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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 »K Is For Kate, Who Kicks Ass, Takes Names
J Is For Jennifer, The Vanilla Of Names
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 »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]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]D Is For Danielle (Or Dani, Who's Apparently Kinda Judgey)
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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »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 »"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]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]M.I.A. Names Her Baby, We Scratch Our Heads
The newborn boy's name? Ickitt. Yeah. [Latina]Can The "Right" Name Make A Kid More Successful?
Sometimes, Parents Give Kids A "Bad" Name
Anns Get As, Barbaras Get Bs, & Christinas Get Crap
What Makes A Name "Sexy"?