What is in a name? Well, a lot and a lot of meaning as Enron might say. But there is but one Enron (for which we may all be grateful). When it comes to blogging, however, there may be many Jennifers, Michelles, and Mikes. How do all the Joellens and Johns and so forth distinguish themselves? Arguably by what they write, for whom they write. I don't recall mixing up authors of similar names too often (John Keats and John Irving -- nah). So, is this a problem, all these bloggers sharing common first names?Well, yes and not so much. Someone has gone to the trouble of asking how popular are popular names? A new study demonstrates that favorite names are less commonly given to children than they once were. In other words, the pool of names for children from which we choose is larger than the one our grandparents (or further back) used. Good news: there are fewer people sharing your name and possibly your credit report than there could have been.
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