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How I Named My Baby: Natalie Mara

　　Lisa, an IT manager, and her husband Gene, who works in finance, live in the Chicago suburbs with their two children. 　　Their daughter Natalie Mara arrived on January 5, 2021, joining older brother Isaac Edward. We chatted with Lisa about family names, honoring heritage, and how she and Gene chose...

Dec 12, 2024

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How I Named My Baby: Julian Belle

Dec 12, 2024

　　Allyson and Chris Smith live in Carmel, Indiana, with their three daughters. Their youngest, Julian Belle, was born on April 15, 2021, joining older sisters Hadley Kay and Lennon Jane. 　　Here, we talk to Allyson about how she and Chris chose the name Julian Belle for their little girl. 　　Tell...

Keeping the Tradition Alive: 150+ Years of Ursula and Mildred

Dec 12, 2024

　　Ursula Amatrudo-Roman is a preschool teacher and New York City native. Her rare name — given to fewer than 100 baby girls each year over the past three decades — follows a matrilineal pattern established over a century ago. 　　We sat down with Ursula to discuss the family tradition and her...

How I Named My Baby: Gwen Catherine

Dec 12, 2024

　　Jessica Lopez, a writer, and Kyle Lopez, restaurant owner, live in Southern California with their baby girl. Their daughter Gwen Catherine was born on September 24, 2020. 　　We met with Jessica and discussed spiritual signs, celebrity associations, and how she and Kyle chose the name Gwen for their little girl....

How I Named My Baby: Elin Francis

Dec 12, 2024

　　Mary, a school counselor, and Michael, who works in the rubber industry, live in Indianapolis, Indiana with their 5-month-old daughter Elin Francis. 　　We met with Mary and discussed family names, creative honorifics, and the process of choosing Elin for her and Mike’s little girl. 　　Tell me about Elin’s name story!My...

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Our Top 100 Girl Names of 2013

Dec 12, 2024

　　There’s a new top girl in town, and her name is Imogen. 　　Imogen seized the crown from the Hunger Games-inspired Katniss as the Number One girls’ name on Nameberry for 2013. 　　Charlotte, which had been the most popular girls’ name in previous years, now stands at Number Two, while Harper,...

Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora

Dec 12, 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...

Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Dec 12, 2024

　　My friend Kim loved the name Cordelia. This was in my pre-Nameberry days, and Cordelia‘s been off the Top 1000 since 1950: It certainly wasn’t a name that it occurred to me to love. 　　Still…..Cordelia. The more I thought about it, the more I loved Cordelia. Thanks, Kim, for the...

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Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend

Dec 12, 2024

　　Aiden and boy names that rhyme with it have been all the rage since around the year 2000. Have you ever wondered about the history of this name trend? Or what the most popular Aiden-names are today? 　　Join us for a dive into this wave of names that swept the...

Brother Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Choosing the right brother names involves striking the right balance. Ideally, brother names should be coordinated in a clear way — such as style or origin — but you want the names to be distinctive, so the brother set doesn’t feel too matchy. 　　Looking for brother names with similar style is...

Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus

Dec 12, 2024

　　Love Gus as a short name for a boy, but not a fan of Augustus and related names like August and Augustine? 　　One option is to simply use Gus on its own. This vintage nickname is charming, no-nonsense, and you’ll never need to spell it out. It was popular in...

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Dec 12, 2024

　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Dec 12, 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...

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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Dec 12, 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...

What's a Classic Name?

Dec 12, 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...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Dec 12, 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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Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

Belgian Names: Beyond Flemish and French

Dec 12, 2024

　　Belgian native and guest blogger Sarah B. unscrambles the pieces of the complicated jigsaw puzzle that is the diverse naming structure of her native land by analyzing its Most Popular list of 2010. 　　Belgium is a small country with a mere 10 million inhabitants. Yet it sits right in the heart...

What’s your favorite of all names?

Dec 12, 2024

　　The Question of the Week: 　　Is there one name about which you can loudly proclaim: I love this name, always have and always will? 　　… a name that you’ve been crazy about forever –maybe starting when you scribbled it in the margins of your school notebook—and are certain that you’ll continue to feel...

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The Best Baby Name Advice

Dec 12, 2024

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Dec 12, 2024

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...