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The Fastest-Rising Names in the UK

　　The following post on the fastest-rising names in the UK is a guest post by Luke Eales from BabyNames.co.uk, one of the UK’s leading baby names websites. Established in 2007, the BabyNames.co.uk helps parents on the path to finding the perfect baby name. 　　Having read Nameberry’s recent article on popular...

Dec 15, 2024

Utah Baby Names: What’s So Funny?

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Will Maisie Be the Next Daisy?

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Unique New York Baby Names!

Dec 15, 2024

　　We got a call yesterday from Don Kaplan, a reporter for the New York Post, who’s doing a story about unique New York (remember that tongue twister?) baby names. 　　Don spent the past week poring over a quarter million names — yes, many of them pretty crazy — given to...

Baby Names 2010: What Names Are Heading This Way?

Dec 15, 2024

　　What will baby names 2010 (and 2011, 2012, and onward) look like? We can get a lot of clues from which names are moving up fastest on the Social Security most popular names list of 2009. 　　While we reported the major news from the list earlier this week – Isabella...

Why Names Starting with A Rank #1

Dec 15, 2024

　　Names starting with the letter A have become the most widely used in the U.S., given to over 10 percent of all babies, more than double the proportion of children who were given A names in the 1950s. 　　You can peg the popularity of A names to pure fashion, and...

Question of the Week: Is a nickname enough of a name?

Dec 15, 2024

　　It’s a trend that took off first in the UK, with prams populated by baby Archies and Alfies, Edies and Ellies—and now it has definitely crossed the ocean–the idea of going straight to the nickname and skipping the full, formal name completely. 　　We see boys being christened Sam and girls christened Sam, boys...

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Nameberry Picks: 12 Best Glamour Girl Names

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Gem Names Reappraised

Dec 15, 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...

Question of the Week: Are girls namenapping too many boys’ names?

Dec 15, 2024

　　It’s nothing new, this appropriating of boys’ names by the parents of girls. After all, once upon a time, names like Evelyn, Vivian, Esmé, Hilary, Florence, Jocelyn were all predominantly male as were, in more recent times, Jordan, Morgan, Ashley, Courtney and Lindsay. 　　But the trend does seem to be...

Girl Names: Unusual, Stylish Choices

Dec 15, 2024

　　Recently we looked at girls’ names that we were surprised were below the Top 1000, but that were given to at least 100 babies last year. 　　Today we survey the tier below that: fashionable yet unusual girls’ names used for fewer than 100 babies….but at least 50. That may seem...

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Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

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Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend

Dec 15, 2024

　　Aiden and boy names that rhyme with it have been all the rage since around the year 2000. Have you ever wondered about the history of this name trend? Or what the most popular Aiden-names are today? 　　Join us for a dive into this wave of names that swept the...

Strong Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Dec 15, 2024

　　Strong boy names are a powerful trend right now, as parents increasingly turn to names with positive meanings of strength and resilience in troubling times. 　　Strong boy names include those that literally mean strength, power or might – from popular classics like Ethan and Ezekiel, to rare and unique choices...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Dec 15, 2024

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Dec 15, 2024

　　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...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Dec 15, 2024

　　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...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Dec 15, 2024

　　Want to know the most gender-neutral nonbinary baby names? Depending where you live, they could be anything from Amani to Zen. 　　The most nonbinary names in the US are different from the most popular unisex names (which usually lean male or female). Here we’re talking about names that strike a...

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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

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How Millennial Is Your Name?

Dec 15, 2024

　　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,...

60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Dec 15, 2024

　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Dec 15, 2024

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

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Name Popularity Countdown: The waiting game!

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Top Baby Names 2017

Dec 15, 2024

　　Atticus has jumped to the top of Nameberry’s baby name popularity list for 2017, while Olivia remains at the top of the girl’s popularity list for the second year in a row. 　　Three new names entered Nameberry’s Top Ten in 2017 for each gender: Cora, Maia, and Amara for girls, and...

Marvel Universe Movie Names: How influential are they?

Dec 15, 2024

　　By Joe Satran 　　Updated with names from Black Panther on March 5. 　　At the movie theater, we’re living in the Age of Marvel. It only took Black Panther three weeks to hit $500 million at the U.S. box office — faster than almost any other movie in history. Thor: Ragnarok, the previous entry in...

Pop Culture Names Outside the Top 1000

Dec 15, 2024

　　By Josh Murray 　　We live in a world that is more connected than ever. World events influence politics, politics influences art, art influences culture, and it all influences the names we give our children. 　　In the twenty-first century, celebrities and other pop culture icons have played a large role in...

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The Top Ten Baby Name Problems: And how to solve them

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6 Baby Name Pitfalls

Dec 15, 2024

　　By Aimee Gedge 　　Recently, the hashtag #GrowingUpWithMyName has been trending on Twitter, enabling people with a gripe about their name to share it with the world. As a name enthusiast, I took interest in the types of names being complained about most, and thought I’d compile some of the most...

9 Ways to Choose an Unusual Baby Name

Dec 15, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　There’s more than one way to choose an unusual name. 　　Classics like William and Elizabeth are evergreen. And who doesn’t love Ava and Mason? 　　But if you think you’d like something different – maybe even dramatically different – for your child’s name, it can be tough to...

The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make

Dec 15, 2024

　　There are few things more thrilling in life than having your first baby. But newbie baby namers are prone to making some mistakes that more experienced name choosers are able to avoid. 　　If you’re choosing a baby name for the first time, don’t make one of these 7 common mistakes:...