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Name Sage: Vintage Boy Names to Match Esme

　　Kaitlin writes: We just found out that our second baby is a boy – and I was sure we were having another girl! 　　Our daughter is named Esmé. I love how unique but not off-the-wall her name is. Other girl names I loved are Arden (our choice of this baby...

Jan 15, 2025

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How I Named My Baby: Atlas Lucian Vidar

Jan 15, 2025

　　3D artist and Boston-native Nila Latimore and Anders Latimore, a programmer, live in Sweden, Anders’s country of origin. On December 12, 2020, they welcomed a son named Atlas Lucian Vidar. 　　We spoke with Nila about cross-cultural style, Swedish name trends, and baby namingabroad. 　　How did you choose the name Atlas?We...

Name Sage: Finding a Dutch English Compromise for a Son

Jan 15, 2025

　　Westen’s little brother is here – and nameless! Should he be Silas or Willas? And if not one of those names, what works in Dutch as well as English – and goes with big brother Wes? 　　Marli writes: We welcomed our delightful, feisty little guy three weeks ago - but he’s...

How I Named My Baby: Kobe Ali

Jan 15, 2025

　　Tiffany Moore, a hairstylist, and Patrick Moore, a store manager, live in Louisville, Kentucky with their two children. 　　Their youngest child, a son named Kobe Ali, was born on August 11, 2020, joining big sister Jordan Mia. Here, we talk to Tiffany about the basketball-themed sibset and how she and...

15 Cool Country Boy Names For Your Little Cowboy

Jan 15, 2025

　　Country boy names capture the spirit of the American West: places and landscapes, cowboys and pioneers, and country music – including the names singers give their own children. 　　The country style embraces names from a wide range of origins, from nature to cities to the bible. They’re not traditional classics,...

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Unisex Girl Names: the Past, Present, and Future

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How I Named My Baby: Larsen Jean

Jan 15, 2025

　　Justin Mortelliti and Mark Evans, both actors, live in West Orange, New Jersey. They welcomed their first child, daughter Larsen Jean, on May 13, 2022. 　　Below, we talk with Justin about how he and Mark named their baby girl. 　　Tell me Larsen’s name story!When I was in sixth grade, I...

How I Named My Baby: Colibrí Meraki

Jan 15, 2025

　　Lyjah Simms, a retired Master Dog Groomer turned Stay-at-Home-Mom, and Davante Simms, who works for ComEd, live in New York City with their three children: Tristan Isaiah, Nairobi Dream, and Colibrí Meraki. 　　Their daughter Colibrí was born on December 21, 2021. Below, we chat with Lyjah about how she and...

Inspirational Names of Forgotten Feminists

Jan 15, 2025

　　We’re all familiar with Harriet, Emmeline, Malala and Susan as famous women’s rights advocates and potential sources of inspirational feminist names. But what about the women who did amazing things but have slipped into obscurity? 　　If you’re looking for baby names with mountains of feminist cred that are a little...

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Above-aVERage Names for Boys

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Great Alternatives to the Top Boy Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Kara @ The Art of NamingFor those parents who may secretly like the sound of the top names but hate their popularity, I’ve created a list of alternative options to the Top 10 names for boys. The names may be similar in sound, syllables, initial letter, meaning, origin or...

80s Flashback Names for Boys: Rockwell, Lloyd, and More

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　What defines the 1980s? 　　There’s breakdancing and the Rubik’s Cube, legwarmers and Pac-Man, Prince William instead of Prince George. But how about the names? 　　Thirty years ago, the most popular baby names for boys included Jason and Joshua, Michael and Christopher, Andrew and Ryan – the dad names...

Brilliant Boys: 27 Boy Names We Love

Jan 15, 2025

　　Every month, millions of visitors view the names in our database. We love seeing the data on the most-viewed names. It’s the basis of the Nameberry Top 1000, a list that includes many a current favorite in the English-speaking world, but also some surprises that can only be found on...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...

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Modern Hero Names: Monroe Is Just The Beginning

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Baby Name News: This week’s most notable names, from Ami to Zia

Jan 15, 2025

　　We’re so pleased to announce that starting today, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel will be presenting a regular baby name news recap and analysis every Monday. 　　If you’re a Nameberry aficionado, you might recall that this column started out as a week in review, then morphed into a more conventional list of names based...

Baby Names Trends: Cassia, Caspian and Cash

Jan 15, 2025

　　Here in our baby name bubble, in case you haven’t noticed, we tend to parse every element of every name for hints of incipient baby name trends. This would include first syllables, middle letters (like the current x), and endings like en and er for boys. 　　Just recently we’ve been...

Happy 3rd Birthday to Nameberry!

Jan 15, 2025

　　You know you’ve been around a while when you forget your birthday. The third anniversary of Nameberry’s launch, earlier in October, came and went without any of us realizing it. But now that we have, we want to pause and take stock of how far we’ve come with the help...

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Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

Jan 15, 2025

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Jan 15, 2025

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

Jan 15, 2025

　　Do you know a lot of kids named Maeve and Rowan, Connor and Max? You might just live in the North East of the USA. 　　Behind the national data on the most popular baby names, each region has its own favorites, and the North East — here, the six states...

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How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

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Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Jan 15, 2025

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...

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

Jan 15, 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 15, 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...