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10th Anniversary: Nameberry Goes Global!

　　Nameberry is loved by users from all over the world, and our database of over 70,000 baby names reflects the diversity of you – our audience. Today we continue our 10 year anniversary celebrations by looking at the international names that we’ve discovered and loved over the last 10 years....

Jan 10, 2025

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Baby Names in the News: Solstice, Atom & Mickey

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes dramatic word names, on-trend starbaby arrivals, and new popularity lists from the US, Canada and beyond. 　　Wild new year namesWe saw lots of New Year’s Day baby names last week, but here are a couple more standouts among the first arrivals of 2019....

Scottish Baby Names: Most Popular in 2018

Jan 10, 2025

　　by Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　Racing ahead of the rest of the UK when it comes to timely releasing its data, this week, Scotland published its full list of Scottish baby names registered in 2018. 　　Sticking with tradition, the Top 5 saw little change. Olivia remained in the #1...

How Important to You is a Name’s Distinctiveness?

Jan 10, 2025

　　We all know that the official popularity rankings don’t tell us everything there is to know about how popular our favorite baby names really are… 　　First, there’s regional variation: a cursory glance at the state-by-state popularity charts will tell you that parents in Oregon who are looking for an uncommon...

Starbaby and Other Name News of the Week

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes name announcements from YouTubers, popular names in Canada and Scotland, and debate over a Christmassy name. 　　Stylish starbaby names: Flynn and FreyDo you like keeping up with celebrity baby names? You’re not alone. The most-Googled starbaby names of 2018 included some that you’d...

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Yes, Virginia, Your Name Could Make a Comeback

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Boys to Girls–Baby Name Gender Switches

Jan 10, 2025

　　Let’s say you have a two-year-old son named Connor. Then suddenly you wake up one morning and see that Scarlett Superstar has just named her new baby daughter Connor. And the thought runs through your mind–omg!!–are thousands of other parents now going to follow her lead and name their little...

Tiger Woods Baby Name Charlie, a Sibling for Sam. But Which Is The Boy and Which Is The Girl?

Jan 10, 2025

　　 Charlie and Sam are typical of an emerging pattern linking two current trends: nicknames and ambigender names. Sam followed on the avalanche of Samanthas, often called Sam, which resulted in some parents cutting straight to the short form–Denise Richards, for one, used it for her daughter in 2004. And Charlie,...

The Mary Month of May

Jan 10, 2025

　　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 for a girl born this month, except after a 400 year run, Mary is more than ready for semi-retirement. 　　The good news is that...

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12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love

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Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

Jan 10, 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...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...

How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique

Jan 10, 2025

　　Classic boy names are wonderful except for the fact that they’re so common. Yes, there have been many august Williams; sure, it’s a name resonant on your family tree; except, there are thousands (11,282, to be exact) of baby Williams out there. 　　But among the wonderful qualities of classic boy...

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The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Jan 10, 2025

　　Want to know the most gender-neutral nonbinary baby names? Depending where you live, they could be anything from Amani to Zen. 　　The most nonbinary names in the US are different from the most popular unisex names (which usually lean male or female). Here we’re talking about names that strike a...

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

Jan 10, 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...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Jan 10, 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...

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The Nameberry 9:This week’s newsiest names are right smack on trend

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

Jan 10, 2025

　　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....

9 Terrific Baby Names Starting with T

Jan 10, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Girl names starting with T have faded in recent years, with only the unisex Taylor ranking even close to the Top 100. Boy names beginning with the letter T are led by Theodore, which now ranks above the classic Thomas. 　　Why is it that certain letters have...

Old School Nicknames

Jan 10, 2025

　　Vintage names have been cool for a while now, but old school nicknames are just starting to come into their own. 　　The Brits have led the way on the revival of the retro nickname, with their fashionable little Alfies and Evies, Freddys and Teddys — though Teddy just might be...

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Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Jan 10, 2025

　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Jan 10, 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,...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Jan 10, 2025

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Jan 10, 2025

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Jan 10, 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...