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Sibling Names: 7 Things Every Parent Should Know

　　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...

Nov 24, 2024

Baby Name Advice: Straddling two cultures

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Global Baby Names: Picking a border-crossing name

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

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

5 Mistakes Even Smart Baby Namers Make

Nov 24, 2024

　　Ever feel like you’re a baby name klutz and that there are other, infinitely smarter baby namers out there who do everything right and magically arrive at the perfect name with no fuss or wrong turns? 　　Not true. Here are the five most common mistakes even the smartest baby namers...

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

Nov 24, 2024

　　Middle names are entering a new era for 2023 and beyond. It’s almost imperative today that middle names be meaningful — whether they honor a relative, relate to a parent’s passion, or reflect an important family value. 　　But middle names today should also be fun. Parents are taking advantage of...

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

Nov 24, 2024

　　Unusual names can be attractive, distinctive, intriguing….until they cross the line to weird. Parents in search of unusual names often worry about how to stay on the right side of that line. 　　Here, five ways to choose unusual names that have all the best qualities of the genre and...

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S-Names for Girls: Popularity of “S” vs. “Sh” sounds

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Girls’ Name Hazel: Will a new movie make her the next Jennifer?

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Nick Turner 　　In 1970, the novel Love Story captured America‘s imagination with the tale of a wealthy Harvard jock who meets a girl from the other side of the tracks. It was soon followed by a movie of the same name — a tear-jerker that became the top box-office draw...

Movie Star Character Names: A salute to Shirley Temple and the roles she played

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Haley Sedgwick 　　As a child, I remember asking my mum for a videocassette that I had my eyes on in the grocery store. Any normal preschooler would be asking for some sort of cartoon, but not me. My passion was musicals, and one actress, who had blonde curls and...

Anything Goes for Girls: Apple, Willow, Mia, and Cai

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　I’m imagining next Christmas morning at Buckingham Palace. 　　Sure, it is a palace. Even the simplest room is probably chock full of history and priceless antiques. 　　The children opening presents might be members of the royal House of Windsor, but they will share their rather...

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Exploring the Meaning of Julian

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Soft Boy Names Are Sensitive And Strong

Nov 24, 2024

　　Soft boy names are the antidote to the hyper-macho names that have been trending for the last couple of decades, like Gunner, Maverick, Ryker and Colt. 　　As girls marched further into masculine naming territory, claiming previously male names like Avery and Addison for their own, boys needed increasingly macho names...

How I Named My Baby: Townes Sterling

Nov 24, 2024

　　Stevi, who owns her own natural living business, and Matt Savage, a wedding and lifestyle photographer, live in Tulum, Mexico with their three children: Rhodes Matthew, Paloma Josephine, and Townes Sterling. 　　Townes was born on September 30, 2022. Below, our conversation with Stevi and Matt about how they named their...

How Chrissy Teigen and John Legend Are Leading Baby Name Trends

Nov 24, 2024

　　Chrissy Teigen and John Legend have proven themselves celebrity baby naming champions for the fourth time by naming their newborn son Wren Alexander. 　　Wren is a bird name that’s been rising quickly for both sexes over the past few years, but particularly for girls. In 2022, Wren ranked Number 184...

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Nov 24, 2024

　　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

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Nov 24, 2024

　　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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America's Next Top Baby Names

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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Nov 24, 2024

　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

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The Top Baby Names A-Z

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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Nov 24, 2024

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

Baby Names Before 1850

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Nov 24, 2024

　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Nov 24, 2024

　　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

Nov 24, 2024

　　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

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...