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How I Named My Baby: Xander Steele

　　Kristen, a stay-at-home mom, and Alex, a mechanic, live in Elmont, Michigan with their six-month-old son. Their baby boy Xander Steele was born on April 6, 2021. 　　Below, we speak with Kristen about how she and Alex chose the name Xander Steele for their little boy. 　　Tell me about how...

Nov 22, 2024

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Old Man Names Get a New Lease of Life

Nov 22, 2024

　　Old man names are the new old lady names. 　　They’re the next frontier of vintage baby names, that is. Old-fashioned girl names – from sweet Alice and Violet to sparky Beatrix and Zelda – have felt almost unilaterally cool for several years now. 　　But old man names have traditionally found...

Scandinavian Boy Names Hit the Sweet Spot

Nov 22, 2024

　　Scandinavian boy names offer a rich pool of names that are deep-rooted but little-used and sometimes unknown in other parts of the world. 　　With a few exceptions, like Eric, Scandinavian names — focusing here on Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland — didn’t figure much in the American name landscape of...

Name Sage: Third Boy Needs a Cool and Traditional Name

Nov 22, 2024

　　Amanda writes:I have two boys: Jack Mansfield and Jude Michael and just found out our third child is another boy!My list - approximately 292,929,292 pages long - includes all the simply beautiful and perfect name combinations I absolutely adore for girls. 　　Meanwhile, my boy list is … lacking. Typically I...

How I Named My Baby: Casper Jerome

Nov 22, 2024

　　Andrea and Dylan are attorneys living in Arizona. They have a one-year-old son named Casper Jerome and are now expecting their second child this November. 　　We talked with Andrea about saints’ names, sibling names, and how they chose the name Casper for their little boy. 　　Tell me about Casper’s name!Dylan...

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Top Baby Names of 2016 (so far)

Nov 22, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　The most popular baby names of 2016 (so far) have been tallied, and we have a new Number 1 name for girls: Olivia. 　　This is the first time Olivia has taken the top spot in Nameberry’s popularity polls, unseating Charlotte. Olivia ranks in second place in...

Girls’ Baby Names: Stylish but Unusual Choices

Nov 22, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Girls’ names that end in the lee sound – from Ellie to Lily to Natalie to Riley and Everly – have been growing in popularity in recent years. In fact, sometimes it seems as if almost any girls’ name that ends in ly or ley or...

Name Sage: Can Laura Name Her Daughter Cora?

Nov 22, 2024

　　Laura writes: 　　My husband loves the name Cora for the baby girl (our first) that we are expecting. 　　I initially was opposed, but it really has grown on me. I like its simplicity and sort of vintage feel. 　　The only problem? My name is Laura! 　　The rhyming factor seems very...

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80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son

Nov 22, 2024

　　What do you get if you cross cottagecore with cowboy names? Meet woodsy names for boys. Woodsy names are the best of each trend — the rugged handsomeness of cowboy names blended with the romantic pastorality and natural elements of cottagecore names. 　　These are the names of woodland heroes and forest...

Brother Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　Choosing the right brother names involves striking the right balance. Ideally, brother names should be coordinated in a clear way — such as style or origin — but you want the names to be distinctive, so the brother set doesn’t feel too matchy. 　　Looking for brother names with similar style is...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Nov 22, 2024

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...

Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Nov 22, 2024

　　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

Nov 22, 2024

　　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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Baby Names 2014: Which names do you think we’ll be hearing more of?

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Unusual Vintage Names: Which might come back?

Nov 22, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The folks at the Social Security Administration publish not only the thousand most popular names for every year dating back to 1880, but also the Top 200 names for every decade, making it possible to see broader patterns and trends. 　　I was scanning these decade lists to...

British Name Trends 2013:The Bees, the Evs and the Teds

Nov 22, 2024

　　By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　2013 has been an interesting year for British appellations. As it comes to a close, let’s take a look back at some of the most prevalent trends and influences on baby names in Britain this year. 　　LITTLE BEES 　　One syllable ‘B’ names have been...

Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　When Americans think about chic European names, they tend to imagine the exotic, the elaborate, the intriguingly complicated and foreign. 　　Yet when Europeans think about chic names, they often these days mean the short and simple and sometimes even the Anglo-Saxon: Tom, Emma, Lou. Think of them as the baby...

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Nov 22, 2024

　　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...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Nov 22, 2024

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Nov 22, 2024

　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Nov 22, 2024

　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Nov 22, 2024

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Nov 22, 2024

　　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...