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Boy Baby Names: Gone to the Dogs?

　　They have a favorite name picked out for their son, but some have dismissed it as a dog name. What does that mean, exactly, in 2017? Should they choose another name, or stick with their first choice? 　　Monica writes: 　　We are expecting our first baby boy in just a couple...

Unique Vintage Boy Names: Roscoe, Cosmo & Clive

Boy Names: Meaningful Minis

Leonine Names For Leo Babies

Presidents Day Baby Names: The Veeps

French Boys’ Names: From the Top 100 in France Boy Names Starting with B: Billy and Bear Science-Inspired Surname Names Best Unusual Boy Names: Cassian, Macsen, and Wolf Heroes vs Villains in Baby Name Land Traditional Boy Names: Frank, Walter, and George Vintage Boy Names: Grover and Friends Tricky Last Names: What Goes with Lo?

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30 vintage boy names not to be laughed off your list

　　Yes, there are still plenty of viable vintage names for boys that remain frozen in the popularity lists of the past. Some aren’t eligible yet for the 100-year-rule, some suffer from IDD (Image Deficit Disorder), and some have simply been forgotten. Here are 30 examples that we don’t think deserve...

Unusual Boy Names Starting with C and K: Seeking fresh ideas

　　They’d like to stick with another C or K name for their baby on the way. The only problem? None of their favorites feel like The One. 　　Calla writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our second, and much wished for rainbow baby, in September. It’s a boy! We have...

Coachella Boy Baby Names: Mac, Jai & Indio

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Another Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has just wrapped up. Every spring, the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California transforms into a weekend-long music venue, the modern incarnation of Woodstock. 　　We’ve all heard of the 2017 headliners – Lady Gaga, stepping in for pregnant-with-twins Beyonce, Kendrick...

Short Boy Names: Hal, Heath and Hugh

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Do you like your boy names long or short? 　　For every Oliver and Sebastian, there’s a Leo and Kai. But lately celebrity birth announcements have trended towards the single-syllable. Benedict Cumberbatch named his son Hal, a little brother for Kit. Tori Spelling welcomed new baby Beau. We...

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A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice

A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice

Greek Names for Girls: 21 unexplored ancient treasures Bold Names for Girls North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name Great A Baby Names for Girls Girl Baby Names: Plain and fancy, from Arya to Tess to Zetta Baby Names Trend: I-Ending Girl Names To Keep An Eye On Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far) Kimye Kname Kraziness

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...

Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　Are we becoming more tolerant of creative names? 　　My kids’ friends and classmates are a diverse lot, and their names reflect it. There’s Seamus and Shivarama, a boy named Delaney and a girl called Jordan. Yes, we have Matthew and Sam...

Stylish Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–from Winter Victoria to Vivian Vespa

　　Some stylish baby names in Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9. 　　When I heard that Lily Allen was expecting a second child, my heart skipped a beat. 　　I don’t know Lily Allen. When her first baby arrived, I had to Google search to find out that she was a singer, and...

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How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian

How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian

Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming Trending Boy Names 12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love New Geek Chic Names For Boys 100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel 80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques How I Named My Baby: October Teddy

Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

　　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...

How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique

　　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...

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Gender-Bending Baby Names Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

　　Gender neutral names are susceptible to the same shifts in popularity as traditionally gendered names, but these shifts can differ between the sexes. This makes it more interesting to examine the directions of unisex names, which fluctuate in girl-boy ratio from year to year. 　　Nameberry defines gender neutral names as...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

　　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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Top Baby Names 2013: Noah the New Number 1!

Top Baby Names 2013: Noah the New Number 1!

Twin name trends in this week’s baby names news Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names Starbaby News: The Jagger Dynasty, gender-bending and more Modern Classic Baby Names: Cecilia, Calvin and Colin Occupational Surnames: Far from a fad Mythological Baby Names: They’re on the rise Choosing Baby Names: Sense vs sensibility The #1 Baby Names: How popular are they?

Baby Name Trendlet: Ev-starting names from Eve to Ever to Everest

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　For some time now we’ve been seeing a profusion of soft El-starting names, from Ella to Eleanor, Eloise, Elliot, Ellery, Elodie, et al. And now we’ve begun to notice some of her stronger, sharper, Ev-starting cousins coming into the picture, ranging from the ancient Eve to the...

　　By Kelli Brady, thenamefreak.com 　　I am so very excited to finally announce the release of my eBook! Name-alytics: An In-Depth Analysis of the Top 100 Names in the United States Since 1880, a project I have been working on for over a year now. I had the idea and started the...

Baby Names that Bridge Generations: Allison and Kyle

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　One day I had an epiphany. I consider myself part of the “Mom Generation”. When I was in high school, I knew both a Debbie (short for Deborah) and an Allison. 　　Fast forward to 2014 and I would be surprised to see Deborah...

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Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

New Popular Irish Names Revealed

　　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...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...

What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...

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

　　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...

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