With her flowing hair and her shelf full of trophies, Samantha's the kind of girl you hate because she's good at everything.

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.

Quinn, Queenie, Quetzal — by now you already know you have somewhat unusual names. And you know that makes you both lucky and unlucky.

Paula has always struck me as a motherly name — for a mom who's a little bit kooky.

Kate doesn't take shit from anybody, meaning she can be an awesome go-getter — or an ice queen.

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.

In a story for Time magazine, Jeffrey Kluger writes that Latin/Hispanic names — like Juan, Juanita, Guillermo and Manuel — are dropping in popularity.

It's Joy. Also, she has a Twitter account(?!?!) and her background looks like waffles. What a tease. [Mrs. Butterworth's Twitter]

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]

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.

Today in "The Name Game," we focus on a name we think is all about sweetness and light: Beth.

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.

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.

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.

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?!

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?

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]

"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]

The newborn boy's name? Ickitt. Yeah. [Latina]

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…