”What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”; the Bard’s famous line from Romeo & Juliet suggests that names themselves do not hold any intrinsic meaning. Are they simply labels to distinguish family from another or are names are intrinsic part of our identity? The National Statistics Office in many countries will report on the most popular names and some countries even have laws for the names children can be given. This week we explore how names are chosen, what they mean and who chooses them in different cultures. Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers might have thought names were inconsequential but what does your name say about you? 

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