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British Baby Names: Tops of the pops

　　British baby names were very much on the front burner this week, following the release of the official Top 100 popular British names lists for 2010. 　　At the top of the British names rankings was a pair of what sounds for all the world like matchy-matchy twin names, Olivia and Oliver. ...

Jan 9, 2025

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Irish Baby Names: What’s Hot Now

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The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name?

Jan 9, 2025

　　In The Nameberry 9 blog this week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel, addresseses the question of “What is a ‘normal name?” 　　The news was filled with so-called normal names this week. But what defines a normal name? Is it a Top Ten choice that plenty of people your age share? Or...

Popular baby names: The case for the common name

Jan 9, 2025

　　Today’s guest blogger Kristen, aka Swistle, confronts the question of popular baby names–and explains why it’s okay to use them. 　　More common than the name is this naming concern heard from parents: “We don’t want her to be one of five in every class.” 　　We know they don’t need to worry about...

The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1

Jan 9, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain ‘s Abby Sandel travels around the country and across the pond to discover which names ranked Number 1 where. 　　Baby name news is fast and furious at year’s end. Lists of Worst and Best Celebrity Baby Names abound. (Did anyone else notice that Zuzu Audrey, daughter of Top...

Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa

Jan 9, 2025

　　The term Latin American, of course, takes in a number of countries and cultures, with both shared name histories and trends and distinctly individual ones. The names in Portuguese-speaking Brazil are, for example, quite different from those in the various Spanish-speaking cultures. Some currently popular names prove to be international...

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MayBerry Arrivals: Cecilia Lilac and Godric Nickleby

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Celebs are Crazy for Nickname Names!

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Nickname names are hot! Who by now hasn’t met, for instance, a girl named Sam or Charlie? And nobody loves a nickname name more than celebrities, and many of them have displayed a lot of originality, discovering and reviving long forgotten relics. Here are some of the...

10 Years of Beautiful Babyberry Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Emma Waterhouse 　　A look back at a decade of brilliant baby names, Nameberry style! 　　It all started with V… 　　Way back in November 2008, we proudly shared the first ever Babyberry birth announcement: a little girl given the beautiful name Vera Adelaide. Her parents had fallen in love with...

14 Bewitching Girl Names for Halloween

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Witches have haunted the big and small screens forever and are a perfect source for Halloween baby names. And while most of them are evil, scary, hideously ugly (Snow White!), even seductively witchy, there are some that are more kid-friendly. There are also some softer, gentler witches...

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100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

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New Geek Chic Names For Boys

Jan 9, 2025

　　Hipster, nerdy, funky-clunky… Call them what you will, there’s no denying that geek chic names for boys and girls are cool. 　　But fashion moves fast, and some of the original names on our Geek Chic Boys master list — like Jasper, Cyrus and Augustus — now feel almost mainstream. 　　So...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Jan 9, 2025

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

How I Named My Baby: October Teddy

Jan 9, 2025

　　Michelle, a breastfeeding counselor, and Neil, a research scientist, live in Ames, Iowa with their four children: Eisley, Avonlea, Idalia Rae, and October Teddy. 　　October was born on March 4, 2023. Here, we talk to Michelle about how she and Neil named their little boy. 　　Tell me October’s name story!I...

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Jan 9, 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...

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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 9, 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...

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

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Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

Jan 9, 2025

　　Christian names combine spirituality with style, conveying a faith-based message with contemporary sensibility. 　　These modern Christian names with an evangelical feel aren’t traditional biblical names, well-worn virtues, or even the old prophet names that are so popular nowadays. No, this is a fresh, 21st-century style of Christian names that shout...

60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

Jan 9, 2025

　　Know a lot of babies named Vivian and Lincoln? You might just live in the Midwest. 　　We analyzed the most popular names by state to find which names are used more in the twelve core Midwestern states — that's Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,...

60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Jan 9, 2025

　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...

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The Nameberry 9: Unusual but usable boys’names

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Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops

Jan 9, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel looks beyond the Top 1000 most popular baby names list to find some still undiscovered goodies. 　　Wasn’t yesterday a little bit like a birthday/Fourth of July/belated Mother’s Day celebration all rolled into one? I’ll admit it: I hung up on my own mother to...

The Nameberry Awards Go To…..

Jan 9, 2025

　　We wish we’d thought of the Nameberry Awards. 　　But the entertaining and illuminating awards given by popular vote to the best names in a range of categories was the brainchild of Genevieve, over on the Nameberry forums. 　　How it worked: Berries nominated names in each category. Then the entries were...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

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How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 9, 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 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...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 9, 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....