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Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name

　　Canadian guest blogger and name book writer Shandley McMurray offers some advice on global baby names–picking a name that will travel well. (And those are her beautiful kids in the illustration.) 　　Growing up with a name like Shandley in Canada wasn’t always easy. I became tired of correcting people’s spelling and...

Nov 23, 2024

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Middle Names: How To Make A Distinguished Choice

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The Timeless + Timely Baby Name Formula

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Kara Blakley 　　As an art historian, my friends and family often like to teasingly debate what I consider to be art, and what not. While that is a discussion in its own right, one of my criteria for considering whether something is ‘art’ is if it holds to the...

No Dumb Names: And 21 other baby name rules worth following

Nov 23, 2024

　　A few weeks ago we asked the Nameberry moms and dads to tell us their best baby names rules. What followed were hundreds of suggestions, from the idiosyncratically individual (All middle names must be Celtic and begin with R) to rules so universal they might apply to everyone. 　　Rule Number...

Unusual Names: 5 Ways to Stay on the Right Side of Weird

Nov 23, 2024

　　Unusual names can be attractive, distinctive, intriguing….until they cross the line to weird. Parents in search of unusual names often worry about how to stay on the right side of that line. 　　Here, five ways to choose unusual names that have all the best qualities of the genre and...

5 Mistakes Even Smart Baby Namers Make

Nov 23, 2024

　　Ever feel like you’re a baby name klutz and that there are other, infinitely smarter baby namers out there who do everything right and magically arrive at the perfect name with no fuss or wrong turns? 　　Not true. Here are the five most common mistakes even the smartest baby namers...

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Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

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

Nov 23, 2024

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Wowza! 　　I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer quantity, gorgeousness and wild originality of the names reported in the Birth Announcement forums for this third quarter of the year, from July through the end of September. So overwhelmed, in fact, that I’m dividing the results into two...

40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Girls Edition

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　If you scan the annals of distinguished women in American history, culture and science, you’ll find that a surprising number of them had distinctive names as well, names that could provide unique-ish choices with interesting back-stories. Several of them have a funky, fusty period flavor that may...

Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Nov 23, 2024

　　My friend Kim loved the name Cordelia. This was in my pre-Nameberry days, and Cordelia‘s been off the Top 1000 since 1950: It certainly wasn’t a name that it occurred to me to love. 　　Still…..Cordelia. The more I thought about it, the more I loved Cordelia. Thanks, Kim, for the...

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

Nov 23, 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...

Exploring the Meaning of Julian

Nov 23, 2024

　　Julian is a quiet classic, which has been in steady use throughout history but never wildly popular. It currently ranks at #35 in the US, appreciated for his jolly but understated charm. 　　Up to a point, the origins of the name are clear and undisputed: it comes from the Roman...

Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Nov 23, 2024

　　Traditional boy names remain perennially popular with parents today, in spite of the broader trend towards ever more unique baby names for both sexes. 　　But that doesn’t necessarily mean that all traditional names for boys are popular. As well as the core classic boy names – like John, James and...

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

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The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Nov 23, 2024

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Nov 23, 2024

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

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Ancient Names for Babies

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Nov 23, 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...

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The Top Baby Names A-Z

Nov 23, 2024

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Nov 23, 2024

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

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

Nov 23, 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...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Nov 23, 2024

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...