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Over-the-Luna About Baby Names

　　In the Nameberry 9 this week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel takes on one of the world’s longest celebrity baby names, Rosalind A. A. A. F. Thurman-Busson aka Luna. 　　As summer slipped into fall, I was convinced we’d never learn the name of Uma Thurman’s new daughter. And then suddenly, there...

Dec 13, 2025

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Unusual Girls’ Names: Lotus, Arrow, Pehr, and the rest of the Nameberry 9

Dec 13, 2025

　　Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain focuses this week on some bold and daringly unusual girls’ names that made baby name news. 　　Some weeks I’m astonished by the range of names we can choose for girls. 　　We love our children regardless of gender, but when it comes to talking baby names, many of...

Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

Dec 13, 2025

　　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...

Top Girls’ Names of 2012

Dec 13, 2025

　　Our tally of the 100 most popular girls’ names of 2012 on Nameberry is in, and we have a new Number 1: Katniss. 　　The predominance of Katniss is more a testament to the power of the Hunger Games franchise than to baby name trends. 　　Our Number 2 girls’ name Charlotte,...

A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice

Dec 13, 2025

　　In her second blog for Nameberry, celebrity mom and name lover Natalie Hanson, who has five children with musician husband Taylor, reveals how and why they chose the adventurous Wilhelmina for their second daughter’s name. 　　Hello Berries! Last time I wrote to you, I shared that I was expecting a...

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Prince and Princess Names: From fiction and fable and screen

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Warrior Girl Names: Finding the Right Fit for a Fighter

Dec 13, 2025

　　Their new daughter will need surgery shortly after birth. Time to find a strong name with the right meaning to encourage their little fighter! 　　Kristen writes: 　　We recently found out we were having our third girl and we were absolutely thrilled. Of course, I immediately dug up the master list...

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...

14 Bewitching Girl Names for Halloween

Dec 13, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Witches have haunted the big and small screens forever and are a perfect source for Halloween baby names. And while most of them are evil, scary, hideously ugly (Snow White!), even seductively witchy, there are some that are more kid-friendly. There are also some softer, gentler witches...

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New Geek Chic Names For Boys

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How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique

Dec 13, 2025

　　Classic boy names are wonderful except for the fact that they’re so common. Yes, there have been many august Williams; sure, it’s a name resonant on your family tree; except, there are thousands (11,282, to be exact) of baby Williams out there. 　　But among the wonderful qualities of classic boy...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Dec 13, 2025

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son

Dec 13, 2025

　　What do you get if you cross cottagecore with cowboy names? Meet woodsy names for boys. Woodsy names are the best of each trend — the rugged handsomeness of cowboy names blended with the romantic pastorality and natural elements of cottagecore names. 　　These are the names of woodland heroes and forest...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

Dec 13, 2025

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Dec 13, 2025

　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...

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...

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America's Next Top Baby Names

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Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Dec 13, 2025

　　New York baby namers love sleek, streamlined girl names like Rose and Claire, while Dallas favorites like Willa and Evangeline bring a touch of Southern charm. 　　Scottish namers are drawn to rugged boy names with a local flavor, such as Innes and Struan. And in Auckland, New Zealand, you'll find...

What's a Classic Name?

Dec 13, 2025

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Dec 13, 2025

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

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5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

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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...

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...

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Dec 13, 2025

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Dec 13, 2025

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

Dec 13, 2025

　　Since parents today invest so much thought and effort into finding the right name for their child, we get a lot of queries asking for advice on what to name the baby, and we do try to accentuate the positive. 　　But we also find it incumbent upon us to point...

Name Change Resources

Dec 13, 2025

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...