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Sibling Names: 7 Things Every Parent Should Know

　　When we published our first baby-naming book Beyond Jennifer & Jason in 1988, we introduced the idea of sibling names: that the names of your second, third, and subsequent children should “go with” that of your first. Not matchy-matchy names, like Jane and Jean. But names that carried a similar...

The Top Ten Baby Name Problems: And how to solve them

5 Mistakes Even Smart Baby Namers Make

No Dumb Names: And 21 other baby name rules worth following

6 Ways Not To Fight About Baby Names

9 Ways to Choose an Unusual Baby Name The Timeless + Timely Baby Name Formula 5 Routes to Baby Name Happiness The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make Middle Names Q & A Baby Name Flow: How First-Middle-Last Names Can Play Nice Together 19 Signs You’ve Found the Right Baby Name Middle Names: How To Make A Distinguished Choice

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How Close is Too Close? 10 Factors to Consider

　　Sibling names add a whole layer of complexity to naming a baby. Naming your first child may have been challenge enough — finding names that you like, agreeing on a single name with your partner — but naming a sibling comes with its own set of tasks. 　　The goal of naming siblings...

Unusual Names: 5 Ways to Stay on the Right Side of Weird

　　Unusual names can be attractive, distinctive, intriguing….until they cross the line to weird. Parents in search of unusual names often worry about how to stay on the right side of that line. 　　Here, five ways to choose unusual names that have all the best qualities of the genre and...

Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name

　　Canadian guest blogger and name book writer Shandley McMurray offers some advice on global baby names–picking a name that will travel well. (And those are her beautiful kids in the illustration.) 　　Growing up with a name like Shandley in Canada wasn’t always easy. I became tired of correcting people’s spelling and...

Do Kre8iv Spellings Make Names More Special?

　　Guest blogger JILL BARNETT discovers that yooneek names are more prevalent than she’d realized. And every bit as confusing. 　　On a beautiful Saturday in July, I found myself where most people would love to be on a beautiful Saturday in July: sitting in a painfully boring continuing education seminar, hopelessly...

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Lu-Girl Names Inspired by Paris

Lu-Girl Names Inspired by Paris

Baby Names: Spelling Counts Happy 100th Birthday, Olivia! Vintage Girl Names: 9 Fresh Ideas Baby Name Patterns: To Keep Going or Break the Mold? How to Reinvent Family Names for Baby Movie Star Characters: When Marilyn was Elsie 19 Biblical Girl Names You Should Consider My Name is Gay

Influential Baby Names: Show biz ladies

　　By Nancy Man, Nancy’s Baby Names 　　You can tell how much Americans are inspired by famous actresses by looking at the baby name charts! When a new leading lady hits the scene, it’s almost expected that her name will become an influential baby names choice for newborns – at least...

Baby Name Remorse: A Name Nerd’s Apology

　　By Abby Sandel 　　When it comes to naming, plenty of new parents hesitate. “What if she hates her name?” they ask. 　　We name strangers. There is an excellent chance that your child will find his name too ordinary/too weird/too traditional/too crunchy/too hard to spell/too something at some point. 　　But I...

Girl Names with Built-in Boyish Nicknames

　　By Abby Sandel 　　When it comes to naming a girl in 2016, anything goes. Like your names elaborate, even frilly? Celebrity choices like Elizabella and Arabella might be for you. Prefer something borrowed straight from the boys? Celebs have named their daughters Wyatt and James, and names like Quinn, Logan,...

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The ABCs of Boys’ Names

The ABCs of Boys’ Names

The Agony of Choosing A Name Zodiac Baby Names for Boys Names for Twin Boys Rare Boys’ Names of the 1940s Name Sage: Is This Name Too Popular? Name Sage: A Name to Remember Dad Celebrity Baby Names for Boys Movie Mogul Baby Names

On Choosing a (mega) Popular Baby Name

　　By Jen Simon 　　Is there any easier way to judge our fellow parents than by their children’s names? A name is the first thing we learn about a person. It’s how they’re presented to the world. It’s the defining declaration a parent makes when labeling his or her child. Often,...

Name Sage: Can We Still Use Our Favorite Name?

　　Jasmine writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our second child this summer. We thought we had chosen the absolutely perfect name. It’s the name that we have been calling the baby for months. It just felt so right. 　　The name is Henry. We already have an Oliver and thought...

Above-aVERage Names for Boys

　　By Kara Blakley 　　I recently wrote about some VERy exciting names for girls, and now it’s time for the boys’ list. 　　Recently, Brooke Cussans wrote about PERfect names: a wonderfully diverse list of names all sharing the PER syllable.I was inspired to create a list of VER names, and found...

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction Unisex Names Across the Atlantic The Top Unisex Names in Every US State America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich Babyberries: Class of 2023! These Names Are At Their Peak Ancient Names for Babies America's Next Top Baby Names How Millennial Is Your Name? Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

　　And that’s a wrap on the celebrity names of 2023. This year saw a number of notable celebrity baby names, including Techno Mechanicus, Rocky Thirteen, and Louetta Isley. 　　In addition, many A-list celebrity babies were born in 2023, such as the unnamed babies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

　　Which baby names will be on top in 2024? 　　If we're speaking literally, you can expect to see the same few names on the tippy-top of the charts — Olivia and Emma, Liam and Noah. But it's a lot more fun to look at the fastest-rising names — the choices rapidly...

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These Unique Names Are Getting More Popular

These Unique Names Are Getting More Popular

Unique Baby Names in the News Japan Announces New Top Baby Names Top British Baby Names: Some fun facts Best New Names in the Top 1000 The Top Baby Names in Every State Unique Baby Names: Fresh From the Faroes New Top French Baby Names Word Names: The hottest ones right now

Nameberry’s Top Names of the Decade

　　Nameberry’s top names of the decade are led by Charlotte at Number 1 for girls and the biblical Asher in the top spot for boys. 　　Our 2010s baby name popularity list is calculated according to which names attracted the lion’s share of the nearly 125 million views of our name...

Top Baby Names (and some at the bottom)

　　By Clare Green 　　The last couple of weeks have seen some big baby name stories in the news, including the release of the US 2018 popularity charts and a new baby for pop royalty – plus scintillating snippets from the rest of the world. 　　America’s top baby names, state by...

Most Popular Names of 2019….so far

　　The Most Popular Baby Names of 2019 on Nameberry features two new names at Number 1: Archie and Isla. 　　Midway through the year, Archie attracted 50 percent more page views than any other boys’ name. Archie‘s popularity is thanks largely to Britain’s latest royal baby. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The infant...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

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