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Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

　　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

Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls

Name the All-Girl Quints!

Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva Bold Names for Girls Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie Pretty Girl Names Kimye Kname Kraziness

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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...

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...

Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　It’s a common baby name dilemma: You love a name like Cora or Lila forever, holding it close as your own special secret choice, and then bang! Right when you’re finally in a position to use it, you discover it’s become a trendy new favorite, vaulting...

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

　　See all the girl names on Nameberry here. 　　There’s a new girl in town, and her name is Imogen — the breakout Number 1 among girl names on Nameberry for the first half of 2013. 　　Imogen unseated longtime favorite Charlotte as our most-viewed girl name so far this year. In...

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Hello, Cutie! Rare Vintage Girl Names Ending in -ie

Hello, Cutie! Rare Vintage Girl Names Ending in -ie

Little Black Dress Names Are Always in Style How I Named My Baby: Pippen Carol Ann Alternatives: Updating a Classic 100+ Rare Girl Names You Don’t Know (Yet!) Compound Names for Girls: The Next Generation How I Named My Baby: Winnie Jean Elizabeth: The Name That Has Everything Don't Name Your Daughter Harper

How I Named My Baby: Kilmer Dove

　　Bethany C. Meyers, founder and CEO of the be.come project, and Nico Tortorella, an actor who starred in TV's Younger, based on the novel by Nameberry creator Pamela Redmond, live in Weehawken, New Jersey with their daughter Kilmer Dove. 　　Kilmer was born on March 5, 2023. Here, Bethany and Nico...

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...

My Name, My Story: Zara

　　Names can tell a powerful story, but as a US immigrant from China, the English names I was given didn’t mean anything to me. This is my journey through those names, to choosing my own English name that continues my story. 　　Chinese Names 101Born in China to Chinese parents, I...

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Boys’ Names Ins and Outs

Boys’ Names Ins and Outs

Antiquarian Names: Colonial craftsmen names Boys’ Names 2010: Most Popular So Far Occupation Names: A Labor Day Salute FATHER’S DAY NAMES: Celebrity Dads Baby Jock Names: 25 surprising sports star choices Top Boys’ Names: One Mom Puts Her Picks To The Test John Today, Gianni Tomorrow RIP, Ben: A Mom Mourns Her Once-Favorite Name

Classic baby names: Peter, Paul or Mary?

　　Of course they’re still around, with a few like William and Daniel still in the Top Ten, but most of the standard classics are far from being the power names they once were–Peter, Paul and George, for example, have hit all-time lows. 　　And yes, Edward has that Twilight touch, and Jack is back with...

How About Harvey? What About Walter?

　　The Nameberry Question of the Week: Would you name your baby boy Harvey or Stanley or any of the other up-and-coming oldies appearing on the recently released British pop list? 　　Is this another case where the Yanks will follow the Brits in baby-naming trends and revive such previously verboten Grandpa...

Baby Names 2010: Top 100 For Boys

　　Our focus on baby names 2010 continues today with the top 100 boys’ names. 　　The top seven names remain the same from the first quarter count, with Henry, Finn, and Oliver weighing in at numbers 1, 2, and 3. This greater stability on the boys’ side echoes the pattern in...

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

　　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...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

　　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...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

　　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...

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New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

California Desert Names TV Character Names: Dynasty & Dallas L Names to Love Names of the Future 70’s Baby Names: Beyond Tiffany & Todd What Are The Top Baby Names of the Future? Cheery-O Names Celebrity Baby Names: Brooklyn yes, Bronx no

Top Names of 2008: Emma and Jacob Rule

　　The day every baby name addict waits for all year is finally here, as the Social Security Administration released its list of Top 1000 Boy and Girl Names this morning. To many people’s surprise–including a sizable number of our contest entrants–Emma leapfrogged over Isabella–last year’s #2– to become the most...

New York City Names: Sophia and Jayden top the new list

　　The New York City Health Department released its list of most popular names of 2008 today–at last–with some pretty interesting results. (It reminded me of the old Jennifer & Jason days–before the Social Security Administration was compiling a national list, when Pam and I used to have to contact –and...

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...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback Top Baby Name Influencers 2023 New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names Top Czech Names Follow International Trends 20 Chic French Names You Should Know About 100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More Popular Twin Names New Popular Irish Names Revealed

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

　　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...

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...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine Updating Popular 1950s Names How to Change Your Baby’s Name The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup Name Change Resources How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

　　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...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

　　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,...

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