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Baby Names 2012: Heard any new names lately?

　　For the new year, we thought it would be fun to ask you to post the new baby names 2012 you’ve heard or see lately, on babies or in movie credits or in the newspaper or even new choices you’ve encountered on Nameberry. 　　We think we’ve heard them all…..until we...

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Nameberry Nine: Trendy with a twist

Jan 10, 2025

　　This week, in her Nameberry Nine round-up of the latest newsy names, Abby Sandel, of Appellation Mountain, looks at recent celebrity and other interesting name sightings. Also, take advantage of our CyberMonday Nameberry ebook special! Buy our ebooks for just $3.99 today only, in our store. 　　If you’re an avid follower of all things onomastic,...

Australian Baby Names: What’s up down under

Jan 10, 2025

　　Today’s guest blogger, Aussie Anna Otto, tells us what she sees ahead for Australian baby names in 2012. 　　Baby Name Trends from Australia for 2012 　　Nameberry has brought us the hottest trends in baby trends for next year, and many of them are evident in Australia, as in other countries. But...

Baby Names 2012: The Hottest New Choices

Jan 10, 2025

　　New baby names are those that have never (or rarely) been used until recent years, but are red-hot for children now. 　　Each generation wants to do things differently from the last. For some parents that means looking wider for baby name inspiration, and choosing a name that they’ve never heard...

Baby Names Trends: Cassia, Caspian and Cash

Jan 10, 2025

　　Here in our baby name bubble, in case you haven’t noticed, we tend to parse every element of every name for hints of incipient baby name trends. This would include first syllables, middle letters (like the current x), and endings like en and er for boys. 　　Just recently we’ve been...

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Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie

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Pretty Girl Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　One of the search terms that sends a lot of people to Nameberry every day is “pretty girl names.” 　　Are they searching for names that are pretty, we wonder, or names that sound as if they belong to pretty girls? Or maybe what people are after...

Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

Jan 10, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel/Appellation Mountain 　　Do you name boys and girls the same way? 　　We often reserve antique gems for girls – lady-like appellations like Charlotte, Amelia, Lydia, and Hattie. But this week, parents proved that retro picks work for boys, too. Several high-profile birth announcements revived grandpa-chic choices for our...

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

Jan 10, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Wowza! 　　I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer quantity, gorgeousness and wild originality of the names reported in the Birth Announcement forums for this third quarter of the year, from July through the end of September. So overwhelmed, in fact, that I’m dividing the results into two...

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Old Man Names Get a New Lease of Life

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Earthy Boy Names: 100+ Friendly and Grounded Ideas

Jan 10, 2025

　　Looking for a name that's friendly, unpretentious and grounded? An earthy boy name could be the perfect choice. 　　Reading a request in the forums for earthy boy names made me rethink what the term means: is it a concept, or a literal meaning? Here are three different styles that can...

The Boys of Summer: Apollo, Elio and Leo

Jan 10, 2025

　　Looking for the perfect name for your summer born boy? Here are 18 cool options to consider, or see our full list of summer baby names for even more seasonal ideas. 　　ApolloThe powerful name of the Greek god of the sun is currently heating up in the US, especially since...

Hillbilly Names Have Rugged Charm

Jan 10, 2025

　　Blame Li'l Abner, The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Andy Griffith and even The Simpsons for the fact that some names have long been stereotyped as aw shucks, rube, hick, hayseed, country bumpkin names. 　　But lately, cowboy names have undergone something of a style revolution. With the rise of all things...

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Jan 10, 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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 10, 2025

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Jan 10, 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...

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Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Jan 10, 2025

　　Cottagecore baby names are part of a recent aesthetic trend defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, according to The New York Times. Hobbies such as bread baking, embroidery, and mushroom foraging are among the wholesome, nostalgic elements of the cottagecore lifestyle. 　　Cottagecore names, too, evoke this bucolic way...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

What's a Classic Name?

Jan 10, 2025

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

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Playground Analysis: The REAL most popular names

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady, Name Freak! 　　You must be aware of the 2015 SSA top baby name list by now, but are you a bit confused by the #1 names? Maybe you hear a lot more “Jackson!” than “Noah!” yelled at the playground? Well, by combining the different spellings of each name,...

Buried Treasures on the British List

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Kelsey Andersen 　　Now that the 2014 baby name statistics are out for England and Wales, we can see what names are the most popular in these two British countries and we also can look at the names near the bottom of the popularity list and find quite a lot...

10 Favorite Colonial Names for Today

Jan 10, 2025

　　Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving, let’s take a look at some Colonial names that were used in 1700s America and could be still considered fashionable today. Colonial names are chock full of history and laced with virtues and biblical associations. 　　You probably won’t see many boys named Comfort or girls named Modesty...

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

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How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 10, 2025

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 10, 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...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...