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Australian Baby Names: What’s up down under

　　Today’s guest blogger, Aussie Anna Otto, tells us what she sees ahead for Australian baby names in 2012. 　　Baby Name Trends from Australia for 2012 　　Nameberry has brought us the hottest trends in baby trends for next year, and many of them are evident in Australia, as in other countries. But...

Baby Names 2012: Heard any new names lately?

W-Names: Where’s Waldo?

Guess Beyonce’s Baby Name!

Happy 3rd Birthday to Nameberry!

Bird Names: Avian options beyond Robin and Raven Baby Name Spike: People vs pet names Celebrity Baby Names: The hottest and the nottest Too trendy? Or just right…. Baby Names of 1912: Hester, Chester & Sylvester The Hottest Baby Names of 2011 Nameberry Nine: Trendy with a twist Hottest Baby Name Trends: a century ago

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Stylish Names: What’s Their Secret?

　　Some stylish names share a first initial: Vowel names are particularly popular right now, for instance. Other times, it’s a rhythm or ending sound: Boys’ names with two syllables that end in N or R are big these days. 　　Still other fashionable names share an ethnic origin such as Irish...

Baby Names Trends: Cassia, Caspian and Cash

　　Here in our baby name bubble, in case you haven’t noticed, we tend to parse every element of every name for hints of incipient baby name trends. This would include first syllables, middle letters (like the current x), and endings like en and er for boys. 　　Just recently we’ve been...

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 Trends: Ha Ha names are nothing to laugh at!

　　Have you noticed the sudden pop in popularity of girls’ names starting with the happy-go-lucky syllable ‘Ha’—some on them shamelessly stolen from the boys? Caught in the spotlight by two recent high-profile starbabies, Harper Seven Beckham and Jessica Alba’s Haven Warren, this is among the baby name trends that seem...

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A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice

A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice

Baby Names Trend: The Jennifer Juggernaut Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100 Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9 Let’s hear it for Auntie Name! Baby Names Trend: I-Ending Girl Names To Keep An Eye On Girls’ Names 2013: Our 10 newest choices Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice Top Girls’ Names of 2012

Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices

　　Maybe because Nameberry attracts such serious name lovers, many visitors to the site can’t settle for choosing just one name for their babies. 　　I’m not talking about the trend toward picking two middle names but about the taste for baby girl names that have two very different versions: a classic,...

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...

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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Baby Name Choice: Second thoughts on Laszlo?

Baby Name Choice: Second thoughts on Laszlo?

The Story of O Names: Then and Now What’s your favorite classic boys’ name…and why? Nameberry Picks: 13 best virtue names for boys Memorial Day Names 2014: 15 great Civil War hero names Top 100 Boy Names of 2013 Baby Name Trends: The n-ending boys’ names epidemic Old Testament Baby Names: On choosing Job Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for boys

Baby Name Choice: Ryder– A name ahead of its time

　　By Gay Cioffi 　　When my son was about to be born, close to thirty years ago, there were very few resources for parents-to-be to turn to for ideas for names. Nothing as wonderful as Nameberry, for sure! As a veteran nursery school teacher of ten years, I had the added challenge...

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...

40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Boys’ edition

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Last week we looked at some neglected girls’ namesake names, now it’s the boys’ turn as we seek some equally distinctive names from American history and culture, names that could provide unique-ish options with interesting back-stories. What’s especially evident here is how many of the unusual boys’...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Unisex Names Across the Atlantic Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...

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...

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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French Baby Names: Prune, Anyone?

French Baby Names: Prune, Anyone?

Biblical Names: From The Baby Name Bible NAMES OF THE NEW WEST DE-HIPSTERIZE THAT BABY NAME Tutti-Frutti Names: Fruitful Baby Names Sam and Sadie: Geezer Names for Babies Calendar Baby Names COWBOY (& COWGIRL) NAMES Ryan Wong: Can You Mix Ethnicities?

Is V the New Z?

　　We’re noticing a lot of V’s — as in vivacious and vibrant — popping up in cool names these days. There’s Vivienne, of course, the name of Brad and Angelina‘s twin daughter, and also the name of Rosie O’Donnell‘s youngest child. Then there’s Olive, the name of Isla Fisher and...

Jewel Names for Your Little Gem

　　Back in the Gay Nineties–the 1890s, that is–there was a major craze for flower names, with Rose, Daisy and Lillie high on the popularity lists. Concurrent with that, there was a mini-fad for jewel names, as in Ruby, Pearl and Opal. Today, history does seem to be repeating itself. Not...

New York Baby Names

　　Having a baby in New York City is different from having one anywhere else, and that includes choosing a name. 　　The most popular New York baby names are a departure from the popular names in the rest of the country, for one thing. Daniel tops the boys’ chart for the...

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5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

The Top Baby Names A-Z Rare Names With Popular Nicknames How Gen Z Is Your Name? New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names Top Czech Names Follow International Trends Popular Twin Names Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning? 100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

　　You know when you see a child (or a picture of one) and think, “Dang, that kid is cooler than I’ll ever be”? That’s how we feel when we hear a lot of the most popular names in France. 　　I mean, imagine having a playdate with little Capucine or Timéo....

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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby Updating Popular 1950s Names Unique Twin Names to Inspire How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine Test-Driving Your Baby Name It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s 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...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...

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...

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