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Taylor Swift-Inspired Baby Names

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Taylor Swift’s latest video is a who’s who of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming singers, and supermodels galore. 　　(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo YouTube Bad Blood Taylor Swift) stars Taylor as a sort of James Bond/Wonder Woman/Katniss Everdeen warrior extraordinaire. After her fellow BFF-spy betrays her, she enrolls in assassin school and assembles...

She Found the Perfect Name for Baby #7

Rare Girls’ Names of the 1940s: Avis, Marigold and Jinx

Naming a Daughter – At Last!

Flower Baby Names: A rose by any other name…

Name Sage: A Long, Romantic Name for a Girl? Zodiac Baby Names for Girls Cool Word Names for Girls Name Sage: He hates my favorite name Classic Girl Names: Alexandra the Great Girls’ Baby Names: A plethora of P-names Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana! The Spellings of Classic Name Katherine

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Perfect P Baby Names for Girls: Poppy and Pauline

　　By Abby Sandel 　　The two biggest celebrity baby name announcements featured girl names starting with P, and both of those names are pretty unusual in the US. Designer Nate Berkus became the dad of a little girl with the P-starting name Poppy, and actor Vin Diesel became the father of...

VER-y Chic Names for Girls

　　by Kara Blakley 　　Name trend watchers are no longer limiting themselves to the waxing and waning popularity of certain letters. Vowels are certainly having their moment on monogrammed onesies, but endings (particularly -o and -ett) and sounds are catching the attention of keen observers. 　　Recently, Brooke Cussans wrote about PERfect...

Cute Comeback-Kid Nicknames for Girls

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　After a brief hiatus following the Sandy–Mandy–Cindy–Mindy years, nickname names are making a strong comeback. Just recently we’ve seen starbabies with names like Andy (for a girl), Art, Cy, Gus, Josh and Sid on their birth certificates. So with this in mind, we’re embarking here on a...

Top Royal Baby Girl Names

　　What are the top 　　royal names for girls in contention for the new princess born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? Will the royal baby girl be named Alice, the favorite with bookmakers? Diana, the crowd-pleasing choice? Or Elizabeth, one of the most royal names of all — or maybe something completely...

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Heroine Names: A Memorial Day salute

Heroine Names: A Memorial Day salute

Unisex Baby Names: How To Achieve Baby Name Equality Princess Names: Princesses by Marriage (Hi, Kate!) Top Girl Names 2011 Berry Question of the Week: Help name baby #3! GIRLS’ NAMES 2011: The Secret Popularity List Annette & Paulette: The ‘ette’ girls Nameberry Picks: The 12 best feminizations Girls’ Names: Naming a daughter the Pinkett-Smith way

The Mary Month of May

　　For the arrival of May, official month of the Virgin Mary, we revisit her classic name and some of its many variations as possibilities for May baby names. 　　May, as any Catholic schoolchild can tell you, is the official month of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Which might make Mary an appropriate name...

Comic Book Names: The names behind the superwomen

　　In her previous blog, Appelation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel revealed the alter ego names of the male superheroes, and this week it’s the girls’ turn. 　　Last week we looked at comic book names inspired by Clark Kent and Peter Parker – the mild-mannered alter egos of Superman and Spider-Man. 　　More women have...

He Says Shayla, She Says Cecilia: Help this couple agree on a baby name!

　　Our Berry Question of the Week comes from Jen Barnes of Seattle, who’s facing a common problem in Baby Name Land: She and her husband are having trouble agreeing on a name for their second daughter. Here, the names he likes and those that she likes. Your job, dear berries,...

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Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Trending Boy Names I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus Exploring the Meaning of Julian 150+ European Baby Boy Names Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming How I Named My Baby: October Teddy

12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love

　　Looking for a boy name that feels both fashionable and original, that stands out for its rarity but fits with current trends? 　　Boy names are evolving at lightning speed right now, with parents more willing than ever to branch out from traditional choices and embrace individuality in their sons’ names...

80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son

　　What do you get if you cross cottagecore with cowboy names? Meet woodsy names for boys. Woodsy names are the best of each trend — the rugged handsomeness of cowboy names blended with the romantic pastorality and natural elements of cottagecore names. 　　These are the names of woodland heroes and forest...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

　　Boy names ending in a vowel (or a vowel sound) feel lively and distinctive, in an era where consonant names for boys – particularly those ending in N and R – have long dominated the list of popular names. 　　There are now five boy names ending in a vowel sound...

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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave The Coolest Unisex Nature Names How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

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...

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State

　　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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

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Baby Names 2010: The Hottest Trends

Baby Names 2010: The Hottest Trends

2009 Baby Names: What Was In, Out, Hot, Not This Year Twilight Baby Names: Beyond Bella & Edward Hottest Celebrity Baby Name Trends The Lost Letter P: Whatever happened to Peter, Patti, and Paul? Children’s Book Names: From Aidan to Zoe Midwestern Baby Names: What’s heading north in North Dakota? Regional Name trends: Different states of mind I-Initial Names: Eyes on the ‘I’s’

Baby Names 2010: What Names Are Heading This Way?

　　What will baby names 2010 (and 2011, 2012, and onward) look like? We can get a lot of clues from which names are moving up fastest on the Social Security most popular names list of 2009. 　　While we reported the major news from the list earlier this week – Isabella...

Irish Names Now: What’s doing in Dublin?

　　We’ve been scrutinizing your responses to our recent survey, in particular the question that asked what you’d like to see more of on nameberry, with an eye to accommodating your suggestions. Quite a few responders put in requests for more ethnic names— with pronunciations—and a couple took note of our blog...

French Baby Names: The latest trends in French prenoms

　　Baby names in France have never been shorter: exit Sébastien, Alexandre, Frédéric, Caroline, Nathalie, Angélique—the popular names of the 1980’s. Emma, Léa, Clara now take the limelight as the most popular French girl names, while Lucas, Enzo and Nathan dominate the popularity list of French boy names. 　　As a result,...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East Baby Names Before 1850 Top Baby Name Influencers 2023 The Best of the Rarest Baby Names Popular Twin Names Top Names in Each State Revealed! Classic Baby Names on the Rise Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

　　Have you ever known the excitement of meeting a Ben who is not Just Another Benjamin but is, in fact, Benedict? Or Nicki whose “secret” full name is Danika? If so, this list is for you. 　　Rare full names with familiar nicknames can be the best of both worlds, for...

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

　　We often cover rare and unique names — from creative modern inventions to unusual place and nature names. The names below are rare too, but with a difference. 　　You've almost certainly heard of them. (And so have your parents.) 　　Even if you don't know someone with them in real life,...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

The Best Baby Name Advice Updating Popular 1950s Names How to Change Your Baby’s Name Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup Unique Twin Names to Inspire Name Change Resources

What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...

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