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40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Girls Edition

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　If you scan the annals of distinguished women in American history, culture and science, you’ll find that a surprising number of them had distinctive names as well, names that could provide unique-ish choices with interesting back-stories. Several of them have a funky, fusty period flavor that may...

Apr 17, 2025

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Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora

Apr 17, 2025

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　It happens all the time. 　　You’re expecting your first – or second, or third – and the perfect name eludes you. There are lots of possibilities and maybes, but none of them are The Name. 　　And then along comes a movie, a...

Invented Names Past and Present: From Vanessa to Iridessa

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Angela Mastrodonato, Upswing Baby Names 　　With names, as with other subjects, once I learned my assumptions were wrong, I was put in my place. 　　Pre-kids, I was a name-snob who openly expressed disdain for invented names, grouping all invented names with experimental spellings, and modern word-play creations such as...

Georgian Girls Names: Alethea, Augusta and Jane

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Haley Sedgwick 　　I’ve always loved reading classic books. By the time I was twelve, I’d read a few Shakespearean plays, Pride & Prejudice, and Sense & Sensibility. Shakespeare was great of course; however, Jane Austen gave me even more. With her novels, I got the charming, delightful gentlemen I’d...

Disney Princess Names: How influential are they really?

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　As the mother of a five year-old girl, Frozen was required viewing over the recent school holidays. Somewhere between the first appearance of talking snowman Olaf and the happy ending, I found myself musing about the popularity of Disney-princess names. 　　I’ve long thought that any...

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Is Sailor the New Harper? Hot Girl Names Ending with R

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Beverly

Apr 17, 2025

　　Christina writes: 　　I’m just a few weeks away from my due date and my husband and I are having major naming blocks! With our first I knew her name before we were even married. My grandmother is Theresa and I knew Tessa would be the perfect way to honor that,...

28 Gorgeous Girls’ Names We Love

Apr 17, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Nameberry is lucky enough to have millions of visitors every month, and one of our favorite things to do is check out the baby names that catch your interest. It’s the basis of the Nameberry Top 1000, a list that includes many a favorite in the US...

Name Sage: Girl Name Honoring Jacob

Apr 17, 2025

　　Jennifer writes: 　　I am due soon with our third child and my husband and I are having some problems finalizing a name. We have a common Jewish last name (also popular as a first name). 　　We have two children, Milo Efrem and Reva Whitney. While their names did take us...

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How I Named My Baby: Spencer James

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Best H Names for Boys

Apr 17, 2025

　　Boy names that start with H range from classics like Henry and Harry to newly-favored options such as Huxley and Hayes. Here are some lesser-used, but incredibly handsome, H names for boys. 　　HadrianLatin Adrian has been in the Top 100 since 1990. Add an "H", and you've got Hadrian —...

200 Best Twin Boy Names 2023

Apr 17, 2025

　　What are the best twin boy names for 2023? 　　Good twin boy names have the right strength, style, and vibe for this year. We've gathered our top 100 sets of twin names for boys — 200 names total — that fit the bill. 　　We have inspiration for all types of twin boy...

Best J Names for Boys

Apr 17, 2025

　　Boy names starting with J have been hugely popular ever since the days (okay, centuries) when John was number one. Today, the J names at the top of the charts include other biblical classics like James, Jacob and Joseph, and modern favorites like Jackson and Jayden. 　　If you’re looking for...

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Apr 17, 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...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Apr 17, 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...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Apr 17, 2025

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

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

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The Nameberry 9: Newer oldies and bolder boys

Apr 17, 2025

　　For her The Nameberry 9 this week, Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain sees more adventurous names for boys, some recent revivals for girls, and one surprising gender switch. 　　Last week’s baby name news demonstrated two things: first, there’s no such thing as a name too fusty to make a comeback. Girls’...

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

Apr 17, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel looks at the baby names in the news and finds that many of them are living examples of our last week’s projections. 　　We know that Sophia and Ava, Jacob and Mason will probably stay in the US Top Ten for another few years. But...

Popular Baby Names: The next top names

Apr 17, 2025

　　Popular baby names aren’t always replaced at the top by similar names, though sometimes it feels that way. Emily moves down, Emma moves up. Jason slips, while Jacob and Mason rise. 　　With the new US popularity list due out in less than a month, we thought it would be fun...

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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Apr 17, 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...

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Apr 17, 2025

　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Apr 17, 2025

　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...

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