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Baby Name News This Week

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes what’s hot in Canada and Iran, rethinking grandpa names, and how to deal with too many Jacobs on a football team. 　　Canadian baby names: popular and uniqueCanada doesn’t publish national baby name statistics, but the provinces release their data one by one over...

Jan 10, 2025

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Top Names Around the World

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Let’s Put Together Our Own Top 100!

Jan 10, 2025

　　Let’s Put Together An Alternative Top 100! 　　Nameberry visitors love lesser-used baby names, as our constantly updated “Most Popular” lists show. Atticus (US rank #350) is currently our most-searched boys’ name, while Rumi (unranked), Maia (#487) and Amara (#208) are all in the Nameberry girls’ Top 20. 　　Unique baby namers...

Baby Name News of the Week

Jan 10, 2025

　　by Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes Pippa Middleton’s baby name, trends from New York to India, and why naming your son Gabriel might help your dog. 　　Lots of names from Long IslandAny readers from Long Island here? Do you know a lot of kids called Isabella and Michael? According...

New Top Baby Names in England and Wales

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　Today, the top baby names for England and Wales in 2017 have been released by the Office of National Statistics (yes, we get ours pretty late on, sadly). 　　And once again Oliver was top for English name for boys, for the fifth year, and Olivia remained...

Newsiest Names this Week: Eamon, Fabian and Florian

Jan 10, 2025

　　This week’s news includes family dynamics – from involving the in-laws to picking a surname – plus a baby named after a fancy dress costume, and what’s hot in Austria. 　　In-law involvement: yea or nay?Announcing a baby’s name before it’s born can be a tricky decision – especially if family...

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A boy name trend now hot for the girls!

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TV Baby Names: Quirky new girl names from the new shows

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Every TV season brings its own few unique character names, some that make interesting baby names, some that are just weird curiosities. Lately we’ve had the Game of Thrones crew, and from the futuristic The Handmaid’s Tale, Offred, Ofglen, Ofsamuel and Oferic stepped from the pages of...

Girl Baby Name Search: A Sister for Lyla

Jan 10, 2025

　　Love vintage-modern nickname-proof names that aren’t wildly popular, or too obscure? Almost everyone does! That makes it even tougher to find the right name for Lyla Brynn’s new sister. 　　Melissa writes:Baby girl number two is due in a few months, and we’re stuck on a name! 　　Our first daughter is...

Strong Girl Names: Matilda, Fiona, Adair

Jan 10, 2025

　　Their daughter is facing surgery immediately after birth. Let’s help her mama find a strong name for this little warrior! 　　Ellen writes: 　　We recently found out that our baby girl has a rare condition that will require surgery and a NICU stay when she finally greets the world. 　　I’ve always...

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Strong Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 10, 2025

　　Strong boy names are a powerful trend right now, as parents increasingly turn to names with positive meanings of strength and resilience in troubling times. 　　Strong boy names include those that literally mean strength, power or might – from popular classics like Ethan and Ezekiel, to rare and unique choices...

Trending Boy Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　New parents — those who haven't spent much time around today's babies — may not be up on today's trending boy names. Does this sound like you? You might be shocked to learn the hottest boy names right now. 　　What are trendy boy names? Trendy boy names are more popular than...

80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son

Jan 10, 2025

　　What do you get if you cross cottagecore with cowboy names? Meet woodsy names for boys. Woodsy names are the best of each trend — the rugged handsomeness of cowboy names blended with the romantic pastorality and natural elements of cottagecore names. 　　These are the names of woodland heroes and forest...

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 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...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Jan 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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Jan 10, 2025

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

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Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

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Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Jan 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...

Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 10, 2025

　　Astrology names are inspired by the stars and planets, the four elements, and the symbols and characteristics connected to the zodiac signs. 　　Coinciding with the recent cultural obsession with astrology, we’ve observed a rise in names relating to the zodiac and all things celestial. 　　Millennials and Gen Z have taken...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

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Popular Twin Names

Jan 10, 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...

20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

Jan 10, 2025

　　You know when you see a child (or a picture of one) and think, “Dang, that kid is cooler than I’ll ever be”? That’s how we feel when we hear a lot of the most popular names in France. 　　I mean, imagine having a playdate with little Capucine or Timéo....

New Popular Irish Names Revealed

Jan 10, 2025

　　Good news for lovers of Irish baby names! The latest popular Irish names data for 2022 has just been released, and it’s a treasure trove of intriguing options from the Emerald Isle. 　　Happy St Patrick’s Day! Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! 　　Top 10 Irish Girl Names 　　There has been a...

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How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

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How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 10, 2025

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 10, 2025

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 10, 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...