Earlier this year, the New York Times asked women to talk about whether they changed their surname upon marriage. They received more than 16,000 responses and published a selection of them.
New York Times correspondent in London, Katrin Bennhold, also wrote about her own surname and family identity as part of this project.
It’s not easy to turn a family name into a globally iconic business. And not all names start on even footing. In this article in Business World Naseem Javed discusses some of the family name considerations that are important to today’s successful global businesses.
Dr. Cleveland Evans writes about names for the Omaha World-Herald. The first column of 2017 explores the history of the name Genevieve.… Read More
How important is it to pronounce ethnic names correctly? Bronx-based teacher Adam Levine-Peres created this short video about why correct pronunciation is important. It boils down to teaching trust, perseverance, and common courtesy.
Iceland allows only a limited number of approved baby names. This is so that Icelandic babies receive names that are compatible with Icelandic culture. However, in an increasingly cosmopolitan generation, this can be challenging. This fall the official Personal Names Committee expanded the list of approved names to include Angelína, among others.
In the United States, we are increasingly choosing more innovative, less common baby names. researched this phenomenon in relation to the economy and reports her findings in this article in Life Science.
Find out facts about your name! These include your name’s popularity and geographic distribution in the US as well as oddities such as likeliness to have been born on a particular day of the week.
Some cultures are blurring gender lines and trending towards more gender neutral names. In other countries, unisex names aren’t simply out of style, they’re illegal. Learn which ones in this Huffington Post article.
In this open letter, on scarymommy.com, Elizabeth Broadbent asks parents not to choose weird names. In it, is she outlines seven particularly offense categories on trendy names. What’s your opinion on these “weird” baby naming trends?
The Atlas Obscura does a deep dive into the name Lazarus. Are we about to see kindergarten classrooms full of students named Lazarus?… Read More
