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Naming a Girl: Cute, classic, or somewhere in-between

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Katie Price’s firstborn daughter has Nymphadora Tonks syndrome. 　　By now, you might have heard that British glamour model-turned-reality star Katie Price has welcomed a daughter with a surprising name: Bunny. 　　That’s the way Katie rolls. Her older daughter is Princess, and Katie apparently shortlisted Duchess...

Jan 9, 2025

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Girl Baby Names: Something Old, Something New

Let’s hear it for the Ola Names: Lola, Viola and Finola

Baby Name Trendspotting: Hello, Dolly!

Modern Girls’ Names: Zhuri, Marlowe, and Vale Happiness is just a thing called Jo Adelaide or Adeline? The Top Names of 2033: Girls edition–Charlotte Number 1 Medievalizing a Name: Elizabeth to Elisende Imaginative Names for Girls: Aurora, Angelou, and Elle Bye-bye, Meghan. So long, Marisa. Girl names leaving the Top 1000 Girls’ Name Hazel: Will a new movie make her the next Jennifer?

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The Two Aggies: Agatha and Agnes unbuttoned

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　For what seems like forever, this pair of sainted sister names, Agnes and Agatha, have seemed like the quintessential starched, buttoned-up, high-lace-collared, mauve-dressed Great-Great-Grandmother appellations. 　　I’d like to propose that we let the unbuttoning commence. 　　Agnes has a bit of a leg up on several counts: 　　1....

Boy Names for Girls & New Names for Boys

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Once again, a famous couple has chosen a favorite boy’s name for their newborn daughter. Last Thursday, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher welcomed Wyatt Isabelle. 　　Some parents of baby boy Wyatts are nervous. Will Wyatt go girl? Others who had shortlisted Wyatt for a possible...

The Long and the Short of Girl Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Do you prefer your girls’ names short and simple, or long and elaborate? 　　There’s no right answer, and plenty of parents shortlist Rose and Isabella, Blair and Ellington. 　　From just one syllable to seven or eight, this week’s high profile birth announcements proved that parents...

SOS: Help name this Berry’s imminent girl twins asap!

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Hannah Young 　　I am name obsessed. When I am reading at bedtime to my eight-year old son, I will pause as we encounter new characters, “Hmm … Polly, that’s a good name isn’t it?” before he puts his fingers in his ears and begs for mercy, “Stop the naming madness,...

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

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Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Aimee Reneau Tafreshi__ 　　I was at a 1950’s-style diner with my young daughter Addie when an older waitress asked me what the name was short for. “Adair,” I said, and was shocked when the waitress told me that her grown daughter’s name was also Adair, called “Dare.” I was impressed...

Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

Unexpected Names for Girls: Edelweiss, Marceline, and Cee Cee

Jan 9, 2025

　　Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　It’s been a quiet week for high profile arrivals. Sure, Michael Weatherly of NCIS fame and wife Bojana welcomed son Liam. It’s a great name – friendly, upbeat, accessible. Liam is also a solid favorite in the US, just like big sister’s...

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How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian

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Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 9, 2025

　　Traditional boy names remain perennially popular with parents today, in spite of the broader trend towards ever more unique baby names for both sexes. 　　But that doesn’t necessarily mean that all traditional names for boys are popular. As well as the core classic boy names – like John, James and...

Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Jan 9, 2025

　　When a name gets popular, it’s rarely in isolation. 　　Both boy names and girl names tend to rise and fall in groups based on sound, image, association, or some combination thereof. Sometimes just a pair of names will attract attention, but often entire gangs of names will become fashionable at...

150+ European Baby Boy Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　European baby names have a long and illustrious history of use in the US. After all, many of the most popular boy names today – contemporary classics like Leo and Lucas, Mason and Mateo, Oliver and Owen – have European origins. 　　But there is so much cultural and linguistic variety...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Jan 9, 2025

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 9, 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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The Hottest Nickname Names of 2018

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New Baby Surname Trends

Jan 9, 2025

　　Just when you had the whole first name and middle name thing worked out for your baby, here comes a new name challenge. What will your child’s surname be? 　　One Australian couple blended elements from each of their last names to create a brand-new surname for their child. Courtney Cassar...

Celebrity Babies: Latest starbaby name predictions

Jan 9, 2025

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　Creating a coordinated sibset for celebrity babies and everyone else can be hard enough, but when the siblings in question are half-siblings, it’s even harder. A new partner means a new set of opinions and ideas to account for, so frequently sibset cohesion is a preference that...

International Baby Names: Hottest in the UK, Poland and Japan

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s international baby names news includes the boldest and Britishest celebrity boy names, and what’s hot in Poland, Hungary and Japan, plus the benefits of multi-nickname names. 　　Baby boy names: vintage and vivaciousInternational baby names news this week has seen boy name announcements from both sides...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

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Popular Twin Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　Popular twin names used to appear on the Social Security top baby names site, but alas, no more. 　　But while there hasn’t been hard data on the top twin names in the US in over a decade, we can extrapolate from the 2010 twin names data to make some educated...

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　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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How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

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The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 9, 2025

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Jan 9, 2025

　　Baby name regret — also known as baby name remorse — is a common source of shame among new parents. It allegedly affects between 10-20% of new parents, yet the perceived stigma deters many from sharing their feelings or stories. 　　Lately, celebrities have been opening up about their own experiences with baby...

Name Change Resources

Jan 9, 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...