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Flower Names for Girls: The coolest right now

　　Flower names for girls never go out of style, and for good reason! 　　Flower names have a fresh femininity which has appealed to parents throughout the ages, but they can also make a meaningful choice. 　　Choosing a seasonal flower name can be a sweet way to connect your baby girl...

Apr 10, 2025

Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora

Georgian Girls Names: Alethea, Augusta and Jane

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Our Top 100 Girl Names of 2013

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Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Apr 10, 2025

　　My friend Kim loved the name Cordelia. This was in my pre-Nameberry days, and Cordelia‘s been off the Top 1000 since 1950: It certainly wasn’t a name that it occurred to me to love. 　　Still…..Cordelia. The more I thought about it, the more I loved Cordelia. Thanks, Kim, for the...

Doctor Who Names, Part 2–Companion Names: Ace, Tegan and Sarah Jane

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Brooke Cussans, Baby Name Pondering 　　The ‘Doctor Who‘ Christmas special aired on Christmas Day, so I thought this would be a good time to follow up my Fiftieth Anniversary Special post on Doctor Who actor names with one inspired by the other stars of the show – the companions....

Eclectic American Girl Doll Names: Cecile, Kanani, and Marie-Grace

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　My seven-year-old daughter didn’t inspire my interest in American Girl dolls, one of their names did. 　　My daughter hasn’t expressed any interest in American Girl dolls and doesn’t own any. 　　But an American Girl doll has one of my favorite names. A retired...

Sundance Catalog Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　At this time of year, catalogs flood the house every day – the poor mail deliverer! – only to be promptly thrown into the recycling bin. 　　One of the few exceptions is the Sundance Catalog. It’s not as if I ever order anything from there, though...

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Heroine Names: A Memorial Day salute

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Vanishing Names: So long, Susan; Bye bye, Barbara

Apr 10, 2025

　　One of my favorite poems, for reasons that will soon be obvious, is called “Mourning the Dying American Female Names,” by Hunt Hawkins. You can read the whole poem here, but I’ll give you a few choice lines: 　　Many names are almost gone: Gertrude, Myrtle, 　　Agnes, Bernice, Hortense, Edna, Doris,...

The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora

Apr 10, 2025

　　There’s been a lot of berry-buzz lately around the names Cora, Flora and Dora, a nostalgic bevy of beauties we might call the Floradora girls. 　　If you’re wondering about the origins of the term, it dates back to Florodora, one of the first big Broadway musical hits of the twentieth...

Bridesmaid Names: Pippa and beyond

Apr 10, 2025

　　The Royal Wedding has inspired Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel to look at bridesmaid names of the past as well as the present. 　　Wedding season is upon us. On Friday, Kate and William got things started with a bang, commanding a global audience in the billions. The number of journalists reporting...

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Baby Name News: Hemingway, Gatsby, Ultra-Violet & Boston-Blu

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Royal Baby Name: It’s Louis Arthur Charles!

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Much to everyone’s amazement, from British naming experts to the betting public, Louis Arthur Charles is the name of the new British prince, Queen Elizabeth’s sixth great-grandchild and fifth in line to the throne. 　　After four days of nail-biting anticipation and speculation, the name of His Royal...

Little Prince Louis Special Report

Apr 10, 2025

　　This week’s news is a royal names special – plus an unusual tough word name, and the names Kim and Kanye almost used. 　　Royal baby name: read all about it!The biggest name story of the week is, of course, the British royal baby. 　　A week ago, we were on the...

Name Sage: Musical Boy Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　This musical family has named three daughters, all inspired by song. But now that they’re expecting a boy, all the names sound flat! What fits with the theme for a son? 　　Lisa writes: 　　I have 3 daughters with musical names: Cadence, Melody, and Aria. I thought for...

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

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60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

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Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Apr 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...

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Apr 10, 2025

　　Old money names conjure the aspirational lifestyle provided by generational wealth — elite country clubs, prep schools, and holidays in the countryside. The old money aesthetic is being felt beyond baby names — this prep-rebrand is suddenly everywhere. 　　Fashion runways are filled with pleated skirts, penny loafers, and pearl necklaces. Americans...

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Top Names in Each State Revealed!

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Apr 10, 2025

　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...

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Name Sage: Seeking Timeless Names

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Challenging Family Traditions

Apr 10, 2025

　　They named their son after her husband’s dad. But does that mean they have to name their second child after another relative? Let’s talk challenging family traditions – and help them find a girl’s name they can both love. 　　C writes:When our son was born, my husband wanted to name...

Name Change Resources

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...