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The Long and the Short of Girl Names

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Do you prefer your girls’ names short and simple, or long and elaborate? 　　There’s no right answer, and plenty of parents shortlist Rose and Isabella, Blair and Ellington. 　　From just one syllable to seven or eight, this week’s high profile birth announcements proved that parents...

Jan 10, 2025

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Girl Baby Names: Something Old, Something New

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　The good news about naming a girl: the options are limitless. 　　The bad news about naming a girl: the options? Limitless! How do you choose? 　　In the US, around two-thirds of all newborn girls are given a Top 1000 name. We play it safe with...

Baby Name Trendspotting: Hello, Dolly!

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　Even though they didn’t make the top 20 list of names which had moved up the most in 2013, one thing I particularly noticed about the recent England and Wales data release was the number of “Dol” names that had shot onto the scene....

Adelaide or Adeline?

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Brooke Cussans, Baby Name Pondering 　　Both Adelaide and Adeline are beautiful, classic sounding names that have been gaining popularity for the past decade. Although similar, they are also distinct enough that it’s very possible they would both appear on many people’s lists. So how do you choose if you are partial to both? Sometimes it helps...

Imaginative Names for Girls: Aurora, Angelou, and Elle

Jan 10, 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....

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Princess Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　One of my embarrassing little obsessions is princess names. The whole idea of royalty, in these modern times, is kind of embarrassing. And then there’s the issue of encouraging your daughter to aspire to be a princess rather than, say, a doctor or an astronaut. For more on this, check...

Jennifer Garner Baby Name: Seraphina is here!

Jan 10, 2025

　　At last! Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have finally announced the name of their newborn daughter: Seraphina Rose Elizabeth. 　　Seraphina‘s name, which means fiery or ardent in Hebrew, comes from the Seraphim, the high order of six-winged angels. Spelled Serafina in Spanish and Italian, this elaborately feminine name is in...

Middle Name Rose: Is The Bloom Off?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Okay, I’m going to come right out and say it: There are now officially enough little girls with the middle name Rose. 　　I can hear the screams of protest and wails of anguish already. But Rose is my grandmother’s name! Rose goes perfectly with my favorite first name! I’ve been...

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150+ European Baby Boy Names

Jan 10, 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...

Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus

Jan 10, 2025

　　Love Gus as a short name for a boy, but not a fan of Augustus and related names like August and Augustine? 　　One option is to simply use Gus on its own. This vintage nickname is charming, no-nonsense, and you’ll never need to spell it out. It was popular in...

Trending Boy Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　New parents — those who haven't spent much time around today's babies — may not be up on today's trending boy names. Does this sound like you? You might be shocked to learn the hottest boy names right now. 　　What are trendy boy names? Trendy boy names are more popular than...

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Jan 10, 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...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 10, 2025

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

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Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...

60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

Jan 10, 2025

　　Know a lot of babies named Vivian and Lincoln? You might just live in the Midwest. 　　We analyzed the most popular names by state to find which names are used more in the twelve core Midwestern states — that's Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,...

Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

Jan 10, 2025

　　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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The Top Baby Names A-Z

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 10, 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...

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 10, 2025

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...