People knew me by a name that wasn't actually legally mine. I wanted to have the same name as my children and husband but didn't want to do the paperwork. I finally decided to, and it took nearly $500 ...

Getting someone’s name right is pretty much the bare minimum when it comes to common decency. But what happens when the people around you purposely get it wrong just because they don’t like it? And ...

Giving your baby the perfect name is a stressful decision. Does the name roll off the tongue well? Are there any potential horrible nicknames? Do you use a family name or go with just something you ...

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Ella Fanning and Dakota Fanning might have both been famous for almost their entire lives, but did you know that those are ...

Tsai is an emergency medicine physician and writer. Growing up, my father always instructed me to pronounce my name correctly. He taught me if I wasn’t careful to pronounce the hard T, it would sound ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My last name is a very common American first name. My first name, while standard, is not so common. Let’s call it Whitney Joseph. I go by my first name, Whitney. I have always ...

We turned to our Facebook audience to get to the bottom of the unique tradition, asking, “Are you a Southerner who goes by their middle name? Tell us the story behind your moniker!” We got nearly 250 ...

First names? Ms. or Mr. Last Name? An expert weighs in. Once kids reach a certain age, they're expected to address adults as something other than "so-and-so's mommy" and "so-and-so's daddy." In school ...

Although I haven't always thought this, one of the best things my parents ever did for me was give me my first name — "Bass." When most people hear it they immediately start to grin. That name alone ...

I didn't know my name was Cindy until the first day of kindergarten. The teacher was doing roll call and kept shouting, "Cindy Rodriguez, Cindy Rodriguez," and I remember wondering, "Who in the world ...

This past summer, while staying in a hotel during a business trip, I had occasion to ask the front desk for a 6 A.M. wake-up call. The call came right on time, and its content so startled me that I ...