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She Found the Perfect Name for Baby #7

　　By Tara Wood 　　Although I’ve done it seven times, I still find baby naming weird and challenging. 　　I don’t know about you, but my mood, thoughts, likes, and opinions all shift daily- sometimes hourly. Oftentimes I change my my mind three or four times before I finally decide on what...

Jan 5, 2025

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Rare Girls’ Names of the 1940s: Avis, Marigold and Jinx

Jan 5, 2025

　　By Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than 　　Matilda 　　The most popular girls names of the 1940s were Margaret, Patricia, Judith, and Helen, but what were the least popular names? Here are ten names which were only chosen once in any year between 1944 and 1949 in South Australia, making them unique...

Zodiac Baby Names for Girls

Jan 5, 2025

　　We’ve looked at Zodiac baby names for boys, now here are the traits associated with each sign and related names, this time aimed at girls. 　　Aries: 　　Aries is the sign associated with fire, Mars, and the ram. People born under this sign are courageous, energetic, willful, commanding, leading, competitive, and...

Cool Word Names for Girls

Jan 5, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　It was a good week for girls’ names. 　　Sure, there were some great birth announcements for boys, too. The late Christopher Reeve is now a grandfather. Daughter Alexandra Reeve and husband Garren Givens named their son Christopher Russel, after both grandfathers. Actors Tiffani Thiessen and Brady Smith...

VER-y Chic Names for Girls

Jan 5, 2025

　　by Kara Blakley 　　Name trend watchers are no longer limiting themselves to the waxing and waning popularity of certain letters. Vowels are certainly having their moment on monogrammed onesies, but endings (particularly -o and -ett) and sounds are catching the attention of keen observers. 　　Recently, Brooke Cussans wrote about PERfect...

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Hate Your Name? Change It!

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Question of the Week: Are girls namenapping too many boys’ names?

Jan 5, 2025

　　It’s nothing new, this appropriating of boys’ names by the parents of girls. After all, once upon a time, names like Evelyn, Vivian, Esmé, Hilary, Florence, Jocelyn were all predominantly male as were, in more recent times, Jordan, Morgan, Ashley, Courtney and Lindsay. 　　But the trend does seem to be...

Golden Girl Names

Jan 5, 2025

　　When The Golden Girls hit the small screen in 1985, the names of its leading ladies—Rose, Dorothy and Blanche—were late middle aged, and Mama Sophia was old enough to have already been in and out of the Shady Pines Nursing Home. That was 25 years ago, a period of major change in the...

Mother’s Day Names: Noteworthy names of notables’ moms

Jan 5, 2025

　　Well, the announcement of the coronation of Isabella on Friday usurped our regular Mother’s Day blog spot, but we hope you’re still feeling enough of an afterglow to enjoy revisiting this gathering of some of the more interesting names of moms of distinguished sons and daughters. Turns out that a surprising...

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French Boys’ Names: From the Top 100 in France

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Short Boy Names: Hal, Heath and Hugh

Jan 5, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Do you like your boy names long or short? 　　For every Oliver and Sebastian, there’s a Leo and Kai. But lately celebrity birth announcements have trended towards the single-syllable. Benedict Cumberbatch named his son Hal, a little brother for Kit. Tori Spelling welcomed new baby Beau. We...

Best Unusual Boy Names: Cassian, Macsen, and Wolf

Jan 5, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　If you’re expecting a boy soon, you might be poring over the new most popular baby names stats for the US. 　　Plenty of great names have gone from under-the-radar to the next big thing. Shepherd, Gus, and Fox cracked the US Top 1,000. Wilder, Arlo, Kingsley, Hayes,...

International Boy Names: Italy, Germany, and Ireland

Jan 5, 2025

　　It’s an international baby naming challenge! Let’s find a boy’s name that wears well in Italian and German, and might have just a hint of Irish, too. 　　Julia writes: 　　We are expecting a baby boy in a few months. I’m Italian, my husband is German, we live in Switzerland and...

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

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Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Jan 5, 2025

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 5, 2025

　　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...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Jan 5, 2025

　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...

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How Millennial Is Your Name?

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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Jan 5, 2025

　　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...

Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 5, 2025

　　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...

America's Next Top Baby Names

Jan 5, 2025

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

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New Popular Irish Names Revealed

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20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

Jan 5, 2025

　　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....

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Jan 5, 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...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 5, 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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What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

Jan 5, 2025

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Jan 5, 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,...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Jan 5, 2025

　　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...