There's a reason you're hearing the name Cillian everywhere right now.

Names are incredibly important, as they can (apparently) tell you a great deal about a person. For instance, they can supposedly let us know if there’s Viking blood coursing through their veins ...

Parents with fewer children relied more on uncommon names like Eric, Sam, Hazel and Irene. Irrespective of religion, naming was linked to family size and the pattern even held for the Irish in ...