"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Except if your abuela is the one doing the naming, in which case that rose ...

I love a good nickname that makes a great first name, like Theo, Emmie, and Kate. I know I may be a little biased since my name falls into this category. With a first name like Patricia, people know ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc / DigitalVision via Getty Images Nicknames for grandma, like Grams, Mimo, and Gram Grams, may stem from ...

It happens to the best of us: One minute you’re using someone’s full government-issued name, the next you’re calling them something that would normally embarrass you both, but somehow now feels…right?

You know you’ve got a strong relationship when you’ve given each other some custom, straight-from-the-heart nicknames that are used only for and by each other. The longer you spend with someone, the ...

Baseball has always been about more than just winning games. Every MLB team has nicknames that tell part of its history. Some ...

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” What mean you, Juliet? I have never been able to discern how I feel about this line. On one hand, a name is just a ...

Everyone reading this, take a second to count up all your nicknames. I know everyone has at least one. Even people with naturally short names have some nickname coined for them by family or friends, ...