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Name Sage: Baby Names for Boy #3

　　Sarah writes: 　　We are expecting our third son in July, and we’re having trouble coming up with baby boy names we both love, fits with our older boys’ names, and isn’t too popular. 　　I’m Sarah and my husband is Daniel, so we always had our first name followed by our...

Nov 23, 2024

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Boy Baby Names: The truly timeless ones

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran with Esmeralda Rocha 　　Have you ever wondered which boys’ names might have been among the Top 1000 for all of the 130+ years the U.S. government has been tracking baby names? We’ve put together a list for you and divided it into relevant categories, from classics...

Notable Boy Namesakes for February

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Meagan Burke, TulipByAnyName 　　Love is in the air this month and this eclectic list of notable male names is sure to have something for everyone to love. February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is chock full of wonderful namesake-worthy names! This month we draw...

Romantic Baby Names for Boys: Valentino, Romeo and Rhett

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　St. Valentine’s day always brings to mind romantic baby name possibilities, but more often than not they’re of the female persuasion, usually lacy, multi-syllabic Victorian pretties like Arabella and Melissande. But hey–there are plenty of romantic names on the boys’s side as well, whether through sound, meaning,...

Daredevil Baby Names: Extreme athletes Laird and Wyn

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Tiana Putric 　　Some describe extreme athletes as careless, reckless, and dangerous because their passion-driven sports expose them to unimaginable risks; others characterize them as being born with a ‘daredevil gene’. Here are six extreme athletes with bold names, from Loïc Jean–Albert to Rush Sturges, whose extraordinary in-air, on-cliff, in-water, and...

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14 Signs Your Name Might Be Jennifer

Girls’ Name Hazel: Will a new movie make her the next Jennifer? Medievalizing a Name: Elizabeth to Elisende Anything Goes for Girls: Apple, Willow, Mia, and Cai Eclectic American Girl Doll Names: Cecile, Kanani, and Marie-Grace The Long and the Short of Girl Names Adelaide or Adeline? Bye-bye, Meghan. So long, Marisa. Girl names leaving the Top 1000 Your Top 5 Girl Names!

S-Names for Girls: Popularity of “S” vs. “Sh” sounds

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Kelli Brady of NameFreak! 　　When people ask me what letter I would use if I had to name ten children with the same letter, my answer is S. But I also clarify that it is S and not Sh! To me, since they are different sounds they are different “letters”...

Modern Girls’ Names: Zhuri, Marlowe, and Vale

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Is the way we name our daughters changing? 　　The way we name our sons in 2014 feels different. For years we relied on Biblical favorites with a few hardy Germanic go-tos mixed in. But since the 1990s, we’ve seen names like Tyler, Mason, and Jayden...

What makes a name a name?

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, AppellationMountain 　　What makes a name real? 　　To think bigger, what makes a word real? That’s the question raised by English professor and language historian Anne Curzan in her TED talk. 　　They’re long-standing questions, but the speed of our modern age means that change happens fast. Imagine a...

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Strong Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

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Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name

Nov 23, 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,...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Nov 23, 2024

　　Boy names ending in a vowel (or a vowel sound) feel lively and distinctive, in an era where consonant names for boys – particularly those ending in N and R – have long dominated the list of popular names. 　　There are now five boy names ending in a vowel sound...

New Geek Chic Names For Boys

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

10 Years of Baby Names

Nov 23, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We launched Nameberry in October 2008, the same month the economy collapsed and a few weeks before Barack Obama was elected president. 　　In that decade, 40 million babies were born in the US, and 235 million people viewed 1.5 billion pages of our...

10 Years, 10 Name Trends We Called

Nov 23, 2024

　　In 2008, shortly after Pam and I moved our shared baby name expertise from the book world into the virtual universe, we inaugurated a tradition of collaborating towards the end of every year on a blog of our predictions for the following year’s baby name trends, based on the cultural...

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America's Next Top Baby Names

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Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Nov 23, 2024

　　New York baby namers love sleek, streamlined girl names like Rose and Claire, while Dallas favorites like Willa and Evangeline bring a touch of Southern charm. 　　Scottish namers are drawn to rugged boy names with a local flavor, such as Innes and Struan. And in Auckland, New Zealand, you'll find...

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Nov 23, 2024

　　Old money names conjure the aspirational lifestyle provided by generational wealth — elite country clubs, prep schools, and holidays in the countryside. The old money aesthetic is being felt beyond baby names — this prep-rebrand is suddenly everywhere. 　　Fashion runways are filled with pleated skirts, penny loafers, and pearl necklaces. Americans...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Nov 23, 2024

　　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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Top Baby Names: England and Wales, 2016

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What Are Your State’s Quirky Favorite Baby Names?

Nov 23, 2024

　　States have official songs and sandwiches. So how about quirky favorite baby names? 　　It turns out that certain boy and girl names, rare in the US, are over-represented in certain states. Our intrepid researcher looked at every name given to at least 100 babies in 2015. Then he calculated the...

Most Popular Scottish Baby Names Here and There

Nov 23, 2024

　　Last week we looked at Irish baby names. This week, we turn our attention to Scottish baby names. The new Scottish baby name statistics for 2016 were just released, making it the perfect moment to dive into the data. 　　While Irish names have been white hot in the US for...

Popular Baby Names: Inside the Top 100 of 2016

Nov 23, 2024

　　By Kelli Brady 　　Now that the dust has settled on the new Social Security list, we’ve had time to dig deeper into the data, so let’s analyze the 2016 Top 100! Here are the most interesting finds, looking at some of the individual names! 　　NEW GIRLS: Adeline, Elena, Eliana, Kinsley,...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Nov 23, 2024

　　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...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Nov 23, 2024

　　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....