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Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

　　by Abby Sandel/Appellation Mountain 　　Do you name boys and girls the same way? 　　We often reserve antique gems for girls – lady-like appellations like Charlotte, Amelia, Lydia, and Hattie. But this week, parents proved that retro picks work for boys, too. Several high-profile birth announcements revived grandpa-chic choices for our...

Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie

Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair

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

Kimye Kname Kraziness North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far) Pretty Girl Names Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe Bold Names for Girls The Blooming of Lily Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva

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Name the All-Girl Quints!

　　Naming all-girl quintuplets was one of my formative name nerd fantasies, inspired by the Dionne quintuplets of Canada, the first set of surviving quints and the only set of identical quints ever to survive, according to this list of quint facts. 　　Their names — Annette, Cecile, Emelie, Yvonne, and Marie...

Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth

　　Some names are common in the middle but rarely used as first names. Others are common first names but hardly used in the middle. And then there are a lucky few that are popular first and middle names, such as Grace and James. But the ultimate double-threat is Elizabeth. 　　Elizabeth’s...

Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls

　　Great girls’ names abound in books, from classic characters like Jane Eyre and Scarlett O’Hara to more contemporary heroines like Matilda and Katniss. 　　So for our Question of the Week, we’d like to know: What are your favorite girls’ literary names? 　　Consult our master list of literary names for girls for inspiration....

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

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The crystalline clear classic Claire has seen an impressive rise recently—entering the Top 50 for the very first time in 2011—and bringing Cousin Clara and other relatives slip-streaming along with her. The perfect time to take a closer look at this clear-eyed family. 　　CLAIRE—Currently favored spelling Claire...

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Elizabeth: The Name That Has Everything

Elizabeth: The Name That Has Everything

Compound Names for Girls: The Next Generation My Name, My Story: Zara Ann Alternatives: Updating a Classic Girl Names You Never Knew Were in the Top 50 Little Black Dress Names Are Always in Style Hello, Cutie! Rare Vintage Girl Names Ending in -ie 100+ Rare Girl Names You Don’t Know (Yet!) How I Named My Baby: Esme Virginia

Lilting Girl Names Lift the Spirits

　　Names like Lily, Layla, and Leilani have one of the distinctive sounds of this generation. Although they are of different origins and styles, they share the L-vowel-L-vowel pattern: “La-La names”, we call them. Light and lilting, it’s no wonder parents lo-lo-love them. 　　Here's our guide to girl names with this...

100 Best Girl Names Below the Top 1000

　　Uncommon and unique girl names are more sought after than ever by new parents. Long gone are the days when there were five Jennifers or three Ashleys in every class! In 2022, a third of American baby girls received a name outside the Top 1000 most popular. 　　The great news...

Stunning Spanish Names for Girls and Boys

　　If you’re interested in Spanish names for your baby-to-be, you’re probably familiar with the many Spanish choices popular in the US, like Sebastián and José, Camila and Sofia. But there are many intriguing baby names that are popular in Spain and Latin America but virtually unknown to anglophones. 　　Sure, classic Spanish names...

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Baby Jock Names: 25 surprising sports star choices

Baby Jock Names: 25 surprising sports star choices

John Today, Gianni Tomorrow RIP, Ben: A Mom Mourns Her Once-Favorite Name Classic Names: The Fred Factor Occupation Names: A Labor Day Salute Antiquarian Names: Colonial craftsmen names Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending Vintage Boy Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name

Baby Names 2010: Top 100 For Boys

　　Our focus on baby names 2010 continues today with the top 100 boys’ names. 　　The top seven names remain the same from the first quarter count, with Henry, Finn, and Oliver weighing in at numbers 1, 2, and 3. This greater stability on the boys’ side echoes the pattern in...

Top Boys’ Names: One Mom Puts Her Picks To The Test

　　We first discovered Teresa Strasser when she mentioned us on her hilarious blog, Exploiting My Baby, to be published as a book next year. (That’s her at the right, pretending to be Heidi Klum.) Like many moms, Teresa spent her entire pregnancy obsessing about names, except unlike most moms, she...

Popular Baby Names 2010: Top 100 Boys’ Names So Far

　　UPDATE!! Check out our final list of popular baby names 2010 for boys! 　　Our most popular baby names 2010 for boys are a mix of the traditional and trendy choices like Jacob and Aiden that dominate the official list of popular baby names 2010 plus a variety of more intriguing...

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Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State Gender-Bending Baby Names

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

　　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...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

　　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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What Are The Top Baby Names of the Future?

What Are The Top Baby Names of the Future?

Top Names of 2008: Emma and Jacob Rule 70’s Baby Names: Beyond Tiffany & Todd New York City Names: Sophia and Jayden top the new list Latin Baby Names: Most influential choices 2009 Baby Names: What Was In, Out, Hot, Not This Year Children’s Book Names: From Aidan to Zoe California Desert Names Favorite Name Too Popular? Here Are Some Fresh Substitutes

Names of the Future

　　One of the most fun things about running nameberry, as opposed to being a visitor, is that you get to peer behind the scenes and see which names people are actually searching for. Some of the most visited names on nameberry are ones you’d expect: Ava and Aidan, Lucy and...

TV Character Names: Dynasty & Dallas

　　Once in a while some pop culture phenomenon comes along that doesn’t just reflect the name gestalt of its day, but actually influences it. This was the case with the glossy nighttime soaps of the late 70s and early 80s–most particularly Dynasty—which were all about wealth and greed, ambition, melodrama, campy...

Celebrity Baby Names: Brooklyn yes, Bronx no

　　There are some celebrity kids’ names that are immediately embraced by other parents and become instant hits. Take Kingston, for example, the name chosen for personal reasons relating to the city in Jamaica by Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale: it had all the ingredients to make it a success– accessibility,...

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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Top Czech Names Follow International Trends 30 Great Names You’re Not Using! Classic Baby Names on the Rise How Gen Z Is Your Name? Rare Names With Popular Nicknames Baby Names Before 1850 Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning? Popular Twin Names

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

　　Do you know a lot of kids named Maeve and Rowan, Connor and Max? You might just live in the North East of the USA. 　　Behind the national data on the most popular baby names, each region has its own favorites, and the North East — here, the six states...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby Name Change Resources 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name The Best Baby Name Advice How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...

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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