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March 19, 6:49 AM
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Nurse, mom, and popular TikToker Jen Hamilton shared her baby name regret story and why she changed her baby's name in a viral video.
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December 15, 2021 4:43 PM
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Would you use a name like O'Brien (or O'Connor or O'Sullivan) for your child's first name? Or is dropping the O the right thing to do?
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November 3, 2021 11:53 AM
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Whether traditional Irish or of an ethnic minority, names should be pronounced correctly
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July 4, 2021 6:57 AM
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Thank you to the teenagers who participated this week, and congratulations to our winner, Sanai, as well as our many runners-up and honorable mentions
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May 1, 2021 11:46 AM
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A modern story of immigration, assimilation, and the challenges that those with Asian personal names encounter through both, Beth Nguyen retells the account of her family arriving in America from Vietnam in the 1980s and the difficulties she encountered surrounding the general public’s perception of her first name.
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April 6, 2021 6:28 PM
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The problem was never the names.
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March 22, 2021 5:30 PM
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Black women are discriminated against for our names. The least you can do is learn them.
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March 13, 2021 6:50 PM
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Why have parents suddenly given up on traditional names for boys?
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January 6, 2021 11:22 AM
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The most contentious aspect for me when ordering a cup of coffee—until now, at least—has been the perpetual misspelling of my name on the side of the cup.
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December 30, 2020 10:08 AM
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How do our names affect our lives?
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August 18, 2020 8:13 AM
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August 7, 2020 4:52 PM
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When it comes to Regency fantasies, the historically unlikely Sebastian, ironically, is the ideal name for the job.
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July 23, 2020 5:34 PM
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I want a name that you can imagine being purred.
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September 6, 2024 6:02 PM
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When it comes to naming your little one, it seems the moniker you choose could have an impact on their behaviour as teachers have revealed the naughty and well behaved names
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November 3, 2021 11:56 AM
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Aaliyah Harris recollects how she was called 'liar' by classmates who mispronounced her name.
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September 28, 2021 11:08 AM
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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?”
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June 8, 2021 5:29 PM
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That's good news - it means that a child's name reached through compromise can become one you absolutely love.
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April 20, 2021 11:56 AM
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They love the name Bonnie, but does a character in Gone With the Wind make this name off-limits for their daughter?
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March 22, 2021 6:27 PM
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Research shows that having a distinctively black name doesn’t affect your economic future. But what is the day-to-day reality of living with such a name? Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck, a newly-minted Ph.D., is well-qualified to answer this question. Her verdict: the data don’t tell the whole story.
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March 13, 2021 7:01 PM
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The aristocracy is integrated, the orchestras play Taylor Swift...but the names stick to a surprising convention
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February 23, 2021 5:40 PM
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Applying the Supreme Court Test leaves us with too small a pool of names. But look at Congress, and it becomes obvious that any name can be destined for achievement.
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January 3, 2021 6:11 PM
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She is everywhere. She is inescapable. Who is she? She is KAREN, or rather, a Karen, a newly pejorative term that (usually) refers to a white woman who uses her privilege to demand things from others or to police others
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August 23, 2020 9:15 AM
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Bob Waite talks about names and how one like Karen has come to mean something else.
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August 7, 2020 5:09 PM
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Now imagine that your friend has suggested you go on a blind date with this great person, FillintheBlank.
For FillintheBlank? Insert your all-time favorite baby name.
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July 31, 2020 5:41 PM
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From the 1986 movie Pretty in Pink, Duckie’s reaction to learning that Andie is dating a guy named Blane: Blane? His name is Blane? That’s a major appliance, that’s not a name! Fr…
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