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The Blooming of Lily

　　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...

Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far)

Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

Pretty Girl Names

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

Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth Name the All-Girl Quints! Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie Kimye Kname Kraziness Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

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North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name

　　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...

Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The crystalline clear classic Claire has seen an impressive rise recently—entering the Top 50 for the very first time in 2011—and bringing Cousin Clara and other relatives slip-streaming along with her. The perfect time to take a closer look at this clear-eyed family. 　　CLAIRE—Currently favored spelling Claire...

Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair

　　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...

Bold Names for Girls

　　The news this week includes one notably conservative name for a royal baby boy, and several bold names for girls. 　　His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge is just a week old. We’ve discussed his name – and the names the royals didn’t choose, or might be holding in reserve...

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How I Named My Baby: Pippen Carol

How I Named My Baby: Pippen Carol

Ann Alternatives: Updating a Classic 12 Girl Names That Deserve More Love How I Named My Baby: Kilmer Dove Girl Names You Never Knew Were in the Top 50 Elizabeth: The Name That Has Everything Don't Name Your Daughter Harper Rose Alternatives: Fresh Twists on a Classic Hello, Cutie! Rare Vintage Girl Names Ending in -ie

How I Named My Baby: Esme Virginia

　　Bailey Carroll, who works in healthcare technology, and Jon Wakelin, a strategy consultant, live in Lexington, Massachusetts with their two daughters: Louisa Wu "Lulu", and Esme Virginia Wu. 　　Esme was born on November 25, 2022. Below, we speak to Bailey about how she and Jon named their little girl. 　　Tell...

Stunning Spanish Names for Girls and Boys

　　If you’re interested in Spanish names for your baby-to-be, you’re probably familiar with the many Spanish choices popular in the US, like Sebastián and José, Camila and Sofia. But there are many intriguing baby names that are popular in Spain and Latin America but virtually unknown to anglophones. 　　Sure, classic Spanish names...

The Best Badass Princess Names

　　Badass princess names fit an image that not only appeals to contemporary little girls but to parents. 　　Like hipster cowboy names, badass princess names are appealing not so much because of their sound or their style but because of the complex image they convey. These are girl names that are...

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Vintage Boy Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name

Vintage Boy Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name

Classic Names: The Fred Factor Boys’ Names: Unusual, Stylish Picks Baby Names 2010: Top 100 For Boys Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending John Today, Gianni Tomorrow Classic baby names: Peter, Paul or Mary? Top Boys’ Names: One Mom Puts Her Picks To The Test

Boys’ Names Ins and Outs

　　Yesterday we took a look at the girls’ names moving in and out of fashion and now we turn our attention to their brothers. 　　And here we find a somewhat different picture. 　　Overall, it confirms the fact that there is much greater consistency on the boys’ side of the fence, with...

FATHER’S DAY NAMES: Celebrity Dads

　　Once more this year we commemorate Father’s Day with a list of some notable names of the paternal parents of celebrities of various times and places, with some truly unusual examples, as in Archulus (Truman Capote) and Belmont (Humphrey Bogart). As with the moms we displayed on Mother’s Day, it turns out that quite...

Baby Jock Names: 25 surprising sports star choices

　　If there’s one arena that may have been kind of neglected in the nameberry search for cool namesakes, it would probably be the wide, wide world of sports. 　　There are a couple of explanations for this. Number One is the fact that so many star athletes were known by nicknames—Mickey...

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else Unisex Names Across the Atlantic Surprisingly International Baby Names The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

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...

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

　　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...

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New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

Scottish Baby Names: What’s ‘in’ in Inverness? 2009 Baby Names: What Was In, Out, Hot, Not This Year Irish Names Now: What’s doing in Dublin? L Names to Love Children’s Book Names: From Aidan to Zoe I-Initial Names: Eyes on the ‘I’s’ TV Character Names: Dynasty & Dallas What Are The Top Baby Names of the Future?

Baby Name Timeline

　　When we were preparing the article “Bizarre Baby Names: A Growing Trend?” for the July issue of Reader’s Digest magazine that’s just hit the stands, we put together a lonnnnnng timeline of the key markers in American names –much longer than they could possibly use with the story. So here we offer you...

Royal Baby Names: Hollywood’s Little Princes and Princesses

　　As reported in the not always reliable Star magazine, Nicole Richie, mother of Harlow Winter Kate, has at the top of her list of names for her baby-to-be Baron, inspired by Donald Trump’s little Barron. (Her other two published possibilities being Kypher and Martavious, about which I’ll restrain my comments). ...

California Desert Names

　　Guest blogger Susan Chesney writes about the evocative place and nature names of the California desert. 　　One of my favorite places is the California desert, because in that silent place there are many secrets. Most people drive through the desert as fast as they can with their windows up, radios...

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New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

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Baby Names Before 1850

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

　　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...

The Top Baby Names A-Z

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name The Best Baby Name Advice Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine Unique Twin Names to Inspire Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Name Change Resources

　　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...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

　　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...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　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....

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