ruining monikers? Alec, Garland, Ivan, Kareem, Luke, Malcolm, Preston, Tyrell, Walter...and Ernest?! More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5317554&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Someday, Will We All Replace Our Real Names With Screen Names?]]> A woman from Manchester has become the first person to change her name to a web domain, reports the Independent. Claire Forshaw is now Princess-Rainbow.com. Is this what the future holds? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5316289&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA["Modern" Baby Names Actually Pretty Old]]> Brooklyn, the name of the Victoria Beckham's 10-year-old son, was first used in 1870; Gwyneth should know there was an Apple born in 1853; and some especially cruel 19th-century parents chose the name Peaches for their son. [Daily Express] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5284349&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Olde-School Names Are Dying… From Embarrassment]]> "A comparison of the 2008 population - using data from a variety of sources - with the first census in 1881 shows that the number of Cocks has shrunk by 75%" [Times of London] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5184051&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[M.I.A. Names Her Baby, We Scratch Our Heads]]> The newborn boy's name? Ickitt. Yeah. [Latina] More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5165548&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Can The "Right" Name Make A Kid More Successful?]]> In today's New York Times, John Marion Tierney writes about names. Old studies showed that "children with odd names got worse grades and were less popular than other classmates in elementary school," he writes. "In college they were more likely to flunk out or become 'psychoneurotic.'" But more recent research shows that names don't really matter as much as we think. "Names only have a significant influence when that is the only thing you know about the person," says psychologist Dr. Martin Ford. "Add a picture, and the impact of the name recedes. Add information about personality, motivation and ability, and the impact of the name shrinks to minimal significance." But people (and not just celebs) love slapping kids with "odd" names. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=366349&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Sometimes, Parents Give Kids A "Bad" Name]]> Once you decide to have a child, you're faced with another incredibly important decision: What to call the thing. According to CNN, in a recent poll of 1,219 mothers, 10% had baby-name regret and considered changing the kid's name. Pauline and Jeffrey Eadie named their newborn "Emma" — and 8 weeks later, they decided she'd be better off as a "Caroline". Rob Sauber and Suzanne Ramljak named their daughter Sophie — and when she entered preschool, they found that four out of 13 girls had the same name, so, when Sophie was almost 4, her parents asked her if she'd like to be called Isadora instead; she agreed to try it. "She understood our reasoning and liked the name. We weren't going to force her," says Ramljak. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=339646&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Anns Get As, Barbaras Get Bs, & Christinas Get Crap]]> Attention all Annas, Alices, Alexandras and Alyssas! Congratulations on getting As in school. And shame on you, Christine, Catherine and Cameron, for making Cs. According to a new study, Newsweek reports, people gravitate toward things that begin with their initials, even when those things are undesirable, like bad grades or a baseball strikeout. Leif Nelson of the UC San Diego, and Joseph Simmons of Yale call these "moniker maladies" and found that students with names that begin with C and D tend to make Cs and Ds; baseball players whose names begin with K strike out at a higher rate; and a guy named Joe is more likely to live in Jonestown than Akron. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=321657&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[What Makes A Name "Sexy"?]]> A post on a blog called Mio Destino (part of the Coutorture network) asks you to imagine a gorgeous woman at a bar, "sipping a cocktail, wearing a spectacular dress and looking sexy. Now when I tell you this imaginary woman is named 'Hilary' it doesn't sound quite right does it?" We're sure many Hilarys would disagree (and don't even get us started on Hillary Clinton), but the point is that some names sound "sexy," and some do not. The story was prompted by the news that a new UK TV channel is going to be called "Dave." Because "everyone knows a bloke called Dave." But when it comes to women, what's in a name? In the post, the person named Rex (?!) writes,
Some female names just sound attractive, sometimes because of famous women who have the name, but also due to the sound they make: Amelia, Penelope, Naomi - all roll off the tongue with a hint of the foreign, the exotic, and the downright sexy. This of course is still irrespective of how the women might really look.
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