Randall Munroe at xkcd has been playing with names . You can string a lot of celebrity names together, as there are so many standard names that are used over and again, in different combin...  ...s only multiplied when a famous person uses three name...

(Image credit: Flickr user MR38.)Nominative determ...  ...te toward a profession that is reflected in their name . The Wikipedia page cites a 1977 article titled "...  ...throplasty" co-authored by two Australian doctors named Splatt and Weedon as one of the inspirations for...  ...ladder and bowel control condi...

I was talking to someone and didn't believe her...  ...meone and didn't believe her when she told me her name .Dear Internet, please don't break. pic.twitter.co...  ...Andre Golo (@AndreGoLow) April 9, 2017 When you name a child, you put a lot of effort into making sure...  ...e road. But you can't predict the...

The title of the post may be confusing, because th...  ...They exist all over the world, and have wonderful names that mean many different things, often evolving f...  ...tells us about the locations and origins of these names . Where I live, they are called “convenience...

(Photo: Michael Newton)That person who lives in yo...  ...one that you've known all of his life--what's his name ? Precision is difficult, so just run through the...  ...ore: call one family member by another relative's name . You may even address your husband or child with...  ...ven address your husband or chi...

(Image: Vardion)At the end of World War I, the Cze...  ...ing adopting "Czechia" as its official short form name . The Washington Post reports:Finding a short-form...  ...The Washington Post reports:Finding a short-form name for the Czech Republic had proved difficult, howe...  ...however. In the Czech Republic...

A few decades ago, a family allowed their son and...  ...llowed their son and daughter to select their own names . The son, who was eight or nine years old at the...  ...ears old at the time (accounts differ), chose the name Loki Skylizard. You have to admit that’s an...  ...lizard. You have to admit that&...

A strange thing will happen this weekend when the...  ...just use the second half of each country’s name . Then it would be:Advantage: Denmark. That’...

(Image: Warner Bros.)Would you recognize Maurice M...  ...you recognize Maurice Micklewhite if you saw his name in the credits of a film? Would you watch a John...  ...would have become famous if they had stuck to the names they were born with. His list includes Judy Garla...

(Photos: Adam West on Facebook, CBS)Adam Armstrong...  ...ased the tickets thinking that his stepson's last name was "West."Armstrong tried to correct the error,...  ...ulously high price, Armstrong legally changed his name --for free--to West. He then quickly got a new pas...  ...West. He then quickly got a new...