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Due to a hazy bureaucratic screwup, a newborn girl was given a truly bizarre name: "Unakite Thirteen Hotel."

What's In a Name?

Developments

Her dad is stuck in a "circuitous, bureaucratic loop."

Hospital Named Abandoned Baby "Unakite Thirteen Hotel"

In a new study, researchers have found a correlation between adults' faces and names — but strangely, the same could not be said of children.

Face Off

Studies

Okay, that's just strange.

Your Facial Features Gradually Change to Go With Your Name, Researchers Find

In a new study, researchers from the University of Utah took an analytical look at the theory of nominative determinism.

Apt Attention

What's in a name?

Study Finds Fascinating Link Between First Letter of Your First Name and the Trajectory of Your Life

Research scientist Janelle Shane trained a naming AI to conjure up new monikers for self-aware spaceships like those in author Iain M. Banks' Culture books.

Name Dropper

The scientist behind the cat-naming neural network is back.

This AI Gives Other AIs Names Like "Ass Federation" And "Hot Pie" Because Robots Can Be Weird Too

With the help from research scientist Janelle Shane, an animal refuge created a neural network that came up with a series of weird and cute cat names.

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