What 2012's Top Baby Names Say About Our Kids' Future Love Lives

The name you give your child has longstanding consequences.

BabyCenter just released a list of the most popular boy and girl names for 2012.

What's In A Name? Hint: It's More Than You Think!

You can tell a lot about a person, simply by knowing her name ...

How would you like to connect with people more quickly? ... to understand another person's perspective and motivations? How would you like to be able to have more compassion? All of these things are possible when you know Neimology® Science, which is the study of the placement of the letters in a name.

10 Worst Names A Person Can Possibly Have

Did your name make the list? Find out now!

Here are the top ten worst names to have. Cross your fingers you don't read your own!

Weird News: F**king, Austria Votes On A Name Change

Can you imagine receiving a postcard from F**king, Austria?

The Sun reports that residents of F--king, Austria are set to vote on whether to change their town's name.

What We Can Learn From The Name Whitney Houston

What is it about Whitney that drew us to her and mesmerized us?

Whitney Houston was idealized by so many for her incredible talent. Then she became a drug addict and we still loved her. Why? What is it about Whitney that drew us to her and mesmerized us? Family was the most important thing in Whitney's life per her first vowel in her first name. She blamed all of her mishaps on family and simultaneously gave kudos to her family for the good that happened. Family consumed her time and attention. Then the letter next to her family letter states that she took this to the extreme.

Too Much 'Twilight': Our Take On The Hottest Baby Names Of 2011

Our staff's darlingly candid opinions on this year's most popular baby names.

I will admit it: I have always been obsessed with baby names for some strange reason. Not just for my own selfish possible-future-baby-having reasons, but because it's just interesting to see what names are popular year to year.

What Your Name Says About Your Number Of Sexual Partners

A French survey reveals how our names may affect our sex lives.

A French dating service called Smartdate surveyed its users on their sexual activity. They found that women whose first names end in "a" have more than double the 4.4 sexual partners an average woman has in her lifetime.

We Can't Agree on a Baby Name

How to keep baby name disagreements from taking the joy out of getting ready for baby.

My husband and I generally agree on things. Whether this is due to similar outlooks or the fact that he does his best not to butt heads with me I’m not sure, but whatever the reason, the result is a home and family that’s overall pretty harmonious. In fact, until recently, pretty much the only thing we regularly disagreed about was whether pizza should actually qualify as a food group. (It shouldn’t.) I was surprised to find out this past June that I was pregnant a third time and our headcount would be increasing again. I was even more surprised to learn a couple of months later that we were having a girl. I had the perfect name. So did my husband. They were not the same name. And neither of us is budging.

When Dating, How Important Is Someone's Name?

We'd be lying if we said names don't help or hinder our attraction to someone new.

All this buzz over that Baby Name Wizard application had us thinking about names. Particularly names and how they mangle our view of someone upon meeting them.

Will The Government Make You Take His Last Name?

Married name or maiden name: your choice, not the government's says one naming expert.

Seventy percent of Americans think it's beneficial for women to take her husband's last name when they marry, while half say the government should require women to change their names when they marry, according to a new study by researchers from Indiana University and the University of Utah. But it's dangerous to buy these headlines hook, line, and sinker. Before you schedule your move to Canada, let's get one thing straight: Academic research on the topic of married names is limited, but it points to increasing use of and positive perceptions of nontraditional last names, NOT to scary scenarios like government mandated married names.

Poll: What Do You Call Your Boyfriend?

What do you call the guy you've been dating for a few weeks? Boyfriend? Beau? Lover?

Poll: What Do You Call Your Boyfriend? : Boyfriend. Classic, easy. Why not? Friend. Sure, it's a little evasive, but it's true, he's my friend! Lover. Racy, but sexy. Partner. We are all equal here. Beau. I'm an old fashioned kind of girl.

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