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Sibling Names: 7 Things Every Parent Should Know

　　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 Top Ten Baby Name Problems: And how to solve them

How Close is Too Close? 10 Factors to Consider

6 Ways Not To Fight About Baby Names

The Timeless + Timely Baby Name Formula

The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make 19 Signs You’ve Found the Right Baby Name 5 Routes to Baby Name Happiness 5 Mistakes Even Smart Baby Namers Make 9 Ways to Choose an Unusual Baby Name Middle Names Q & A Middle Names: How To Make A Distinguished Choice Baby Name Flow: How First-Middle-Last Names Can Play Nice Together

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Unusual Names: 5 Ways to Stay on the Right Side of Weird

　　Unusual names can be attractive, distinctive, intriguing….until they cross the line to weird. Parents in search of unusual names often worry about how to stay on the right side of that line. 　　Here, five ways to choose unusual names that have all the best qualities of the genre and...

Do Kre8iv Spellings Make Names More Special?

　　Guest blogger JILL BARNETT discovers that yooneek names are more prevalent than she’d realized. And every bit as confusing. 　　On a beautiful Saturday in July, I found myself where most people would love to be on a beautiful Saturday in July: sitting in a painfully boring continuing education seminar, hopelessly...

Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name

　　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...

No Dumb Names: And 21 other baby name rules worth following

　　A few weeks ago we asked the Nameberry moms and dads to tell us their best baby names rules. What followed were hundreds of suggestions, from the idiosyncratically individual (All middle names must be Celtic and begin with R) to rules so universal they might apply to everyone. 　　Rule Number...

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Unusual Baby Names: A search for the unique

Unusual Baby Names: A search for the unique

Vintage Girl Names: 9 Fresh Ideas Girl Names with Built-in Boyish Nicknames Movie Star Characters: When Marilyn was Elsie Baby Names: Spelling Counts Baby Name Patterns: To Keep Going or Break the Mold? Popular Baby Names: 50 shooting stars Lu-Girl Names Inspired by Paris Newest Word Names for Girls

How to Reinvent Family Names for Baby

　　By Abby Sandel 　　This week brought us two celebrity baby names inspired by loved ones. But they’re not just simple honor names. 　　Lacey Chabert revealed that her new daughter, Julia Mimi Bella, is named for Lacey’s mom, Julie. Julia is the first child for Lacey and husband Dave Nehdar. 　　Actor...

19 Biblical Girl Names You Should Consider

　　Have you noticed that biblical names go in and out of style? 　　These days, Old Testament boy names dominate the popularity list, with Noah, Jacob and Benjamin in the Top 10, as well as Archangel Michael, but with only Abigail on the girl side. 　　This was not true in the...

Single-Syllable Names for Girls

　　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...

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The Agony of Choosing A Name

The Agony of Choosing A Name

New McBaby Names for Boys Great Alternatives to the Top Boy Names Above-aVERage Names for Boys New Baby Name Trend: The Lu/Lou boys Rare Boys’ Names of the 1940s Zodiac Baby Names for Boys Celebrity Baby Names for Boys Seeking a Science-Inspired Name

On Choosing a (mega) Popular Baby Name

　　By Jen Simon 　　Is there any easier way to judge our fellow parents than by their children’s names? A name is the first thing we learn about a person. It’s how they’re presented to the world. It’s the defining declaration a parent makes when labeling his or her child. Often,...

9 Unique Celebrity Baby Names for Boys

　　Celebrities are known for choosing unique celebrity baby names. Academy Award-nominated Terrence Howard is the latest to join the ranks of daring baby namers. 　　It isn’t just about choosing an outlandish name. It’s about finding inspiration from the wider world. Sure, the names on this list have seldom – or...

25 Stylish-yet-Unusual Boys’ Names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Two-syllable baby names ending with the letter n have dominated the boys’ popularity list for several years now. The Top 20 for boys includes sex such choices: Mason, Ethan, and Jayden, Aiden, Jackson, and Logan. And when you add in all the spelling variations of these trendy boys’...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

Surprisingly International Baby Names

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Unisex Names Across the Atlantic Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

　　The most popular unisex names in the USA in 2022 were Logan, Avery, and Riley. But does that hold true across every state? 　　Well, sometimes. But as you might guess, each state has its own favorite unisex names. For some, it’s an occupational name like Parker or Sawyer. Other states...

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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The Secret Meanings of Color Names

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023 Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock America's Next Top Baby Names Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna What's a Classic Name?

60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

　　Know a lot of babies named Vivian and Lincoln? You might just live in the Midwest. 　　We analyzed the most popular names by state to find which names are used more in the twelve core Midwestern states — that's Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,...

These Names Are At Their Peak

　　Looking for a name everyone will love just as much as you do? You can’t go wrong with names at the top of their game. 　　Names that peaked in 2022, calculated in exclusive research and analysis by Nameberry, are baby names that rank higher in the USA than they have...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

　　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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Unique Baby Names: Fresh From the Faroes

Unique Baby Names: Fresh From the Faroes

Word Names: The hottest ones right now Names Meaning Red are Blazing Hot 2018 Most Popular Names: The Playground Analysis New Top French Baby Names Contest: Guess the New Top 10 and Win! Nameberry’s Top Names of the Decade Top Baby Names (and some at the bottom) Japan Announces New Top Baby Names

These Unique Names Are Getting More Popular

　　How can a name be popular and unique at the same time? 　　It can sit at the top of second tier of 1000 most popular names, lying just out of sight beneath the much-publicized Top 1000, ranking Number 1001 to 2000 and used for an average of 100 to 200...

New Top British Baby Names

　　The most popular British names for 2018 are hot off the press from the Office of National Statistics. 　　Once again, Oliver was top in England and Wales, for the sixth year, and Olivia remained the top name for girls for the third year in a row. 　　New (or back) into the Top 100 are Grayson,...

Top British Baby Names: Some fun facts

　　This week’s news includes fun facts from the new top British baby names data, name inspiration from the football pitch to the pizza parlor, and an out-of-this-world naming challenge for the Teenberries out there… 　　Best of Top British Baby Names: making a splash across the pondOh frabjous day! The England...

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Name Change Resources The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask Updating Popular 1950s Names 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 Unique Twin Names to Inspire

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

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...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

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