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Top 100 Boy Names of 2014

　　Asher and Declan retained their Number 1 and 2 spots at the top of Nameberry’s most popular list of boys’ names for 2014. 　　The big news with boys’ names focuses on the new names moving up the ladder. Four names are new to the Top 10 this year: Silas, Jasper,...

Upscale Baby Names: The s-ending boys

Scottish Boys’ Names: Fresh choices beyond Keith and Kyle

The Brave New World of Boys’ Names: Zion, Dashiell, and Ocean

Two Chummy Names: Buddy and Sonny

Classic Boys’ Names: What’s your favorite? The Super Bowl of Football Names 12 Unusual Literary Lads: Jabez, Japhy & Jolyon He’s a Gem: Boys’ names Onyx, Jasper, and Jet Vintage Boys’ Names: 9 choices ready for a comeback Christmas Baby Names: Elf on the Shelf names Ask the Name Sage: Is Peter a Problem? The PERfect Boy Name: PERcival and jasPer

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1950s Boys’ Names: Where are they now?

　　By Kara Cavazos, The Art of Naming 　　Let’s take another look at the past! The year 1950 was smack dab in the middle of the century. Babies born that year will celebrate their 65th birthday this year. Many of them are grandparents now and may even be lending their own...

Kelly, Mackenzie, and Clare: Great reclaimed names for boys

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Girls have been borrowing from boys’ names for generations. Shirley and Ashley were once more common for men. Ditto Madison, Avery, and Harper. 　　It’s easy to fume about name theft. After all, conventional wisdom is that once a name is widely used for our daughters,...

Classic Boys’ Names: The Alexandrians from Alex to Xander

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　There are several girls’ names—Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Katherine—that have spawned copious numbers of female variations and nicknames, as have boys like John and William, but there is one name whose progeny has embraced both genders, and that name is Alexander. 　　In 2013, there were 19 forms of...

Ancient Baby Names: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Trajan

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The Roman Empire reigned for more than five hundred years, led by 140 different emperors. In modern times, though, with a couple of exceptions, the names of these august figures were considered far too august and imposing for a twentieth/twenty-first century kid. But the times they are...

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100 Best Girl Names Below the Top 1000

100 Best Girl Names Below the Top 1000

How I Named My Baby: Esme Virginia How I Named My Baby: Pippen Carol Compound Names for Girls: The Next Generation 150+ European Baby Girl Names Cool Girl Names: Charmed Circles Lilting Girl Names Lift the Spirits Muslim Baby Names Are Full of Meaning Girl Names You Never Knew Were in the Top 50

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...

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....

My Name, My Story: Zara

　　Names can tell a powerful story, but as a US immigrant from China, the English names I was given didn’t mean anything to me. This is my journey through those names, to choosing my own English name that continues my story. 　　Chinese Names 101Born in China to Chinese parents, I...

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30 vintage boy names not to be laughed off your list

30 vintage boy names not to be laughed off your list

Presidents Day Baby Names: The Veeps Boys Baby Names: Spotlight on Oscar Leonine Names For Leo Babies Unique Vintage Boy Names: Roscoe, Cosmo & Clive Science-Inspired Surname Names Boy Baby Names: Gone to the Dogs? Best Unusual Boy Names: Cassian, Macsen, and Wolf Heroes vs Villains in Baby Name Land

10 Great Super Bowl Names

　　By Todd Tarpley 　　Super Bowl LI (Super Bowl 51 for non-Romans) is here, and for those planning to have a baby–or just name one–during (or soon after) the game, we have the top 10 baby names for you. 　　First, a trivia tidbit: this is the first Super Bowl in history...

Tricky Last Names: What Goes with Lo?

　　What to do when your last name rules out nearly every first name you love? An Australian reader turns to the Name Sage to solve the puzzle of a not-too-religious boys’ name that works with Lo. 　　Ping writes: 　　I’ve been reading your Name Sage posts keenly, hoping one might help...

Boy Names: Meaningful Minis

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego made a surprise announcement this weekend. Their family has grown! New son Zen joins big brothers Cy Aridio and Bowie Ezio. 　　Zen sounds exactly like the kind of name the Perego-Saldanas love: short, modern, with a great sound and lots of meaning....

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The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Surprisingly International Baby Names Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

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...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

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The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

The Secret Meanings of Color Names Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna Babyberries: Class of 2023! America's Next Top Baby Names New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names How Millennial Is Your Name?

What's a Classic Name?

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

　　Astrology names are inspired by the stars and planets, the four elements, and the symbols and characteristics connected to the zodiac signs. 　　Coinciding with the recent cultural obsession with astrology, we’ve observed a rise in names relating to the zodiac and all things celestial. 　　Millennials and Gen Z have taken...

Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

　　And that’s a wrap on the celebrity names of 2023. This year saw a number of notable celebrity baby names, including Techno Mechanicus, Rocky Thirteen, and Louetta Isley. 　　In addition, many A-list celebrity babies were born in 2023, such as the unnamed babies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and...

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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Classic Baby Names on the Rise Rare Names With Popular Nicknames The Top Baby Names A-Z New Popular Irish Names Revealed Top Czech Names Follow International Trends Top Baby Name Influencers 2023 80 Great New Sweet Spot Names How Gen Z Is Your Name?

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

　　We often cover rare and unique names — from creative modern inventions to unusual place and nature names. The names below are rare too, but with a difference. 　　You've almost certainly heard of them. (And so have your parents.) 　　Even if you don't know someone with them in real life,...

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...

20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

　　You know when you see a child (or a picture of one) and think, “Dang, that kid is cooler than I’ll ever be”? That’s how we feel when we hear a lot of the most popular names in France. 　　I mean, imagine having a playdate with little Capucine or Timéo....

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Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name Updating Popular 1950s Names Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort The Best Baby Name Advice Name Change Resources

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...

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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