Personal Name News Today

Carve the names of climate change deniers deep and large, so that those who come after us need not search the archives.

A decades-old rule that requires candidates to list previous names on election paperwork has become an obstacle for all four transgender people seeking state office in Ohio.

When Nikki Haley decided that her future husband, Bill, looked more like a Michael, a Michael he became. How unusual are name-change proclamations in the world of love?

Gaza and Barbie were chosen joint winners of the Name of the Year for 2023 by the American Name Society (ANS) at its online vote on Jan. 4.

Some American parents have been breaking the patrilineal tradition for generations, but the number who do so remains small.

Anophthalmus hitleri is a small, amber-colored beetle native to a few damp caves in Slovenia. It has one glaring problem.

Readers respond to the college leaders’ remarks at a House hearing. Also: Homeless on the subway; Jewish women playwrights; baby names.

As such names have increased, so has media attention to cases of people unhappy with them. But critics say new rules may infringe on the right to be creative.

The relatively uncommon name of Jacinta or Jacinda is shared among many famous people in New Zealand and Australia, with most of them born in the 1970s.

The women least likely to do so tend to be liberal or highly educated or Hispanic, new data shows.