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Swedish Baby Names: What’s stylish in Stockholm?

　　Guest blogger and Sweden native Sarah–known to us Berries as Svea– gives us some insight on the trends behind the list of most popular Swedish baby names. 　　Being a Swedish Sarah (the #1 name the year I was born), I grew up in a sea of Saras and Sarahs, with...

Jan 9, 2025

Favorite Baby Names: Your Personal Top 10?

Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report

Breaking News: Amelia and Harry the new top UK baby names

British Baby Names: Tops of the pops

International Faves: Top names across the globe Name Stories for Kids: For name-nerds-in-training! Irish Baby Names: What’s Hot Now Question of the Week: How do you feel about sharing your name(s)? The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name? British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1 TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day!

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Baby Names of 2011: Newest crop of babyberries

Jan 9, 2025

　　Since our last round-up of Nameberry’s actual baby names of 2011 in June, there’s been a bonanza of beautifully named newbies posted on our forums–and I’m sure they’re just the tip of the iceberg. Once again Pam and I are blown away by the fantastic choices being made—from the elegant classics to the more imaginative...

Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa

Jan 9, 2025

　　The term Latin American, of course, takes in a number of countries and cultures, with both shared name histories and trends and distinctly individual ones. The names in Portuguese-speaking Brazil are, for example, quite different from those in the various Spanish-speaking cultures. Some currently popular names prove to be international...

Popular baby names: The case for the common name

Jan 9, 2025

　　Today’s guest blogger Kristen, aka Swistle, confronts the question of popular baby names–and explains why it’s okay to use them. 　　More common than the name is this naming concern heard from parents: “We don’t want her to be one of five in every class.” 　　We know they don’t need to worry about...

Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops

Jan 9, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel looks beyond the Top 1000 most popular baby names list to find some still undiscovered goodies. 　　Wasn’t yesterday a little bit like a birthday/Fourth of July/belated Mother’s Day celebration all rolled into one? I’ll admit it: I hung up on my own mother to...

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Warrior Girl Names: Finding the Right Fit for a Fighter

Jan 9, 2025

　　Their new daughter will need surgery shortly after birth. Time to find a strong name with the right meaning to encourage their little fighter! 　　Kristen writes: 　　We recently found out we were having our third girl and we were absolutely thrilled. Of course, I immediately dug up the master list...

Popular Girl Names: Lost in the La-Crowd

Jan 9, 2025

　　They’ve long loved Lyla for a daughter. But is Lyla too close to all those other lovely, La-la names? 　　Emily writes: 　　We are struggling with choosing a name for our baby girl arriving in March. 　　Our son’s name is Theodore and he goes by Theo. For years we have liked...

MayBerry Arrivals: Cecilia Lilac and Godric Nickleby

Jan 9, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　May was an extraordinary month in the Nameberry Birth Announcement forums. We had a girl named Tully, boys called Godric and Endymion and Ignatius, middle names Lilac and Nickleby, brothers Atlas and Apollo, and nicely paired twins August Matthias and Thomas Nathaniel. 　　Parents drew inspiration from sources...

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Brother Names

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How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique

Jan 9, 2025

　　Classic boy names are wonderful except for the fact that they’re so common. Yes, there have been many august Williams; sure, it’s a name resonant on your family tree; except, there are thousands (11,282, to be exact) of baby Williams out there. 　　But among the wonderful qualities of classic boy...

New Geek Chic Names For Boys

Jan 9, 2025

　　Hipster, nerdy, funky-clunky… Call them what you will, there’s no denying that geek chic names for boys and girls are cool. 　　But fashion moves fast, and some of the original names on our Geek Chic Boys master list — like Jasper, Cyrus and Augustus — now feel almost mainstream. 　　So...

Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

Jan 9, 2025

　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

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50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 9, 2025

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 9, 2025

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

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Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Jan 9, 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...

Ancient Names for Babies

Jan 9, 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...

Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

Jan 9, 2025

　　Christian names combine spirituality with style, conveying a faith-based message with contemporary sensibility. 　　These modern Christian names with an evangelical feel aren’t traditional biblical names, well-worn virtues, or even the old prophet names that are so popular nowadays. No, this is a fresh, 21st-century style of Christian names that shout...

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Babyberry Roundup: The fourth quarterly report of 2012

Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report Sweet Spot Baby Names: Fitting in and standing out Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day! Breaking News: Amelia and Harry the new top UK baby names The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name? The Nameberry 9: Unusual but usable boys’names

Baby Names 2012: The third quarterly report of Nameberry newbies

Jan 9, 2025

　　The time has rolled around again when I get to do one of my favorite things—browse through the Birth Announcement Forum and get to see a snapshot of the gorgeous names Berries have chosen over these past three months–the latest installment of Baby Names 2012. Because each quarter they seem...

The Lost Names of 1913

Jan 9, 2025

　　It’s a fallacy that, in the sweet old days, baby names were conventional and “normal” — children were named Mary and John or, at the outer fringes of adventurism, Ethel and Irving. 　　The truth is that a century ago there were scores of invented names, names with kreeative spellings, surnames...

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

Jan 9, 2025

　　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,...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Jan 9, 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...

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Jan 9, 2025

　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Jan 9, 2025

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...