How a strange birth name can harm your child 14 Articles

by A. Major

The song "A Boy Named Sue", by Johnny Cash sums it all up, how a strange birth name can affect your child. Lyrics: Now I don't blame him cause he run and hid, but the meanest thing that he ever did, was before he left, he...read more

by Chauncey Dumfry

"What's in a name?" We've all heard the famous question from Romeo and Juliet. The quote continues "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Shakespeare knew what he was talking about. It is not the name that makes ...read more

by R Shimoda

I think every parent goes through a stage where they want their child to stand out and what better way than to give them an unforgettable name, right? Wrong. If parents want their child to stand out, send them to school ...read more

by Budianto Dermawan Ng

A name symbolizes the characteristic of the owner. It's an art, how a parents did a little part of God's miracles on giving their kids for their own names. A name which been given has a reason behind of it. When Archang...read more

by Dahloan Hembre

Recently, a New Zealand couple gave birth to a baby boy and decided to name him 4 Real. When the father, Pat Wheaton, first saw the ultrasound and saw that it was a boy, he and his wife exclaimed, "This is 4 real." The par...read more

by Jane Brunton

What's in a name? Well, it conjures up certain images, sometimes based on prejudice, prior experience or opportunity for humor. I always longed for an onomatopoeic name like Melanie or Willa; perhaps an exotic one like In...read more

by Court Moss

Naming your child can be a difficult task in itself. You want to choose something that they will learn to like. You want the name to be a reflection of themselves and whatever they choose to do. I have seen many lawyers wi...read more

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by Jimmy Nightingale

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me". We have all heard that little axiom and while that may be true for casual name-calling, the name you are given at birth is not quite as easy to overc...read more

by I. Write Knowitall

Kids like to make fun of people who are different like who have strange names. It is bad and heart-wrenching when you see that happening. The poor children have to be picked on so much and just gets so they hate going to...read more

by Lisa Powell

What's in a name? A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet, or would it? Of course it would! Have you ever been for a walk in the forest and saw a flower or tree and you didn't know the name of it? But you...read more

by Sherry Bentley-Short

Married to a man with the last name Winters the options were many when our little bundle of joy came along. I named Her Autumn. She hates her name and if there were the chance to go back and change it. I would NOT! Her n...read more

by Michele Kidd-Picard

A person only gets one chance to make a first impression. When you introduce yourself people remember you by your name. No matter if its strange by our standards or not. Many country's have, what we would consider odd name...read more

by Benhilda Chanetsa

When strange names are used to settle scores What's in a name? On the surface, almost nothing. But in Zimbabwe they are a means by which the givers communicate messages to neighbours and families, while avoiding open conf...read more

by Theodore Mobius

If children don't quit crying about their names, I will give them something to cry about. The only reason they even have names to begin with is so that it is possible to get them to stand in alphabetical order during gy...read more