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Baby Names 2012: The Best of the New

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Every year, a small number of new names manages to move onto the Top 1000 list for the first time ever. Sometimes this marks the beginning of a climb up the ladder, other times it’s a name that will linger in the nether regions, and sometimes it...

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A Letter to Jacob and Sophia

British Baby Names: Two Middle Names Combo Names: When 1 plus 1 equals 1 Popular Names 2012: Guess the Top 10 and win! Hyperlocal Baby Names: What’s hot where you live? Baby Names: Once so hot, now so not Unusual Baby Names: Top choices under the radar Names on the Cusp French Baby Names: What’s next in Nice

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Popular Names 2012: The new top baby names!

　　The most popular baby names of 2012 are officially here, with Sophia and Jacob holding onto their Number 1 spots. 　　Jacob remains the most popular name for boys for the 14th year in a row. An Old Testament name that means “supplanter” and a cousin of James, Jacob has been in the Top Ten for nearly two decades. 　　Sophia,...

Popular Baby Names: The next top names

　　Popular baby names aren’t always replaced at the top by similar names, though sometimes it feels that way. Emily moves down, Emma moves up. Jason slips, while Jacob and Mason rise. 　　With the new US popularity list due out in less than a month, we thought it would be fun...

Dog Names: What’s cool, what’s smart, what’s hot, what’s not

　　Dog names have become indistinguishable from baby names, with virtually all the most stylish and popular dog names coming from the human lexicon. 　　Cities like New York and Seattle as well as smaller towns such as Wellesley, Massachusetts and several dog-oriented websites publish yearly tallies of most popular dog names....

Baby Names Trend: Camilla, Willa, Priscilla–the new killer ‘illa’ names

　　Guest blogger Angela Mastrodonato, of Upswing Baby Names spots an impending baby names trend: names ending in ‘illa’ replacing the ubiquitous ‘ella’s. 　　When it comes to names, a small change can make a big impact. Ella-ending names have been loved for a while for their elaborate elegance. To find fresh alternatives,...

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Name Sage: Long and Lovely Girl Names

Name Sage: Long and Lovely Girl Names

Rare Nature Names for Girls 21 Great Greek Baby Names for Girls Baby Name Patterns: To Keep Going or Break the Mold? Poetic Baby Names for Girls: Ancient to modern inspiration Blockbuster Baby Names: The Movie Girls of Summer Happy 100th Birthday, Olivia! Naming a Baby (or 2) When You’re Over 40 Short, Sophisticated Girl Names You’ll Love

Pre-Hillary Women Candidates for POTUS

　　By Tiana Putric 　　Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton has made U.S. history by becoming America’s first female presidential candidate to gain enough delegates to win the nomination of a major U.S. political party. 　　But Secretary Clinton certainly wasn’t the first woman to make a run for the White House. Dozens of women...

Can These Baby Namers Escape the Top 100?

　　JAre there any great girl names that aren’t in the Top 100? The Name Sage assures an expectant mama that there are plenty of gorgeous names that aren’t heard everywhere. 　　Sydney writes: 　　I am due this August with boy-girl twins. They already have a big sister named Summer Emilia. 　　In...

Name Sage: Do rules make baby naming easier?

　　Do too many rules make naming a baby impossible, or is a solid list of must-haves the key to finding a great name for daughter number three? 　　Kate writes: 　　We are counting down the days until our fifth child and third daughter arrives at the end of June. We cannot...

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Boy Names: Meaningful Minis

Boy Names: Meaningful Minis

Traditional Boy Names: Frank, Walter, and George Boy Baby Names: Gone to the Dogs? Short Boy Names: Hal, Heath and Hugh French Boys’ Names: From the Top 100 in France Boy Names Starting with B: Billy and Bear Tricky Last Names: What Goes with Lo? Unique Vintage Boy Names: Roscoe, Cosmo & Clive Unusual Boy Names Starting with C and K: Seeking fresh ideas

Presidents Day Baby Names: The Veeps

　　An FBF look back at some of the often-forgotten Vice Presidents’ names. 　　By Nick Turner 　　It’s no surprise that U.S. vice presidents don’t get a lot of respect in history books. The job doesn’t confer much actual power (unless the commander-in-chief comes to an untimely end), relegating most VPs to...

30 vintage boy names not to be laughed off your list

　　Yes, there are still plenty of viable vintage names for boys that remain frozen in the popularity lists of the past. Some aren’t eligible yet for the 100-year-rule, some suffer from IDD (Image Deficit Disorder), and some have simply been forgotten. Here are 30 examples that we don’t think deserve...

Coachella Boy Baby Names: Mac, Jai & Indio

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Another Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has just wrapped up. Every spring, the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California transforms into a weekend-long music venue, the modern incarnation of Woodstock. 　　We’ve all heard of the 2017 headliners – Lady Gaga, stepping in for pregnant-with-twins Beyonce, Kendrick...

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Gender-Bending Baby Names

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

　　Unisex names are attracting more and more attention for babies of both sexes – but “unisex” doesn’t always mean “gender-neutral”. 　　Unisex vs. Gender Neutral NamesNameberry generally defines unisex names as those given to the minority sex at least 10% of the time. But although those names may qualify as unisex...

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Unusual Baby Names: The Other A Names

Unusual Baby Names: The Other A Names

M Baby Names: Initial of the future? The #1 Baby Names: How popular are they? Name-alytics Unusual Vintage Names: Which might come back? Portuguese Baby Names: The aristo trend Occupational Surnames: Far from a fad Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names Most Popular Baby Names of 2014….so far

Sibling Names: The latest from London

　　Sibling names add a whole layer of complexity to naming a baby. Naming your first child may have been challenge enough — finding names that you like, agreeing on a single name with your partner — but naming a sibling comes with its own set of tasks. 　　The goal of naming siblings...

Top Baby Names 2013: Noah the New Number 1!

　　Noah has unseated Jacob to become the new Number 1 name for boys – the first new top boys’ choice of the 21st century. 　　The boys’ side of the list claims all the hottest news, in a turnaround from the usual pattern in which girls’ names dominate the trend shifts. Liam...

A peek inside the Nameberry bubble

　　Middle names are entering a new era for 2023 and beyond. It’s almost imperative today that middle names be meaningful — whether they honor a relative, relate to a parent’s passion, or reflect an important family value. 　　But middle names today should also be fun. Parents are taking advantage of...

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New Popular Irish Names Revealed

New Popular Irish Names Revealed

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Popular Twin Names

　　Popular twin names used to appear on the Social Security top baby names site, but alas, no more. 　　But while there hasn’t been hard data on the top twin names in the US in over a decade, we can extrapolate from the 2010 twin names data to make some educated...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

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...

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The Best Baby Name Advice

The Best Baby Name Advice

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

　　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...

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...

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...

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