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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

Baby Name Flow: How First-Middle-Last Names Can Play Nice Together

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Unusual Names: 5 Ways to Stay on the Right Side of Weird

6 Ways Not To Fight About Baby Names

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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...

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...

How Close is Too Close? 10 Factors to Consider

Dec 12, 2025

　　Sibling names add a whole layer of complexity to naming a baby. Naming your first child may have been challenge enough — finding names that you like, agreeing on a single name with your partner — but naming a sibling comes with its own set of tasks. 　　The goal of naming siblings...

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...

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Double Trouble: Name plus Nickname Search

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Newest Word Names for Girls

Dec 12, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Back in 2007, Thirty Rock’s Cerie told Liz Lemon that she already had baby names picked out. “If it’s a girl, Bookcase, or Sandstorm, or maybe Hat, but that’s more of a boy’s name.” 　　While Hat and Bookcase remain – thankfully – unused, parents continue to embrace...

Baby Names: Spelling Counts

Dec 12, 2025

　　She’s found the perfect name for her Fall 2016 baby. But how to spell it? The Name Sage wades into the data to find the best answer – but wants to hear your opinion, too! 　　Lindsey writes: 　　I’m trying to decide on a name for my little girl and I’m...

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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Comeback Kid Nicknames for Boys

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Name Sage: Is This Name Too Popular?

Dec 12, 2025

　　Sarah writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting a baby boy in late September. September 25th! His great-grandpa is Ezra and mine is Matthew. Ezra Matthew. Great, right? 　　However, I was one of four Sarahs in my graduating class of a small town high school. 　　Will Ezra become a super...

Seeking a Science-Inspired Name

Dec 12, 2025

　　Liz writes: 　　I’m a math teacher and science lover, my husband is a history teacher and literary enthusiast. We are expecting our second son, and looking for something that can go with our first son’s name: Truman King, Tru for short. 　　We’re hoping for a name with ties to science,...

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...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

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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...

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...

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Dec 12, 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...

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The Secret Meanings of Color Names

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Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Dec 12, 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...

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

Dec 12, 2025

　　Which baby names will be on top in 2024? 　　If we're speaking literally, you can expect to see the same few names on the tippy-top of the charts — Olivia and Emma, Liam and Noah. But it's a lot more fun to look at the fastest-rising names — the choices rapidly...

Ancient Names for Babies

Dec 12, 2025

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

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Place Names for Babies: The hot spots

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Top Baby Names 2018!

Dec 12, 2025

　　The top baby names of 2018 are in, with Emma and Liam continuing their reign as the Number 1 girl and boy names. 　　The top baby girl names remain exactly the same as last year in the first five places: Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella, and Sophia. 　　Among the most popular baby boy names,...

Top Baby Names of the 2010s Released

Dec 12, 2025

　　The top baby names of the 2010s in the US have been released by the Social Security Administration. Leading the list: Emma for girls and Noah for boys. 　　The new SSA tally of the top 200 names of the decade is based on the popular name counts for the years 2010...

New Top British Baby Names

Dec 12, 2025

　　The most popular British names for 2018 are hot off the press from the Office of National Statistics. 　　Once again, Oliver was top in England and Wales, for the sixth year, and Olivia remained the top name for girls for the third year in a row. 　　New (or back) into the Top 100 are Grayson,...

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

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

Dec 12, 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...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Dec 12, 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...

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...