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Braggadocio Boy Baby Names

　　by Abby Sandel 　　We all expect our children to do great things, but lately we’re hearing more names for boys that aren’t just bold – they’re downright brash. 　　The two youngest members of the Kardashian family are the standard bearers for this trend: Kourtney’s Reign, who celebrates his first birthday...

Dec 13, 2025

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Boys’ Names: 10 New Favorites

Dec 13, 2025

　　by Esmeralda Rocha 　　In Part one of our blog on names new to the Nameberry database, we discussed highlights of our recent additions to the girls’ database. Part two focuses on our favorite ten additions to the boys’ name database. 　　Armel – This Welsh name, also used in France, means...

10 Appealing German Boys’ Names to Consider

Dec 13, 2025

　　Anna recently recommended ten German girls’ names for importation, and now she’s done the same for German boy names. 　　Andreas 　　Latinised form of the Greek form of Andrew. The name has been used in Germany since the Middle Ages; a famous medieval namesake is Andreas Osiander, a Lutheran mystic and theologian....

9 Great Sports-Inspired Baby Name Stories

Dec 13, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　How far would you go to show your loyalty to your team? 　　You’ll buy season tickets, of course. Play the team’s signature song at your wedding reception? Maybe. Name your pet after a star player? Possibly. 　　But give your kiddo a name that clearly honors the team?...

Names for a Yuletide Babe: The O Antiphons

Dec 13, 2025

　　By Kate at Sancta Nomina (Katherine Morna Towne) 　　I recently went back through the Nameberry archives to see what posts have been done about Christmas names and found articles listing names relating to Christmas movies (Ralphie, Zuzu) and TV specials (Linus, Virginia), seasonal foliage (Holly, Ivy), colors (Crimson, Scarlet), Elf...

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Inspiring International Names from the Women’s World Cup

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Valentine’s Day Names: Lovable Love Words

Dec 13, 2025

　　Valentine baby names mean love and romance in every possible way. Today we look at names that mean love, heart, sweetness, and more, to celebrate the holiday in the name of your own lovebug. 　　The Valentine FamilyLet’s begin with the star of the show. The name Valentine (in Latin, Valentinus)...

Mom Names: Lady Gaga’s Mama and more!

Dec 13, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　It’s become a Nameberry tradition. In celebration of Mother’s Day, we honor a dozen moms who not only have raised highly successful offspring, but who also happen to have—yes—memorable names themselves. Here is this year’s list of the Top 12, including the mom names of Lady Gaga,...

Popular Girl Names: Lost in the La-Crowd

Dec 13, 2025

　　They’ve long loved Lyla for a daughter. But is Lyla too close to all those other lovely, La-la names? 　　Emily writes: 　　We are struggling with choosing a name for our baby girl arriving in March. 　　Our son’s name is Theodore and he goes by Theo. For years we have liked...

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100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

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How I Named My Baby: October Teddy

Dec 13, 2025

　　Michelle, a breastfeeding counselor, and Neil, a research scientist, live in Ames, Iowa with their four children: Eisley, Avonlea, Idalia Rae, and October Teddy. 　　October was born on March 4, 2023. Here, we talk to Michelle about how she and Neil named their little boy. 　　Tell me October’s name story!I...

Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming

Dec 13, 2025

　　Flower names for boys are a rare but beautiful bunch – a subset of the fashionable group of floral baby names which have proved particularly popular for girls in recent years. 　　Cool nature names for boys include tree names like Rowan and Oakley, wild animal names like Fox and Bear,...

Trending Boy Names

Dec 13, 2025

　　New parents — those who haven't spent much time around today's babies — may not be up on today's trending boy names. Does this sound like you? You might be shocked to learn the hottest boy names right now. 　　What are trendy boy names? Trendy boy names are more popular than...

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The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Dec 13, 2025

　　Want to know the most gender-neutral nonbinary baby names? Depending where you live, they could be anything from Amani to Zen. 　　The most nonbinary names in the US are different from the most popular unisex names (which usually lean male or female). Here we’re talking about names that strike a...

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Dec 13, 2025

　　Happy Pride 2023! 　　Pride icon names celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the inspiring history behind the fight for equal rights. 　　It's more than half a century since the first Pride parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, commemorating the Stonewall Riots of the previous summer....

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Dec 13, 2025

　　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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Best New Baby Names in the Top 1000

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Top 100 Baby Names Showdown!

Dec 13, 2025

　　The US and the UK have long enjoyed a “special relationship”, but does that extend to baby names? What are the biggest differences nd similarities between British names and American names. 　　Since the British and American name stats were released within two weeks of each other this year (yes, it’s...

Top Baby Names 2020: The Playground Analysis

Dec 13, 2025

　　These are the real top names you will most often hear on the playground! 　　The Playground Analysis groups the names from the SSA list according to their sound and then ranks the groups instead of the individual spellings. Grouping the various spellings together gives us a more accurate view of...

Nameberry Babies: Class of 2020

Dec 13, 2025

　　As the end of 2020 looms (finally), let’s lift our spirits by looking back over a year of brilliant Babyberry names! 　　It may seem like the year when the world ground to a halt, but for many of our members 2020 has brought the arrival of a new family member....

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Baby Names Before 1850

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20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

Dec 13, 2025

　　You know when you see a child (or a picture of one) and think, “Dang, that kid is cooler than I’ll ever be”? That’s how we feel when we hear a lot of the most popular names in France. 　　I mean, imagine having a playdate with little Capucine or Timéo....

New Popular Irish Names Revealed

Dec 13, 2025

　　Good news for lovers of Irish baby names! The latest popular Irish names data for 2022 has just been released, and it’s a treasure trove of intriguing options from the Emerald Isle. 　　Happy St Patrick’s Day! Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! 　　Top 10 Irish Girl Names 　　There has been a...

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Dec 13, 2025

　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...

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The Best Baby Name Advice

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Dec 13, 2025

　　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...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Dec 13, 2025

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Dec 13, 2025

　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...