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9 Girl Names Inspired by Ines

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds waited months before sharing their daughter’s name – again! The family of four recently made their first public appearance, to celebrate dad’s new star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Not long after, they made the big reveal. 　　Her name is Ines....

Jan 8, 2025

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Influential Baby Names: Beauty Queens & Models

Jan 8, 2025

　　By Nancy Man, Nancy‘s Baby Names 　　Actors, musicians, athletes and politicians are particularly influential when it comes to U.S. baby names, but they aren’t the only public figures that hold sway over the charts. Name trends have also been shaped by other types of public figures such as authors, dancers,...

Happy Hanukkah Names for Girls

Jan 8, 2025

　　This year, the beginning of Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day and so, in the interest of fair play, we will commemorate the Jewish Festival of Lights today with a selection of Jewish girl names and our Christmas choices tomorrow. 　　“Jewish” names cover a lot of ground. They range from Hebrew...

Baby Name Theft?

Jan 8, 2025

　　They love the name Josephine, but could their choice lead to family drama? Her sister has called dibs on the name, and says they ought to respect her wishes. 　　Alicia writes: 　　I am due with our second daughter in a few weeks. 　　Our first is named Aurora and we call...

International Girl Names: Turkish delights

Jan 8, 2025

　　By Woohyun Myungeun 　　The baby names of Turkey are a combination of the traditional and religious examples like Fatma, Ayshe and Hatice to the modern Alara, Kayra and Selin. Here are 20 stellar international baby girl names from Turkey representing that mix of the familiar and those that might be...

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Name Sage: A Sister for Beatrice and Amelie

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Name Sage: Kim Kardashian Stole My Baby Name!

Jan 8, 2025

　　Missy writes: 　　We are expecting a girl in December. We thought we had the perfect name picked out for our little darling: Easton Brennan LastName. We loved that Easton is not expected for a girl and Brennan is my best friend’s last name. Our son Nash Anderson‘s middle name is...

Name Sage: Solving the puzzle of a name for sister #3

Jan 8, 2025

　　Sarah writes: 　　We have two girls, Lavender Miriam and Cordelia Rose. 　　My husband and I cannot figure out a name for another girl. 　　Both daughters have eight letter first names and a flower/color name. Any ideas? 　　The Name Sage replies: 　　What gorgeous, lovely names – and what a fun challenge...

Hello, Baby! O-Ending Surname Names for Girls

Jan 8, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　If you’re an American Idol devotee, you might remember Season Two’s Kimberly Caldwell. Her music career hasn’t taken off, but Caldwell has remained in the public eye as a television host and sometimes actor. Now she’s added a new role to her repertoire: mom. She and soccer...

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How I Named My Baby: October Teddy

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Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming

Jan 8, 2025

　　Flower names for boys are a rare but beautiful bunch – a subset of the fashionable group of floral baby names which have proved particularly popular for girls in recent years. 　　Cool nature names for boys include tree names like Rowan and Oakley, wild animal names like Fox and Bear,...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Jan 8, 2025

　　Boy names ending in a vowel (or a vowel sound) feel lively and distinctive, in an era where consonant names for boys – particularly those ending in N and R – have long dominated the list of popular names. 　　There are now five boy names ending in a vowel sound...

Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 8, 2025

　　Traditional boy names remain perennially popular with parents today, in spite of the broader trend towards ever more unique baby names for both sexes. 　　But that doesn’t necessarily mean that all traditional names for boys are popular. As well as the core classic boy names – like John, James and...

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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Jan 8, 2025

　　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...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 8, 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...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Jan 8, 2025

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

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The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

Jan 8, 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...

These Names Are At Their Peak

Jan 8, 2025

　　Looking for a name everyone will love just as much as you do? You can’t go wrong with names at the top of their game. 　　Names that peaked in 2022, calculated in exclusive research and analysis by Nameberry, are baby names that rank higher in the USA than they have...

New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Jan 8, 2025

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

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125+ Unique and Amazing Nature Names

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Most Popular Names 2018

Jan 8, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　On Nameberry’s baby name popularity list for 2018, Atticus is the top boys’ name for the second year in a row and Olivia ranks as Number 1 for the third consecutive year. But the big news from the Most Popular Baby Names of 2018 is that three...

12 Best Golden Globe Nominee Names

Jan 8, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The awards season has begun, the Golden Globes and SAG nominations have been announced and, following a Nameberry tradition, we’d like to present our own awards for the best names on the lists. So here are our twelve 2018 nominees. Care to cast your ballot? 　　ALFONSO Cuaron,...

Baby Name News This Week

Jan 8, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes what’s hot in Canada and Iran, rethinking grandpa names, and how to deal with too many Jacobs on a football team. 　　Canadian baby names: popular and uniqueCanada doesn’t publish national baby name statistics, but the provinces release their data one by one over...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

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How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 8, 2025

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Jan 8, 2025

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Jan 8, 2025

　　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...