Stepmom lashes out at stepdaughter for not naming their 5th child after her: ‘She feels like I was disrespectful to her and her efforts to be a mother to me’

Baby names can be a great way to honor those you love or those who have passed. Think of all the times in TV shows when a couple symbolically names their child after someone who has helped them along the way. Not only is it a great storytelling device, but it’s a nice real-life gesture. …
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‘You’re both idiots’: New parents make an unconventional baby-naming deal, husband wants out after hearing wife’s ideas

It’s a well-worn trope that celebrities give their children wacky names (Think North West, Moon Unit Zappa, or most of Nick Cannon’s many children). I wonder why that is. Maybe they know their kids will never struggle to find employment, so they’re not worried about burdening them with an unusual name.  Perhaps it comes from …
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New dad refuses to give his baby a short name, despises nicknames and insists on using long formal first names: ‘It bothers him that the full name gets ignored’

We live in an interesting baby-naming age. New parents are constantly under fire for naming their kids things that make Apple Paltrow look like she has a Biblical name. Despite how far we’ve veered into casual naming territory, there are still some people who hold out on traditional first names, refusing to use a nickname …
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Godmother criticizes mother for naming her daughter Ghiuliyette: ‘Why ruin such a beautiful name by including letters that don’t belong there?’

My sister has an unusual spelling of her name. Well, it might’ve been considered unusual 20 years ago, but with the recent increase in parents naming their kids all sorts of absurd things, it’s pretty conventional. She spells her name with a ‘C’ instead of a ‘K’ for one of those conventionally K names…Kaitlyn, Katherine, …
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‘I think both are just trying to overpower the other one at this point’: Wife wants to name daughter ‘hippy name,’ is shut down by traditionalist husband

Names are incredibly important. They’re your first impression of someone- the first thing they’re going to associate with you. We all have associations with names, good and bad. For example, I could never trust someone named Bridget, but I have good things to say about every Gloria I’ve ever known. Johns are extremely hit or …
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Dude Refuses To Tell Woman His Real Name, Doesn’t Understand Why She Rejects Him

There are several important questions you should ask somebody before you go on a first date. You want to suss out a potential partner’s hobbies, values, and career before deciding to spend a precious hour or two with them. In my humble opinion, the most important question of all is, «What is your name?» If …
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Teachers Share Student Names That Correlate With Bad Behavior

I still remember the names of the problem children from my elementary school. There was this kid named Parker who, in the middle of my 3rd-grade teacher talking about math, asked her if there was a guy inside of mascot costumes. I think he knew there was indeed some guy or lady inside of all …
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Wife Accuses Husband of Being «Unreasonable» Because He Doesn’t Want to Name Their Baby «Novalynn,» «Ryleigh,» or «Caeleigh»

Millennials are killing the normal name industry, or at least so it seems. The weird names young parents give their kids have become bonafide memes at this point. I don’t know if we’ll ever get to a point where McKinsleigh will be considered a normal name by the majority of the population. At the same …
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Unfortunate Baby Name Memes That Almost Make Adam Levine Naming His Unborn Child After His Mistress Seem Normal

Naming a child sounds like a lot of fun, and clearly, people don’t seem to always overthink it. And we would never try to promote overthinking, or any form of rumination, but perhaps it’s good to overthink, at least a little, what this unborn human is going to be referred to as for the entirety …
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Frustrated Woman Reveals That Boyfriend Won’t Stop Calling Her ‘Tony Pizza,’ Goes Viral

«Eyyy, Tony Pizza!» If this is how my partner greeted me, I would be ecstatic. It embodies everything I love: a New York accent, an Italian name, and an Italian food. This weekend I learned that not everyone is quite as forgiving and open-minded when it comes to pet names. And you know what? That’s …
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