Rule-Breaking Baby Names
　　They’ve found the perfect name, but it breaks all the rules. How can they reconcile using the name they love with their long-held preferences? 　　Julia writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our first baby, a daughter, in May. We have finally found “the” name, but I feel like a...
Dec 25, 2024
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Movie Names: Alfred Hitchcock’s Golden Girls
Dec 25, 2024
　　By Meagan Burke 　　Alfred Hitchcock, often referred to as the “Master of Suspense,” worked with forty-seven lead actresses in his five decades of filmmaking, many of them evidence of his penchant for cool blondes. Let’s explore seven of his most memorable leading ladies. 　　Eva: Eva Marie Saint 　　Eva Marie Saint...
Influential Baby Names: The Songbirds
Dec 25, 2024
　　By Nancy Man, Nancy’s Baby Names 　　It’s easy to see the how a catchy, name-centric song like “Jolene” or “Hey There Delilah” might make a particular baby name trendy. But did you know that the names of singers can sometimes be just as influential as the names in lyrics? 　　Each...
Can a Cute Vintage Nickname Revive a Dusty Old Lady Name?
Dec 25, 2024
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Like our cousins across the pond, we’ve fallen in love with vintage nicknames for our girls—names like Maisie and Mabel and Sadie and Josie and Hattie are already on the rise. But do those parents who want a little Hattie necessarily consider putting Harriet or Henrietta on...
Berry Baby Names: Real-Life Choices of 2016
Dec 25, 2024
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz with Esmeralda Rocha 　　We recently posted a list of the names that you Berries showed the greatest interest in over the past year—topped by the not-too-surprising Olivia and Amelia, (both of which ranked in the top dozen nationally), and Ezra and Asher. But now we want to...
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A Sad Farewell to The Nook of Names
A Sad Farewell to The Nook of Names
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Polly put the kettle on and we’ll all have a nursery rhyme name!
Dec 25, 2024
　　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...
Rare Girls’ Names of the 1940s: Avis, Marigold and Jinx
Dec 25, 2024
　　By Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than 　　Matilda 　　The most popular girls names of the 1940s were Margaret, Patricia, Judith, and Helen, but what were the least popular names? Here are ten names which were only chosen once in any year between 1944 and 1949 in South Australia, making them unique...
Naming a Daughter – At Last!
Dec 25, 2024
　　Alice writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our first baby girl in June after having four boys, and we CANNOT agree on a girl’s name. 　　Our sons are Dashiell Zion, Jedidiah “Jedi” Kai, August Simon, and Lincoln Atticus. The surname sounds like McLachlin. 　　We’re looking for a name that...
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Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Boys’ Names
Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Boys’ Names
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Ooooops! Baby Name Mistakes
Dec 25, 2024
　　Novelist Christina Baker Kline, whose wonderful new book Bird in Hand comes out this week, writes about how even someone who names fictional people for a living can make mistakes when naming real live babies.  Like when she named her three sons: Eli, his brother William, and his other brother...
Hooray for Henry: The quirky classic that manages to stay cool
Dec 25, 2024
　　When Henry was chosen as the #1 favorite boy’s name on the collective 5-star lists of the nameberry community, I was somewhat surprised and yet somewhat not.  Because in many ways Henry is the perfect boy’s name—as classic and historic as James and John and William –yet with a quirkier edge that makes it...
Confessions of a Desperate Baby-Namer
Dec 25, 2024
　　Guest blogger Teresa Strasser, a comedy writer whose new blog is called Exploiting My Baby, is desperate for one good boys’ name for her son, due in October.  How far will she go to find it? 　　I know from that stupidly catchy viral “Pregnant Women are Smug” song that pregnant...
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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames
Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames
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Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names
Dec 25, 2024
　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...
America's Top Unisex Names of 2022
Dec 25, 2024
　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...
Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave
Dec 25, 2024
　　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...
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How Millennial Is Your Name?
How Millennial Is Your Name?
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New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names
Dec 25, 2024
　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...
Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities
Dec 25, 2024
　　New York baby namers love sleek, streamlined girl names like Rose and Claire, while Dallas favorites like Willa and Evangeline bring a touch of Southern charm. 　　Scottish namers are drawn to rugged boy names with a local flavor, such as Innes and Struan. And in Auckland, New Zealand, you'll find...
Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna
Dec 25, 2024
　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...
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How Gen Z Is Your Name?
Dec 25, 2024
　　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...
5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name
Dec 25, 2024
　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...
Rare Names With Popular Nicknames
Dec 25, 2024
　　Have you ever known the excitement of meeting a Ben who is not Just Another Benjamin but is, in fact, Benedict? Or Nicki whose “secret” full name is Danika? If so, this list is for you. 　　Rare full names with familiar nicknames can be the best of both worlds, for...
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Test-Driving Your Baby Name
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How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts
Dec 25, 2024
　　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...
The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup
Dec 25, 2024
　　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...
What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name
Dec 25, 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...
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