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To V or Not To V? Can this Mom break family tradition?

　　Megan , who lives just outside Philadelphia, is expecting her first boy after two little girls in June. Her daughters both have family names, but now her husband, Thomas IV, would like to continue the tradition of naming the boys in his family Thomas, making their son Thomas V. Problem...

Dec 12, 2024

Celebrity Babies: Reese Witherspoon’s boy Tennessee James

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Stylish vs Popular: The boys’ edition

Top Boy Names 2012

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Unusual Boys’ Names: 12 Fresh Biblical Choices

Dec 12, 2024

　　Are there really any good unusual boys’ names left in the Bible? Old Testament names for boys have been fashionable for going on half a century now, from the 1960s Adam to the present day Asher. Could there possibly be any obscure-yet-usable choices left? 　　Hundreds of them, in fact. The...

Cool Boy Names: The Nameberry 9

Dec 12, 2024

　　Just in case you’ve been agonizing about the lack of good names for boys, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel presents the case for cool boy names in this week’s The Nameberry 9. 　　Convinced there are no great names for boys? 　　Spend a few minutes on message boards and you’ll hear the laments. ...

Would You Crowd-Source Your Baby’s Name?

Dec 12, 2024

　　Okay, you’re Berries, of course you wouldn’t. 　　On the other hand, if crowd-sourcing your baby’s name is good enough for the most powerful new mom in corporate America….. 　　Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and venture capitalist husband Zack Bogue had their first baby, a boy, on Sunday, and took to Twitter...

Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh

Dec 12, 2024

　　What with the movie Ted, starring an outrageously potty-mouthed teddy bear, having been a box office sensation, and celebs giving their baby boys the actual first or middle name of Bear, this seems like a perfect time to think about Teddy and other fictional bear names for possible inspiration. 　　So,...

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Georgian Girls Names: Alethea, Augusta and Jane

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Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　After years of long-frilly girl names, the winds of fashion are once again shifting and one syllable names are getting recognition. 　　There are several lovely one syllable names with quaint femininity such as Jane, Rose, and Mae. And then there are one syllable...

The Blooming of Lily

Dec 12, 2024

　　By K. M Sheard of Nook of Names 　　I have been musing about names which, on the surface, appear to be straightforward adoptions of English words, but are, in fact — in origin at least — entirely unrelated. The most popular name of this kind currently in use is Lily. 　　Lily...

North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reportedly named their newborn daughter North, and less than 24 hours after the announcement, all directional jokes have officially been cracked. 　　Although that won’t stop anyone from continuing to make them for the rest of little North...

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Australian Baby Names: Focus on Banjo

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Classic Names: A trio of Theos

Dec 12, 2024

　　The Theo family of names is moving on up, en masse. 　　The pater familias, Theodore, progressed thirty places this year on the Social Security list, rose 115% on Nameberry searches and was the only boy’s name to register more than once on our latest Quarterly Report, plus it’s been the...

Memorable Memorial Day Names: Marcellus, Maxcy and Moonlight

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Before you fire up the barbie or pack up the picnic basket, why not take a minute to think about what Memorial Day memorializes. 　　The holiday—originally called Decoration Day—was first commemorated on May 30, 1868, not long after the Civil War had ended, and was given that...

Celebrity Babies: Reese Witherspoon’s boy Tennessee James

Dec 12, 2024

　　The revelation of Tennessee as the name of Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth’s baby boy came as something of a surprise to the celebrity babies‘ name-watching world—but perhaps it shouldn’t have been, what with other recent starkids named Alabama, Indiana and Arizona. And a simple Google search will tell you that though...

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Dec 12, 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...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

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America's Next Top Baby Names

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New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Dec 12, 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...

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

Dec 12, 2024

　　Which baby names will be on top in 2024? 　　If we're speaking literally, you can expect to see the same few names on the tippy-top of the charts — Olivia and Emma, Liam and Noah. But it's a lot more fun to look at the fastest-rising names — the choices rapidly...

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The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1

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Vintage Baby Names: What’s your era?

Dec 12, 2024

　　VINTAGE NAMES: What era are you? 　　Unless you’re a baby namer focused on finding a newly created or cutting-edge name, chances are you’ve considered using one from the past. But which part of the past? An ancient name or one from earlier in the 20th century? 　　So, the question of the...

British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations

Dec 12, 2024

　　Yesterday, to launch British Names Week on Nameberry, Eleanor Nickerson identified the five strongest current naming trends in the UK. 　　Today we zero in on the popularity of individual names on both sides of the Atlantic, seeing which names have shared success and which haven’t. 　　We Yanks sometimes tend to...

How Popular is Too Popular?

Dec 12, 2024

　　Question of the Week: Would you choose a popular name? 　　When my daughter Chloe was little, her name was becoming well used in Britain and Australia, but was hardly heard in the U.S. In fact, a surprising number of people often didn’t know how to pronounce or spell it. And so, try as...

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

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

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

Name Change Resources

Dec 12, 2024

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...