A few years ago,some marketing and advertising experts were asked to name the best nickname for an American city.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

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

There are fringe events in Britain, Canada,Australia, the Czech Republic and Singapore, just to name a few of the more than eighty examples.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

He lost Conkling's support by refusing to name one of Conkling's supporters Secretary of the Treasury.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

For the first time,the AP invited members of the public to name their top news stories.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

Scientists have found a new species of blind lobster and giant bacteria, to name a few.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

They include nursing,engineering, accounting,biotechnologies,web design, art design and auto mechanics, just to name a few.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

He promised to name southerners to his cabinet and other important jobs.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The library held a contest to name the cat.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

In 1965, California became the first state to name an official rock, a greenish or bluish mineral called serpentine.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

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

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

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

Some people like to Google their friends or themselves to see how many times their name appears on the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.04.19