names

Elmer Fudd Killed My Family Legacy — And Generations of Other Elmers, Too

I was to be an Elmer, a classic name in my family for many decades. But my grandfather — Claire Elmer Douglass — would never hear of it, all on account of the buffoonish rabbit hunter who could never outsmart his prey

Men Named Wolf on the Kardashians Dragging Their Good Name Through the Mud

After Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced they were changing their baby’s name to something more fitting than ‘Wolf,’ other Wolfs — Wolves? — started howling

Where Have All the Mikes and Michaels Gone?

Michael was the most popular baby name among boys for 44 out of the past hundred years, but good luck finding a baby named Mike these days

The r/Chris Subreddit Really Hates Christopher Columbus

There, Chris and Christophers of all stripes denounce him as ‘quite the butthole,’ a ‘pretty shitty dude tbh’ and a ‘disgrace to the name’