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How I Named My Baby: Pippa Georgia Bea

　　Rebecca Norman, a sales associate, and Mat Norman, an interiors manager, live in the English market town of Wimborne Minster with their three children. 　　Their youngest child, a daughter named Pippa Georgia Bea, was born on September 18th, 2020. Below, we talk to Rebecca about how she and Mat chose...

Dec 12, 2024

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Meghan and Harry's Royal Baby Name: Lilibet Diana!

Dec 12, 2024

　　Welcome, Lilibet Diana! 　　Meghan Markle and Prince Harry used a name ripe with familial significance for their daughter. But like Archie, it was an unexpected choice, throwing off the bookies (and even us). 　　Lilibet is famously the childhood nickname of Queen Elizabeth II, Harry's grandmother. Lilibet is extremely rare as...

Keeping the Tradition Alive: 150+ Years of Ursula and Mildred

Dec 12, 2024

　　Ursula Amatrudo-Roman is a preschool teacher and New York City native. Her rare name — given to fewer than 100 baby girls each year over the past three decades — follows a matrilineal pattern established over a century ago. 　　We sat down with Ursula to discuss the family tradition and her...

How to Name Your Baby After Your Grandma

Dec 12, 2024

　　So you want to name your daughter after your dear grandma… but you can’t quite bring yourself to call her Barbara. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. Let us help you re-invent outdated names into sparkly fresh ones that still connect to the original. 　　Many parents choose children’s names...

How I Named My Baby: Natalie Mara

Dec 12, 2024

　　Lisa, an IT manager, and her husband Gene, who works in finance, live in the Chicago suburbs with their two children. 　　Their daughter Natalie Mara arrived on January 5, 2021, joining older brother Isaac Edward. We chatted with Lisa about family names, honoring heritage, and how she and Gene chose...

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Doctor Who Names, Part 2–Companion Names: Ace, Tegan and Sarah Jane

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Nameberry Picks: 14 jazziest jazz singers’ names

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The connection to the haunting voice of a well known jazz or blues singer definitely adds an element of –well—rhythm and blues—to a name’s image, an extra infusion of richness and pizzazz. Boyish Billie takes on new depth when listening to Lady Day, Etta goes from fusty...

Invented Names Past and Present: From Vanessa to Iridessa

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Angela Mastrodonato, Upswing Baby Names 　　With names, as with other subjects, once I learned my assumptions were wrong, I was put in my place. 　　Pre-kids, I was a name-snob who openly expressed disdain for invented names, grouping all invented names with experimental spellings, and modern word-play creations such as...

Sundance Catalog Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　At this time of year, catalogs flood the house every day – the poor mail deliverer! – only to be promptly thrown into the recycling bin. 　　One of the few exceptions is the Sundance Catalog. It’s not as if I ever order anything from there, though...

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Brother Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Choosing the right brother names involves striking the right balance. Ideally, brother names should be coordinated in a clear way — such as style or origin — but you want the names to be distinctive, so the brother set doesn’t feel too matchy. 　　Looking for brother names with similar style is...

How I Named My Baby: October Teddy

Dec 12, 2024

　　Michelle, a breastfeeding counselor, and Neil, a research scientist, live in Ames, Iowa with their four children: Eisley, Avonlea, Idalia Rae, and October Teddy. 　　October was born on March 4, 2023. Here, we talk to Michelle about how she and Neil named their little boy. 　　Tell me October’s name story!I...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Dec 12, 2024

　　Boy names ending in a vowel (or a vowel sound) feel lively and distinctive, in an era where consonant names for boys – particularly those ending in N and R – have long dominated the list of popular names. 　　There are now five boy names ending in a vowel sound...

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Dec 12, 2024

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Dec 12, 2024

　　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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The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Dec 12, 2024

　　Old money names conjure the aspirational lifestyle provided by generational wealth — elite country clubs, prep schools, and holidays in the countryside. The old money aesthetic is being felt beyond baby names — this prep-rebrand is suddenly everywhere. 　　Fashion runways are filled with pleated skirts, penny loafers, and pearl necklaces. Americans...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Dec 12, 2024

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

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British Baby Names: The Latest Crop

Dec 12, 2024

　　Every few months, about as often as I allow myself to relish a hot caramel sundae and with about the same amount of delicious anticipation, I dip into the London Telegraph birth announcements to see what the upper-crusty British baby namers are up to. 　　And as with that sundae, the...

Name Popularity List: Two new Latin names and how they got there

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Nephele 　　Now that the Social Security Administration has released its annual baby names listings beyond the top 1,000 (including all names that had at least five occurrences in any given year), names researchers can better track the influence of popular culture on our names. 　　For example, a girl’s name...

The Social Security Name List–and how it grew

Dec 12, 2024

　　 Since the Social Security site showing the rankings of baby names is the bible for so many nameberries, we thought we’d turn to webmaster Jeff Kunkel to give us some insight into how it developed–and his instrumental part in it. 　　Soon after Social Security joined the internet, I became webmaster...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Dec 12, 2024

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

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...