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The Royals are Coming: King, Prince and Princess

　　Will and Kate are expecting a prince or princess in 2015, but there could be thousands of royal births in the coming year. 　　Confused? 　　Nameberry’s 2015 trend report started with Defining Names – names that create a clear and powerful identity. 　　A great many of those identities are clad in...

Apr 16, 2025

Portuguese Baby Names: The aristo trend

Celebrity Baby Names: The V, X, and Z epidemic

Cool Names: Baby names more stylish across the ocean

Sibling Names: The latest from London

Starbabies 2014: The luscious and the ludicrous Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends Future Top Ten Names: Avery, Jaxon, and Hadley Billy and Bob are Back in the Playground British Name Trends 2014 A peek inside the Nameberry bubble On-Trend Celebrity Babies: Nova, Cy, and Etta M Baby Names: Initial of the future?

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From Mary to Isabella: Baby names get longer and longer

Apr 16, 2025

　　By Nick Turner 　　Baby-name fads have come and gone over the decades, but one trend has held true: Names are getting longer. 　　A hundred years ago, boys’ names were typically less than two syllables. John, James, George and Frank were all popular picks, and there were no three-syllable names anywhere...

Unusual Baby Names: The Other A Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Everybody loves the letter A. 　　A is the most common first initial for baby names today. Many of the most popular baby names start with A, including Ava, Abigail, and Amelia for girls, and Alexander, Andrew, and the Aiden constellation for boys. And then there are...

Eclectic Naming Trends: Global, Gender-Neutral, Classic

Apr 16, 2025

　　It’s tempting to predict the future. Difficult, too. 　　Last week, I stumbled across a 1994 article in the L.A. Times. Nameberry’s chief name expert Pamela Redmond predicted the stylish names of the future would be Felix and Frances, Charlotte and Claire, Hazel and Dexter. 　　Twenty years later, it’s all come...

Hot Baby Names: 20 choices heading for the top

Apr 16, 2025

　　What are the hottest baby names today, those zooming toward the top of the popularity list? 　　Identifying which names are moving fastest toward the top is an art, but there can also be some science to it. We asked the Wizard of Nameberry, our engineer Hugh Hunter, to plot the...

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Sibset: A name for Jack’s baby sister

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Prince and Princess Names: From fiction and fable and screen

Apr 16, 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...

Mom Names: Lady Gaga’s Mama and more!

Apr 16, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　It’s become a Nameberry tradition. In celebration of Mother’s Day, we honor a dozen moms who not only have raised highly successful offspring, but who also happen to have—yes—memorable names themselves. Here is this year’s list of the Top 12, including the mom names of Lady Gaga,...

9 Glowing Girl Names: Brilliant and bright

Apr 16, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　There are many girls’ names that mean light. There’s the whole Lu-name contingent: Lux and Luz, Lucy and Lucia, Lucille and Lucinda, for starters. And the bright and clear Clara, Claire, Clarissa contingent. And all the Helen, Helena, Ellen, Leonora et al names that mean ‘bright, shining...

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Surname Names for Boys: Help wanted!

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Seeking a Traditional but Modern Boy Name

Apr 16, 2025

　　We have more choices for naming our sons than ever before. But that doesn’t mean its easy to find a traditional but modern brother name for Elliott Wilder. 　　Jenn writes: 　　We have a baby boy due late August–we’re thrilled that our son will have a brother, but boy names did...

15 Fabulous French Boy Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　When you think of French boy names –and girl names–, words like sophisticated and stylish come to mind. And rightly so. The fifteen French names for boys below are all that and accessible too—Remy, for example, has already been successfully imported, as has Beau. But for some of the rest, pronunciations...

Awesome V Names for Boys

Apr 16, 2025

　　So you’re looking for a V names for boys. And for your own personal reasons, you’ve eliminated the most obvious, Victor and Vincent. But where do you go from there? Admittedly, this isn’t the broadest group in the alphabet, but here are some very viable boy names starting with V...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Apr 16, 2025

　　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...

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Apr 16, 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 That Switched From Boy to Girl

Apr 16, 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...

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Babyberries: Class of 2023!

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Apr 16, 2025

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Apr 16, 2025

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Apr 16, 2025

　　New York baby namers love sleek, streamlined girl names like Rose and Claire, while Dallas favorites like Willa and Evangeline bring a touch of Southern charm. 　　Scottish namers are drawn to rugged boy names with a local flavor, such as Innes and Struan. And in Auckland, New Zealand, you'll find...

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Baby Names Before 1850

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The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Apr 16, 2025

　　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...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Apr 16, 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...

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Apr 16, 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...

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Unique Twin Names to Inspire Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts 9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby Name Change Resources How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

The Best Baby Name Advice

Apr 16, 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

Apr 16, 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 Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Apr 16, 2025

　　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...