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Dido’s Take on Her Two Unusual First Names

Leave a comment | 18 November 2009
You may not be surprised to learn that UK-based singer Dido wasn’t born Dido. After all, Bono wasn’t born Bono. Moby wasn’t born Moby. Plenty of entertainers have stage names, right? But Dido’s name isn’t a stage name. She was actually called Dido throughout childhood. And she wasn’t too happy about it. “I thought it [...]
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Where Does Herta Müller’s Name Come From?

1 Comment | 8 October 2009
It was just announced that novelist and poet Herta Müller is the recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. I’ve never read her work — not many have, apparently — but I can tell you something about her name. Müller, born in Romania, is an ethnic German. Herta is a German name that can [...]
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