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New Baby Boy Names: Inspired by Trees

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Ever think that every possible baby name has been used? 　　This week’s baby name news proved that it just isn’t so. English actor Jack Huston – you know him from Boardwalk Empire – and American model Shannan Click welcomed a son, Cypress Night. Cypress joins big sister...

Jan 11, 2025

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Name Sage: A Brother for Ivan Lawrence

Jan 11, 2025

　　Jacqui writes: 　　I hope that you might be able to put some fresh eyes on a debate my husband and I are having about the name of our second child! 　　Our first is named Ivan Lawrence. I liked that Ivan is different, but not too different. I also liked the...

Romantic Baby Names for Boys: Valentino, Romeo and Rhett

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　St. Valentine’s day always brings to mind romantic baby name possibilities, but more often than not they’re of the female persuasion, usually lacy, multi-syllabic Victorian pretties like Arabella and Melissande. But hey–there are plenty of romantic names on the boys’s side as well, whether through sound, meaning,...

Star Wars Baby Names for Boys

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　The first Star Wars movie debuted way back in 1977. If you’re welcoming a baby in 2016, chances are that you’ve never known a world without Luke and Leia, Han and Chewbacca, and, of course, the menacing Darth Vader. 　　Now there’s a new installment in movie theaters, the seventh...

We Named Kim & Kanye’s Baby!

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Kim and Kanye’s baby son was born this morning, and while lots of joke baby names have been thrown about, from Easton to South to Yeezus, the new parents have confessed that they are seriously stumped on finding a good name. 　　So we have some ideas...

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Aviatrix Names: Flying high with the names of pioneer pilots

Jan 11, 2025

　　Everyone knows the name of Amelia Earhart, but how many others do we know of the equally daring female pilots—then called aviatrixes– who made their mark during the early days of flying? 　　In the wild and wooly barnstorming, daredevil days of aviation from its beginnings to World War II, there were few occupations...

Baby Names 2010: Top 100 Girls’ Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　See the hottest names for 2011! 　　Baby names 2010, nameberry style, are a fascinating collection, with Charlotte still at the top of the list for girls. Seraphina and Olivia follow at numbers 2 and 3, as they did at the end of the first quarter. 　　Names making the biggest leap...

Science Heroine Names: Inspiration from scientific barrier breakers

Jan 11, 2025

　　To commemorate this week’s International Women’s Day (we’re only a day late), we thought that this time we’d look not at creative artists or political figures, but at accomplished female scientists and mathematicians. These range in time from the 4th century BC to the recent past, all of them women...

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How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique

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Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

Jan 11, 2025

　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...

Traditional Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 11, 2025

　　Traditional boy names remain perennially popular with parents today, in spite of the broader trend towards ever more unique baby names for both sexes. 　　But that doesn’t necessarily mean that all traditional names for boys are popular. As well as the core classic boy names – like John, James and...

Strong Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 11, 2025

　　Strong boy names are a powerful trend right now, as parents increasingly turn to names with positive meanings of strength and resilience in troubling times. 　　Strong boy names include those that literally mean strength, power or might – from popular classics like Ethan and Ezekiel, to rare and unique choices...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

Jan 11, 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...

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Jan 11, 2025

　　Happy Pride 2023! 　　Pride icon names celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the inspiring history behind the fight for equal rights. 　　It's more than half a century since the first Pride parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, commemorating the Stonewall Riots of the previous summer....

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Jan 11, 2025

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

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Nameberry’s Newest Arrivals Announced!

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Starbaby Predictions: First and middles

Jan 11, 2025

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　My latest starbaby predictions include some thoughts on middle names. 　　Celebrity baby middle names don’t get as much attention as first names, but they can be equally as exciting. Take Anne Hathaway’s son’s middle name, Rosebanks. It’s a portmanteau of two family names—a creative solution to honor...

Nameberry’s Popular Baby Names 2019

Jan 11, 2025

　　The popular baby names 2019 on Nameberry are here, with Olivia retaining her crown as the Number 1 girls’ name and Milo taking the top spot for boys. 　　Nameberry’s annual Top 1000 Names list is based on views of our individual name pages over the full year. The complete roster...

Baby Name Trends: and other news of the week

Jan 11, 2025

　　This week’s name news includes baby name trends, some stunning “sweet spot” celebrity baby names, the thorny issue of baby name theft, and a celebration of unique baby names of all shapes, sizes and sources. 　　Celebrity Baby NewsIt’s aaaaa… baby for Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds! 　　Blake Lively and Ryan...

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The Nameberry 9: Unusual but usable boys’names

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The 50-Year Rule: 1962 names revisited

Jan 11, 2025

　　Conventional wisdom holds that baby names tend to follow the Hundred-Year-Rule, cycling back after a century has passed. But with everything speeding up exponentially in modern life, and with the great interest in all things mid-century, we’re thinking maybe we should change that to the Fifty-Year-Rule. 　　Which prompts us to...

Nameberry’s Most Popular Features of 2012

Jan 11, 2025

　　Forget Katniss and Finn: Today we leave individual baby names behind and bring you the most popular features on Nameberry in 2012. 　　Sifting through nearly100 million page views on the site, these are our most-read blogs, our lists that attracted the highest number of viewers, our most commented-on forums, and...

They Wrecked My Baby Name!

Jan 11, 2025

　　It was a headline we couldn’t resist: Names You Like That Have Been “Ruined” for You. 　　Visitors to the forum have as many ways their favorites have been ruined — by movies, celebrities, and insensitive friends — as they have lamented name loves. 　　The topic is so provocative we thought...

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 11, 2025

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...