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Teens Stick with Names Parents Gave Them
Nancy Gilbert surveys hundreds of teens and finds four of five resist changing first names. Some praise their given names for saintly or unique qualities, while a minority seek more originality, and many oppose replacing names with numbers for personal and memory reasons.
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Nancy Gilbert Gilbert
William Shakespeare
Tim Robbins
Spokane
Wash
Diane Parker
Claire
Debbie Jones
Caruthersville
Smith