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17-year-old changes old-fashioned name to something contemporary, offends pregnant sister-in-law who wants to give her baby a vintage name: 'She said she'd like me to rethink it'

Ally Perry

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'Karen': 34 Classic Gen X Names on the Brink of Extinction

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Foster parents pressure 16-year-old foster kid to change his name from Ryder to Ryan, claims his name is too lewd: 'They would like me to strongly consider it so I could have the chance at a professional future'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom faces backlash telling fellow parents that she would love to use the same name as their newborn for her hypothetical daughter: 'I told her I would be stealing her baby name... I'm not even pregnant'

Ally Perry

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Mom forbids 16-year-old son from going by 'Lex,' yells at teacher for not using the name 'Alexander' in school newsletter: 'She told me I should stop trying to discard the name she lovingly chose for me'

Emmy Pratt

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Sister-in-law asks new mom to change her baby's name from Liam to Alexander because she always wanted to name her baby Liam: 'Mike didn't let her use the name is because his ex has a son with that name'

Emmy Pratt

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Parents and kids reveal all the times a baby's name got changed at the last minute: 'I was Sarah, and now I'm Bentley'

Ally Perry

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Parents refuse to call 15-year-old daughter by her middle name after unusual first name prompted bullying: 'They claimed that I’d always be bullied...and a name change wouldn’t prevent anything'

Emmy Pratt

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'Sup baby, my name's Raygun Steele': Eclectic names at Utah children's rodeo inspire awe and confusion

Ally Perry

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15-year-old named Arthur wants to change his 'grandpa name' to Dex, mom claims Dex is a fake name: 'She told me not to insult her'

JR Atkinson

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Pregnant mom keeps baby name a secret from parents after they pressure her to change it, they lash out: 'Extremely insensitive and intrusive'

JR Atkinson

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'Every 4-year-old girl in my son’s class is named like Ingrid and Astrid and Edna': Moms discuss the rise in little girls with old lady names

Emmy Pratt

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Stepmom lashes out at stepdaughter for not naming their 5th child after her: 'She feels like I was disrespectful to her and her efforts to be a mother to me'

JR Atkinson

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17-year-old girl named Sawyer begs family to use her name, paternal side refuse because they don't find it sufficiently feminine: 'They hate that I'm a girl with a boys name'

Emmy Pratt

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'You're both idiots': New parents make an unconventional baby-naming deal, husband wants out after hearing wife's ideas

JR Atkinson

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Pushy mother pressures pregnant daughter-in-law to give her baby her maiden name despite nobody in the family using it: 'I raised you he didn't'

JR Atkinson

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