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9 Ways to Choose an Unusual Baby Name

　　By Abby Sandel 　　There’s more than one way to choose an unusual name. 　　Classics like William and Elizabeth are evergreen. And who doesn’t love Ava and Mason? 　　But if you think you’d like something different – maybe even dramatically different – for your child’s name, it can be tough to...

Dec 12, 2025

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Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name

Middle Names: How To Make A Distinguished Choice

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Do Kre8iv Spellings Make Names More Special?

Dec 12, 2025

　　Guest blogger JILL BARNETT discovers that yooneek names are more prevalent than she’d realized. And every bit as confusing. 　　On a beautiful Saturday in July, I found myself where most people would love to be on a beautiful Saturday in July: sitting in a painfully boring continuing education seminar, hopelessly...

Sibling Names: 7 Things Every Parent Should Know

Dec 12, 2025

　　When we published our first baby-naming book Beyond Jennifer & Jason in 1988, we introduced the idea of sibling names: that the names of your second, third, and subsequent children should “go with” that of your first. Not matchy-matchy names, like Jane and Jean. But names that carried a similar...

No Dumb Names: And 21 other baby name rules worth following

Dec 12, 2025

　　A few weeks ago we asked the Nameberry moms and dads to tell us their best baby names rules. What followed were hundreds of suggestions, from the idiosyncratically individual (All middle names must be Celtic and begin with R) to rules so universal they might apply to everyone. 　　Rule Number...

The Top Ten Baby Name Problems: And how to solve them

Dec 12, 2025

　　Ideally, choosing your baby’s name is a fun, inspired endeavor, but too often baby name problems get in the way. Here are the problems we hear most often, and how to fix them: 　　Your family interferes with your name choice 　　Your mom wants you to name the baby after her. ...

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How to Reinvent Family Names for Baby

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Influential Baby Names: Show biz ladies

Dec 12, 2025

　　By Nancy Man, Nancy’s Baby Names 　　You can tell how much Americans are inspired by famous actresses by looking at the baby name charts! When a new leading lady hits the scene, it’s almost expected that her name will become an influential baby names choice for newborns – at least...

Baby Name Patterns: To Keep Going or Break the Mold?

Dec 12, 2025

　　What do you do when you’ve created a baby name pattern, and now none of the names you love fits? Does your next baby break the mold, or does family unity carry the day? 　　Katie writes: 　　My due date is September 30 and we are expecting a girl, our fourth...

13 Intriguing Island Baby Names for Girls

Dec 12, 2025

　　By Emily Cardoza 　　Though summer vacation has just about ended, visions of white sand beaches and gentle waves endure – even if only as screensavers. Why not continue the summer holidays through an exploration of island-inspired baby names for girls? 　　Each of these names corresponds to one of the thousands...

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Name Sage: Is This Name Too Popular?

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New McBaby Names for Boys

Dec 12, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Mackenzie, Makayla, and Mckenna have had a long run as go-to names for girls. 　　Is there any energy left in this trend? 　　The answer seems to be yes. And among the more interesting of the Mc- and Mac– names are some great options for boys, as parents...

Name Sage: Can We Still Use Our Favorite Name?

Dec 12, 2025

　　Jasmine writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our second child this summer. We thought we had chosen the absolutely perfect name. It’s the name that we have been calling the baby for months. It just felt so right. 　　The name is Henry. We already have an Oliver and thought...

Name Sage: A Name to Remember Dad

Dec 12, 2025

　　Barbie writes: 　　I would like to honor my recently deceased father, Early Bernard, but I am drawing a blank! I just cannot see myself naming my child a name that would be shortened to Earl. His nickname was Early Bird, so I have flirted the idea of incorporating Bird somehow....

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Dec 12, 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...

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Dec 12, 2025

　　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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Dec 12, 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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America's Next Top Baby Names

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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Dec 12, 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...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Dec 12, 2025

　　Cottagecore baby names are part of a recent aesthetic trend defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, according to The New York Times. Hobbies such as bread baking, embroidery, and mushroom foraging are among the wholesome, nostalgic elements of the cottagecore lifestyle. 　　Cottagecore names, too, evoke this bucolic way...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Dec 12, 2025

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

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Unique Baby Names: Fresh From the Faroes

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Nameberry’s Top Names of the Decade

Dec 12, 2025

　　Nameberry’s top names of the decade are led by Charlotte at Number 1 for girls and the biblical Asher in the top spot for boys. 　　Our 2010s baby name popularity list is calculated according to which names attracted the lion’s share of the nearly 125 million views of our name...

Place Names for Babies: The hot spots

Dec 12, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Place names for babies are a movable feast. We’ve traveled from London and Paris and Brittany to towns in New Jersey like Trenton and Camden and on to New York’s Brooklyn and even a starbaby boy named Bronx. 　　And at the same time there are the names that have...

2018 Most Popular Names: The Playground Analysis

Dec 12, 2025

　　by Kelli Brady 　　For several years now, I have been putting together the Playground Analysis as a fun way to view the true popularity of names. When you hear a name on the playground, do you know how it is spelled? A lot of people may name their child a...

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

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Dec 12, 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...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Dec 12, 2025

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Dec 12, 2025

　　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...