Naming Impact Quotes

When you have a name that means scares, you have to live with that.

There is all the poetry in the world in a name. It is a poem which the mass of men hear and read. What is poetry in the common sense, but a hearing of such jingling names? I want nothing better than a good word. The name of a thing may easily be more than the thing itself to me.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

Give the people a new word and they think they have a new fact.

I've felt like my last name put pressure on me as an artist. If you're going to call yourself "Legend," you'd better make some good-ass music.

I was christened 'Nigel.' It set me back for years.

Bizarre as was the name she bore, Kim Ravenal always said she was thankful it had been no worse.

The simple combination of letters and sounds you select as a name for your baby can result in a life of carefree coolness or decades of expensive therapy. Hi, I'm Jake versus Hi, I'm... Tapioca

Sometimes I think that people's characters get forged, at least in part, from their names.

Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority.

I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are fictional characters, it doesn't bode well for the poor things. There are too many Judes and Tesses and Clarissas and Cordelias around. If we must name our children after literary figures then we should search out happy ones, although it's true they are much harder to find.

Names which tell stories have been worth millions of dollars. So a great deal of research often precedes the selection of a name.

Whether you're choosing for yourself or for a character - or for a child - names have baggage of their own.