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When I had my first son, in 2017, we decided to give him a Burmese middle name. I picked Mindon, after the penultimate king…

— Alex Wagner

There is nothing in a name. My husband, Santhosh Menon, called me Navya at first, which I did not like as it was my…

— Navya Nair

It feels like we're in a Harry Potter book talking about He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

My name is unpronounceable in your tongue, woman,” it said. “I’ll be the judge of that,” warned Granny, and added, “Don’t call me woman.”…

— Terry Pratchett

A good name for a mistress would be close to a man's name so that nobody would know. Like... Conane.

— Chevy Chase

“Lady” is not used before the lady’s first name unless she is the daughter of a duke, marquess or earl; those who come by…

— Judith Martin

“Wow,” I said. “That story is disturbing on so many different levels. One thing that’s mystifying about Indian mythology is how often the names…

— Colleen Houck

To me there is a name for each person. I think it’s marvelous to have a name. A woman is not a woman. It’s…

— John Cassavetes

A name can't begin to encompass the sum of all her parts. But that's the magic of names, isn't it? That the complex, contradictory…

— Charles de Lint

...try as i do, i can't recall her surname. Indeed, her very abstractedness and insubstantial personality seemed to say 'forget me'; she seemed to…

— Muriel Spark

“And even later, when for the first time in her life she had lain in bed with a man and said his name involuntarily…

— Toni Morrison