Girls’ Names: 8 great ones under the radar
　　The other day we offered eight fresh choices for boys, and now it’s the girls’ turn—girl names ranging from a rare botanical specimen to a nostalgic nickname to an undercrowded place name. 　　1–Acacia—This a a pretty and delicate botanical name that has hardly been heard in this country, though it...
Apr 18, 2025
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Girls’ Names: Naming a daughter the Pinkett-Smith way
Apr 18, 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,...
New! First-Ever Berry Question of the Week
Apr 18, 2025
　　We’re turning around the Question of the Week format, so that you ask the questions of us and of the general Berry population. 　　Looking for advice on naming your baby?  Negotiating a name problem with your partner or mother-in-law? Or simply have a larger name question you’d like to ask...
Classic Girls’ Names: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Apr 18, 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...
The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora
Apr 18, 2025
　　There’s been a lot of berry-buzz lately around the names Cora, Flora and Dora, a nostalgic bevy of beauties we might call the Floradora girls. 　　If you’re wondering about the origins of the term, it dates back to Florodora, one of the first big Broadway musical hits of the twentieth...
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Stunning Spanish Names for Girls and Boys
Stunning Spanish Names for Girls and Boys
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My Name, My Story: Zara
Apr 18, 2025
　　Names can tell a powerful story, but as a US immigrant from China, the English names I was given didn’t mean anything to me. This is my journey through those names, to choosing my own English name that continues my story. 　　Chinese Names 101Born in China to Chinese parents, I...
100+ Rare Girl Names You Don’t Know (Yet!)
Apr 18, 2025
　　Rare girl names — the best ones, anyway — are not only uncommon but also unusual, usable, and fit your personal style. 　　You may be looking for a name so rare and cool, it’s intimidating (try Dolucila or Xelat). Or perhaps you’re on the hunt for one that conveys friendliness...
Rose Alternatives: Fresh Twists on a Classic
Apr 18, 2025
　　Searching for alternatives to the classic girl name Rose? We've got a wealth of fresh options for you, ripe for the picking! 　　Timeless Classic Turned Middle Name of the MomentRomantic Rose has proved one of the most enduringly popular flower names for girls, peaking at #14 at the beginning of...
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Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition
Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition
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New Geek Chic Names For Boys
Apr 18, 2025
　　Hipster, nerdy, funky-clunky… Call them what you will, there’s no denying that geek chic names for boys and girls are cool. 　　But fashion moves fast, and some of the original names on our Geek Chic Boys master list — like Jasper, Cyrus and Augustus — now feel almost mainstream. 　　So...
80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son
Apr 18, 2025
　　What do you get if you cross cottagecore with cowboy names? Meet woodsy names for boys. Woodsy names are the best of each trend — the rugged handsomeness of cowboy names blended with the romantic pastorality and natural elements of cottagecore names. 　　These are the names of woodland heroes and forest...
Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming
Apr 18, 2025
　　Flower names for boys are a rare but beautiful bunch – a subset of the fashionable group of floral baby names which have proved particularly popular for girls in recent years. 　　Cool nature names for boys include tree names like Rowan and Oakley, wild animal names like Fox and Bear,...
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Unisex Names Across the Atlantic
Unisex Names Across the Atlantic
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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham
Apr 18, 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
Apr 18, 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...
Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames
Apr 18, 2025
　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...
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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style
60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style
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Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023
Apr 18, 2025
　　And that’s a wrap on the celebrity names of 2023. This year saw a number of notable celebrity baby names, including Techno Mechanicus, Rocky Thirteen, and Louetta Isley. 　　In addition, many A-list celebrity babies were born in 2023, such as the unnamed babies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and...
Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of
Apr 18, 2025
　　The biggest critic of parents’ baby name choice? Yup, that would be Grandma! 　　According to a 2016 survey, almost half of new parents who received negative comments about their newborn’s name said that they came from their own mom. 　　Whether you’re surprised or totally unsurprised by that statistic – no...
60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest
Apr 18, 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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Top City Baby Names Around the World
Top City Baby Names Around the World
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Royal Wedding Kids, Starbaby Sibs and State Standouts
Apr 18, 2025
　　This week’s news includes the US state data, names from the royal wedding, and some long-expected starbaby arrivals. 　　Top names of 2017: local favoritesThe last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement over the new US name data for 2017. Highlights include some surprises in the Top 10...
2017 Comeback Kids: Best names newly returned to the list
Apr 18, 2025
　　By Clare Green 　　Let’s look at the comebacks in the US charts this year. These aren’t names that have returned to the Top 100, or even the Top 1000. I’m talking about names that disappeared completely from the official name data – because they were used for less than 5...
Name Popularity Countdown: The waiting game!
Apr 18, 2025
　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes the final countdown to the 2017 name data, names inspired by Star Wars, country music and the Amazon, and fantastic four-letter names. 　　Your countdown to 2017’s top namesThis is not a drill: the US Social Security Administration will release the most popular baby...
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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby
9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby
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What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name
Apr 18, 2025
　　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...
How to Change Your Baby’s Name
Apr 18, 2025
　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....
How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts
Apr 18, 2025
　　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...
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