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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...

Nov 24, 2024

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How I Named My Baby: Cora Birch

Nov 24, 2024

　　Sarah and Adam are teachers living in New Jersey with their two daughters, Emerson Janeand Cora Birch. 　　Cora joined the family last September, and we spoke with Sarah about the process of choosing her name. 　　Tell me how you chose Cora’s name!My husband and I are both teachers — my husband...

Meghan and Harry's Royal Baby Name: Lilibet Diana!

Nov 24, 2024

　　Welcome, Lilibet Diana! 　　Meghan Markle and Prince Harry used a name ripe with familial significance for their daughter. But like Archie, it was an unexpected choice, throwing off the bookies (and even us). 　　Lilibet is famously the childhood nickname of Queen Elizabeth II, Harry's grandmother. Lilibet is extremely rare as...

How I Named My Baby: Natalie Mara

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Doll Names: Traveling Back in Time

Nov 24, 2024

　　Doll names are time capsules of trends and popularity during different eras. Of course, the manufacturers tried to pick names that they thought would be especially appealing and attractive to little girls, which is why Barbara Lou appears in the 1930s, while Barbie comes around in the 1960s. 　　Here, doll...

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Girl Baby Names: Something Old, Something New

What makes a name a name? What’s your favorite classic girls’ name…and why? Adelaide or Adeline? Medievalizing a Name: Elizabeth to Elisende Bye-bye, Meghan. So long, Marisa. Girl names leaving the Top 1000 SOS: Help name this Berry’s imminent girl twins asap! Movie Star Character Names: A salute to Shirley Temple and the roles she played S-Names for Girls: Popularity of “S” vs. “Sh” sounds

Your Top 5 Girl Names!

Nov 24, 2024

　　Let’s have some fun. 　　List your Top 5 girls’ names. In order if possible. With explanations for why you love them so much, if you like. 　　Your Top 5 might include names you’ve chosen for your own daughter or names you plan to use. Or it might just be a...

Modern Girls’ Names: Zhuri, Marlowe, and Vale

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Is the way we name our daughters changing? 　　The way we name our sons in 2014 feels different. For years we relied on Biblical favorites with a few hardy Germanic go-tos mixed in. But since the 1990s, we’ve seen names like Tyler, Mason, and Jayden...

Let’s hear it for the Ola Names: Lola, Viola and Finola

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　I’ve long loved Lola, and lately I’ve been crushing on Viola and Finola–which inspired me to take a look at what other ola names there are, and was pleased to find that there are lots of options, coming from several different ethnicities. As opposed to the diminutive ina-ending, ola‘s...

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Is Any Name Better than Theodore?

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Baseball Baby Names: Top prospects Jameson, Cornelius & Daz

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Josh Murray 　　Spring is here, and along with it comes the arrival of the Major League Baseball season. All thirty clubs have left spring training behind in Arizona and Florida, and now the regular season has begun. While the big names associated with large contracts garner the most attention,...

Gender Neutral Boys’ Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　For years, conventional wisdom dictated that boys were named after their fathers and grandfathers. But today, boys are just as likely to be named after the important women in their lives. 　　Along with that shift comes a willingness to think differently about boys’ names. We’ve noted the rise of boy-girl...

Are These Word Names for Boys Ready to Pop?

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　If you look below the Top 1000 baby names on the US popularity list, you’ll find an awful lot of word names for boys inching up toward visibility. These are mostly names that didn’t exist a decade ago, but now the fashion for word names —...

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

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The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

Nov 24, 2024

　　The most popular unisex names in the USA in 2022 were Logan, Avery, and Riley. But does that hold true across every state? 　　Well, sometimes. But as you might guess, each state has its own favorite unisex names. For some, it’s an occupational name like Parker or Sawyer. Other states...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　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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Names of the Future

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2009 Baby Names: What Was In, Out, Hot, Not This Year

Nov 24, 2024

　　The biggest baby name news of 2009 was Emma’s rise to the number one spot for girls’ names, becoming only the ninth girls’ name in U.S. history to claim first place. 　　EMMA unseated EMILY, which slipped to number three, after a 12-year-reign. ISABELLA moved up to number two, but if...

Children’s Book Names: From Aidan to Zoe

Nov 24, 2024

　　While browsing through a recent issue of The New Yorker magazine, I came across an article about the current generation of picture books and their bratty protagonists. It was illustrated by an image from a book called Finn Throws a Fit. Aha, I thought, so juvenile authors are on top of...

Royal Baby Names: Hollywood’s Little Princes and Princesses

Nov 24, 2024

　　As reported in the not always reliable Star magazine, Nicole Richie, mother of Harlow Winter Kate, has at the top of her list of names for her baby-to-be Baron, inspired by Donald Trump’s little Barron. (Her other two published possibilities being Kypher and Martavious, about which I’ll restrain my comments). ...

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The Lost Names of 1913

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Baby Names 2012: The third quarterly report of Nameberry newbies

Nov 24, 2024

　　The time has rolled around again when I get to do one of my favorite things—browse through the Birth Announcement Forum and get to see a snapshot of the gorgeous names Berries have chosen over these past three months–the latest installment of Baby Names 2012. Because each quarter they seem...

Comeback Candidates: Are we ready for babies Gregory, Susan and Mark?

Nov 24, 2024

　　By Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names. 　　Every decade or two the name landscape transforms. New names are on the way in. Old names are on the way out. But as names rise and fall, the qualities parents seek in baby names remain constant. As a result, today’s top names share...

Swedish Baby Names: What’s stylish in Stockholm?

Nov 24, 2024

　　Guest blogger and Sweden native Sarah–known to us Berries as Svea– gives us some insight on the trends behind the list of most popular Swedish baby names. 　　Being a Swedish Sarah (the #1 name the year I was born), I grew up in a sea of Saras and Sarahs, with...

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Nov 24, 2024

　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Nov 24, 2024

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...