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A boy name trend now hot for the girls!

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The er suffix has always been popular for boy names, in part because it’s such a common one in occupational surname names like Cooper and Hunter. But for girls—not so much. Of course Jennifer was the behemoth of the 70s and 80s, and borrowed-from-the-boys Harper is now #10...

Dec 12, 2024

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Fresh Surname Names for Girls

Dec 12, 2024

　　They love surname names, but can’t agree on the right one for their December daughter. 　　Erin writes: 　　We are expecting a little girl in December. We have two boys, Paxton David and Crosby Jordan. 　　We like surnames as first names, as you can see. For a girl, I like Emerson,...

Trendy Celebrity Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Trendy celebrity baby names are kind of the golden mean of starbaby names. 　　We all love raising our eyebrows at “crazy” celebrity baby names, but for every one-of-a-kind starbaby name (looking at you, Rumi and Sir), there are dozens of mainstream ones that sit quietly in the background (hello, Ella...

Unique Girl Names from Nature

Dec 12, 2024

　　Unique girl names are a wide and varied group, bur perhaps the very best are drawn from nature. 　　If you love nature names for girls, you have a world of choices beyond the obvious River and Rose. 　　The girl names here live below the US Top 1000 baby names, yet...

25 Unusual Names Inspired by Celebrities

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Unusual names attract attention for the stars who bear them and often inspire hundreds of baby namesakes. But which uniquely-named celebrities have the biggest influence on baby name trends? 　　Some celebrities here have already turned their rare monikers into baby name hits. Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams has propelled...

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100 Best Girl Names Below the Top 1000

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Don't Name Your Daughter Harper

Dec 12, 2024

　　Last names for girls are as established as popular favorites Harper, Madison, and Avery, but what about the new choices in this stylish class? 　　If you love gender neutral names and the classy image of last names for girls but want to move beyond the expected choices, we have some...

How I Named My Baby: Aadya Dash

Dec 12, 2024

　　Puja, a service analyst, and Partha, an engineer, are a Bangladeshi-Canadian couple living in Toronto. Their daughter, Aadya Dash, was born in September 2022. 　　Here, we speak with Puja about how she and Partha named their baby girl. 　　Tell me how you named Aadya!We first had to decide which letter...

How I Named My Baby: Laíla Brooke

Dec 12, 2024

　　Dr. Laria Herod, a veterinarian, and Bradford Herod, a special education teacher, live in Phoenix, Arizona with their two daughters: Lariah Braé and Laíla Brooke. 　　Laíla was born on July 18, 2022. Here, we talk to Laria about how she and Bradford named their little girl. 　　Tell me how you...

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Smart Boys’ Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Some parents want their babies to be beautiful, some put an upbeat disposition first, while others wish most for an intelligent child. 　　If you’re interested names that mean intelligence and wisdom, here are a range of choices for boys. (Of course there are wonderful choices in...

Undiscovered Baby Names for Boys

Dec 12, 2024

　　Ever feel like all of the best baby names for boys are already taken? 　　It isn’t so. There are hundreds of great boy names that have yet to enter the US Top 1000. 　　The smallest stars of Fuller House, Netflix’s latest nostalgia-rich series, are a great example. Twins Dashiell and...

Is Name Teasing a Thing of the Past?

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Kate at Sancta Nomina (Katherine Morna Towne) 　　Do you know how, when you’re a kid, your friends’ names are just your friends’ names? It seems to me that the younger you are, the less likely you are to realize that other kids’ names are unusual, and certainly kids have...

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Dec 12, 2024

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...

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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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,...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Dec 12, 2024

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Dec 12, 2024

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

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New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Dec 12, 2024

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Dec 12, 2024

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...