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Unusual Girls’ Names: 100 excellent choices

　　One of our most popular blog posts ever was on 100 wonderful names given to 25 or fewer girls each year. (We did a boys’ version too.) 　　But what, we wondered recently, would happen if we narrowed the parameters even more? If we looked only at names given to ten...

Nov 27, 2024

Baby Girl Names: Short and sweet

Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love? Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for girls Most Popular Girls’ Names of 2013….so far Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie The Blooming of Lily 40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Girls Edition Georgian Girls Names: Alethea, Augusta and Jane

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Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe

Nov 27, 2024

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Wowza! 　　I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer quantity, gorgeousness and wild originality of the names reported in the Birth Announcement forums for this third quarter of the year, from July through the end of September. So overwhelmed, in fact, that I’m dividing the results into two...

Unexpected Names for Girls: Edelweiss, Marceline, and Cee Cee

Nov 27, 2024

　　Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　It’s been a quiet week for high profile arrivals. Sure, Michael Weatherly of NCIS fame and wife Bojana welcomed son Liam. It’s a great name – friendly, upbeat, accessible. Liam is also a solid favorite in the US, just like big sister’s...

Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora

Nov 27, 2024

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　It happens all the time. 　　You’re expecting your first – or second, or third – and the perfect name eludes you. There are lots of possibilities and maybes, but none of them are The Name. 　　And then along comes a movie, a...

Nameberry Picks: 14 jazziest jazz singers’ names

Nov 27, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The connection to the haunting voice of a well known jazz or blues singer definitely adds an element of –well—rhythm and blues—to a name’s image, an extra infusion of richness and pizzazz. Boyish Billie takes on new depth when listening to Lady Day, Etta goes from fusty...

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Baby Name Trends: The latest ley-ending girls

Warrior Girl Names: Finding the Right Fit for a Fighter 14 Bewitching Girl Names for Halloween 9 Glowing Girl Names: Brilliant and bright Girl Names in Limbo: Can they escape? 10 Years of Beautiful Babyberry Names Sister Names: Long or Short? Girl Baby Names: Harlow, Cleo, or Willow? MayBerry Arrivals: Cecilia Lilac and Godric Nickleby

Marian Names Way Beyond Mary, Marie and Maria!

Nov 27, 2024

　　By Katherine Morna Towne 　　The name Mary and its variants Marie and Maria have been given to girls from humble families, royal families and every family in between for centuries (it was even suggested that the new Prince Louis might have been named Mary if he’d been a girl). In...

The Most Popular Baby Names of the Future

Nov 27, 2024

　　What will be the most popular baby names of the future? 　　To find out, we took statistics from the past ten years to calculate the most popular baby names of 2028? Which names will rise the fastest and which will fall? What unexpected names do we see gaining popularity? And...

Reinventing Grandma Names

Nov 27, 2024

　　Grandma is over the rainbow about her new little namesake. Except how, exactly, do you honor a Glenda in 2018? 　　Tess writes: 　　My partner and I are expecting our first, a little girl, and are overjoyed! We are debating on first names right now, but know that we want the...

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Red Carpet Names: Boys’ Edition

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When Siblings Get Into the Baby-Naming Act

Nov 27, 2024

　　I had my three children over 11 years, and of all the disadvantages of spreading your kids that far apart, one of the biggest is that the older kids will insist on having a say in their baby brother or sister’s name. 　　When we found out our youngest child would...

Confessions of a Desperate Baby-Namer

Nov 27, 2024

　　Guest blogger Teresa Strasser, a comedy writer whose new blog is called Exploiting My Baby, is desperate for one good boys’ name for her son, due in October. How far will she go to find it? 　　I know from that stupidly catchy viral “Pregnant Women are Smug” song that pregnant...

The Principles of Patronymics

Nov 27, 2024

　　Back when there was a very limited stockpot of names, and there might be, for example, two Roberts in a village who had to be distinguished from one another, they began to be identified by nicknames and by the names of their fathers: one would be known as Robert Will’s...

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

Nov 27, 2024

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Nov 27, 2024

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Nov 27, 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...

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Ancient Names for Babies

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names The Top Names We're Watching for 2024 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest America's Next Top Baby Names Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style! Babyberries: Class of 2023!

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Nov 27, 2024

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Nov 27, 2024

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

What's a Classic Name?

Nov 27, 2024

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

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Swedish Baby Names: What’s stylish in Stockholm?

Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report Nameberry’s Most Popular Features of 2012 Favorite Baby Names: Your Personal Top 10? The Lost Names of 1913 The 50-Year Rule: 1962 names revisited The Top Berrybaby Names of 2012 Breaking News: Amelia and Harry the new top UK baby names

Name Popularity: The Nameberry 9–Ezra, Etta and June

Nov 27, 2024

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel considers the impact of baby name popularity–does it sway our choices more than it should? 　　Lately I’m wondering: is all this talk about baby names changing the names we use? 　　A century ago, parents could draw inspiration from the newspaper, the Bible, literature, music,...

This Week’s Newsiest Names: From John to Kash to Kroy

Nov 27, 2024

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel investigates some of the factors affecting the shifts in names’ popularity. 　　Last week we wanted to write about babies named Mitt Romney and Sandy, and as it happened, the world gave us both. Name nerds and regular folk alike respond to the idea that...

TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day!

Nov 27, 2024

　　Today is officially Soap Opera Day (woo hoo!) and though this isn’t as big of a deal in the baby name world as it once was, with a lot fewer sudsers on TV than there were when soap operas were the main staple of daytime programming, we have to acknowledge...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

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Name Change Resources

Nov 27, 2024

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Nov 27, 2024

　　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...

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Nov 27, 2024

　　Baby name regret — also known as baby name remorse — is a common source of shame among new parents. It allegedly affects between 10-20% of new parents, yet the perceived stigma deters many from sharing their feelings or stories. 　　Lately, celebrities have been opening up about their own experiences with baby...