Some folks plan their baby names for decades . I have a lot of friends who have had a list of names saved somewhere that they started when they were children themselves. Of course, not all of them are going to age well. I don't think I'm going to name my daughter Hermione anymore, but some of them stand. It's easy to get attached to a baby name, even if you don't say it out loud. You've spent years imagining a future where this is your child's name… that's a hard fantasy to give up. But it's a…

What's wrong with nicknames?

Two names is better than one

Bad news for the Brayleighhhs of the world

Should've chosen a catchier-sounding state

She should have thought that through

The worst gift a parent can give

What's in a name?

Romeo and Ghoul-liette

What's in a name?

Are you ‘you’ or are you just the third or fourth of that first matriarch or patriarch of your family who started this vain “tradition?”

Is there a Seymour here? Don't make me say the last name...

Bad idea

Beware of the Braydens

Lost in translation

Original isn't always better