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Unusual Girls’ Names: 100 excellent choices

　　One of our most popular blog posts ever was on 100 wonderful names given to 25 or fewer girls each year. (We did a boys’ version too.) 　　But what, we wondered recently, would happen if we narrowed the parameters even more? If we looked only at names given to ten...

May 16, 2024

Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe

Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie

40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Girls Edition

Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa Baby Girl Names: Short and sweet Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love? Most Popular Girls’ Names of 2013….so far Nameberry Picks: 14 jazziest jazz singers’ names The Blooming of Lily Unexpected Names for Girls: Edelweiss, Marceline, and Cee Cee

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Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

May 16, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　It’s a common baby name dilemma: You love a name like Cora or Lila forever, holding it close as your own special secret choice, and then bang! Right when you’re finally in a position to use it, you discover it’s become a trendy new favorite, vaulting...

Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

May 16, 2024

　　by Abby Sandel/Appellation Mountain 　　Do you name boys and girls the same way? 　　We often reserve antique gems for girls – lady-like appellations like Charlotte, Amelia, Lydia, and Hattie. But this week, parents proved that retro picks work for boys, too. Several high-profile birth announcements revived grandpa-chic choices for our...

Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for girls

May 16, 2024

　　by Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than Matilda 　　1. Arrietty 　　Arrietty Clock is a teenage “borrower” from Mary Norton’s classic children’s fantasy book series, The Borrowers. The borrowers are tiny people who live by “borrowing” everyday items from the Big People they call “human beans.” Because of the spirited Arrietty’s curiosity, she and...

Georgian Girls Names: Alethea, Augusta and Jane

May 16, 2024

　　By Haley Sedgwick 　　I’ve always loved reading classic books. By the time I was twelve, I’d read a few Shakespearean plays, Pride & Prejudice, and Sense & Sensibility. Shakespeare was great of course; however, Jane Austen gave me even more. With her novels, I got the charming, delightful gentlemen I’d...

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Unusual Names for Girls: Below the Top 1000

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Gem Names Reappraised

May 16, 2024

　　Since we last looked, jewel names have really begun to shine, some of them approaching the popularity they had when they were all the rage from the 1880s to the 1920s. We thought it was time to take out our loupes and look at what’s up front in the jewelry-name case. 　　Currently on display...

Nameberry Picks: 12 Best Glamour Girl Names

May 16, 2024

　　From the early days of silent pictures to the present day, a sprinkling of stardust has stuck to the names of some of the most iconic glamour girls. Whether their allure was sexy or serene, these superstars’ names make Nameberry’s top dozen. 　　Audrey— The radiant Belgian-born actress (born Edda), style icon...

Valentine Names: Romancing the Name

May 16, 2024

　　Valentine baby names mean love and romance in every possible way. Today we look at names that mean love, heart, sweetness, and more, to celebrate the holiday in the name of your own lovebug. 　　The Valentine FamilyLet’s begin with the star of the show. The name Valentine (in Latin, Valentinus)...

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Has Star Wars Wrecked Your Favorite Name?

Notable Boy Namesakes for February Boy Baby Names: The truly timeless ones Name Sage: Baby Names for Boy #3 Name Sage: Baby Names for Another Boy O Boy! Baby Names: Owen, Rocco, and Lochlan Boys’ Baby Names: Popular but still cool New Baby Names Ending in X: Lennox, Fox, and more Baseball Baby Names: Top prospects Jameson, Cornelius & Daz

Daredevil Baby Names: Extreme athletes Laird and Wyn

May 16, 2024

　　By Tiana Putric 　　Some describe extreme athletes as careless, reckless, and dangerous because their passion-driven sports expose them to unimaginable risks; others characterize them as being born with a ‘daredevil gene’. Here are six extreme athletes with bold names, from Loïc Jean–Albert to Rush Sturges, whose extraordinary in-air, on-cliff, in-water, and...

Undiscovered Baby Names for Boys

May 16, 2024

　　Ever feel like all of the best baby names for boys are already taken? 　　It isn’t so. There are hundreds of great boy names that have yet to enter the US Top 1000. 　　The smallest stars of Fuller House, Netflix’s latest nostalgia-rich series, are a great example. Twins Dashiell and...

Active Verb Baby Names for Leap Year Babies

May 16, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Happy Leap Day! There are more than 10,000 babies born every day in the United States, and around 360,000 born worldwide. If you’re celebrating the birth of a child today, he’ll grow up with the rarest of birthdays. 　　It would be tempting to name your new leapling...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

May 16, 2024

　　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...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

May 16, 2024

　　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...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

May 16, 2024

　　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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Sasha, Mars, and Wilburn: Strange names, or tomorrow’s Top 100?

Unusual Vintage Names: Which might come back? Baby Names that Bridge Generations: Allison and Kyle Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names Occupational Surnames: Far from a fad Name-alytics Baby Name Trendlet: Ev-starting names from Eve to Ever to Everest The Most Popular Names Over Time Starbaby News: The Jagger Dynasty, gender-bending and more

Top Baby Names 2013: Noah the New Number 1!

May 16, 2024

　　Noah has unseated Jacob to become the new Number 1 name for boys – the first new top boys’ choice of the 21st century. 　　The boys’ side of the list claims all the hottest news, in a turnaround from the usual pattern in which girls’ names dominate the trend shifts. Liam...

Choosing Baby Names: Sense vs sensibility

May 16, 2024

　　By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science 　　When my husband announced the birth of our first child to my family last June, they were convinced, thanks to a bad cell phone connection, that we had named our daughter Tetra. My dad Googled the tropical fish, and my brother, who was wielding a...

The #1 Baby Names: How popular are they?

May 16, 2024

　　By Kelli Brady, NameFreak! 　　Most of us know that the top names on the Social Security list aren’t given to as many babies as they once were. Here, data whiz Kelli shows how the Number 1 names have become less and less popular through the years, tracing the percentages of babies...

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How Gen Z Is Your Name?

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Top Names in Each State Revealed!

May 16, 2024

　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

May 16, 2024

　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

May 16, 2024

　　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,...

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

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

May 16, 2024

　　Baby name regret — also known as baby name remorse — is a common source of shame among new parents. It allegedly affects between 10-20% of new parents, yet the perceived stigma deters many from sharing their feelings or stories. 　　Lately, celebrities have been opening up about their own experiences with baby...

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

May 16, 2024

　　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...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

May 16, 2024

　　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...