Name News

A recent article in the New York Times asks an important question: “Could assigning names to heat waves, the way officials do for hurricanes and tropical storms, help protect people from the warming climate?”

Hurricanes have human names, and so I write about them. But now Hurricane Laura—Hurricane Me—is on its way to the Gulf Coast, and it feels weirder than I ever imagined.

It's Name Your Car Day

1. Betty
2. Bob
3. Bert
4. Dave
5. Amy
6. Bertie
7. Alfie
8. Peggy
9. Katy
10. Tilly

“My mom was trying to figure out my name when my dad bought her a fragrance called Ciara by Revlon. That’s where my name came from!”

If the storm is large enough and enough people are within the storm warning range, it gets a name. But a UConn researcher found the name does not add credibility.

If you were a child of the 80s or 90s, you’d remember the popular, sculptured dolls called Cabbage Patch Kids. Nearly every kid had one, unless your parents

Naming something is powerful. It transforms a garage sale deal, an impulse buy, an inexpensive souvenir into a full-fledged member of our family.

The most delightful way to fight loneliness: Naming your house plants. Here's how.

Hurricane Andrew, Katrina, Harvey – why are storms given human names? As a personal name enthusiast I’ve always wondered this myself, so I did a little research over at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Center. Before hurricanes had names, they were identified by their original latitude-longitude which could get very cumbersome, especially when th

Kate Towne explores faith connections in the naming of things such as airplanes and bells.

We know you ve probably named things way more unusual than just babies and pets. What are they?

“I named my latest pink, quilted velvet design for @adairs ‘Ophelia’. After Billie, if we ever had another daughter, that’s what I wanted to call her,”

Day 2 of the October Name Challenge spotlights National Name Your Car Day!  I don't have a car yet, but it's gotten me thinking.  I name my musical instruments, so not an automobile? Some people give their cars human names; a classmate called her car Lucius in high school!  For my own vehicle, Percival, Phaedra,…

“I get comments constantly and people trying to make jokes or order me around.”