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6 Ways Not To Fight About Baby Names

　　Conceiving your child may have made you feel, more than any other step you’ve taken together, as if you and your spouse had finally and truly become one. Choosing its name can remind you that, nope, you’re still actually two. 　　There are all those people with all those names that...

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

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5 Mistakes Even Smart Baby Namers Make

Sibling Names: 7 Things Every Parent Should Know

The Timeless + Timely Baby Name Formula The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name 9 Ways to Choose an Unusual Baby Name 5 Routes to Baby Name Happiness The Top Ten Baby Name Problems: And how to solve them Middle Names: How To Make A Distinguished Choice How Close is Too Close? 10 Factors to Consider

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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...

Baby Name Flow: How First-Middle-Last Names Can Play Nice Together

　　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...

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...

19 Signs You’ve Found the Right Baby Name

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　How will you know when you’ve found the right name for your baby? You’ll just know, some might say — but you might know that you know for sure if you experience one of the following 19 signs. 　　1. Without even trying, you find yourself calling...

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Movie Star Characters: When Marilyn was Elsie

Movie Star Characters: When Marilyn was Elsie

Happy 100th Birthday, Olivia! Girl Names with Built-in Boyish Nicknames Baby Name Patterns: To Keep Going or Break the Mold? Lu-Girl Names Inspired by Paris Baby Name Remorse: A Name Nerd’s Apology Single-Syllable Names for Girls Baby Names: Spelling Counts Influential Baby Names: Show biz ladies

100 Gorgeous Girl Names in Translation

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Why would you choose a girls’ name name from another culture? There are several good reasons. First of all, there is the sheer beauty of so many of them. Then there is the honor factor. Say you have a beloved grandmother named Barbara you want to pay tribute...

Double Trouble: Name plus Nickname Search

　　UPDATE: She’s here! Scroll to the bottom to learn the name Kate and her husband chose for their new daughter. 　　Kate writes: 　　I am driving myself crazy trying to find a name for our baby girl due in October. Our son is named Oliver Mark. We call him Ollie. Our last name...

　　By Gay Cioffi 　　As the youngest in my family of five, I am the only one who was not named for a grandparent or beloved aunt or uncle. As it happened, I was named for a fondly remembered childhood acquaintance of my mother. 　　While not only was breaking from that family...

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Name Sage: Is This Name Too Popular?

Name Sage: Is This Name Too Popular?

Rare Boys’ Names of the 1940s On Choosing a (mega) Popular Baby Name The ABCs of Boys’ Names New Baby Name Trend: The Lu/Lou boys The Agony of Choosing A Name Celebrity Baby Names for Boys Seeking a Science-Inspired Name New McBaby Names for Boys

Zodiac Baby Names for Boys

　　Some people believe in astrology, some people don’t, but it’s fun to think about. I’m pregnant with number 2, and I never really thought about naming it based on its sign. But I saw a suggested blog topic and thought it was interesting. So I made a list of names...

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...

Name Sage: Finding a Subtle Honor Name

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Robin writes: 　　My husband Kristopher and I are expecting our second child in a few weeks. Our son’s name is Everett. We love that his name has a strong meaning, isn’t too common, but is easy recognizable. 　　We’re having a delivery surprise, so we need both a...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else Unisex Names Across the Atlantic Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

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Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities Ancient Names for Babies Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich The Top Names We're Watching for 2024 Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style! Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

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,...

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

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New Top French Baby Names

New Top French Baby Names

Baby Name Trends: Names on the rise Place Names for Babies: The hot spots Top Baby Names 2018! New Top British Baby Names Japan Announces New Top Baby Names Top Baby Names of the 2010s Released The Top Baby Names in Every State Nameberry’s Top Names of the Decade

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...

Contest: Guess the New Top 10 and Win!

　　If there ever was a holiday for baby namers, it would be the Friday before Mother’s Day. For this is the day that the Social Security Administration releases the data on the most popular baby names of the previous year. This Friday, May 10th, the official list of US Most...

Unique Baby Names: Fresh From the Faroes

　　What’s hot in the Faroe Islands?Well… not much, if you’re talking about the weather! This autonomous Danish territory, located in the North Atlantic about halfway between Norway and Iceland, reaches a mean temperature of just 50°F during the summer months. 　　But if it’s unique and unconventional baby names you’re interested...

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Updating Popular 1950s Names Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine Test-Driving Your Baby Name 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask 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

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

　　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...

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...

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