A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but would it sell as well? That's a fundamental question which consumes countless hours and dollars as ...
While longer names may sound more sophisticated, shorter first names are the ones that lead to a bigger paycheck, according to a new study that co...
What new title do YOU want to see on your next business card? What name more creatively describes what you really do at work?
A thick but otherwise unremarkable clamshell takes on gravitas as the Ponderous Ark. A tiny cone of whorled white, like a miniature serving of soft-serve ice cream, goes by the improbably Dickensian name of Humphrey Wentletrap.
Vân, Cúc, Trúc, and Trang; Dũng, Dai, Khôi and Phát. In my mother tongue these names carry music, cadence, poetry. They evoke for the listener i...
Why should we when we can outsource it to our cell phones? Our brains, honed to remember key people in our lives, cannot possibly remember the myriad numbers of celebrities and acquaintances we meet, which is why we call in Google.
He made a name for himself as the Giants head coach, but what you may not know about Bill Parcells is that his actual first name is "Duane." And "Bill" isn't even his middle name he uses instead -- it's a nickname.
My son is competitive, and he is certainly touchier than my daughter when it comes to criticism. He's identical to me. I wonder if the fight for his name is the source of his ambition. It certainly had something to do with mine.
Written by Pamela Redmond Satran for Nameberry In our best fantasies, here's how we name our babies: MOM-TO-BE: Darling, I just love the names S...
Names matter. Whenever we hear one, we draw a wide range of assumptions about the individual person (or item) in question. Just ask the fish merchant whose stroke of naming genius turned the undesirable Patagonian toothfish into the haute cuisine Chilean sea bass.
It is your name, more than anything these days, that terrifies the American government and its various security branches.
Traditionally Memorial Day is to honor the memories of those we've lost, particularly those who sacrificed their lives in military service for our country.
Everyone has their own reasons for changing or keeping their original surnames, and to judge them for or make assumptions about a choice that has no bearing on your day-to-day is pretty pointless.
The irony of the Western invention of the "Arab Spring" is that regardless of citizenry remonstrations for "self-determination," we still continue to see the Arab region in our eyes and not through theirs.
We've seen plenty of weird crime mugshots and heard plenty of bizarre stories. But when it comes to criminal names, this one is ... a mouthful. Bee...
In New York and around the world, the truth is we are simple animals with complicated lives. At the end of the day, we are emotional beings welling over with the desire to connect to each other.
I have a lot of trouble remembering people's names. So I've developed some strategies for coping with the fact that I'm not able to pull up a person's name right away.
Whether a person uses it on a regular basis or not, a Hebrew name is one of the critical totems of Jewish identity. It connects a person to his/her family and to generations of Jews.
Huff/Post50's editor-at-large, Rita Wilson, asks fellow post-50s to reflect on the energy, drive and (perhaps) condescension inherent in the heavily c...
German vlogger Flula Borg recently moved to Los Angeles, and even though his English is pretty good, he's still getting the hang of some words. Take d...
In my little nuclear family, there are five people and three last names.
By using the metaphors of evil, we belittle our adversaries by placing them in categories that would never fit us. How do we change this state of affairs?
Congratulations, you've decided to completely devote yourself to the endless, droning monotony that is professional writing. On the world's s...
Lots of pundits took their potshots at the iPad as it was first coming to market in early last year. Now, a year later, with Apple reportedly having sold 15 million of the devices, no one's laughing.
Here's the real question: Do we become our names, or do they capture our essence?
