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12 Literary Ladies: Unique names from Abra to Sapphira

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Novels and plays are filled with wonderful character names that provide great naming inspiration–recently we’ve seen that reflected in the newfound popularity of Holden from Catcher in the Rye, Atticus and Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird, Scarlett from Gone with the Wind. 　　Today we’re looking at some of the...

Happiness is just a thing called Jo

Accentuating the Positive: Baby names with accents

What’s your favorite flower name?

Hiding in Plain Sight: the Secret Popularity of Lynn and Lee

1950s Girls’ Names: Where are Sharon and Sandra now? PERfect Girls’ Names: juniPER, harPER and PERsephone Classic Girls’ Names: What’s your favorite? Nicknames: Waltzing with Tilda and Tilly A Sad Farewell to The Nook of Names Naming a Girl: Cute, classic, or somewhere in-between Top 100 Girl Names of 2014 Top-Ten-Then Girls: Shirley, Bertha and Bessie

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Girls’ Baby Names: A plethora of P-names

　　By Aimee Reneau Tafreshi 　　Parker Posey, Peppermint Patty and Pablo Picasso… Our history and pop culture have produced some notable “P” names. A perfect “P” name makes you stop and take notice. 　　I do not have anyone in my family whose name starts with a “P,” but the other day...

Boy Names for Girls & New Names for Boys

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Once again, a famous couple has chosen a favorite boy’s name for their newborn daughter. Last Thursday, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher welcomed Wyatt Isabelle. 　　Some parents of baby boy Wyatts are nervous. Will Wyatt go girl? Others who had shortlisted Wyatt for a possible...

Buttoned-up Girls’ Names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　The trendiest girls’ names of recent years have been flowery and elaborate: Isabella and Sophia, Olivia and Arianna. They end in vowels….and often begin with them too. And if they’re not exotic confections, stylish girls’ names are often gender-and-tradition-confounding novelties such as Harper and Hadley and...

Polly put the kettle on and we’ll all have a nursery rhyme name!

　　With their lilting rhythms and catchy rhymes, nursery rhymes have delighted successive generations of children since the first publication of Mother Goose in the 1700s—though the original meanings, some of them political, have been lost. (Who knew that ‘Ring Around a Rosy’ referred to the Great Plague of 1665?) The...

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Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa Unusual Girls’ Names: 100 excellent choices Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love? Baby Girl Names: Short and sweet Sundance Catalog Names

Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for girls

　　by Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than Matilda 　　1. Arrietty 　　Arrietty Clock is a teenage “borrower” from Mary Norton’s classic children’s fantasy book series, The Borrowers. The borrowers are tiny people who live by “borrowing” everyday items from the Big People they call “human beans.” Because of the spirited Arrietty’s curiosity, she and...

Our Top 100 Girl Names of 2013

　　There’s a new top girl in town, and her name is Imogen. 　　Imogen seized the crown from the Hunger Games-inspired Katniss as the Number One girls’ name on Nameberry for 2013. 　　Charlotte, which had been the most popular girls’ name in previous years, now stands at Number Two, while Harper,...

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

　　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...

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Hooray for Henry: The quirky classic that manages to stay cool

Hooray for Henry: The quirky classic that manages to stay cool

Naming Baby After an Old Boyfriend Celebrity Baby Names: The Un-Weirdly-Named Starbaby Boys Exotic Lite: Boys’ Edition Confessions of a Desperate Baby-Namer Boys’ Names: A New Generation The New Boys’ Names 3: Ethnic Choices Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Boys’ Names Scottish Surnames: Beyond Campbell and Cameron

Nameberry Faves II: The Boys’ Names Nameberryites Love Most

　　A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the favorite girls’ names on a Nameberry Message Board thread–led by the lovely Beatrix, Penelope and Clementine–and now it’s time to look over at the boys’ side. 　　The most striking result is the strong showing for the good old traditional, timeless classics, with...

The Principles of Patronymics

　　Back when there was a very limited stockpot of names, and there might be, for example, two Roberts in a village who had to be distinguished from one another, they began to be identified by nicknames and by the names of their fathers: one would be known as Robert Will’s...

Hot Baby Names: Max in the Spotlight

　　Max, the name of both the child hero and the young actor who plays him in Where The Wild Things Are, is one of the hottest names for boys these days. 　　Max can stand on its own or may be a short form of the ancient Roman name Maximus, which...

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Unisex Names Across the Atlantic 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else Surprisingly International Baby Names How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Gender-Bending Baby Names Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

　　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...

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

　　Happy Pride 2023! 　　Pride icon names celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the inspiring history behind the fight for equal rights. 　　It's more than half a century since the first Pride parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, commemorating the Stonewall Riots of the previous summer....

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

　　The most popular unisex names in the USA in 2022 were Logan, Avery, and Riley. But does that hold true across every state? 　　Well, sometimes. But as you might guess, each state has its own favorite unisex names. For some, it’s an occupational name like Parker or Sawyer. Other states...

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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of How Millennial Is Your Name? 60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style The Top Names We're Watching for 2024 Babyberries: Class of 2023! These Names Are At Their Peak Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

America's Next Top Baby Names

　　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...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

　　Christian names combine spirituality with style, conveying a faith-based message with contemporary sensibility. 　　These modern Christian names with an evangelical feel aren’t traditional biblical names, well-worn virtues, or even the old prophet names that are so popular nowadays. No, this is a fresh, 21st-century style of Christian names that shout...

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20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names New Popular Irish Names Revealed Top Names in Each State Revealed! 5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name Forgotten Names Making a Comeback Rare Names With Popular Nicknames How Gen Z Is Your Name? Popular Twin Names

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

　　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...

Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

　　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...

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask Updating Popular 1950s Names Unique Twin Names to Inspire How to Cope With Baby Name Regret The Best Baby Name Advice 9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby How to Change Your Baby’s Name Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　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...

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

　　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...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

　　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...

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