Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter “J” never existed during his era. For anyone who’s ever wondered how ...

Congress leader Shama Mohamed has alleged religious bias in the selection process of the Indian cricket team after middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan was left out of the recently announced squads. The ...

Does your surname link you to royalty – or does it mark out your ancestors as fools, philanderers – or just plain ugly? From the common (Smith), unusual (Bonehill) to the downright bizarre (Gotobed), ...

Standing in the Twickenham crowd on Saturday, you couldn’t escape hearing the same question repeated through the stands: “How do you even pronounce that?” Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu’s surname isn’t ...

Stephen Lawrence's father says one of his son's murderers should name the other killers before he can be judged to be safe for release from prison. David Norris will bid to be released on licence ...

A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling has sparked fierce controversy by affirming the right of South African men to adopt their wives’ surnames if they wish to. It emerged from a lawsuit against the ...

Temi Ajibade, wife of singer Mr Eazi and daughter of billionaire Femi Otedola has said her decision to take her husband’s surname instead of keeping her father’s is a matter of personal choice. In a ...

The name 'Google' is derived from the mathematical term 'googol,' which signifies 1 followed by 100 zeros, reflecting the founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page's ambition to manage vast amounts of ...

TOI-Online Google celebrates 27 years since Stanford students Larry Page and Sergey Brin accidentally misspelled "googol" as "Google" during domain registration, creating the search giant's iconic ...

Back in 2010, Ivanka Trump responded to a fan’s question about the origin of her name, revealing a little-known detail about her identity that continues to surprise people today. “My actual name is ...

Ajitabh Bachchan shared that their father, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, chose "Bachchan" as the family surname to reject caste identity. He also shared that Amitabh was nearly named Inquilab, while ...

Amitabh Bachchan's younger brother, Ajitabh, revealed the name that their father and legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan had wanted to give to the legendary actor. He also shared the origin story of ...