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Bird Names: Avian options beyond Robin and Raven

　　Bird names are flying onto baby name lists, and guest blogger Kristen Gregg, of the popular blog marginamia, finds a flock of rare species to add to the aviary. 　　I am absolutely chirping with delight to be here today on Nameberry! I’m almost equally delighted to watch an ever growing...

The Hottest Baby Names of 2011

Australian Baby Names: What’s up down under

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Baby Name Trends: Ha Ha names are nothing to laugh at!

Happy 3rd Birthday to Nameberry! Stylish Names: What’s Their Secret? Celebrity Baby Names: The hottest and the nottest Baby Names 2012: Heard any new names lately? Hottest Baby Name Trends: a century ago Nameberry Nine: Trendy with a twist Guess Beyonce’s Baby Name! Baby Names Trends: Cassia, Caspian and Cash

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Baby Name News: This week’s most notable names, from Ami to Zia

　　We’re so pleased to announce that starting today, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel will be presenting a regular baby name news recap and analysis every Monday. 　　If you’re a Nameberry aficionado, you might recall that this column started out as a week in review, then morphed into a more conventional list of names based...

Baby Name Spike: People vs pet names

　　When Mike Myers named his son Spike recently, there were several comments on our Nameberry Facebook page along the lines of: “Did his wife have a puppy?” and “Bit doggy for me.” Not very kind, perhaps, but it does raise the subject of the blurring of the line between human...

W-Names: Where’s Waldo?

　　Once upon a time, in the now distant past, popularity lists–particularly for boys–were teeming with names starting with the letter ‘W’. 　　In 1920, for example, there were twenty-seven of them in the boys’ Top 500, including every conceivable appendage to the first syllable Wil. Aside from the eternal William, there were Willie,...

Baby Names of 1912: Hester, Chester & Sylvester

　　Another new year, another opportunity to test out the 100-Year Rule, a chance to look at the pop lists of 1912 to see if we can find some undiscovered gems to excavate and polish up. 　　Looking first at the boys’ 1912 Top 10, we see that it consisted completely of...

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Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice

Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice

Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100 Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence Looking Beyond Emma and Ella: Who’s next? Baby Names Trend: The Jennifer Juggernaut Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices Stylish Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–from Winter Victoria to Vivian Vespa Let’s hear it for Auntie Name! Top Girls’ Names of 2012

Girl Baby Names: The newsiest names, from Talulah to Lula to Rue

　　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....

Baby Names Trend: I-Ending Girl Names To Keep An Eye On

　　Angela Mastrodonato, creator of the trend-watching blog Upswing Baby Names, will be a regular contributor to our Bonus Blog. Today she looks at girls’ names with a new twist at the end. 　　There’s one vowel that’s found at the end of seemingly every girl name. That vowel, of course, is...

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

　　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...

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Winter Olympic Baby Names: Part 2–The Boys

Winter Olympic Baby Names: Part 2–The Boys

Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for boys Old Testament Baby Names: On choosing Job The Story of O Names: Then and Now Baby Names for Boys: Popularity of “S” and “Sh” sounds What’s your favorite classic boys’ name…and why? Presidents’ Day Names: The mighty middles–Quincy, Knox and Gamaliel Memorial Day Names 2014: 15 great Civil War hero names Super Bowl XLVIII Names: Byron, Britton & Brock

The Origins of Owen

　　By Leslie McLean 　　I conceived Owen through donor insemination on a gorgeous early February night of great tenderness. His birthday would have been in October. 　　We can see him, a bit like Gilbert on Leave it to Beaver, a child version of Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC. White blonde, serious, outdoorsy. A...

Boys Baby Names: The viable and the verboten

　　Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　A French film made its US debut this week. What’s in a Name? takes us to a dinner party. A happy couple announces that they’re expecting a son, and they’ve chosen a name. 　　Adolphe. 　　It’s as scandalous a choice in French as it...

Nameberry Picks: 13 best virtue names for boys

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　When we hear the phrase ‘virtue names’ we tend to think first and foremost of the girls—Faith, Hope and Grace, Prudence and Patience. But some parents are beginning to acknowledge that there are good boys as well as girls, and considering some of the old male virtue...

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity The Coolest Unisex Nature Names 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

　　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...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

　　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...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

　　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...

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COWBOY (& COWGIRL) NAMES

COWBOY (& COWGIRL) NAMES

Biblical Names: From The Baby Name Bible Sam and Sadie: Geezer Names for Babies French Baby Names: Prune, Anyone? THE FOUR-GENERATION RULE Is V the New Z? CAREFUL, KAL-EL; WATCH OUT WHIZDOM! Tutti-Frutti Names: Fruitful Baby Names New York Baby Names

Irish Baby Names: Hot Off The Press

　　Our latest book, Cool Irish Names for Babies, will be hitting the bookstores in a few weeks and we’ll be offering you a few hors d’oeuvres (that doesn’t sound very Irish) before then. The book contains lots of undiscovered Irish baby names drawn from myth, legend and history, cool celebrity and...

GOODBYE, GLADYS?

　　There’s a lively discussion going on over at our message boards on what names have gone out of style and will probably never come back. On the permanent Out List, by consensus, are: 　　BERTHA 　　BEULAH 　　BRUNHILDA (was this ever in, I mean since the 11th century?) 　　CLORIS 　　DORCAS 　　DORIS 　　EUNICE...

Ryan Wong: Can You Mix Ethnicities?

　　Ryan is the Number One name in New York City — for Asian baby boys. Kevin is a top choice among Asian parents too. 　　Ethnic names are getting more and more popular, and not only among people from “matching” ethnic backgrounds. Irish choices like Ryan and Kevin — and Aidan/Aiden,...

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50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

New Popular Irish Names Revealed Top Czech Names Follow International Trends The Top Baby Names A-Z 100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning? 20 Chic French Names You Should Know About Rare Names With Popular Nicknames 5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

　　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...

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

　　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 Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

　　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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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine Updating Popular 1950s Names 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask The Best Baby Name Advice Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort How to Change Your Baby’s Name

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...

Name Change Resources

　　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...

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