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Coffee Break: What's Your Name?

A name tag.
A name tag. peace.love.quilt [Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0]

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

April 09, 2025

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be named something different? Maybe today is the day to try it out. Wednesday is National Name Yourself Day. The holiday is pretty self-explanatory – it’s a day to name yourself! :D

Maybe you would like to stick with the name you have, or maybe it would be fun to try something new. Either way, let’s create a list of names with music!

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs with names in the titles would you like to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
Mike Doughty- 27 Jennifers
Styx- Lorelei
The Magnetic Fields- '93 Me And Fred And Dave And Ted
The Kinks- Victoria
Trip Shakespeare- Jill Can Drive
Elvis Costello- Veronica
Paul Simon- You Can Call Me Al