The ‘S’ in ‘Harry S. Truman’ Really DID Stand for Something
So now it comes out that the ‘S’ in the name of Harry S. Truman actually did have a meaning. For years we’ve heard people say that the S “doesn’t …..
Posts tagged: Names
A Brief History of Black Names, From Perlie to Latasha
A scholar disproves the long-held assumption that Black names are a recent phenomenon.
Sasha Obama’s Real Name is Natasha
Natasha Obama is a search we see a lot of, so we’d like to clarify for our readers: Natasha Obama is the real name of Sasha Obama, the second daughter of …..
Nelson Mandela’s Real Name: Revealed
Barack Obama called him Madiba — why? We’ve got the full story.
Nelson Mandela’s Names: Just How Many Does He Have?
We’ve updated our 2007 study of Nelson Mandela’s many names to include the clan name Madiba.
Why Is Ma Named ‘Yo-Yo’?
Suppose you and your spouse are Chinese immigrants in Paris in 1955 and you can’t decide what to name your son. And you already named one daughter “Yeou.” Why not double up?
Does She Prefer Catherine or Kate?
There’s been some confusion about whether Kate Middleton prefers to be called Kate or Catherine.
Here’s what the Royal Family’s official site had to say before her wedding to Prince William:
The ‘Fishy’ Name of Salmon P. Chase
“In addition to the humiliation he felt over his speaking voice, Salmon Chase was tormented by his own name. He fervently wished to change its ‘awkward, fishy’ sound to something more elegant. ‘How wd. this name do (Spencer de Cheyce or Spencer Payne Cheyce),’ he inquired of [his friend Charles] Cleveland. ‘Perhaps you will laugh at this but I assure you I have suffered no little inconvenience.'”The touching words of ambitious young Salmon P.