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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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...
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...
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...
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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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...
Baby Naming Advice: Teacher Edition
Dec 13, 2025
　　If you’re a teacher, every name can already feel taken by a former student! What’s the best approach – choose something truly unusual? Or choose a baby name you love, knowing that it might appear on your class list, too? 　　Caity writes: 　　We are having trouble agreeing on a girls’...
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...
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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...
150+ European Baby Boy Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　European baby names have a long and illustrious history of use in the US. After all, many of the most popular boy names today – contemporary classics like Leo and Lucas, Mason and Mateo, Oliver and Owen – have European origins. 　　But there is so much cultural and linguistic variety...
Exploring the Meaning of Julian
Dec 13, 2025
　　Julian is a quiet classic, which has been in steady use throughout history but never wildly popular. It currently ranks at #35 in the US, appreciated for his jolly but understated charm. 　　Up to a point, the origins of the name are clear and undisputed: it comes from the Roman...
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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
Dec 13, 2025
　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...
Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?
Dec 13, 2025
　　Unisex names are attracting more and more attention for babies of both sexes – but “unisex” doesn’t always mean “gender-neutral”. 　　Unisex vs. Gender Neutral NamesNameberry generally defines unisex names as those given to the minority sex at least 10% of the time. But although those names may qualify as unisex...
Unisex Names Across the Atlantic
Dec 13, 2025
　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...
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America's Next Top Baby Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...
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...
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...
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Classic Baby Names on the Rise
Dec 13, 2025
　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...
Top Czech Names Follow International Trends
Dec 13, 2025
　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....
How Gen Z Is Your Name?
Dec 13, 2025
　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...
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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous
Dec 13, 2025
　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...
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...
Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine
Dec 13, 2025
　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her.  　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing?  　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...
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