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　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel leads us into the jungle for some wild animal names. 　　Not so long ago, baby boys were named Jason and Kevin and Joshua, and a lynx was something we saw at the zoo on the kindergarten field trip. 　　Now a growing number of boys...

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Father’s Day Names: Dads of the rich and famous

Apr 18, 2025

　　It’s Father’s Day, and once more this year we commemorate the holiday with a list of some notable names of the paternal parents of celebrities of various times and places, with some truly unusual examples, as in Archulus (Truman Capote) and Belmont (Humphrey Bogart). It turns out that quite a number of past (and...

Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names

Apr 18, 2025

　　Heroes and villains, famous and infamous, real life, big and small screen characters and the actors who played them—there’s a whole genre of cowboy names that have a certain swagger and western twang all their own. 　　Here are a dozen of the best: who they were and why we like...

Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review

Apr 18, 2025

　　_Covering the week of January 25 to 31st, Abby Sandel– creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– unearths some treasures in the male Oscar nominee names announced this week._ 　　The list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards came out last week. Even though the only category in which I’ve actually seen all the...

Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

Apr 18, 2025

　　As promised, here is our first Week in Review by Abby Sandel–creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– bringing you a roundup of the latest baby name news of the week every Monday from hereon in. 　　Early January brought round-ups of The Most Popular Names of 2010, at least according to a...

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Apr 18, 2025

　　Shae writes: 　　My wife and I are expecting our first daughter in early July and cannot lock in a name. 　　I love distinctively classic feminine names that have a touch of alternative, like Florence, Clementine, and Estelle. 　　My wife likes more “tomboy” names like Pippa, Hudson, and Quinn. None of...

Happy 100th Birthday, Olivia!

Apr 18, 2025

　　By Lauren Der 　　Olivia has been the second most popular girls’ name in the US for the two years running, and Golden Age Hollywood star Olivia de Havilland was one of the first people to bring it to prominence here decades ago. The last surviving star of Gone With the...

Short, Sophisticated Girl Names You’ll Love

Apr 18, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Congratulations to Eddie Redmayne and Hannah Bagshawe on the arrival of their daughter, Iris Mary. 　　The Oscar-winning actor and his public relations executive wife chose a sophisticated, nickname-proof name for their first child. Iris has so many qualities expectant parents seek. It’s literary and glamorous, but not...

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Royal Baby Name: It’s Louis Arthur Charles!

Apr 18, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Much to everyone’s amazement, from British naming experts to the betting public, Louis Arthur Charles is the name of the new British prince, Queen Elizabeth’s sixth great-grandchild and fifth in line to the throne. 　　After four days of nail-biting anticipation and speculation, the name of His Royal...

Bold Boy Names: What Goes with Riggins?

Apr 18, 2025

　　Remember Riggins? His family is back for another boy name! Because if it’s difficult to decide whether or not to use an out-there name for a son, imagine what it’s like to name his brother! 　　Jocelyn writes: 　　I’m back for more advice! I previously questioned you on my family and...

Baby Name Challenge: Naming a 7th boy!

Apr 18, 2025

　　By Katherine Morna Towne 　　I can name twenty children on paper, easy. More, even. It’s not at all difficult for me to come up with exciting first name ideas paired with perfect middle names, with family names and saint names easily woven into each combination. I can construct each first+middle...

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

Apr 18, 2025

　　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...

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

Apr 18, 2025

　　Gender neutral names are susceptible to the same shifts in popularity as traditionally gendered names, but these shifts can differ between the sexes. This makes it more interesting to examine the directions of unisex names, which fluctuate in girl-boy ratio from year to year. 　　Nameberry defines gender neutral names as...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Apr 18, 2025

　　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...

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Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

Apr 18, 2025

　　And that’s a wrap on the celebrity names of 2023. This year saw a number of notable celebrity baby names, including Techno Mechanicus, Rocky Thirteen, and Louetta Isley. 　　In addition, many A-list celebrity babies were born in 2023, such as the unnamed babies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and...

Ancient Names for Babies

Apr 18, 2025

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

Apr 18, 2025

　　Which baby names will be on top in 2024? 　　If we're speaking literally, you can expect to see the same few names on the tippy-top of the charts — Olivia and Emma, Liam and Noah. But it's a lot more fun to look at the fastest-rising names — the choices rapidly...

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5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Apr 18, 2025

　　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...

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Apr 18, 2025

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Apr 18, 2025

　　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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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Apr 18, 2025

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Apr 18, 2025

　　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...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Apr 18, 2025

　　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...