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What makes a name a name?

　　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...

Jan 9, 2025

Adelaide or Adeline?

The Long and the Short of Girl Names

The Two Aggies: Agatha and Agnes unbuttoned

Baby Name Trendspotting: Hello, Dolly!

Let’s hear it for the Ola Names: Lola, Viola and Finola Boy Names for Girls & New Names for Boys SOS: Help name this Berry’s imminent girl twins asap! Girl Baby Names: Something Old, Something New Happiness is just a thing called Jo Medievalizing a Name: Elizabeth to Elisende Bye-bye, Meghan. So long, Marisa. Girl names leaving the Top 1000 Modern Girls’ Names: Zhuri, Marlowe, and Vale

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Naming a Girl: Cute, classic, or somewhere in-between

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Katie Price’s firstborn daughter has Nymphadora Tonks syndrome. 　　By now, you might have heard that British glamour model-turned-reality star Katie Price has welcomed a daughter with a surprising name: Bunny. 　　That’s the way Katie rolls. Her older daughter is Princess, and Katie apparently shortlisted Duchess...

The Top Names of 2033: Girls edition–Charlotte Number 1

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Americans are more daring when it comes to naming daughters, and the numbers bear this out. 　　In 2013, just over 67% of girls born in the US received a Top 1000 name. Boys, on the other hand, received a Top 1000 name nearly 79% of...

Imaginative Names for Girls: Aurora, Angelou, and Elle

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　When it comes to naming a daughter, imagination reigns. From Hollywood birth announcements to literary powerhouses, blog babies to the most random of name spottings, a great name can come from anywhere. 　　This week’s potential seismic name influence? Disney’s big screen retelling of Sleeping Beauty....

Girls’ Name Hazel: Will a new movie make her the next Jennifer?

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Nick Turner 　　In 1970, the novel Love Story captured America‘s imagination with the tale of a wealthy Harvard jock who meets a girl from the other side of the tracks. It was soon followed by a movie of the same name — a tear-jerker that became the top box-office draw...

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Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe

Most Popular Girls’ Names of 2013….so far Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair The Blooming of Lily Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie Bold Names for Girls Unusual Girls’ Names: 100 excellent choices Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora

Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

Jan 9, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The crystalline clear classic Claire has seen an impressive rise recently—entering the Top 50 for the very first time in 2011—and bringing Cousin Clara and other relatives slip-streaming along with her. The perfect time to take a closer look at this clear-eyed family. 　　CLAIRE—Currently favored spelling Claire...

Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

Jan 9, 2025

　　If you like names that are classic and timeless, international and deep-rooted, royal names could be the perfect style for you. 　　These are the names worn by kings, queens, princes, princesses and their families (focussing on European ones here) from early medieval times to the present day — some names...

Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

Jan 9, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　It’s a common baby name dilemma: You love a name like Cora or Lila forever, holding it close as your own special secret choice, and then bang! Right when you’re finally in a position to use it, you discover it’s become a trendy new favorite, vaulting...

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Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Trending Boy Names Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name 100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel New Geek Chic Names For Boys

150+ European Baby Boy Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　European baby names have a long and illustrious history of use in the US. After all, many of the most popular boy names today – contemporary classics like Leo and Lucas, Mason and Mateo, Oliver and Owen – have European origins. 　　But there is so much cultural and linguistic variety...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Jan 9, 2025

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique

Jan 9, 2025

　　Classic boy names are wonderful except for the fact that they’re so common. Yes, there have been many august Williams; sure, it’s a name resonant on your family tree; except, there are thousands (11,282, to be exact) of baby Williams out there. 　　But among the wonderful qualities of classic boy...

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50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　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 Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Jan 9, 2025

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

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Celebrity Baby Names: Coming Attractions!

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Baby Name Trends: Technology and more

Jan 9, 2025

　　This week’s news includes names from books and technology, babies named after hospitals, and baby name trends in Ireland and the Isle of Man. 　　Technology and Top Ten trendsWe’re still learning new things from the US baby name charts for 2018. On the blog recently we’ve looked at the beauties...

Top Baby Names of the Decade

Jan 9, 2025

　　The top baby names of the 2010s — the decade that is drawing to a close — are dominated by classic names still used by a wide range of parents. 　　The top four girl names — Emma, Sophia, Olivia, and Isabella — along with the top three boy names —...

The Top Baby Names of 2019….so far

Jan 9, 2025

　　Nameberry’s list of top baby names 2019 is in for the first quarter of the year, with two surprising new names taking the lead. 　　Posie, a charming vintage floral name that has never ranked among the US Top 1000, takes Nameberry’s Number 1 spot for girls so far in 2019....

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Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

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100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Jan 9, 2025

　　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,...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 9, 2025

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Jan 9, 2025

　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...

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How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Jan 9, 2025

　　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

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Jan 9, 2025

　　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,...