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A Boy Named Chelsea

　　This guest blog by a guy named Chelsea lets us in on his gender-bender life experiences. 　　There’s nothing that unusual about being named after a place, except when that place name becomes one of the more popular names for girls during the 1990’s and you are a boy. That’s what happened to me. My...

Boys’ Names: Naming a son the Pinkett-Smith family way

Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names

How About Harvey? What About Walter?

Boys’ Names Ins and Outs

Presidents Day Names: The Veeps’ Turn Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back

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Top Boys Name For Each Letter: a 130-year survey

　　Yesterday, we looked at the girls’ names, and today, as promised, it’s the boys’ turn. Again, we present the Top 10 baby names for every letter of the alphabet—from Anthony to Zecheriah—compiled by nameberry’s own Nephele. (The U.S. Social Security Administration’s complete names lists spanning a 130-year period were used in the tabulation...

Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review

　　_Covering the week of January 25 to 31st, Abby Sandel– creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– unearths some treasures in the male Oscar nominee names announced this week._ 　　The list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards came out last week. Even though the only category in which I’ve actually seen all the...

Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

　　As promised, here is our first Week in Review by Abby Sandel–creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– bringing you a roundup of the latest baby name news of the week every Monday from hereon in. 　　Early January brought round-ups of The Most Popular Names of 2010, at least according to a...

Irish Baby Names: Last Names First

　　The current popularity lists are full of Irish names that are also surname names—Ryan, Riley, Brody, Brady, Brennan, Connor, Keegan, and Quinn, to name just a few—and have been for quite some time. For the most part, they have been two- and occasionally one-syllable names; we’d like to suggest that...

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Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part I-Trailblazers

Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part I-Trailblazers

Word Names for Babies: What’s in a word? Name Shame Unique Baby Names: Is there such a thing?? BALLERINA NAMES: Names for the Nutcracker Season Baby Name Fever: Is There A Cure? Top English Girls’ Names: Who Are The Most Popular? A Baby Named ….Seabiscuit? Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part 2: Cultural Icons

Exotic Lite: Girls’ Edition

　　There are some names that are not quite English, or American, but not quite not English either. These include international variations of classic English names – such as Katarina for Katherine – and names that are widely heard around the world but remain unusual in English-speaking countries. 　　The list below...

Goodbye Girls’ (Names)

　　Guest blogger Deb Levy, who writes with her husband about life in these recessionary times at And For Poorer, had three wonderful girls’ names all picked out. The only thing she was missing was the daughters to give them to. 　　“It’s a girl!” the doctor cried after the gazillionth push....

Will This Baby Ever Get A Name?

　　Guest blogger Elizabeth Lindsay, aka nameberry’s very own Olivekit, was wracked with indecision over what to name her third baby girl — a dilemma followed closely by all her friends on nameberry’s message boards. The final name choice surprised everyone, even Olivekit herself. 　　Baby Ooh La La (what my two-and-a-half-year-old...

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Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again

Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again

Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review Boys’ Names: Naming a son the Pinkett-Smith family way Presidents Day Names: The Veeps’ Turn Father’s Day Names: Dads of the rich and famous NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name Irish Baby Names: Last Names First Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV Boys’ Names: 8 greats under the radar

Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

　　I have a friend, a pretty quirky guy, who has one of those generic boys’ names: Bill. I was thinking recently what an advantage it is for Bill to be named Bill rather than something like Jasper or Jarvis, one of those boys’ names that’s his equal in quirkiness. Bill...

BOYS’ NAMES 2011: The Underground Popularity List

　　Last week we brought you our underground list of most popular girls’ names 2011; now it’s the boys’ turn. 　　You may be familiar with Nameberry’s most popular boys’ names 2011, with Asher, Henry, and Finn at the top all the way down to Axel, Nathan, and Landon. 　　You may even...

