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Pretty Girl Names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　One of the search terms that sends a lot of people to Nameberry every day is “pretty girl names.” 　　Are they searching for names that are pretty, we wonder, or names that sound as if they belong to pretty girls? Or maybe what people are after...

Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

Name the All-Girl Quints!

Kimye Kname Kraziness

Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie

Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far) Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa The Blooming of Lily

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Bold Names for Girls

　　The news this week includes one notably conservative name for a royal baby boy, and several bold names for girls. 　　His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge is just a week old. We’ve discussed his name – and the names the royals didn’t choose, or might be holding in reserve...

North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have reportedly named their newborn daughter North, and less than 24 hours after the announcement, all directional jokes have officially been cracked. 　　Although that won’t stop anyone from continuing to make them for the rest of little North...

Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　It’s a common baby name dilemma: You love a name like Cora or Lila forever, holding it close as your own special secret choice, and then bang! Right when you’re finally in a position to use it, you discover it’s become a trendy new favorite, vaulting...

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

　　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...

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Wanted: A Girls’ Name That’s NOT Popular

Wanted: A Girls’ Name That’s NOT Popular

Name Guru to the Stars: Predicting the Seventh Hanson Baby Name Name Sage: Replacing a Favorite Name How I Named My Baby: Henrietta Beatrice Finding Rare Celtic Girl Names Rare Girl Names Promise Sisterly Style New Girl Names: 11 Fresh Choices Girl Names More Popular Than You Think Name Sage: Spirited Names Match Imogene

How I Named My Baby: Magnolia James

　　Jacqueline Brown lives in Southwest Ohio with her husband Dan and their son, Luca Emerson. This June they welcomed their second child, daughter Magnolia James. 　　Here, Jacqueline talks to us about how she and Dan chose the baby name Magnolia for their little girl. 　　How long did it take you...

How I Named My Baby: Clementine Mary Maddalena

　　Caitlin Hutcheon, a childbirth educator, and her partner Drew, a US Marine, live in Maryland with their son, Harbor, and daughter Clementine, who was born last April. 　　Below, we talk to Caitlin about how she and Drew chose the baby name Clementine Mary Maddalena for their little girl. 　　How long...

Why So Few Girl Juniors?

　　I read an online comment recently from a name enthusiast arguing that “lots of men” give their own names to their sons (whether as juniors – using their exact names – or using variants in the first or middle spots), while “very few women” do the same for their daughters....

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Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

BOYS’ NAMES 2011: The Underground Popularity List Unusual Boys’ Names: 12 Fresh Biblical Choices Classic Boys’ Names: Let’s hear it for Henry! Celebrity Babies: Reese Witherspoon’s boy Tennessee James Can’t Find A Name You Love? Maybe you’ve got BNDD Boys’ Names: Nameberry’s newsiest boys’ names this week Top Boy Names 2011 Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh

Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again

　　Just as we’ve been heralding the trend towards cowboy names, it looks like we could be in for a posse of new ones. 　　In the L.A. Times the other day, an article talked about prime-time television’s “reinvigorated love of the western, where projects are sprouting like cactus in the desert…and...

Nameberry Picks: The 12 best ‘You-can-call-me-Al’ names

　　One of Paul Simon‘s biggest hits was a song titled “You Can Call Me Al.” But, really, who calls anyone Al anymore? 　　Once upon a time, a century ago or so, Al was almost as commonplace a nickname as Joe or Jim, Bill or Bob. Al itself stood independently at Number 298, a casual...

Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

　　There’s a whole posse of cowboy baby names in Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s roundup of this week’s newsiest names. 　　Some weeks, it feels like all of the birth announcements are from one big extended family. 　　Nameberry dubbed this style trend Iconoclastic Cowboy, and indeed, it does seem to be popular...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

　　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...

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

　　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...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

　　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...

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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Ancient Names for Babies Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna America's Next Top Baby Names Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style! Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023 Babyberries: Class of 2023! The Secret Meanings of Color Names 60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

How Millennial Is Your Name?

　　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,...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

　　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...

These Names Are At Their Peak

　　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...

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The Top Scottish Names You Never Hear

The Top Scottish Names You Never Hear

Top Baby Names 2020 Revealed! New International Names: A World Of Possibility The REAL Top Baby Names of All Time! Forgotten Names Now Back On The Charts British Names That Never Crossed the Pond (But Should) U Names for Babies Are the Most Unique Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning? Rare Baby Names Worth Rescuing

In Defense of Emma and Ethan: Ten Good Reasons to use a Common Name

　　I love unusual names. I can defend the wackiest of celebrity appellations, from North to Pilot to Blue. 　　And yet some parents feel pressure to avoid a popular name – or even a name that might become popular. 　　If you grew up answering to Jennie S. or Mike T., you...

Top Christmas Baby Names, Ranked!

　　Christmas baby names, from the old-school Holly to the freshly-coined Holiday, are the most popular birthday-related names of the year. 　　But which Christmas names are parents really considering for their children in 2022? 　　To find out, we pored over our search statistics from Black Friday until now. The results: a...

Popular Dutch Names We Should Borrow

　　Dutch baby names are a small but mighty subset of international baby names. The most popular Dutch name in the US is Skylar, a variation of the surname Schuyler. Rhett, which derived from the Dutch surname de Raedt, and Van, a Dutch preposition, also rank in the US Top 1000....

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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　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...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

　　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,...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

　　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...

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