How important is it to pronounce ethnic names correctly? Bronx-based teacher Adam Levine-Peres created this short video about why correct pronunciation is important. It boils down to teaching trust, perseverance, and common courtesy.

Find out facts about your name! These include your name’s popularity and geographic distribution in the US as well as oddities such as likeliness to have been born on a particular day of the week.

Some cultures are blurring gender lines and trending towards more gender neutral names. In other countries, unisex names aren’t simply out of style, they’re illegal. Learn which ones in this Huffington Post article.

In this open letter, on scarymommy.com, Elizabeth Broadbent asks parents not to choose weird names. In it, is she outlines seven particularly offense categories on trendy names. What’s your opinion on these “weird” baby naming trends?

This animated map from kottke.org shows popular baby names across the United States. The three separate animations visualize name popularity in different ways.