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Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

　　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...

Jan 1, 2025

Presidents Day Names: The Veeps’ Turn

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

Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back

Boys’ Names 2010: Most Popular So Far

Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names Top Boys Name For Each Letter: a 130-year survey Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom Boys’ Names Ins and Outs A Boy Named Chelsea Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV

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NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name

Jan 1, 2025

　　This week, AppellationMountain‘s Abby Sandel finds baby-name inspiration racing around the Daytona International Speedway. 　　Did you see newcomer Trevor Bayne win the Daytona 500 last week? 　　Me neither. 　　NASCAR might seem like an unlikely place to look for baby name inspiration. But if moms suggest ideas while dads exercise veto power,...

How About Harvey? What About Walter?

Jan 1, 2025

　　The Nameberry Question of the Week: Would you name your baby boy Harvey or Stanley or any of the other up-and-coming oldies appearing on the recently released British pop list? 　　Is this another case where the Yanks will follow the Brits in baby-naming trends and revive such previously verboten Grandpa...

Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending

Jan 1, 2025

　　Maybe contemplating the name Rufus sparked my revelation. Or it might have hit me when I encountered an Otis. Whatever the inspiration, I suddenly realized that my most-loved boys’ names end in the letter s. Yep, almost all of them. 　　Amias? One of my all-time underappreciated favorites. 　　Amadeus and Miles? ...

Irish Baby Names: Last Names First

Jan 1, 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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How I Named My Baby: Julian Belle

Keeping the Tradition Alive: 150+ Years of Ursula and Mildred Name Sage: Strong Girl Names Like Margot How I Named My Baby: Henrietta Beatrice How I Named My Baby: Clementine Mary Maddalena How I Named My Baby: Zara Tiger How I Named My Baby: Cora Birch Name Sage: Replacing a Favorite Name How I Named My Baby: Pippa Georgia Bea

How I Named My Baby: Gwen Catherine

Jan 1, 2025

　　Jessica Lopez, a writer, and Kyle Lopez, restaurant owner, live in Southern California with their baby girl. Their daughter Gwen Catherine was born on September 24, 2020. 　　We met with Jessica and discussed spiritual signs, celebrity associations, and how she and Kyle chose the name Gwen for their little girl....

Meghan and Harry's Royal Baby Name: Lilibet Diana!

Jan 1, 2025

　　Welcome, Lilibet Diana! 　　Meghan Markle and Prince Harry used a name ripe with familial significance for their daughter. But like Archie, it was an unexpected choice, throwing off the bookies (and even us). 　　Lilibet is famously the childhood nickname of Queen Elizabeth II, Harry's grandmother. Lilibet is extremely rare as...

How I Named My Baby: Natalie Mara

Jan 1, 2025

　　Lisa, an IT manager, and her husband Gene, who works in finance, live in the Chicago suburbs with their two children. 　　Their daughter Natalie Mara arrived on January 5, 2021, joining older brother Isaac Edward. We chatted with Lisa about family names, honoring heritage, and how she and Gene chose...

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Willy Wonka & Severus Snape: Alliteration in kids’ book names

Baby Names 2010: Top 100 For Boys Exotic Lite: Boys’ Edition Baby Name Thomas: A Salute to Poor Tom Turkey RIP, Ben: A Mom Mourns Her Once-Favorite Name Vintage Boy Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name Classic Names: The Fred Factor Hot Baby Names: Max in the Spotlight Occupation Names: A Labor Day Salute

Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Boys’ Names

Jan 1, 2025

　　Last week we unearthed twenty long lost literary girls’ names–some of which have rarely been used outside of books, plays and poetry– and now we turn to the boys’ equivalents. The diverse sources of these creative baby names range from Shakespeare to Stoppard– and be aware that, as before, the...

FATHER’S DAY NAMES: Celebrity Dads

Jan 1, 2025

　　Once more this year we commemorate Father’s Day with a list of some notable names of the paternal parents of celebrities of various times and places, with some truly unusual examples, as in Archulus (Truman Capote) and Belmont (Humphrey Bogart). As with the moms we displayed on Mother’s Day, it turns out that quite...

Popular Baby Names 2010: Top 100 Boys’ Names So Far

Jan 1, 2025

　　UPDATE!! Check out our final list of popular baby names 2010 for boys! 　　Our most popular baby names 2010 for boys are a mix of the traditional and trendy choices like Jacob and Aiden that dominate the official list of popular baby names 2010 plus a variety of more intriguing...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity Gender-Bending Baby Names Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Jan 1, 2025

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Jan 1, 2025

　　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...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 1, 2025

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

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Babyberries: Class of 2023!

New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names The Top Names We're Watching for 2024 Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide These Names Are At Their Peak How Millennial Is Your Name? Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style! 60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

America's Next Top Baby Names

Jan 1, 2025

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Jan 1, 2025

　　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...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Jan 1, 2025

　　New York baby namers love sleek, streamlined girl names like Rose and Claire, while Dallas favorites like Willa and Evangeline bring a touch of Southern charm. 　　Scottish namers are drawn to rugged boy names with a local flavor, such as Innes and Struan. And in Auckland, New Zealand, you'll find...

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Vintage Baby Names: Testing the 100-year rule

The REAL Top Baby Names of All Time! In Defense of Emma and Ethan: Ten Good Reasons to use a Common Name Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning? British Names That Never Crossed the Pond (But Should) Top Baby Names 2020 Revealed! Forgotten Names Now Back On The Charts The Top Global Names Right Now Popular Dutch Names We Should Borrow

U Names for Babies Are the Most Unique

Jan 1, 2025

　　Names that start with U are by definition unique: U is the rarest first intial! But wait — before you skip from the T’s of Thea and Theo to the V’s of Violet and Viggo, pause for a moment and consider these unique U-name possibilities, from the storied Ulysses to...

The Hottest Baby Names of 2020

Jan 1, 2025

　　These are the hottest baby names of 2020, and we’ve got the data to prove it. We looked at the viewer figures for all our name pages over the last month, compared it with the same period last year, and found which names had the biggest rise in views over...

The Names Really In Danger of Extinction

Jan 1, 2025

　　If you follow baby name news, you may have noticed a peculiar trend. Every few months or so, a headline about extinct names will pop up that reads something like this: 　　The Name Gary is Headed for Extinction 　　The Name Karen is Going Extinct 　　The Name Nigel is Now Extinct...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

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 Name Change Resources Unique Twin Names to Inspire Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous How to Cope With Baby Name Regret The Best Baby Name Advice

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 1, 2025

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 1, 2025

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Jan 1, 2025

　　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...