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Kimye Kname Kraziness

　　It’s close to midnight after noon, the end middle of Day 2 3 or maybe we can call this Day 3 4 of the Kim and Kanye Baby Name Watch. You know they’re not going to announce the name tonight right this minute, because most sane journalists are already asleep out to lunch. 　　We’ll find...

Name the All-Girl Quints!

Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

The Blooming of Lily

Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth

Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far) Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair Bold Names for Girls Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name

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Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　Are we becoming more tolerant of creative names? 　　My kids’ friends and classmates are a diverse lot, and their names reflect it. There’s Seamus and Shivarama, a boy named Delaney and a girl called Jordan. Yes, we have Matthew and Sam...

Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The crystalline clear classic Claire has seen an impressive rise recently—entering the Top 50 for the very first time in 2011—and bringing Cousin Clara and other relatives slip-streaming along with her. The perfect time to take a closer look at this clear-eyed family. 　　CLAIRE—Currently favored spelling Claire...

Pretty Girl Names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　One of the search terms that sends a lot of people to Nameberry every day is “pretty girl names.” 　　Are they searching for names that are pretty, we wonder, or names that sound as if they belong to pretty girls? Or maybe what people are after...

Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls

　　Great girls’ names abound in books, from classic characters like Jane Eyre and Scarlett O’Hara to more contemporary heroines like Matilda and Katniss. 　　So for our Question of the Week, we’d like to know: What are your favorite girls’ literary names? 　　Consult our master list of literary names for girls for inspiration....

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How I Named My Baby: Atlas Rose

How I Named My Baby: Atlas Rose

Finding Rare Celtic Girl Names How I Named My Baby: Henrietta Beatrice New Girl Names: 11 Fresh Choices How I Named My Baby: Callahan Bay How I Named My Baby: Magnolia James Narrowing Down Your Name List Name Sage: Replacing a Favorite Name Wanted: A Girls’ Name That’s NOT Popular

Little Women Sets New Name Trends

　　Greta Gerwig’s new Little Women, the latest remake of the beloved 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott, is sure to launch a range of style trends, including a fashion for its most celebrated names. 　　 Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy must be one of the...

Confronting Name Regret

　　They’ve brought home their new baby, but her name just doesn’t seem to fit. Time for practical strategies for confronting name regret, and finding the best possible name for their daughter. 　　C writes:I am having serious name regret. We named our daughter Leila Rose. The name Leila was on our...

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...

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Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again

Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again

Boys’ Names in Limbo: Is Roy ready to return? How about Howard? To V or Not To V? Can this Mom break family tradition? Can’t Find A Name You Love? Maybe you’ve got BNDD Unusual Boys’ Names: 12 Fresh Biblical Choices Top Boy Names 2011 Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names BOYS’ NAMES 2011: The Underground Popularity List Occupation names: A Labor Day celebration

Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

　　There’s a whole posse of cowboy baby names in Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s roundup of this week’s newsiest names. 　　Some weeks, it feels like all of the birth announcements are from one big extended family. 　　Nameberry dubbed this style trend Iconoclastic Cowboy, and indeed, it does seem to be popular...

Stylish vs Popular: The boys’ edition

　　Yesterday we did a rundown on the divide between the girls’ names that are stylish to the point where it feels like they must be popular and those that are actually, statistically widely used. It’s especially hard to distinguish when it comes to the names we see appearing so often in berry...

Classic Boys’ Names: Let’s hear it for Henry!

　　Why does Henry consistently rank as one of the top two Nameberry favorite boys’ names? (Finn is the other one.) 　　Because in many ways Henry is the most perfect of the classic boys’ names—as historic as James and John and William –yet with a quirkier edge that makes it seem modern, and even hip. 　　Henry...

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham The Coolest Unisex Nature Names The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State Unisex Names Across the Atlantic 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

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...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

　　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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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of How Millennial Is Your Name? These Names Are At Their Peak Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide The Top Names We're Watching for 2024 Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023 What's a Classic Name? Ancient Names for Babies

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

America's Next Top Baby Names

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

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Popular Dutch Names We Should Borrow

Popular Dutch Names We Should Borrow

Vintage Baby Names: Testing the 100-year rule The REAL Top Baby Names of All Time! Forgotten Names Return to the Charts Top Baby Names 2020 Revealed! The Top Scottish Names You Never Hear Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning? The Hottest Baby Names of 2020 And the Next Big Baby Names Are….

Rare Baby Names Worth Rescuing

　　These rare baby names are in the charts, but only just. They were each given to only five babies, the minimum before the name disappears from the records completely. 　　If you’re looking for unusual name inspiration way down at the bottom of the US popularity charts, it can be daunting....

Top Baby Names in Scotland 2020

　　The top baby names in Scotland for 2020 have landed! If you love Scottish and British names, they’re not to be missed. 　　It’s extra exciting this year because the National Records of Scotland didn’t release provisional data at the end of the year, as they usually do. So, shiny brand...

U Names for Babies Are the Most Unique

　　Names that start with U are by definition unique: U is the rarest first intial! But wait — before you skip from the T’s of Thea and Theo to the V’s of Violet and Viggo, pause for a moment and consider these unique U-name possibilities, from the storied Ulysses to...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name Name Change Resources How to Cope With Baby Name Regret How to Change Your Baby’s Name Unique Twin Names to Inspire Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Updating Popular 1950s Names

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...

How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

　　Since parents today invest so much thought and effort into finding the right name for their child, we get a lot of queries asking for advice on what to name the baby, and we do try to accentuate the positive. 　　But we also find it incumbent upon us to point...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

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