Boys’ Names: Nameberry’s newsiest boys’ names this week

　　It’s all-boy week in Abby (Appellation Mountain) Sandel’s latest round-up of the most recent interesting baby names. 　　Happy Halloween, berries! Let’s start off with a very important piece of business. The winner of the bookplate give-away from Etsy shop My Kids Eat Off the Floor is Emily (emily.m******@*****.com). You should have already...

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Baby Name News: From fashion, sports and teentown

Baby Name News: From fashion, sports and teentown

10 Years of Baby Names Irish Baby Names 2018 Baby Name News of the Week Gender Neutral Baby Names Gender-Bending Baby Names Unisex Baby Names: the new entries for 2013 Baby Name News: Norse names, nicknames and more Naming Baldwin

Most Popular, Most Unisex Baby Names

　　Many unisex baby names are not truly unisex, meaning they’re used predominantly for one sex and only rarely for the other. 　　I’m thinking of names like Addison and Madison, which started as boys’ names but are now used nearly exclusively for girls, and names like James, in the Top 10...

Unisex Names: Which names work best for both genders?

　　A lot of people complain about unisex names. 　　Names like Riley and Rory, they say — never mind Maxwell or James — should never be used for girls. Those are boys’ names, and should stay on the boys’ side of the fence. 　　And then there are those people who campaign...

A Girl Called Liam

　　This week’s baby name news includes the latest trends in Ireland, girls with traditional male names, and the new Big Bang baby 　　Banned baby names: Liam and MarseilleYou’ve probably heard the saying that when a dog bites a man, it’s not news, but when a man bites a dog, that’s...

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Cheery-O Names

TV Character Names: Dynasty & Dallas Enter the New Nameberry Contest!!! Royal Baby Names: Hollywood’s Little Princes and Princesses GOODBYE, GLADYS? New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple Celebrity Baby Names: Brooklyn yes, Bronx no Is Your Favorite Name More Popular Than You Think? Names of the Future

Latin Baby Names: Most influential choices

　　Latin culture is influencing everything in the United States, including baby names. With the growing prominence of Latin stars and parents of all ethnic backgrounds more interested in using culturally significant names, Hispanic choices are moving up the popularity lists. 　　Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Jessica Alba and Ricky Martin...

Baby Name Timeline

　　When we were preparing the article “Bizarre Baby Names: A Growing Trend?” for the July issue of Reader’s Digest magazine that’s just hit the stands, we put together a lonnnnnng timeline of the key markers in American names –much longer than they could possibly use with the story. So here we offer you...

Taking Baby Names Seriously

　　 The economic downturn has affected just about every aspect of American life, and that even extends to baby naming. We’ve noticed–and I don’t think it’s just among our enlightened readers–a definite change in attitude, away from trendiness and towards more solid, serious names. In other words, frivolousness is out, and...

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TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day!

TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day!

British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name? Belgian Names: Beyond Flemish and French Popular baby names: The case for the common name British Baby Names: Tops of the pops Baby Names of 2011: Newest crop of babyberries Name Stories for Kids: For name-nerds-in-training! Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa

Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list

　　At long last, the official list of the most popular names for baby girls and boys born in England and Wales in 2009 has been released. And, to cut to the chase, here are the Top 10 for each gender–all of which were there last year, with several remaining in the same spot:...

International Faves: Top names across the globe

　　As we eagerly await the revelation of what the top names were in the US last year, we thought it might be fun to see what international faves were heading the lists in other parts of the world. Which American favorites were also among the three preferred choices in other...

How Popular is Too Popular?

　　Question of the Week: Would you choose a popular name? 　　When my daughter Chloe was little, her name was becoming well used in Britain and Australia, but was hardly heard in the U.S. In fact, a surprising number of people often didn’t know how to pronounce or spell it. And so, try as...

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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name Unique Twin Names to Inspire Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name Updating Popular 1950s Names How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts Test-Driving Your Baby Name

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...

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...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

　　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...

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