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How Close is Too Close? 10 Factors to Consider

　　Sibling names add a whole layer of complexity to naming a baby. Naming your first child may have been challenge enough — finding names that you like, agreeing on a single name with your partner — but naming a sibling comes with its own set of tasks. 　　The goal of naming siblings...

Middle Names: How To Make A Distinguished Choice

5 Mistakes Even Smart Baby Namers Make

6 Ways Not To Fight About Baby Names

9 Ways to Choose an Unusual Baby Name

The Timeless + Timely Baby Name Formula Middle Names Q & A No Dumb Names: And 21 other baby name rules worth following Do Kre8iv Spellings Make Names More Special? 5 Routes to Baby Name Happiness 19 Signs You’ve Found the Right Baby Name Sibling Names: 7 Things Every Parent Should Know Unusual Names: 5 Ways to Stay on the Right Side of Weird

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The Top Ten Baby Name Problems: And how to solve them

　　Ideally, choosing your baby’s name is a fun, inspired endeavor, but too often baby name problems get in the way. Here are the problems we hear most often, and how to fix them: 　　Your family interferes with your name choice 　　Your mom wants you to name the baby after her. ...

The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make

　　There are few things more thrilling in life than having your first baby. But newbie baby namers are prone to making some mistakes that more experienced name choosers are able to avoid. 　　If you’re choosing a baby name for the first time, don’t make one of these 7 common mistakes:...

Baby Name Flow: How First-Middle-Last Names Can Play Nice Together

　　Middle names are entering a new era for 2023 and beyond. It’s almost imperative today that middle names be meaningful — whether they honor a relative, relate to a parent’s passion, or reflect an important family value. 　　But middle names today should also be fun. Parents are taking advantage of...

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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Girl Names with Built-in Boyish Nicknames

Girl Names with Built-in Boyish Nicknames

Happy 100th Birthday, Olivia! Baby Name Remorse: A Name Nerd’s Apology Single-Syllable Names for Girls Lu-Girl Names Inspired by Paris Newest Word Names for Girls Popular Baby Names: 50 shooting stars Baby Name Patterns: To Keep Going or Break the Mold? 19 Biblical Girl Names You Should Consider

13 Intriguing Island Baby Names for Girls

　　By Emily Cardoza 　　Though summer vacation has just about ended, visions of white sand beaches and gentle waves endure – even if only as screensavers. Why not continue the summer holidays through an exploration of island-inspired baby names for girls? 　　Each of these names corresponds to one of the thousands...

　　By Gay Cioffi 　　As the youngest in my family of five, I am the only one who was not named for a grandparent or beloved aunt or uncle. As it happened, I was named for a fondly remembered childhood acquaintance of my mother. 　　While not only was breaking from that family...

How to Reinvent Family Names for Baby

　　By Abby Sandel 　　This week brought us two celebrity baby names inspired by loved ones. But they’re not just simple honor names. 　　Lacey Chabert revealed that her new daughter, Julia Mimi Bella, is named for Lacey’s mom, Julie. Julia is the first child for Lacey and husband Dave Nehdar. 　　Actor...

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Zodiac Baby Names for Boys

Zodiac Baby Names for Boys

New Baby Name Trend: The Lu/Lou boys The Agony of Choosing A Name Name Sage: Is This Name Too Popular? Great Alternatives to the Top Boy Names Comeback Kid Nicknames for Boys Seeking a Science-Inspired Name Movie Mogul Baby Names The ABCs of Boys’ Names

Name Sage: Can We Still Use Our Favorite Name?

　　Jasmine writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our second child this summer. We thought we had chosen the absolutely perfect name. It’s the name that we have been calling the baby for months. It just felt so right. 　　The name is Henry. We already have an Oliver and thought...

Rare Boys’ Names of the 1940s

　　By Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than Matilda 　　The most popular boys’ names of the 1940s were John, Peter, Robert, and David, but what were the least popular names? Here are ten names which were only chosen once in any year between 1944 and 1949 in South Australia, making them unique...

New McBaby Names for Boys

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Mackenzie, Makayla, and Mckenna have had a long run as go-to names for girls. 　　Is there any energy left in this trend? 　　The answer seems to be yes. And among the more interesting of the Mc- and Mac– names are some great options for boys, as parents...

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity Unisex Names Across the Atlantic America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names The Top Unisex Names in Every US State The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

　　Gender neutral names are susceptible to the same shifts in popularity as traditionally gendered names, but these shifts can differ between the sexes. This makes it more interesting to examine the directions of unisex names, which fluctuate in girl-boy ratio from year to year. 　　Nameberry defines gender neutral names as...

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America's Next Top Baby Names

America's Next Top Baby Names

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style! 60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023 Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

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Word Names: The hottest ones right now

Word Names: The hottest ones right now

Names Meaning Red are Blazing Hot Top British Baby Names: Some fun facts New Top French Baby Names Top Baby Names of the 2010s Released Baby Name Trends: Names on the rise Top Baby Names (and some at the bottom) Contest: Guess the New Top 10 and Win! The Top Baby Names in Every State

These Unique Names Are Getting More Popular

　　How can a name be popular and unique at the same time? 　　It can sit at the top of second tier of 1000 most popular names, lying just out of sight beneath the much-publicized Top 1000, ranking Number 1001 to 2000 and used for an average of 100 to 200...

Nameberry’s Top Names of the Decade

　　Nameberry’s top names of the decade are led by Charlotte at Number 1 for girls and the biblical Asher in the top spot for boys. 　　Our 2010s baby name popularity list is calculated according to which names attracted the lion’s share of the nearly 125 million views of our name...

2018 Most Popular Names: The Playground Analysis

　　by Kelli Brady 　　For several years now, I have been putting together the Playground Analysis as a fun way to view the true popularity of names. When you hear a name on the playground, do you know how it is spelled? A lot of people may name their child a...

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names 9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby Updating Popular 1950s Names Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

　　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: Honoring Grandma Elaine

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

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