Names

See if your name was trendy, a total bust, or part of a pop culture moment.

Did you even know that Michiganian is a word? Because we sure didn't.

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Celebrities are known for naming their kids some wacky things — but you may want to think twice before giving your own child such an unusual moniker. A new study says a bad first name can make children lonelier, lower their self-esteem and even make them less intelligent.

If you’re having a baby soon and want to avoid giving the child a name everyone else in his or her kindergarten class will have, you may want to check out BabyCenter’s list of this year’s most popular baby names.

Baby name site Nameberry.com released its predictions for 2012, and if you thought the noun trend — like naming kids after apples and other objets — was weird, just wait until you get a load of the hot new adjective fad.

The parents of three children, who gave each of them Nazi names, including Adolf Hitler, have finally lost custody of all three kids. On Thursday, a New Jersey appeals court ruled that the children, who have been in foster care, should not be returned to the couple due to evidence of domestic violence in the home. The court has returned the case to family court for further reconsideration. Read M

An Indian district held a renaming ceremony on Saturday that allowed more than 200 girls whose names mean “unwanted” to choose new monikers for themselves.

Naming a child is usually the first big decision a new parent makes, and one that almost one and ten would like to do be able to do again.