Miss Manners: Here’s what I do when people mispronounce my name ...

I have an unusual, “made-up” first name. Nowadays it’s common ... but I’m in my 60s, so it wasn’t common growing up.
Mercury News

Dear Abby: I picked my baby’s name, and now I’m told a hypothetical child has dibs

DEAR ABBY: I am pregnant with the first-born grandson on both sides. Related Articles Dear Abby: I’m a teacher at my fiancee’s teens’ school, and I worry about the repercussions Dear Abby: It crushes ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Keanu Reeves Reveals His Brief Name Change as a Young Actor: “Welcome to Hollywood”

“My manager said, ‘We want to change your name,’” the ‘Good Fortune’ star recounted of when he first moved to Los Angeles early in his career. By McKinley Franklin There once was a time when Keanu ...
New York Post

Dear Abby: My irate sister wants to choose my son’s name for me

This Dear Abby reader wants to know how she should tell her sister that she is not picking her son's name for her. New Africa - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: I am pregnant with the first-born grandson on ...

Miss Manners: I’m constantly correcting people on how to say my name

In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin responds to a reader who has spent decades navigating ...

Miss Manners: So your parents stuck you with an unusual name; here’s how to handle it

(Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or ...
WSAW

Hello, My Name Is: Faith Sperl

ABBOTSFORD, Wis. (WSAW) - Faith Sperl had had quite the career at Abbotsford. The numbers bear that out. As a junior, she hit 1,000 career assists. As a senior, she took it to another level. At ...
/Film on MSN

Why Keanu Reeves Used A Different Name For One Of His First Roles

Keanu Reeves has a name that practically screams 'movie star,' but one of his first agents tried to convince him to go by something else.
E!

Cheryl Burke Reveals Why She Legally Changed Her Name

The Dancing With the Stars alum revealed that she legally changed her name before the start of her career, and her true moniker has a layered back story. “My name is Cheryl,” the dance pro, 41, wrote ...
Cinema Blend

‘My Name Is Jeff’: Channing Tatum Played Another Jeff In Roofman, And Is Considering Legally Changing His Name

Interviews The Crazy Story Behind LaKeith Stanfield’s Roofman Character, And Why His Identity Had To Be Kept A Secret Movies Channing Tatum Had To Get Fully Naked For His New Movie Roofman, And The ...
The Grio

‘Make your point without [my] name in it’: Joe Budden responds to Native Land Podcast’s comments

From “tricky” word choices to “sucka” comments, Marc Lamont Hill and QueenzFlip’s viral back-and-forth on the Joe Budden Podcast has set Black social media ablaze. The clip sparked so much ...
Variety

Keanu Reeves’ Manager Told Him to Change His Name at 20 Years Old. They Considered ‘Chuck Spadina’ Before Using ‘KC Reeves’: ‘And Then I Couldn’t Do It’

Keanu Reeves revealed on the “New Heights” podcast that his manager was adamant about changing the actor’s name when he first arrived in Hollywood as a teenager. “I got paid when I was like 16, so I ...