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The X Factor: Some x-cellently x-otic X names

　　The nameberry contributor known to us as “Auburn” ruminates here on that most powerful and mysterious initial: X. 　　We all know this naming business is tricky, especially if your aim is to find unusual monikers which still have history — and if you’re browsing Nameberry then it probably is. You...

Nov 24, 2024

Popular Baby Names 2009: From here, there and everywhere

Unusual Baby Names: Why They’re Really On The Rise

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Popular Baby Names: The Top of the Top

Nov 24, 2024

　　Popular baby names get that way for a reason: Most offer a lot to like to a wide range of parents. The upshot: the list of 100 Most Popular Baby Names is studded with great names. While many parents have a horror of choosing a name that’s overexposed, some of...

The Baby With No Name

Nov 24, 2024

　　One of the last celebrity babies of the year, Baby Boy Bundchen Brady, spent his first ten days of life much the way one of 2009’s first celebrity babies did: without a name. 　　Born December 8, the infant son of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and quarterback Tom Brady went home from...

Bardo (and other celebrity O names)

Nov 24, 2024

　　Sandra Bullock’s choice of Bardo as her newly-adopted son’s middle name puts the spotlight back on the O names – names that begin, end, or otherwise emphasize the letter O. 　　We’ve always loved the O names and have taken an ever-expanding view of the category since publishing our first name...

Favorite Names: Why We Love What We Love

Nov 24, 2024

　　Most people, name aficionados and ordinary citizens alike, have favorite names. My own favorites are often the subject of professional curiosity, with interviewers asking what my favorite names are and why. 　　The whats are easy: Eliza has long been my favorite girls’ name, and Joseph my favorite name for boys....

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Animated Baby Names for Girls

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Name Sage: A Sister for Beatrice and Amelie

Nov 24, 2024

　　Louise writes: 　　We have twin girls called Beatrice Willow and Amelie Isobel. We also had a little boy called Finnian Robert, sadly stillborn at 36 weeks. We are now expecting another girl in November. Any suggestions for something that would go well with our older kids’ names? 　　I like French...

Hello, Baby! O-Ending Surname Names for Girls

Nov 24, 2024

　　by Abby Sandel 　　If you’re an American Idol devotee, you might remember Season Two’s Kimberly Caldwell. Her music career hasn’t taken off, but Caldwell has remained in the public eye as a television host and sometimes actor. Now she’s added a new role to her repertoire: mom. She and soccer...

Name Sage: A Sister for Rex and Leo

Nov 24, 2024

　　Lauren writes: 　　Our two little fellows, Rex, 3, and Leo, 18 months, will have a little sister later this year. 　　Our Hungarian last name is rather challenging to spell and difficult to pronounce, so we like the idea of keeping her name easy to read and say. 　　I like shorter,...

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Tricky Last Names: What Goes with Lo?

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TV Baby Names: Quirky new boy characters

Nov 24, 2024

　　Last week we covered the quirky girl side of the character lists of the current TV shows and now, as promised, here come the boys. Some of these shows are just launching, joining the hundreds of shows currently found on the plethora of platforms now available. Below, some of the...

Baby Name News: Hemingway, Gatsby, Ultra-Violet & Boston-Blu

Nov 24, 2024

　　This week’s news includes Scotland‘s new top names, for girls and boys, celebrity baby names inspired by a café and a golf course, a TV sibset like no other, and controversy over honor names. 　　Honor names: yea or nay?Where do you stand on names that honor someone? Are they a...

15 Biblical Names for Modern Boys

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The Jewish High Holiday season is a perfect time to look for some Old Testament boys’ names that would work perfectly well on a modern boy. The Bible is filled with challenging appellations from Ahitub to Zephaniah, but there are also other more contemporary sounding names that...

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Nov 24, 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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Nov 24, 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...

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Ancient Names for Babies

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

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The Top Baby Names A-Z

Nov 24, 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...

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

Nov 24, 2024

　　Do you know a lot of kids named Maeve and Rowan, Connor and Max? You might just live in the North East of the USA. 　　Behind the national data on the most popular baby names, each region has its own favorites, and the North East — here, the six states...

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Nov 24, 2024

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

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What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

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How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Nov 24, 2024

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Nov 24, 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,...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...