Names
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LifeIf your name is on this list, you’re probably a Viking descendant
Long ReadsHow do you talk about a long-term partner you’re not married to?
BooksRoald Dahl fans, we’ve been pronouncing his name wrong all this time
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Careers
How to write a CV: changing your name can boost career success
Making just two tiny tweaks to your CV could have a huge impact on your career...
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- Kayleigh Dray
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People
Rihanna reckons you’ve been saying her name wrong all this time
RiRi has a question for you all: “Ooh na na, what's my name?”
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
How the #MeToo movement has been influencing baby names in 2018
And one has become extremely unpopular.
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- Susan Devaney
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Life
Revealed: the most popular cat and dog names of 2017
We're having trouble handling the cuteness
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- Megan Murray
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- Kayleigh Dray
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The 20 rarest baby names in the UK – and their meanings
Is yours on the list?
People
Some people only just realised that Rihanna’s real name isn’t Rihanna
Erm, did we not all know this already?
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
These 24 baby names are at risk of going extinct in 2017
Experts have claimed that these once-beloved baby names are “endangered”
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
These are the most-searched gender-neutral baby names in the UK
Parents are increasingly leaning towards androgynous names, according to new research.
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- Moya Crockett
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Life
36 fashionable Irish baby names taking the world by storm
These melodic baby names all hail from the emerald isle…
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- Kayleigh Dray
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People
Sasha Obama’s real name has been revealed, and the internet can’t cope
“Everything I thought I knew was a lie”
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
Listen up, hipsters: these are the 100 most unique baby names ever
Can you believe that absolutely none of these names were used last year?
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- Kayleigh Dray
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- Moya Crockett
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These are the most popular middle names in the UK right now
Unlike first names, second names tend to be inspired by our ancestors.
Life
These will be the trendiest baby names of 2017 (apparently)
Rosamund, Moana and Gunther: these will be the trendiest baby names of 2017
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- Moya Crockett
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Life
The 20 most fashionable Swedish baby names
For parents (and pet owners) searching for the perfect Nordic name
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
These will be the hottest baby names of 2100
An algorithm has been designed to predict future naming trends.
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- Moya Crockett
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Life
This amazing new research can reveal the origin of your surname
Were your ancestors butchers, bakers or candlestick makers?
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- Moya Crockett
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Life
“Breaking free from heartbreak: why I chose to change my name”
One writer explains her struggle to carve out a new identity, aged 30
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- Stylist Team
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Life
Would you pay a “professional” £20,000 to name your baby?
Anxious parents are hiring “baby name consultants” – and they're crazy expensive
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- Moya Crockett
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- Nicola Rachel Colyer
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The most unusual celebrity baby names
From Rocket to Royal Reign
Life
The old-fashioned baby names going extinct
A world with no more Nigels or Elaines? Say it isn't so.
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- Hayley Spencer
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