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Boy Names: Seeking something fresh

　　Do you have a mile-long list of girl names, while coming up empty for boys? That’s this family’s predicament! Let’s help them find something fresh and new for Lyra and Hadley’s brother. 　　Megan writes: 　　We are expecting our first boy in May and we cannot decide on a name. There...

Classic Boy Names: John’s Extended Family

Memorial Day Names: Araminta to Zealous

Happy Veteran’s Day: Unusual World War Hero Names

Baby Name Doubt: Is This Name Too Different?

Sibling Names: Unusual Baby Names with Great Meanings Baby Name Theft: Are We the Bad Guys? Fancy Schmancy Starbaby Names Celebrity Baby Names: Hanson Baby #6 Baby Name Challenge: Naming a 7th boy! Bold Boy Names: What Goes with Riggins? Boy Baby Names: Let’s talk about Liam Nicknamed Starbabies: Boys edition

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Labor Day Names: Occupational names for your little Pilot or Poet

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　It’s become a Nameberry tradition, almost since the beginning to celebrate occupational names on Labor Day. This year we’re not only featuring those whose original occupations might no longer exist in the modern world, though they’re all good, wearable, sometimes trendy names, but also some of the...

Boy Name: How to honor Grandma Jacqueline?

　　They’d love to honor grandma Jacqueline … but a cousin has already used their first choice! Time to ask the Name Sage for some fresh alternatives. 　　Sandra writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our first child and we just found out it’s a boy! 　　Baby is due September 28th...

Lost Latin Names Ready to Return: Aurelius to Octavius

　　By Andy Osterdahl, The Strangest Names in American Political History 　　Thanks to mass mega-phenomena like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, we’ve been exposed to lots of previously fusty-sounding ancient Latinate names, and some of them are beginning to sound more and more wearable as baby names—in fact several have landed...

Top One Syllable Boy Names: Short but strong

　　One syllable boy names can be the perfect — or maybe the only — option if you need to balance a multi-syllabic surname or need a short connective middle name between an elongated first and last. Or maybe you simply like the directness and strength of that single-syllable name. And...

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Feminizations Carry Girl Power

Feminizations Carry Girl Power

Fanciful Girl Names Go Over-the-Top My Name, My Story: Zara Inspirational Names of Forgotten Feminists Cool Girl Names: Charmed Circles Transforming Top to Uncommon Girl Names Mom Names: the New Generation How I Named My Baby: Laíla Brooke Muslim Baby Names Are Full of Meaning

Olive or Olivia, Sophie or Sophia?

　　Do you prefer your girl names plain or fancy? Streamlined or frilly? In other words, are you Team Olive or Team Olivia? 　　Popular tastes today run towards girl names ending in A. Seven of the Top 10 popular names for girls end in A, starting with Olivia at number one....

How I Named My Baby: Leni Jean

　　Hannah Lily Williams, a digital creator and Matt Graber, a digital producer, live in Joshua Tree, California with their four children: Jackson Henry, Wyatt Packard, Henry John Aaron, and Leni Jean. 　　Leni was born on October 12, 2022. Here, we talk to Hannah about her daughter's name story. 　　Tell me...

Rose Alternatives: Fresh Twists on a Classic

　　Searching for alternatives to the classic girl name Rose? We've got a wealth of fresh options for you, ripe for the picking! 　　Timeless Classic Turned Middle Name of the MomentRomantic Rose has proved one of the most enduringly popular flower names for girls, peaking at #14 at the beginning of...

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Popular Boys’ Names: Top 100 Makeover

Popular Boys’ Names: Top 100 Makeover

The Best Boys’ Names: 10 great biblical choices 20 Best Super Sleuth Names for Boys Goldilocks Classics for Boys: Holden, Noah, Wyatt and Beau Preppy boys’ names ending with S: Ames, Keats, and Yates Boys’ Names 2013: Soft new choices Baby Boy Names: The long and short of it Name the All-Boy Quints! Boys’ Names: Which do you think is the very best?

Retro Boy Names: The Motorcycle-Riding Poets

　　by Angela Mastrdonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　Boy names have inspired me lately. Here are some brilliant names with masculine swagger and a bit of 1960’s charm. If I were to write a novel with beatnik characters, these would be the names of the male characters. In my opinion they...

Quirky Vintage Nicknames for Boys: Huey, Louie and Howie

　　By Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　The Victorian nickname trend that’s hot in the U.K. is getting attention in the U.S.—for girls. 　　The Brits have embraced this genre on both sexes. Alfie and Charlie are in the U.K. top 10. Archie, Freddie, and Harvey round out their top 50....

Best Boys’ Names: 10 stylish selections

　　Our new book The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys includes many different styles of great boys’ names — including, well, stylish ones. 　　Stylish might mean popular…but not necessarily. More precisely, it means names that strike the right fashion note for the times, that are in today,...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Surprisingly International Baby Names Unisex Names Across the Atlantic The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names Gender-Bending Baby Names Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

　　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...

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

　　Happy Pride 2023! 　　Pride icon names celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the inspiring history behind the fight for equal rights. 　　It's more than half a century since the first Pride parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, commemorating the Stonewall Riots of the previous summer....

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

　　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...

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2016 Baby Name Faves

2016 Baby Name Faves

Nine Rising Word Names: Fox, Clover and Stone Future Starbaby Names: Predictions for the New Hammer and Grammer Babes The Hottest Trends in Baby Names Today Meet the New Instababy Name Stars! CONTEST: Guess the Newest Names on the List 1990s Pop Icon Names What Will Be the Next Liam…and Sophia? Quirky Favorite Baby Names by State

If This Is Your Name, You’re Probably in Kindergarten

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Kindergarten teachers across the US are learning the names of all their new students, which might present an especially big challenge this year. 　　Children entering school this fall were most likely born in 2010 or 2011, when the Number 1 names both years were Jacob for boys and...

The Most Popular Baby Names Of 2017… So Far

　　By the Editors of Nameberry 　　The Most Popular Baby Names of 2017 at the half-year mark are in. The big news, for a change, is with boys’ names, with Asher reclaiming the crown from Ezra at Number 1. 　　And there’s more hot news: Nearly a fifth of all boys’ names...

Invent-a-Baby-Name Challenge Champs!

　　By Abby Sandel and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Whew! 　　If we’ve ever had the slightest doubts about the creativity of the Nameberry community, they are hereby gone forever. 　　When we announced our latest Invent-a-Baby-Name challenge two weeks ago, we expected something like the healthy response we got last time—which was 222 entries. 　　This...

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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

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5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

　　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,...

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

　　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...

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby How to Change Your Baby’s Name 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous Unique Twin Names to Inspire Updating Popular 1950s Names What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

　　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...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

　　Since parents today invest so much thought and effort into finding the right name for their child, we get a lot of queries asking for advice on what to name the baby, and we do try to accentuate the positive. 　　But we also find it incumbent upon us to point...

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