People have always told me not to change my name. Some insisted that they liked it: Bich, a Vietnamese name, given to me in Saigon, where I was born and where the name is quite ordinary. When my ...

Adam Hardy is a former assistant editor at Forbes Advisor, where he covered small business and tech. Previously, he was a staff writer at The Penny Hoarder, specializing in the gig economy and ...

Julia DiPrete is a freelance writer, former BigLaw attorney, unapologetic night owl, and Xennial. She has worked in law school career services and legal recruiting and has blogged extensively both in ...

As a generation of Emilys enters adulthood, perhaps you’ve noticed the name in the air — and on TV, in film and in songs. Emilys are everywhere.Credit...Guillem Casasús Supported by By Emilia Petrarca ...

My mum named me after the Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachan, a suave star of Indian cinema in the 1970s and 1980s. The reference was entirely lost on my classmates at school in a very white part of ...

Names hold incredible power. They are among the first things people learn about you and they often leave a lasting impression. Whether you're considering changing your name after a significant life ...

Dale Carnegie, the self-made titan of self-help, swore by the social power of names. Saying someone’s name, he wrote in How to Win Friends and Influence People, was like a magic spell, the key to ...

Instead of bowing to her critics, Meghan Markle has doubled down on the whole keeping-her-title controversy. Talking to guest Mindy Kaling in the second episode of her Netflix show With Love, Meghan, ...

For most people, introductions are a fleeting formality, an exchange of names accomplished in seconds. However, for Laurence Watkins, this simple task becomes an extraordinary feat of endurance. To ...

We look at the origins of name signs in deaf culture, including one recently assigned to Vice President Harris. Shortly after the 2020 presidential election, five women joined forces with a mission: ...

About a year before Christine Mallinson gave birth to her first child, she and her husband agreed that all of their children would take her last name. The decision came down to family cohesion: The ...

When the Washington Commanders announced their official name change this past week, it brought a sense of closure to a dark chapter for many Native Americans. The NFL franchise unveiled its new name, ...