Questions of the Week

A car or a cottage, a cat or a cobra — what’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever named, what did you name it, and why?

Other people love it and you don’t. Or you find it wonderful and can’t understand why the world doesn’t agree. What name do you just not get?

Did you or would you name your baby after a beloved relative or admired friend or hero? Who….and why?

You know you shouldn’t love this name, but you do.

What if you had to choose all your children’s names from the dozen or so that pass by on the Nameberry ticker at any given moment? We challenge you to pick the most compatible bunch!

If you had to give all your children names with the same theme, which theme would you choose? Names that start with Z or that have been used for royals, names from mythology or names from the circus, let’s blue-sky about name themes.

What’s the most outrageous, insulting, crazy, ridiculous thing anyone has ever said to you about your child’s name…or your own?

Mythological names are newly stylish for modern babies. Which are your favorites, and would you give one to your child?

What name do you love love love, except for that big fat but that stands in the way of your ever using it?

We all know you’re not a namenapper. But if you knew you could get away with it, whose wonderful name would you steal, and why?

What are the five boys’ names you love above all others? Bring us your longtime loves, your guilty pleasures, the names you used and the ones you’re saving for someday.

List the five girls’ names you like best. They might include names you used for your daughter, names you plan to use, or just your five favorites.

Have you been teased about your name, and was it hurtful or affectionate? Have your children ever been teased about their names/

Let’s play another all-berry baby name game. Let’s say you only had one daughter and one son, and you had to choose their names from the same U.S. popularity rank. Which pair would you pick?

Climbing further up on our family trees, let’s look at the names of our great-grandparents. Classic or antiquated, from near or far? And would you use any of them for a child today?

Anne and Elizabeth, Charlotte and Alice — out of all the wonderful classic girls’ names, which do you love the best?

Rising stars or international choices, classic picks or current hotties, there are names that start or end with the letter O to suit every taste. Which do you like the best?

Did you call your Barbie Barbie? Or come up with more creative names for your dolls? Or were you naming your beanie babies and pet mice instead?

It’s time to spill your deepest, darkest naming secrets. We’ll go first….

Classic names for boys range from the perennials such as William and Henry to biblical names such as Jacob and revived classics like Atticus and Arthur. Which is your very favorite?

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you like your own name, and why?

It may not rank high on the popularity list, but we all have names that we seem to hear everywhere, way too often, in our personal worlds. What’s yours?

Middle names might be family honorifics or musical connectors, symbolic opportunities or ways to get creative. Which kind of middle name do you like best?

Nominate your favorite under-appreciated name for more universal love, whether it’s a forgotten name from the past or an undiscovered international or modern choice.

Love Eleanor, hate Ellie? Or maybe it’s the nickname you love, like Ned, and the long form you can’t abide. Tell us your experience with this kind of love-hate experience, and which names inspire this emotional divide.