Insights Type: Articles

You might have heard that tax time is a’comin. And for some reason, even though it’s been the same date—April

04.08.2013

Midol. Lysol. Maybelline. Kodak. Listerine. Oreo. Monsanto (edit: not a coined name; see comment below). What do these brand names

03.28.2013

You might have heard that Time Warner is spinning off its magazine business, Time Inc. It’s saying farewell to People,

03.21.2013

For someone in the naming business, Alexander McQueen’s 1922 book How to Name Baby without Handicapping It for Life is

03.04.2013

We’re often asked how we create our names. Our answer is that naming is both an art and a science

02.20.2013

We hope our piece on pet names through the ages has brought new inspiration and some old-fashioned class back to

02.13.2013

A kiss may still be a kiss, but the names we call our lovers have definitely changed as time goes

02.12.2013

Recently I stumbled upon a fascinating study conducted by the online dating behemoth OKCupid. It was designed to shed light

01.03.2013

This blog originally appeared at MarketingProfs. Naming or renaming your business or product can be one of the toughest challenges

10.04.2012

At Catchword, we talk a lot about name creation, but you might also be curious about what happens after you

05.24.2012

Don’t know your Aphesis from your Euphemism?