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The Name Therapist: How Growing Up with My Odd Name Taught Me Everything You Need to Know about Yours by Duana Taha

4.0

funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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Be honest, we all think that someone named Tiffany or Crystal is low class, even though the parent who named said child thought they were being the opposite. That is just one example of how this book examines our biases and preferences to certain names. So funny and insightful, you will be tempted (like I ultimately was) to look up their name in the back of the glossary. There is a ton of interviews from people ranging from typical names of a generation (i.e. an abundance of Jennifers) to the straight up weird (i.e. Jackie Chan Dot Com, yes that was a real name in the book). Highly recommend you check this one out if you confess to being a so called "Name Nerd/Freak".