Naming your kids is a big move. There’s a lot of pressure to pick something that will stand the test of time. Some people go the classic route. Some people look for something new and modern. Others, ...

Every parent wants the world to know how precious and unique their child is, and some of them turn to names to help. However, not all names are born equal, with some inadvertently backfiring as the ...

Parents all want their kids to be successful. When they hear I run a baby-naming website, people often ask me about the names that will spell success for their yet-to-be-born children. Some parents ...

Nobody likes thinking of the inevitable — death, the end of the road, or the big sleep. Yet estate planning, especially having clear beneficiaries listed for every account, is a crucial part of any ...

A mom named her children in a way that she thought would reflect their bilingual heritage—but things did not go as planned. Emily (@mamainmadrid) is an American woman living in Spain with her Spanish ...

One of the first decisions we make for our children is also the hardest: choosing a name. TODAY is led by a very special group of parents. Regardless of how the TODAY anchors chose their children's ...

I'm American and have lived in Germany for over a decade. I gave birth to my three children here and had to name them under German laws. Kids can't be named after places, titles or brands. They also ...

Looking back, Emily San Jose says she might have considered names that could be pronounced easily by her family in the U.S. and her in-laws in Spain Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter ...

I'm American but have been living in Germany for over a decade where I'm raising my three kids. My kids are trilingual, and Germany has strict naming laws. I had to take pronunciation, meanings of ...

Colleen Slagen and Jessie Paquette spoke about the baby names they don't like on an episode of their podcast Getty Colleen Slagen and Jessie Paquette, two professional baby naming consultants, are ...