Addison, Juno and Jayne: Possible names for boys?
　　This week for the Nameberry 9, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel takes a look at the shifting perceptions of boys’ baby names. 　　When we named our son Alexander in 2004, it was a no-brainer, a family name that my husband very much wanted to pass down.  Despite my baby name obsession,...
Nov 27, 2024
Biblical Baby Names: Why Noah now?
Retro Boy Names: The Motorcycle-Riding Poets
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Preppy boys’ names ending with S: Ames, Keats, and Yates
Nov 27, 2024
　　By Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　There’s something about a name that ends with the letter s. 　　They’re preppy.  Sometimes they sound plural or possessive.  But they’re also fresh.  In our age of Aiden and Asher, we’re not expecting to meet a kiddo with an s ending name. 　　I’m not...
Boys’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100
Nov 27, 2024
　　Now it’s the boys’ turn at the Top 100 list.  These are the most popular names gauged by visitors to their pages so far in 2012. 　　As with the national list, the boys’ top names are more stable than the girls’ — though the Nameberry list is very different from...
Boys’ Baby Names: They’re getting cooler all the time
Nov 27, 2024
　　This week in her Nameberry 9 blog, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel offers evidence that boys’ baby names are rapidly catching up with the girls’ in terms of creativity. 　　A few days ago, my daughter Clio announced that girls’ names are pretty, but boys’ names are awesome. 　　She also informed me...
Literary Character Surnames: Wentworth, Gatsby and Holmes
Nov 27, 2024
　　by Kelli Brady of NameFreak! 　　Wentworth Miller, the actor from the former hit show Prison Break, has a very distinctive name. He is a third, after his father and grandfather, and he may share his name with a few others in the world, but his first name is by no...
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Celebrity Baby Names Q+A: Elizabeth Holmes
Celebrity Baby Names Q+A: Elizabeth Holmes
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Black History Names: Amazing Women Athletes
Nov 27, 2024
　　This year, the Black history names we salute are those of the extraordinary women athletes whose strength, skill and bravura have brought them to the top of their fields, many of them breaking records. It wasn’t easy narrowing the list down to just these 16 amazing women! 　　Alice Coachman 　　Alice...
Baby Naming Advice: Teacher Edition
Nov 27, 2024
　　If you’re a teacher, every name can already feel taken by a former student! What’s the best approach – choose something truly unusual? Or choose a baby name you love, knowing that it might appear on your class list, too? 　　Caity writes: 　　We are having trouble agreeing on a girls’...
Biblical Girl Names for Now
Nov 27, 2024
　　When it comes to biblical girl names, it’s been the Old Testament women’s names that have been found on most popularity lists in the recent past. Rachel and Rebecca, Sarah and Hannah have been long-running stalwarts. But the New Testament has some appealing options as well, ranging from the classic...
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How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique
How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique
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Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition
Nov 27, 2024
　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...
Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus
Nov 27, 2024
　　Love Gus as a short name for a boy, but not a fan of Augustus and related names like August and Augustine? 　　One option is to simply use Gus on its own. This vintage nickname is charming, no-nonsense, and you’ll never need to spell it out. It was popular in...
Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name
Nov 27, 2024
　　The good news for lovers of vintage boy names is that they’ve never been cooler. 　　The bad news? Well... they’ve never been cooler. 　　That means it can feel increasingly difficult to find the perfect “I wish I’d thought of that first!” vintage boy name. You know: the sweet but strong,...
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The Coolest Unisex Nature Names
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Unisex Names Across the Atlantic
Nov 27, 2024
　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...
50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up
Nov 27, 2024
　　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...
Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?
Nov 27, 2024
　　Unisex names are attracting more and more attention for babies of both sexes – but “unisex” doesn’t always mean “gender-neutral”. 　　Unisex vs. Gender Neutral NamesNameberry generally defines unisex names as those given to the minority sex at least 10% of the time. But although those names may qualify as unisex...
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Top Baby Names 2020….so far
Top Baby Names 2020….so far
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What Is Your Favorite Day Name?
Nov 27, 2024
　　Day names for babies just got hotter! 　　Harry Potter star Rupert Grint joined Instagram earlier this week to announce the name of his six-month-old daughter, Wednesday. 　　It’s a cool and quirky choice that has been trending in a big way on Nameberry this week. In fact, all of the day...
Top 100 Baby Names Showdown!
Nov 27, 2024
　　The US and the UK have long enjoyed a “special relationship”, but does that extend to baby names? What are the biggest differences nd similarities between British names and American names. 　　Since the British and American name stats were released within two weeks of each other this year (yes, it’s...
New Baby Names: Catch Them While They’re Hot!
Nov 27, 2024
　　New baby names are those that have never (or rarely) been used until recent years, but are red-hot for children now. 　　Each generation wants to do things differently from the last. For some parents that means looking wider for baby name inspiration, and choosing a name that they’ve never heard...
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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback
Forgotten Names Making a Comeback
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Classic Baby Names on the Rise
Nov 27, 2024
　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...
Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?
Nov 27, 2024
　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...
The Top Baby Names A-Z
Nov 27, 2024
　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...
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How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts
How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts
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How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name
Nov 27, 2024
　　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...
Test-Driving Your Baby Name
Nov 27, 2024
　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...
20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask
Nov 27, 2024
　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...
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