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Classic Girls’ Names: Good Charlotte

　　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...

Dec 13, 2025

A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice

Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100

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Over-the-Luna About Baby Names

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Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence

Dec 13, 2025

　　Hear the words ‘detective’ or ‘private eye,’ and you probably picture a tough guy like Mickey Spillane or a cooler customer like Sam Spade. But it turns out that mystery fiction also features a lot more female sleuths than you might think, dating back to Loveday Brooke in the 1890s...

Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices

Dec 13, 2025

　　Maybe because Nameberry attracts such serious name lovers, many visitors to the site can’t settle for choosing just one name for their babies. 　　I’m not talking about the trend toward picking two middle names but about the taste for baby girl names that have two very different versions: a classic,...

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...

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....

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9 Glowing Girl Names: Brilliant and bright

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Prince and Princess Names: From fiction and fable and screen

Dec 13, 2025

　　If you like names that are classic and timeless, international and deep-rooted, royal names could be the perfect style for you. 　　These are the names worn by kings, queens, princes, princesses and their families (focussing on European ones here) from early medieval times to the present day — some names...

Girl Baby Names: 50 Sweetest Sweet-Spot Names

Dec 13, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We recently posted a list of fifty boys’ names that we consider to be currently in the sweetest sweet spot—that is, instantly recognizable but not mega-popular—just the kind of fitting in/standing out name that many parents are looking for. These were all found in the lower regions...

Sister Names: Long or Short?

Dec 13, 2025

　　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...

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Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus

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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...

Brother Names

Dec 13, 2025

　　Choosing the right brother names involves striking the right balance. Ideally, brother names should be coordinated in a clear way — such as style or origin — but you want the names to be distinctive, so the brother set doesn’t feel too matchy. 　　Looking for brother names with similar style is...

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,...

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

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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...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Dec 13, 2025

　　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...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Dec 13, 2025

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

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Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Dec 13, 2025

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

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...

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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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

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The Top Baby Names A-Z

Dec 13, 2025

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

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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Updating Popular 1950s Names

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The Best Baby Name Advice

Dec 13, 2025

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Dec 13, 2025

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Dec 13, 2025

　　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....