According to Shakespeare, that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But according to social scientists, names are more consequential than that. As kids, many of us were ...

In every corner of the world, there are whispers that names hold power. Not just the power to identify, but to command, to protect, or to destroy. In occult lore, a name is never just a word. It is an ...

A given name is one we have no choice over. But they can provide us unexpected strength. A given name is just that - one we have no choice over. But our names can provide us with such unexpected ...

‘My Name Is Long as a River,’ Penguin Workshop, for children aged 4-8 In a new picture book, ‘My Name Is Long as a River,’ author Suma Subramaniam and illustrator Tara Anand tell the story of a young ...

Dale Carnegie, the self-made titan of self-help, swore by the social power of names. Saying someone’s name, he wrote in How to Win Friends and Influence People, was like a magic spell, the key to ...