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Buttoned-up Girls’ Names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　The trendiest girls’ names of recent years have been flowery and elaborate: Isabella and Sophia, Olivia and Arianna. They end in vowels….and often begin with them too. And if they’re not exotic confections, stylish girls’ names are often gender-and-tradition-confounding novelties such as Harper and Hadley and...

PERfect Girls’ Names: juniPER, harPER and PERsephone

Top 100 Girl Names of 2014

Happiness is just a thing called Jo

Accentuating the Positive: Baby names with accents

A Sad Farewell to The Nook of Names What’s your favorite flower name? Boy Names for Girls & New Names for Boys 1950s Girls’ Names: Where are Sharon and Sandra now? Top-Ten-Then Girls: Shirley, Bertha and Bessie 12 Literary Ladies: Unique names from Abra to Sapphira Nicknames: Waltzing with Tilda and Tilly Hiding in Plain Sight: the Secret Popularity of Lynn and Lee

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Girls’ Baby Names: A plethora of P-names

　　By Aimee Reneau Tafreshi 　　Parker Posey, Peppermint Patty and Pablo Picasso… Our history and pop culture have produced some notable “P” names. A perfect “P” name makes you stop and take notice. 　　I do not have anyone in my family whose name starts with a “P,” but the other day...

Naming a Girl: Cute, classic, or somewhere in-between

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Katie Price’s firstborn daughter has Nymphadora Tonks syndrome. 　　By now, you might have heard that British glamour model-turned-reality star Katie Price has welcomed a daughter with a surprising name: Bunny. 　　That’s the way Katie rolls. Her older daughter is Princess, and Katie apparently shortlisted Duchess...

Classic Girls’ Names: What’s your favorite?

　　There are so many gorgeous classic girls’ names to love — from the classic classics like Katherine and Elizabeth to the fashionable classics such as Clara or Juliet. 　　Then there are the quieter classics such as Ruth and Helen and Mary, a bit sleepy at the moment, as well as...

Polly put the kettle on and we’ll all have a nursery rhyme name!

　　With their lilting rhythms and catchy rhymes, nursery rhymes have delighted successive generations of children since the first publication of Mother Goose in the 1700s—though the original meanings, some of them political, have been lost. (Who knew that ‘Ring Around a Rosy’ referred to the Great Plague of 1665?) The...

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

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

Nameberry Picks: 14 jazziest jazz singers’ names Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls Baby Girl Names: Short and sweet Georgian Girls Names: Alethea, Augusta and Jane Our Top 100 Girl Names of 2013 Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for girls Unexpected Names for Girls: Edelweiss, Marceline, and Cee Cee Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Unusual Girls’ Names: 100 excellent choices

　　One of our most popular blog posts ever was on 100 wonderful names given to 25 or fewer girls each year. (We did a boys’ version too.) 　　But what, we wondered recently, would happen if we narrowed the parameters even more? If we looked only at names given to ten...

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...

Sundance Catalog Names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　At this time of year, catalogs flood the house every day – the poor mail deliverer! – only to be promptly thrown into the recycling bin. 　　One of the few exceptions is the Sundance Catalog. It’s not as if I ever order anything from there, though...

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Nameberry Makeover: Boys’ Edition

Nameberry Makeover: Boys’ Edition

Exotic Lite: Boys’ Edition Confessions of a Desperate Baby-Namer Hot Baby Names: Max in the Spotlight Ooooops! Baby Name Mistakes A Dozen Neglected Biblical Boys’ Names Boys’ Names: A New Generation Naming Baby After an Old Boyfriend Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Boys’ Names

Nameberry Faves II: The Boys’ Names Nameberryites Love Most

　　A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the favorite girls’ names on a Nameberry Message Board thread–led by the lovely Beatrix, Penelope and Clementine–and now it’s time to look over at the boys’ side. 　　The most striking result is the strong showing for the good old traditional, timeless classics, with...

Famous Dad Names: Noteworthy Names of Some Famous Fathers

　　It’s Famous Dad Names time! For Mother’s Day we took a look at some of the more interesting names of the mothers of distinguished people, and now we do the same for the paternal parent. Once more, it turns out that an unusual number of past (and a few present)...

Top English Boys’ Names

　　Yesterday we took a look at the long-delayed UK Office for National Statistics’ list of most popular girls’ names in England and Wales for 2008–and now it’s the boys’ turn. We see many similar patterns across the gender divide, though perhaps even more names in the boy’ column that are less familiar in...

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50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names Surprisingly International Baby Names How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

　　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...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

　　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...

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Ancient Names for Babies

Ancient Names for Babies

New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest How Millennial Is Your Name? What's a Classic Name? The Secret Meanings of Color Names Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock The Top Names We're Watching for 2024 Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

　　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...

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

　　Old money names conjure the aspirational lifestyle provided by generational wealth — elite country clubs, prep schools, and holidays in the countryside. The old money aesthetic is being felt beyond baby names — this prep-rebrand is suddenly everywhere. 　　Fashion runways are filled with pleated skirts, penny loafers, and pearl necklaces. Americans...

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Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East New Popular Irish Names Revealed Popular Twin Names Top Baby Name Influencers 2023 How Gen Z Is Your Name? The Top Baby Names A-Z 20 Chic French Names You Should Know About Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous Test-Driving Your Baby Name Unique Twin Names to Inspire Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask Name Change Resources How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

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...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

　　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...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

　　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...

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