The PERfect Boy Name: PERcival and jasPer
　　By Brooke Cussans, at Baby Name Pondering 　　Now it’s the boys’ turn. 　　Just starting your name search or stuck in a rut? Not sure where to start, or just need some fresh inspiration? Then how about one for every day of the week! Here are seven names containing the PER...
Jan 10, 2025
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Movie Mogul Baby Names
Jan 10, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Once upon a time, there was a group of names that shared an image of balding, cigar-chomping, middle-aged, Hollywood movie mogul-types—names like Max and Jake and Abe, Nat, Oscar, Leo and Sam–which for generations few parents were considering infant-appropriate. 　　Well we all know how that turned around....
Classic Boys’ Names: What’s your favorite?
Jan 10, 2025
　　Last week we asked you to name your favorite classic name for girls; now it’s the boys’ turn. 　　What’s your favorite classic boys’ name?  Do you prefer one of the classic classics such as James or William or a fashionable classic such as Henry or (thanks to England‘s young prince)...
Classic Boys’ Names: The Alexandrians from Alex to Xander
Jan 10, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　There are several girls’ names—Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Katherine—that have spawned copious numbers of female variations and nicknames, as have boys like John and William, but there is one name whose progeny has embraced both genders, and that name is Alexander. 　　In 2013, there were 19 forms of...
Christmas Baby Names: Elf on the Shelf names
Jan 10, 2025
　　By Nick Turner 　　It’s the holiday season, which means eggnog, carols, twinkling lights and — for millions of American parents — remembering to move that damn elf around the house every night. 　　Yes, I’m talking about Elf on the Shelf, the Christmas tradition that feels like it’s been going on...
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Unusual Girls’ Names: Lotus, Arrow, Pehr, and the rest of the Nameberry 9
Unusual Girls’ Names: Lotus, Arrow, Pehr, and the rest of the Nameberry 9
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Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice
Jan 10, 2025
　　With a number of classic names taking a downward turn these days, it’s nice to see that a few are going in the other direction—William, James, Charlotte –and one that we’re especially happy to see making a return: our featured name of the day, Alice. 　　Alice is unique among the...
Top Girls’ Names of 2012
Jan 10, 2025
　　Our tally of the 100 most popular girls’ names of 2012 on Nameberry is in, and we have a new Number 1: Katniss. 　　The predominance of Katniss is more a testament to the power of the Hunger Games franchise than to baby name trends. 　　Our Number 2 girls’ name Charlotte,...
Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices
Jan 10, 2025
　　Maybe because Nameberry attracts such serious name lovers, many visitors to the site can’t settle for choosing just one name for their babies. 　　I’m not talking about the trend toward picking two middle names but about the taste for baby girl names that have two very different versions: a classic,...
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Baby Jock Names: 25 surprising sports star choices
Baby Jock Names: 25 surprising sports star choices
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Boys’ Names: Unusual, Stylish Picks
Jan 10, 2025
　　Looking for boys’ names that feel contemporary and stylish but that you won’t hear coming and going?  Here are our picks of unusual boys’ names – used for fewer than 100 boys, but at least 50 (those borders were picked to keep the collection manageable) – that are in step...
Classic baby names: Peter, Paul or Mary?
Jan 10, 2025
　　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...
Antiquarian Names: Colonial craftsmen names
Jan 10, 2025
　　For a number of years, when I wasn’t writing about names, I was writing about antiques and collectibles for a syndicated newspaper column.  But of course when I was thinking about antiques, I was still also thinking about names. 　　Looking at the field of antique furniture, for example, I found that...
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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
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The Top Unisex Names in Every US State
Jan 10, 2025
　　The most popular unisex names in the USA in 2022 were Logan, Avery, and Riley. But does that hold true across every state? 　　Well, sometimes. But as you might guess, each state has its own favorite unisex names. For some, it’s an occupational name like Parker or Sawyer. Other states...
Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity
Jan 10, 2025
　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...
Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave
Jan 10, 2025
　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...
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Hot Baby Names: 20 choices heading for the top
Hot Baby Names: 20 choices heading for the top
On-Trend Celebrity Babies: Nova, Cy, and Etta Portuguese Baby Names: The aristo trend Mythological Baby Names: They’re on the rise M Baby Names: Initial of the future? Future Top Ten Names: Avery, Jaxon, and Hadley Unusual Baby Names: The Other A Names The Royals are Coming: King, Prince and Princess Sibling Names: The latest from London
Celebrity Baby Names: The V, X, and Z epidemic
Jan 10, 2025
　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　The stars, they’re just like us.  They shop for groceries.  Run out for coffee.  And celebrity parents love names with vibrant, exciting letters like V, X, and Z – just like the rest of the world. 　　Names featuring V, X, and Z aren’t novel.  One...
Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends
Jan 10, 2025
　　Italian baby names often have layered meanings and a lot of romance, which makes them a great choice no matter what your nationality. At the same time – and for much the same reasons – searching for good Italian names can be tricky. 　　Names that sound perfectly fine to American...
Cool Names: Baby names more stylish across the ocean
Jan 10, 2025
　　The Top 100 names of England and Wales are resplendent with choices that feel a lot more chic and surprising in the US than they must in the UK. 　　Freya, for instance, the Norse goddess name that’s become a Top 20 staple on the other side of the pond, just...
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The Playground Analysis of the Real Most Popular Names
The Playground Analysis of the Real Most Popular Names
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Most Popular Spanish Baby Names
Jan 10, 2025
　　The most popular Spanish baby names have been revealed by Spain’s national statistics office, with parents choosing more traditional names over modern monikers. 　　Spain’s national statistics office (INE) has released a list of the 100 most popular baby names in 2013 (the most up to date data) and the trend...
Literary Baby Names in the News
Jan 10, 2025
　　Let’s talk literary baby names. 　　Jennifer Love Hewitt’s new son has a name borrowed from one of the hottest sources of baby name inspiration today: the 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. 　　Noah Wyle’s new daughter has a Mockingbird middle. Her first is associated with a beloved children’s author, too,...
Buried Treasures on the British List
Jan 10, 2025
　　By Kelsey Andersen 　　Now that the 2014 baby name statistics are out for England and Wales, we can see what names are the most popular in these two British countries and we also can look at the names near the bottom of the popularity list and find quite a lot...
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Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister
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Unique Twin Names to Inspire
Jan 10, 2025
　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...
Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names
Jan 10, 2025
　　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...
Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous
Jan 10, 2025
　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...
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