The action of a thing is the same as the naming of it – is, in fact, the real name. The trees creak and they are saying, ‘trees creak through the long night.’ The long...

That’s just the first part. What others call you, you become. It’s a terrible magic that everyone can do — so do it. Call yourself what you wish to become.

From the day whe arrived at her husband’s home, no one called her by her name.

What’s your name?”Names!’ she sniffed, rolling her eyes. ‘People always want names, don’t they? They’re mad about naming. I will let the moment name me.’ she eyed Jack expectantly.’You want me to name you?’ he...

Elodin pointed down the street. “What color is that boy’s shirt?””Blue.””What do you mean by blue? Describe it.”I struggled for a moment, failed. “So blue is a name?””It is a word. Words are pale shadows...

Shakespeare asked what’s in a name. Well, each of my clones won’t be named the same as me, but they’ll be me and just as sweet.

[N]ames were what you wore forever, and she felt that she’d sent her daughters out in tacky rabbit fur coats when they should have been wrapped in mink.

New streets should be Twitter friendly and be named with hashtags up front. I’d build a house on ‪#‎LoversLane‬.

I didn’t even have a name for her, shade or human, but I didn’t need one to know her. (Eric)

you give a dog a bad name, and that dog is bad for life.

Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.But what about your true name?It is not necessarily your given name. But it is the one to which you are most eager to respond when called.Ever wonder why?Your...

Instead of one-way interruption, Web marketing is about delivering useful content at just the precise moment that a buyer needs it.Search, a marketing method that didn’t exist a decade ago, provides the most efficient and...

I speculate over some of the Anglo nomenclature of birds: Wilson’s snipe, Forster’s tern . . . : What natural images do these names conjure up in our minds? What integrity do we give back...

Three men walk into a bar. The third guy’s name is 333. The first guy’s name is The Second Guy, and the second guy’s name is I’m Not Lying. One of these men is not...

If this interpretation of nashamah by the rabbis is right … then it is naming that creates soul.

We’re OConchobhairs and they’re our friends. Dad always said that what our name means – friend of the wolves.

Throughout the ancient world, naming was a sacred act. It was the word by which a child was called into his calling. It was the voice of destiny, summoning the child into his future with...

When you were born, just a fresh babe, and I held you in my arms for the first time, I knew that we had to call you Bridie, after the blessed St. Brigid. I knew...

For the Hebrews, names provided a direct link with the Creator. They understood words as being the creative fire of God, the ‘black fire on white fire’ of His Law. Every utterance and every act...

They called him John Storm: John after his grandfather, but Storm after his father and his mother.

New Rule: Don’t name your kid after a ballpark. Cubs fans Paul and Teri Fields have named their newborn son Wrigley. Wrigley Fields. A child is supposed to be an independent individual, not a means...