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Gorgeous Greek Girl Names

　　It’s not that Greek girl names have been totally neglected. After all, in the US Top 300 alone, we find Sophia at #5, followed by Chloe and Zoe, Penelope, Cora, Lydia, Alexa and Alexandra, Iris, Evangeline and Thea. 　　But there is still a wealth of Greek girl names waiting to...

Jan 13, 2025

Girl Names: A sister for Isla and Elodie

Tailored but Feminine Girl Names

Biblical Girl Names for Now

Yes, Millennial Mom Names Can Work for Alpha Era Girls!

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Baby Name Compromise: When he hates her favorite

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Seeking their baby name compromise: She’s always known her future daughter’s name. But now they’re expecting a girl, and he’s not a fan of her favorite. How can they compromise on a name they’ll both love? 　　Annabel writes:My husband and I are expecting our first baby and...

Girl Names: For International Women’s Day

Jan 13, 2025

　　Not only is March Women’s History Month, but today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. 　　So what better time than this to salute some of the women who are making history right now in the US political sphere? 　　When the 116th Congress recently convened, women made up almost a quarter...

Inspiring International Names from the Women’s World Cup

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Emma Waterhouse 　　The 2019 Women’s World Cup has captured the world’s imagination, with record numbers of viewers — around 1 billion (!), according to FIFA — tuning in over the course of the competition. 　　It’s been a great month for women’s sport, and a fantastic opportunity for some inspiring...

Girl Baby Names: 50 Sweetest Sweet-Spot Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We recently posted a list of fifty boys’ names that we consider to be currently in the sweetest sweet spot—that is, instantly recognizable but not mega-popular—just the kind of fitting in/standing out name that many parents are looking for. These were all found in the lower regions...

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Top Girl Names 2011

A Girl Named Ellis Can you help this teenberry love her name? The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora Berry Question of the Week: Help name baby #3! Nameberry Picks: The 12 best feminizations He Says Shayla, She Says Cecilia: Help this couple agree on a baby name! Comic Book Names: The names behind the superwomen Vanishing Names: So long, Susan; Bye bye, Barbara

Girls’ Names: Naming a daughter the Pinkett-Smith way

Jan 13, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel follows up with Part Two of her suggestions for namesake gender-bending–this time it’s girls’ names from boys. 　　Last week’s post was all about the trendsetting Pinkett-Smith family and their son Jaden Christopher Syre, named after mom Jada. This week the spotlight turns to daughter Willow Camille Reign,...

GIRLS’ NAMES 2011: The Secret Popularity List

Jan 13, 2025

　　You may know Nameberry’s most popular girls’ names 2011: from Top 3 Charlotte, Violet, and Amelia down to Molly, Maya, and Mary. 　　You may even know our hottest girls’ names 2011, which include such celebrity-influenced picks as Pippa and Mila. 　　But we’ve got a quieter, less obvious, but potentially more...

Classic Girls’ Names: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Jan 13, 2025

　　I recently watched one of the seemingly countless Masterpiece Theater/BBC/theatrical versions of Jane Eyre, and I couldn’t help noticing how many times this particularly dreamy Rochester (Toby Stephens) repeated the heroine’s name, imbuing it each time with various shades of sweetness, sadness, passion, and more–and it made me fall in love...

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Exploring the Meaning of Julian

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100 Best Boy Names Below the Top 1000

Jan 13, 2025

　　Unconventional and unique boy names have boomed in recent years. In 2022, the proportion of American baby boys receiving a name below the Top 1000 reached a record high of almost 29%. Proof that parents are increasingly willing to think outside the box when naming their sons. 　　Boy names have...

Rihanna's Baby Name Revealed!

Jan 13, 2025

　　Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's son is named RZA Athelston Mayers, reports the Daily Mail. RZA turns one year old on May 13, and Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have kept their child's name a secret until a copy of their son's birth certificate was obtained. 　　The name RZA references the Wu-Tang...

Transforming Top to Uncommon Male Dog Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　It’s a common name-nerd conundrum — wanting a name that’s stylish and familiar yet under the radar. We hear this request all the time. 　　This extends beyond baby names. People are looking for unique dog names, too. Now that there’s data on popular names for dogs and cats, pet owners...

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Literary Word Names: Sonnet, Story and Saga

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Unisex Names: Toward a Gender-Free Ideal?

Jan 13, 2025

　　Unisex names and the question of whether a child’s gender should be evident via his or her name is one that comes up frequently on Nameberry. It’s an issue that’s changed a lot over the years we’ve been writing about baby names and that varies substantially in different cultures. 　　Starting...

Gender-Neutral Names: The line continues to blur

Jan 13, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel ventures into the blurry grey area of newly discovered gender-neutral names. 　　It’s official! America’s favorite names are Charlotte and James. The top names for 2011 in Sweden? Alice and William. They’re classic appellations, at home across the centuries and in many languages. 　　They’re also...

The Newest Names on Nameberry

Jan 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...

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Enter the New Nameberry Contest!!!

Taking Baby Names Seriously GOODBYE, GLADYS? Irish Baby Names: Hot Off The Press THE FOUR-GENERATION RULE Number One Names: So Long, Jacob and Emily? Biblical Names: From The Baby Name Bible CAREFUL, KAL-EL; WATCH OUT WHIZDOM! ANNE HECHE’S ATLAS JOINS THE PANTHEON OF STARBABY GODS & GODDESSES

DE-HIPSTERIZE THAT BABY NAME

Jan 13, 2025

　　One thing we learned when we wrote about hipster baby names is that nobody wants one. Many people were horrified if they found their favorite names — or worse, their actual children’s names — on our list of hipster names. No matter how much they’d loved the name before, they...

COWBOY (& COWGIRL) NAMES

Jan 13, 2025

　　Cowboy names first galloped onto the scene in the 1950s and 1960s, along with the cool Western TV shows and movies of the era. A lot of these were Old Testament names that had not been heard much since, well, since the real Old West. Some of the early choices...

Celebrity Baby Names: Brooklyn yes, Bronx no

Jan 13, 2025

　　There are some celebrity kids’ names that are immediately embraced by other parents and become instant hits. Take Kingston, for example, the name chosen for personal reasons relating to the city in Jamaica by Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale: it had all the ingredients to make it a success– accessibility,...

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New Popular Irish Names Revealed

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Jan 13, 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...

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Jan 13, 2025

　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...

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

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 13, 2025

　　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

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...