Appropriate Quote by Timothy Noah

My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if…

— John Mellencamp

I was definitely aptly named.

— Tennys Sandgren

“I prefer to use the names their parents gave them -- the names that society will recognize them by when they return to become…

— Louis Sachar

A good name is what is given you by others and that which has been earned by you.

— Jack Hyles

“Some people, like teachers and librarians and other adults, like to say that names are not important. Like sticks and stones. But they are…

— Nora Raleigh Baskin

The traditional path to making a name for yourself in our family is running for elective office, and I couldn't do that because, for…

— Dorothy Bush Koch

The Internet is a funny place to call anyone names.

— Gracie Abrams

The reason I used a name was because I was a nurse at the time, and I didn't want my name in Timeout and…

— Jo Brand

I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name With somebody who either…

— David Walliams

I've always been aware that to be named after someone from the past carries with it all kinds of bittersweetness.

— Morris Gleitzman

I always was fascinated by neat nicknames.

— Steve Sabol

I'm an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy - at least I think I'm funny. And one of the things I like to…

— Shaquille O'Neal