What happens if you trade your old name in for a new one you like better? Our guest blogger did just that.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2010/01/12/hate-your-name-change-it/feed/ 38 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/11/17/stage-names-would-you-change-your-name-for-fame/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/11/17/stage-names-would-you-change-your-name-for-fame/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:40:50 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5973

Would Judy Garland sing as sweetly if her name were still Frances Ethel Gumm? Guest blogger Jill Barnett looks at famous stage names, and the ones we imagine for ourselves.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/11/17/stage-names-would-you-change-your-name-for-fame/feed/ 44 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/06/family-names-all-of-a-kind-baby-naming/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/06/family-names-all-of-a-kind-baby-naming/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:26:30 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5507

Everyone in the family's names started with the letter D, which was a very bad thing. Or was it?]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/06/family-names-all-of-a-kind-baby-naming/feed/ 16 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/24/the-secret-confessions-of-a-girl-called-gulp-bessie/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/24/the-secret-confessions-of-a-girl-called-gulp-bessie/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:57:36 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5353

Unless you were belting out the blues with a voice full of sorrow and steel, or you were transcendentally beautiful, Bessie was not a good name.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/24/the-secret-confessions-of-a-girl-called-gulp-bessie/feed/ 17 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/14/the-magic-of-maya/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/14/the-magic-of-maya/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:48:11 +0000 linda http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5391

How a daughter's name was revealed--and its unexpected reverberations]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/14/the-magic-of-maya/feed/ 7 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/08/28/the-secret-meaning-of-names/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/08/28/the-secret-meaning-of-names/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:10:18 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5230

Names often have meanings far deeper, more personal, and more profound than what you'll find in any dictionary.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/08/28/the-secret-meaning-of-names/feed/ 11 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/30/name-shame/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/30/name-shame/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:25:49 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3925

What inspires a love for names? Sometimes, hating your own.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/30/name-shame/feed/ 65 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/12/girly-names-with-tomboy-nicknames/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/12/girly-names-with-tomboy-nicknames/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:11:22 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3393 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/12/girly-names-with-tomboy-nicknames/feed/ 25 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/02/bad-boy-names/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/02/bad-boy-names/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:24:32 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3731 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/02/bad-boy-names/feed/ 24 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/05/19/new-surname-names-for-boys/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/05/19/new-surname-names-for-boys/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 04:58:57 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3507 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/05/19/new-surname-names-for-boys/feed/ 13