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18-year-old drops hyphenated last name belonging to his stepfather, his mother tells him she's deeply ashamed of his decision: ‘It was forced on me’

Lana DeGaetano

26-year-old plans to name her future daughter after her grandma; after learning about it, her SIL adopts a dog and names her in that exact name

Ayala Sorotsky

‘I found a sweet five-year-old pup who had the same name as me, so it felt like it was meant to be! ‘: A woman seeking comfort and security finds happiness in the loving paws of a rescued pup, whose arrival filled a void and brought peace to her home

Laurent Shinar

‘The dog is in my name. I have all my paperwork in order, she is chipped, she's not going anywhere’: Former owner fails to reclaim dog after new owner fully trains the pupper, forcing him to assert his legal right to the pet he rescued and rehabilitated

Laurent Shinar

‘He’s brought me so much joy already and follows me everywhere like a little shadow.”: A filthy, neglected stray’s journey from a garden bed to a beloved indoor companion concludes with a full veterinary makeover and a new, permanent name: pepper

Laurent Shinar

20 Hilarious Photos of the Cute Canines Named after TV & Movie Classics

Laurent Shinar

Expecting mom refuses to name her daughter 'Emmy Grace' after her husband's girlfriend of 6 years, who passed when he was 21: 'He told me he wanted to use the names and he was putting his foot down'

Emmy Pratt

‘A human child obviously has priority over a dog for a name.’: A neighbor’s belief that his child's name trumps a dog's name leads to a conflict that proves the dog's owner to be more reasonable and respectful than the neighbor

Laurent Shinar

14-year-old shortens her name to mirror her late mother's name, only for her father, who encouraged the name change prior, to forbid it when he remarries a jealous woman: 'She wanted that extra connection to her mom'

Lana DeGaetano

Entitled sisters adopt a Russian Blue cat and name him exactly like their friend’s name she saved for her black cat: 'Kuro means black in Japanese, their cat is literally dark grey'

Ayala Sorotsky

'The lady on the phone immediately said his name and I almost screamed. IT’S HIM!!!': After two years of searching, a cat rescuer's hunch about a stray feline is confirmed by a microchip scan, leading to a heartfelt reunion with her beloved cat, Rus

Laurent Shinar

26-year-old pregnant woman demands naming daughter after her late childhood dog, 31-year-old husband refuses, claiming it will negatively impact their child in the long-run: 'I'd be weirded out if I were named after a dog'

Emma Saven

“He responded to his name and climbed into my lap like no time had passed”: A family lost their beloved cat in 2012, mourned him for a decade, and then got the call they thought would never come, but bringing shadow home wasn’t so simple

Laurent Shinar

The CDS deploys a kitten delivery to a nerdy family who wants to name the furball after a Star Wars character: ‘My Jar Jar Binks approves of a Star Wars themed name’

Ayala Sorotsky

Pregnant wife finds out her husband called his ex "his soulmate" and wants to name their unborn baby after her cat: 'The whole evening I felt like an idiot'

Ayala Sorotsky

'She told me she’s calling animal control about it': 60-year-old neighbor throws a tantrum because a family named their newly adopted female street cat, who just gave birth to 6 adorable kittens, a 'male' name

Mariel Ruvinsky