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Unusual Names: 5 Ways to Stay on the Right Side of Weird

　　Unusual names can be attractive, distinctive, intriguing….until they cross the line to weird. Parents in search of unusual names often worry about how to stay on the right side of that line. 　　Here, five ways to choose unusual names that have all the best qualities of the genre and...

How Close is Too Close? 10 Factors to Consider

Do Kre8iv Spellings Make Names More Special?

6 Ways Not To Fight About Baby Names

The Timeless + Timely Baby Name Formula

The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make Middle Names: How To Make A Distinguished Choice Middle Names Q & A Sibling Names: 7 Things Every Parent Should Know The Top Ten Baby Name Problems: And how to solve them 5 Routes to Baby Name Happiness 5 Mistakes Even Smart Baby Namers Make Baby Name Flow: How First-Middle-Last Names Can Play Nice Together

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9 Ways to Choose an Unusual Baby Name

　　By Abby Sandel 　　There’s more than one way to choose an unusual name. 　　Classics like William and Elizabeth are evergreen. And who doesn’t love Ava and Mason? 　　But if you think you’d like something different – maybe even dramatically different – for your child’s name, it can be tough to...

19 Signs You’ve Found the Right Baby Name

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　How will you know when you’ve found the right name for your baby? You’ll just know, some might say — but you might know that you know for sure if you experience one of the following 19 signs. 　　1. Without even trying, you find yourself calling...

No Dumb Names: And 21 other baby name rules worth following

　　A few weeks ago we asked the Nameberry moms and dads to tell us their best baby names rules. What followed were hundreds of suggestions, from the idiosyncratically individual (All middle names must be Celtic and begin with R) to rules so universal they might apply to everyone. 　　Rule Number...

Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name

　　Canadian guest blogger and name book writer Shandley McMurray offers some advice on global baby names–picking a name that will travel well. (And those are her beautiful kids in the illustration.) 　　Growing up with a name like Shandley in Canada wasn’t always easy. I became tired of correcting people’s spelling and...

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Popular Baby Names: 50 shooting stars

Popular Baby Names: 50 shooting stars

Baby Name Patterns: To Keep Going or Break the Mold? Happy 100th Birthday, Olivia! Movie Star Characters: When Marilyn was Elsie Lu-Girl Names Inspired by Paris Girl Names with Built-in Boyish Nicknames Influential Baby Names: Show biz ladies Single-Syllable Names for Girls 19 Biblical Girl Names You Should Consider

Unusual Baby Names: A search for the unique

　　They’re looking for a bold name for baby number two! Can you help brainstorm unusual baby names–word names or vintage gems that are seldom heard in real life – but still sound like names? 　　Nikki writes: 　　My daughter will be 2 years old when this baby is born in late...

Baby Names: Spelling Counts

　　She’s found the perfect name for her Fall 2016 baby. But how to spell it? The Name Sage wades into the data to find the best answer – but wants to hear your opinion, too! 　　Lindsey writes: 　　I’m trying to decide on a name for my little girl and I’m...

Unexpected Girl Names for Jonah’s Sister

　　They thought finding a name for their daughter would be a snap! But now they’re struggling to narrow down names that are classic, but not too common, to find the perfect unexpected – but not too out-there! – name for Jonah’s sister. 　　Brittany writes: 　　My husband and I have a son...

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Name Sage: Can We Still Use Our Favorite Name?

Name Sage: Can We Still Use Our Favorite Name?

9 Unique Celebrity Baby Names for Boys Name Sage: Finding a Subtle Honor Name The Agony of Choosing A Name Celebrity Baby Names for Boys Seeking a Science-Inspired Name On Choosing a (mega) Popular Baby Name Name Sage: Is This Name Too Popular? New McBaby Names for Boys

Names for Twin Boys

　　Twin names present double the naming challenge but can also be double the fun. Naming twins is a rare opportunity to choose two related baby names at the same time that are compatible but also distinct. 　　With twins, it can be more tempting to use rhyme, sound play, and same...

Above-aVERage Names for Boys

　　By Kara Blakley 　　I recently wrote about some VERy exciting names for girls, and now it’s time for the boys’ list. 　　Recently, Brooke Cussans wrote about PERfect names: a wonderfully diverse list of names all sharing the PER syllable.I was inspired to create a list of VER names, and found...

Comeback Kid Nicknames for Boys

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Here is Part 2 of our search for fresh vintage nickname names, and this time we’re looking at boys’ names that at one time registered on the Top 1000 list. 　　Bear in mind, though, that, because of the growth of the overall population we can sometimes be...

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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction Unisex Names Across the Atlantic 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

　　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...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

　　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...

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

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How Millennial Is Your Name?

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities What's a Classic Name? Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023 60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

　　Which baby names will be on top in 2024? 　　If we're speaking literally, you can expect to see the same few names on the tippy-top of the charts — Olivia and Emma, Liam and Noah. But it's a lot more fun to look at the fastest-rising names — the choices rapidly...

America's Next Top Baby Names

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

Ancient Names for Babies

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

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These Unique Names Are Getting More Popular

These Unique Names Are Getting More Popular

Names Meaning Red are Blazing Hot Top Baby Names 2018! Place Names for Babies: The hot spots Most Popular Names of 2019….so far Unique Baby Names in the News New Top British Baby Names Nameberry’s Top Names of the Decade New Top French Baby Names

Top British Baby Names: Some fun facts

　　This week’s news includes fun facts from the new top British baby names data, name inspiration from the football pitch to the pizza parlor, and an out-of-this-world naming challenge for the Teenberries out there… 　　Best of Top British Baby Names: making a splash across the pondOh frabjous day! The England...

Top Baby Names of the 2010s Released

　　The top baby names of the 2010s in the US have been released by the Social Security Administration. Leading the list: Emma for girls and Noah for boys. 　　The new SSA tally of the top 200 names of the decade is based on the popular name counts for the years 2010...

Contest: Guess the New Top 10 and Win!

　　If there ever was a holiday for baby namers, it would be the Friday before Mother’s Day. For this is the day that the Social Security Administration releases the data on the most popular baby names of the previous year. This Friday, May 10th, the official list of US Most...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name 9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby How to Cope With Baby Name Regret Unique Twin Names to Inspire

The Best Baby Name Advice

　　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...

Name Change Resources

　　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

　　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...

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