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Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name
Dec 12, 2025
  Canadian guest blogger and name book writer Shandley McMurray offers some advice on global baby names–picking a name that will travel well. (And those are her beautiful kids in the illustration.)   Growing up with a name like Shandley in Canada wasn’t always easy. I became tired of correcting people’s spelling and...
Baby Name Flow: How First-Middle-Last Names Can Play Nice Together
Dec 12, 2025
  Middle names are entering a new era for 2023 and beyond. It’s almost imperative today that middle names be meaningful — whether they honor a relative, relate to a parent’s passion, or reflect an important family value.   But middle names today should also be fun. Parents are taking advantage of...
Sibling Names: 7 Things Every Parent Should Know
Dec 12, 2025
  When we published our first baby-naming book Beyond Jennifer & Jason in 1988, we introduced the idea of sibling names: that the names of your second, third, and subsequent children should “go with” that of your first.  Not matchy-matchy names, like Jane and Jean.  But names that carried a similar...
The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make
Dec 12, 2025
  There are few things more thrilling in life than having your first baby.  But newbie baby namers are prone to making some mistakes that more experienced name choosers are able to avoid.   If you’re choosing a baby name for the first time, don’t make one of these 7 common mistakes:...
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