The tiny, frozen, nation of Iceland has filed legal action against a British grocery chain store that has taken the name “Iceland” as its company name. “Iceland Foods” is a privately owned frozen food chain owned and operated by Malcolm Walker and the South African investment group Brait. According to a recent article in the UK Guardian, “Iceland Foods” has already “won multiple cases against Icelandic companies which use ‘Iceland’” as a part of their onomastic trademark. Whether the nation of Iceland will emerge triumphant in the battle to control the use of their country’s name will be decided at the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office.

In this article, Mallory Moss, cofounder of Babynames.com, discusses celebrity baby naming trends. Will the rest of us copy these trends?

It’s that time of year when we start seeing “Name of the Year” lists. Nameberry has put together a list of “names that reflect current trends and are prime to inspire baby names of the future.”

Do you have ideas about Name of the Year? Submit your nominations to the American Name Society.

After the vote, the new twin panda cubs at the Atlanta Zoo will receive their names tomorrow, December 12th, on their 100th day of life, as per a Chinese custom. Learn about the name contenders and their Chinese meanings.

Sometimes parents choose the wrong name. The Huffington Post reports on this couple who just had to change their three month old daughter’s name.

For many people, household pets are fully integrated members of the family. That being the case, it should come as no surprise that many of the traditional names that were once almost exclusively given to canines (e.g. Rex, King, and, yes Lassie) have given way to decidedly more human monikers. In the Australia’s newspaper, The Guardian, you can try your luck at determining which names came from the most popular baby name list and which ones came from the most popular dog name list.