Iceland's Naming Law Prevents Girl from Getting a Passport
Iceland has a list of approved names that parents can give to their children. The reason behind this is that names must fit the Icelandic...
Babyboy and Babygirl- Hospital Naming Conventions
Lots of parents are still undecided about their baby's name even after birth. This article explains hospital naming conventions in the...
Fraise & Nutella - Naming Your Child After Food?
Should you name your child after food items? Judges in France ruled against the names "Fraise" (strawberry) and "Nutella", saying those...
"Say My Name"- Chinese Students Fight Racism
Bringing awareness to the importance of respect for names: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39139033 Here is the complete Facebook...
First Baby to Have Sign Name Legally Recorded on Birth Certificate
Here is a great example of language ideologies at work: What counts as a name? How do we represent sign languages in writing? Can we use...
No honour, no pride: a brief history of Tim
Do you think you look like your name? Does your name reflect your personality? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/01/a-br...
A Canadian Identity Crisis
This is a story about some of the personal, social and institutional difficulties of having a name from South India in Canada....
Fake Name Generator
At first I thought this was a little suspect but it could be useful for writers inventing character names, IT people checking user...
The secret taxonomy behind IKEA’s product names, from Billy to Poäng
Here’s a story about Ikea naming things after people: https://qz.com/896146/how-ikea-names-its-products-the-curious-taxonomy-behind-billy...
Say My Name, Say My Name (Correctly, Please)
This podcast from NPR’s Code Switch program on race and identity explores how some people let others mispronounce their names because it...