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Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names

　　Until recently, Italian names–particularly for boys– have rarely ventured outside their own neighborhoods, but lately we’ve seen several popping up in the celebrisphere—though usually, if not always, used by celebs with Italian roots. There have been at least four Mateo/Matteos, two Roccos, two Romeos, Annabeth Gish’s Enzo, Ricky Martin’s Valentino, and...

Jan 13, 2025

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Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV

Jan 13, 2025

　　While the country’s attention will be focused on football this Super Bowl Sunday, some of us may be more interested in another aspect of the action: The crazy names of the players, of course! Nameberry’s new intern Robert Harclerode breaks down the most interesting names on both teams: 　　The Super...

Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

Jan 13, 2025

　　As promised, here is our first Week in Review by Abby Sandel–creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– bringing you a roundup of the latest baby name news of the week every Monday from hereon in. 　　Early January brought round-ups of The Most Popular Names of 2010, at least according to a...

William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks

Jan 13, 2025

　　Yesterday we came up with our suggestions for the name of the first baby daughter of Prince William and his bride. With the variety of girl name possibilities, it was relatively easy—almost an embarrassment of riches—but with the boys, there’s a far less fertile field, especially if we stick within our strict confines...

Irish Baby Names: Last Names First

Jan 13, 2025

　　The current popularity lists are full of Irish names that are also surname names—Ryan, Riley, Brody, Brady, Brennan, Connor, Keegan, and Quinn, to name just a few—and have been for quite some time. For the most part, they have been two- and occasionally one-syllable names; we’d like to suggest that...

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Hate Your Name? Change It!

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Nature Names: Will trees be the new flower names?

Jan 13, 2025

　　Flower names for girls never go out of style, and for good reason! 　　Flower names have a fresh femininity which has appealed to parents throughout the ages, but they can also make a meaningful choice. 　　Choosing a seasonal flower name can be a sweet way to connect your baby girl...

A Baby Named ….Seabiscuit?

Jan 13, 2025

　　Our guest blogger Marion Roach first wrote about her sister Margaret’s horse-inspired name on her blog [_She Said, She Said](http://thesisterproject.com/roach), part of the sisters’ joint site, The Sister Project. Margaret Roach, the former editor of “Martha Stewart Living”, also runs the site A Way To Garden._ 　　My family frequently names...

Family Names: Naming from the Heart

Jan 13, 2025

　　Today’s guest blogger, Ilya Welfeld, describes her journey towards the perfect–and inevitable –name for her daughter. 　　Is it wrong to admit that I sometimes want another child just to name it? That at times, that desire is so powerful as to supersede memories of chafed breasts, sleepless nausea and the...

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Presidents Day Names: The Veeps’ Turn

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Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　I have a friend, a pretty quirky guy, who has one of those generic boys’ names: Bill. I was thinking recently what an advantage it is for Bill to be named Bill rather than something like Jasper or Jarvis, one of those boys’ names that’s his equal in quirkiness. Bill...

BOYS’ NAMES 2011: The Underground Popularity List

Jan 13, 2025

　　Last week we brought you our underground list of most popular girls’ names 2011; now it’s the boys’ turn. 　　You may be familiar with Nameberry’s most popular boys’ names 2011, with Asher, Henry, and Finn at the top all the way down to Axel, Nathan, and Landon. 　　You may even...

Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom

Jan 13, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel leads us into the jungle for some wild animal names. 　　Not so long ago, baby boys were named Jason and Kevin and Joshua, and a lynx was something we saw at the zoo on the kindergarten field trip. 　　Now a growing number of boys...

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Newsy Names this Week: Aberdeen, Hercules and Via

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10 Years of Baby Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We launched Nameberry in October 2008, the same month the economy collapsed and a few weeks before Barack Obama was elected president. 　　In that decade, 40 million babies were born in the US, and 235 million people viewed 1.5 billion pages of our...

Baby Names: The gender reshuffle

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Eve Newman 　　What actually makes a name female or male? Most names seem to have been assigned a strict gender based on previous usage, but recently more and more we are seeing boy names used for girls and girl names used for boys. You could say this is the...

Unisex Baby Names: the new entries for 2013

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Brooke Cussans, Baby Name Pondering 　　One of the posts I did last year that I really enjoyed was Unisex Baby Names: Five new entries – a list of those names special enough to simultaneously debut for both girls and boys in 2012. There were just five, and it was...

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Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

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Ancient Names for Babies

Jan 13, 2025

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Jan 13, 2025

　　Cottagecore baby names are part of a recent aesthetic trend defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, according to The New York Times. Hobbies such as bread baking, embroidery, and mushroom foraging are among the wholesome, nostalgic elements of the cottagecore lifestyle. 　　Cottagecore names, too, evoke this bucolic way...

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Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list

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How Popular is Too Popular?

Jan 13, 2025

　　Question of the Week: Would you choose a popular name? 　　When my daughter Chloe was little, her name was becoming well used in Britain and Australia, but was hardly heard in the U.S. In fact, a surprising number of people often didn’t know how to pronounce or spell it. And so, try as...

Baby Names 2010: The Also-Rans

Jan 13, 2025

　　We’ve obviously been spending too much time in the depths of nameberry, checking out which names our visitors have been checking out. 　　And while Finn and Charlotte are the most-searched names for the first nine months of the year, and while we recently brought you our own nameberry Top 100...

The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1

Jan 13, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain ‘s Abby Sandel travels around the country and across the pond to discover which names ranked Number 1 where. 　　Baby name news is fast and furious at year’s end. Lists of Worst and Best Celebrity Baby Names abound. (Did anyone else notice that Zuzu Audrey, daughter of Top...

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

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

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

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 13, 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...