What all this adds up to is a big responsibility for parents to consider what's really in a name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

Amizade's executive director, Eric Hartman, thought of the idea in Brazil in nineteen ninety-four, which explains the Portuguese name.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Cecil B.DeMille was among the very few filmmakers in Hollywood whose name appeared above the title of his movie.

VOA: special.2009.05.31

In Miami, Florida, one man hopes a resolution from last year will go better in 2009: My name's Glenn Mitchell.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

In nineteen fifty-one she played the character "Gigi" in the Broadway play of the same name to great critical praise.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

When a bone is broken in more than two places or gets crushed, the name for it is a comminuted fracture.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

They were sure that Missus Trotter could be trusted and that it was safe to leave the money in her name.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

His name was never in the papers. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

She's named after my sister-in-law." "Well I always liked the name Sebastian, so I wanted to name our older son Sebastian.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The name arose because many of the northerners who went south arrived with all their possessions in a carpet handbag.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Your name is in the title, 'cause I've learned, and Don't dedicate time, energy And poems To what's not built to last.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

It is also the name of a service organization in the United States that places volunteers in projects mostly in developing countries.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

We might answer in on this show. Please remember to tell us your name and where you live.

VOA: special.2010.06.18

Parents can find plenty of advice on the Web and in bookstores about choosing a baby name.

VOA: special.2009.07.06