Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9
　　Some pretty girl names–and a couple of attractive boys’ too–are highlighted by Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel for this week’s The Nameberry 9. 　　It was a good week for gorgeous girl names. From current favorites to up and coming possibilities, pop culture gave us a quartet of new daughters with noteworthy...
Dec 13, 2025
Over-the-Luna About Baby Names
Looking Beyond Emma and Ella: Who’s next?
Unusual Girls’ Names: Lotus, Arrow, Pehr, and the rest of the Nameberry 9
A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice
Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices Baby Names Trend: The Jennifer Juggernaut Stylish Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–from Winter Victoria to Vivian Vespa Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100 Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice Top Girls’ Names of 2012 Greek Names for Girls: 21 unexplored ancient treasures
Popular recommendations >
Girl Baby Names: The newsiest names, from Talulah to Lula to Rue
Dec 13, 2025
　　It’s an all girl baby names issue of Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week. 　　Did you hear?  Barack Obama declined to offer baby name advice. 　　The president hosted a fireside chat on Google+ last week.  He tackled complex, divisive topics like the environment and the economy....
Let’s hear it for Auntie Name!
Dec 13, 2025
　　Today being National Aunts and Uncles Day (who knew, right?), here’s a shout-out to some of the most memorable aunts in both literature and pop culture– the sweet and the sour, the doting and the demanding, the over-indulgent and the overbearing—with, in literature at least, the unfortunate majority being the...
Baby Girl Names: A name lover goes wild
Dec 13, 2025
　　Name lover Kristin Alexander, creator of the blog What She Said, went crazy over baby girl names.  Her story: 　　“BRAHNwyn!” he said incredulously. “BRAHNwyn?” 　　“Well, when you say it like that, it doesn’t sound very pretty,” I pouted. 　　Granted, Bronwyn was a guilty pleasure. I didn’t really expect my husband...
Classic Girls’ Names: Good Charlotte
Dec 13, 2025
　　For the past couple of years, Charlotte has been at or near the top of the list of Berry favorites, and it’s not hard to see why.  It’s a name at the very center of the Sweet Spot of names with a ton of great attributes and references—literary, historic, and...
Girl Names >
Baby Naming Advice: Teacher Edition
Baby Naming Advice: Teacher Edition
Girl Names: For International Women’s Day Girl Baby Names: Harlow, Cleo, or Willow? Girl Baby Names: 50 Sweetest Sweet-Spot Names The Most Popular Baby Names of the Future Girl Names in Limbo: Can they escape? Celebs are Crazy for Nickname Names! Black History Names: Amazing Women Athletes 14 Bewitching Girl Names for Halloween
Tailored but Feminine Girl Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　Tailored girl names that are also feminine are the order of the day. He says Mary. She says Halston. Where’s the middle ground between those two extremes? The Name Sage sets out to find a compromise for their daughter. 　　Taylor writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting a baby girl...
Reinventing Grandma Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　Grandma is over the rainbow about her new little namesake. Except how, exactly, do you honor a Glenda in 2018? 　　Tess writes: 　　My partner and I are expecting our first, a little girl, and are overjoyed! We are debating on first names right now, but know that we want the...
Boys’ Names for Girls
Dec 13, 2025
　　We all know about boy names for girls like Madison and Addison, Harper and Avery that were once exclusively male, later to be counted among the most popular girl names. 　　Then there are the newer names crossing the gender divide toward the girls’ side. These may still be more widely...
Boy Names >
New Geek Chic Names For Boys
New Geek Chic Names For Boys
Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian 150+ European Baby Boy Names I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular 100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming 12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique
Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques
Dec 13, 2025
　　When a name gets popular, it’s rarely in isolation. 　　Both boy names and girl names tend to rise and fall in groups based on sound, image, association, or some combination thereof. Sometimes just a pair of names will attract attention, but often entire gangs of names will become fashionable at...
Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus
Dec 13, 2025
　　Love Gus as a short name for a boy, but not a fan of Augustus and related names like August and Augustine? 　　One option is to simply use Gus on its own. This vintage nickname is charming, no-nonsense, and you’ll never need to spell it out. It was popular in...
Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition
Dec 13, 2025
　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...
Unisex Names >
50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up
50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up
Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Surprisingly International Baby Names
Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave
Dec 13, 2025
　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...
100 Unique Unisex Middle Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...
Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction
Dec 13, 2025
　　Gender neutral names are susceptible to the same shifts in popularity as traditionally gendered names, but these shifts can differ between the sexes. This makes it more interesting to examine the directions of unisex names, which fluctuate in girl-boy ratio from year to year. 　　Nameberry defines gender neutral names as...
Trends & Predictions >
Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones
Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones
Babyberries: Class of 2023! The Top Names We're Watching for 2024 How Millennial Is Your Name? 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names America's Next Top Baby Names Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna
Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of
Dec 13, 2025
　　The biggest critic of parents’ baby name choice? Yup, that would be Grandma! 　　According to a 2016 survey, almost half of new parents who received negative comments about their newborn’s name said that they came from their own mom. 　　Whether you’re surprised or totally unsurprised by that statistic – no...
The Secret Meanings of Color Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...
Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!
Dec 13, 2025
　　Christian names combine spirituality with style, conveying a faith-based message with contemporary sensibility. 　　These modern Christian names with an evangelical feel aren’t traditional biblical names, well-worn virtues, or even the old prophet names that are so popular nowadays. No, this is a fresh, 21st-century style of Christian names that shout...
Name Popularity >
5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name
5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name
30 Great Names You’re Not Using! Classic Baby Names on the Rise Top Names in Each State Revealed! New Popular Irish Names Revealed Forgotten Names Making a Comeback The Top Baby Names A-Z Top Czech Names Follow International Trends Popular Twin Names
Rare Names With Popular Nicknames
Dec 13, 2025
　　Have you ever known the excitement of meeting a Ben who is not Just Another Benjamin but is, in fact, Benedict? Or Nicki whose “secret” full name is Danika? If so, this list is for you. 　　Rare full names with familiar nicknames can be the best of both worlds, for...
Top Baby Name Influencers 2023
Dec 13, 2025
　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...
The Best of the Rarest Baby Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...
Baby Naming Advice >
The Best Baby Name Advice
The Best Baby Name Advice
The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort Name Change Resources How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby Test-Driving Your Baby Name Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names
Updating Popular 1950s Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...
What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name
Dec 13, 2025
　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...
How to Cope With Baby Name Regret
Dec 13, 2025
　　Baby name regret — also known as baby name remorse — is a common source of shame among new parents. It allegedly affects between 10-20% of new parents, yet the perceived stigma deters many from sharing their feelings or stories. 　　Lately, celebrities have been opening up about their own experiences with baby...
About
Terms and Conditions Privacy policy Cookie Settings Contact Us
Services
Login register
zdname Baby Names Pet Names Girl Names Boy Names Unisex Names Trends & Predictions Name Popularity Baby Naming Advice
Links
zpostcode Recruit weather mreligion Yellowpages sport constellation shopping name game directory literature Word tour furnish Lottery tftnews lyrics News digital car dir Edu Finance
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zdname.com All Rights Reserved