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Top 100 Boy Names of 2013

　　Asher is back on top! The hot biblical name has reclaimed the crown as Number One boys’ name from Finn, which snatched it last year. 　　Declan, an Irish choice that flirted with the Number One spot on Nameberry throughout 2013, finished at Number Two. 　　Finn’s star may be flickering, but...

Jan 11, 2025

Boys Baby Names: The viable and the verboten

Newest Boy Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Alaric to Zion

The Fitzes: Beyond Mr. Darcy, F. Scott and JFK

Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for boys

The Story of O Names: Then and Now Top 100 Boys’ Names of 2013…so far Boys’ Names: Which do you think is the very best? Goldilocks Classics for Boys: Holden, Noah, Wyatt and Beau Quirky Vintage Nicknames for Boys: Huey, Louie and Howie Jack, Jackson & Theodore: Who says it’s tough to name a boy? Nickname Names for Boys Baby Boy Names: The long and short of it

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The Best Boys’ Names: 10 great biblical choices

Jan 11, 2025

　　Our new book, The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys, selects the 600 very best choices from the 20,000 boys’ names on Nameberry. 　　We wanted to pick the top choices from a wide range of different types of names – classics and new inventions, adventurous and conservative...

Honoring a beloved grandfather by taking his name

Jan 11, 2025

　　The following essay is re-published with the permission of its original author Robbie Blair. You can view the full essay here. 　　A name is not a small thing. I didn’t realize its full weight until I read Helen Keller‘s account of her genesis in the world of language and identity....

40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Boys’ edition

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Last week we looked at some neglected girls’ namesake names, now it’s the boys’ turn as we seek some equally distinctive names from American history and culture, names that could provide unique-ish options with interesting back-stories. What’s especially evident here is how many of the unusual boys’...

Best Boys’ Names: 10 stylish selections

Jan 11, 2025

　　Our new book The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys includes many different styles of great boys’ names — including, well, stylish ones. 　　Stylish might mean popular…but not necessarily. More precisely, it means names that strike the right fashion note for the times, that are in today,...

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Classic Baby Names: Finding the perfect variation

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Compromise Girl Names: A Sister for Luella

Jan 11, 2025

　　They’re excited to expecting another girl, but agreeing on a name? That’s another story! They compromised on Luella for their first daughter. Let’s help them find another name they can both love. 　　Kiara writes: 　　I’m hoping you can help my husband and I get on the same page. When it...

Unusual Baby Names: A search for the unique

Jan 11, 2025

　　They’re looking for a bold name for baby number two! Can you help brainstorm unusual baby names–word names or vintage gems that are seldom heard in real life – but still sound like names? 　　Nikki writes: 　　My daughter will be 2 years old when this baby is born in late...

Romantic Girl Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Love your girl names romantic, flowery, and with syllables to spare? Even as parents embrace boy names for their daughters, and put mini names like Ava and Mia in the US Top Ten, other families are going the opposite direction. 　　Favorites like Isabella and Olivia have led...

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The Origins of Owen

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The Fitzes: Beyond Mr. Darcy, F. Scott and JFK

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady of NameFreak! 　　I am currently catching up on the show Scandal, which takes place in the US Capital and involves the highest political figures of the land. The fictitious president has one of the best character names I’ve ever heard: Fitzgerald Thomas Grant. He is called Fitz...

Baby Names for Boys: Popularity of “S” and “Sh” sounds

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady, NameFreak! 　　I previously compared the popularity of girl names that began with the “S” and “Sh” sounds. Here are the boys! 　　As I explained last week, to do this research, I used the S and Sh names with percentage of use above 0.01% since 1938*. This cutoff was...

Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for boys

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Anna Otto of Waltzing More Than Matilda 　　1. Caspian 　　Caspian is a character in C.S. Lewis’s fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. As a young boy in Prince Caspian, he had to fight for his throne against his usurping uncle to become king of Narnia, and as a youth...

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Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Jan 11, 2025

　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Unisex names are attracting more and more attention for babies of both sexes – but “unisex” doesn’t always mean “gender-neutral”. 　　Unisex vs. Gender Neutral NamesNameberry generally defines unisex names as those given to the minority sex at least 10% of the time. But although those names may qualify as unisex...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Jan 11, 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...

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Predicting 2014 Starbaby Names, Part 2

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French Baby Names: Trends and Predictions 2014

Jan 11, 2025

　　To check out the latest trends in French baby names, we turn once again to our go-to expert,_ _Stéphanie Rapoport, creator of the popular site [_meilleursprénoms.com](http://meilleursprenoms.com/) and author of L’Officiel des Prénoms 2014 . For anyone conversant in French, the site is filled with interesting lists, charts and analysis on French baby names...

Predicting Starbaby Names of 2014

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Tara Ryazansky 　　We all took guesses at what the British royal baby would be named. We brushed up on ‘K’ names to make bets at what Kimye would name their daughter. I haven’t thought much about celebrity baby names now that George and North are here though, but it...

British Name Trends 2013:The Bees, the Evs and the Teds

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　2013 has been an interesting year for British appellations. As it comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the most prevalent trends and influences on baby names in Britain this year. 　　LITTLE BEES 　　One syllable ‘B’ names have been...

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

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The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 11, 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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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Jan 11, 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...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Jan 11, 2025

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Jan 11, 2025

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...