Modern Virtue Names
　　By Abby Sandel 　　Virtue names go way back. The Pilgrims brought them to Plymouth Rock. A handful of classics, like Grace and Hope, have almost always ranked in the US Top 1000. 　　But there’s a new kind of virtue name in vogue today: the modern virtue. These names are less...
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Dec 13, 2025
　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes biblical rarities, celebrities’ unisex choices, classic names with meaning, and French names galore. 　　Neglected names from the Bible 　　It’s no secret that biblical names with an Old Testament (or Torah) feel are big right now. The top 100 is full of them, especially...
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Dec 13, 2025
　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes gender-neutral names for boys, lots of creative nicknames, and inspiration from revolutionaries, Norse myth, and the internet. 　　Unisex names for boys 　　Sometimes it feels like when a name crosses genders, it tends to go more from the boys to the girls than the...
The Newest Names on Nameberry
Dec 13, 2025
　　We’re always adding new names to the Nameberry database, whether new discoveries or expansions of older listings. 　　Our latest collection includes word names and nicknames, international imports and mythological names ready for revival.  We bring you these new entries not as our latest recommendations but as fresh additions to the...
The Subconscious Bias of Unisex Baby Name Trends
Dec 13, 2025
　　It used to just be one of those quirks reserved for the parents of future celebrities such as Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, Taylor Swift, Hayden Panettiere and Blake Lively, but now giving baby girls a traditional boy name is on trend. 　　Evelyn, Mackenzie, Billie, Frankie, Addison, Tyler, Dylan,...
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New Berrybaby Arrivals: Georgia Geraldine and Jethro Valor
Dec 13, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Some especially gorgeous name choices were announced by berries in March. 　　I don’t like to play favorites, but I just have to single out twins Pomeline Fay and Perseus Robin, and singletons Jethro Valor and Iolanthe Zelda Irene (sister of Caspian, Zephan, Eve, Peregrine, Dulcinea and Georgia.)...
Fresh, Modern Girl Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　Their firstborn’s name came to them without any difficulty. But if this new baby is a girl, she’s nameless! Can we help Everly’s mama find some fresh inspiration? 　　Laura writes: 　　We will be welcoming our second child this summer.  Our sweet Everly Reed will be a great big sister …...
Warrior Girl Names: Finding the Right Fit for a Fighter
Dec 13, 2025
　　Their new daughter will need surgery shortly after birth. Time to find a strong name with the right meaning to encourage their little fighter! 　　Kristen writes: 　　We recently found out we were having our third girl and we were absolutely thrilled. Of course, I immediately dug up the master list...
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I Named My Kid After A Star Wars Character
Dec 13, 2025
　　by Kurt Larson 　　Technically, the title of this blog is false. I didn’t name my newborn son after a Star Wars character, at least not his first name. I did however, slap a Star Wars moniker on him as a middle name. In that sense, I didn’t lie to you,...
10 Names Going Back to the Boys
Dec 13, 2025
　　Gender and naming are two complicated subjects that become almost perilous once considered together. It may appear on the surface that we’ve entered a sort of gender-fluid golden age in which gender neutral names like Cameron, Elliot, Peyton, Quinn, and anything -son are equally accessible to boys and girls. It...
100 Brilliant Boy Names in Translation
Dec 13, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Now it’s the boy’s turn to romance their names. 　　We recently posted a list of 100 girls’ names in translation, where we took some rather prosaic appellations like Helen, Henrietta and Hedwig, and gave them some international flair via their translations into other languages. Well, several of...
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Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...
How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham
Dec 13, 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...
Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave
Dec 13, 2025
　　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...
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Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide
Dec 13, 2025
　　Astrology names are inspired by the stars and planets, the four elements, and the symbols and characteristics connected to the zodiac signs. 　　Coinciding with the recent cultural obsession with astrology, we’ve observed a rise in names relating to the zodiac and all things celestial. 　　Millennials and Gen Z have taken...
Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna
Dec 13, 2025
　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...
60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest
Dec 13, 2025
　　Know a lot of babies named Vivian and Lincoln? You might just live in the Midwest. 　　We analyzed the most popular names by state to find which names are used more in the twelve core Midwestern states — that's Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,...
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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback
Dec 13, 2025
　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...
50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East
Dec 13, 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...
Top Czech Names Follow International Trends
Dec 13, 2025
　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....
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Unique Twin Names to Inspire
Dec 13, 2025
　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...
Updating Popular 1950s Names
Dec 13, 2025
　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...
9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby
Dec 13, 2025
　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...
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