Naming a clothing label means picking a name you can explain, then clearing it through four separate checks. Here are five name families, how to screen each candidate yourself, and what to do before you spend money on packaging.

The Sun has many names, and they do not all mean the same thing. Sol, Helios, Hyperion and Phoebus come from different places and get used differently. Here is what each one actually refers to, plus the science words and first names built on them.

The Aramaic form behind the English name Jesus is Yeshua, sometimes shortened to Yeshu. Here is how the name moved from Hebrew and Aramaic into Greek, Latin, and English, and where scholars disagree about it.

There is no single medical name for butt. Buttock names the rounded mound, gluteal region names the whole area, gluteus maximus names the muscle, and sacrum, coccyx, and ischial tuberosity name the bones. Here is which term points where.

Men do not have maiden names. A maiden name is a woman’s surname from before her marriage. For a man the same idea is a birth name, birth surname, or natal surname, and this guide covers what to enter on any form that asks.

Butter chicken is also called murgh makhani, and some menus say chicken makhani. Here is where each name comes from, why chicken tikka masala is a different dish, and who actually invented the original.

Blood cancer is not one disease. It is a group name covering leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Here are the medical names, what each one refers to, and why one disease often has two.

Navy beans are also called haricot beans, pea beans, and small white beans. Here is which names are real, where the name comes from, and why black turtle bean is a different bean.

Latin has no word for soccer, but it has a family of words for games, balls, courts, and arenas. Here is what ludus, harpastum, harena, and the rest actually meant, and why pagina is not the answer.

A thumb drive has many names: flash drive, USB drive, jump drive, USB stick, pen drive, and memory stick. Here is where each one is common, which started as a trademark, and which to use.