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Cool Boy Names: The Nameberry 9

　　Just in case you’ve been agonizing about the lack of good names for boys, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel presents the case for cool boy names in this week’s The Nameberry 9. 　　Convinced there are no great names for boys? 　　Spend a few minutes on message boards and you’ll hear the laments. ...

Dec 12, 2024

Boys’ Names: This week’s newsiest picks, from Barnaby to Jasper to Ned

Boys’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100

Would You Crowd-Source Your Baby’s Name?

Top Boy Names 2012

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Celebrity Babies: Reese Witherspoon’s boy Tennessee James

Dec 12, 2024

　　The revelation of Tennessee as the name of Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth’s baby boy came as something of a surprise to the celebrity babies‘ name-watching world—but perhaps it shouldn’t have been, what with other recent starkids named Alabama, Indiana and Arizona. And a simple Google search will tell you that though...

Can’t Find A Name You Love? Maybe you’ve got BNDD

Dec 12, 2024

　　Ohio mom of two Kristen Hunger had an easy — make that ecstatic — experience naming her first two children, Colette and Weston, pictured above. But this time around? She can’t find a single name she loves….and she’s afraid she knows why. 　　It was bound to happen. After two pregnancies...

Nameberry Picks: The 12 best ‘You-can-call-me-Al’ names

Dec 12, 2024

　　One of Paul Simon‘s biggest hits was a song titled “You Can Call Me Al.” But, really, who calls anyone Al anymore? 　　Once upon a time, a century ago or so, Al was almost as commonplace a nickname as Joe or Jim, Bill or Bob. Al itself stood independently at Number 298, a casual...

Todd and Troy, Keith and Kent: Can those old surfer-boy names resurface?

Dec 12, 2024

　　After decades of classic Thomases and Timothys, Richards and Roberts, nothing sounded cooler in the sixties and seventies than a sleek, new, single-syllable name. I’m not talking about those that were just short-form nicknames like Josh and Jeff and Brad and Greg, or the inauthentic Hollywood-invented names like Rock or...

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Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far)

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The Blooming of Lily

Dec 12, 2024

　　By K. M Sheard of Nook of Names 　　I have been musing about names which, on the surface, appear to be straightforward adoptions of English words, but are, in fact — in origin at least — entirely unrelated. The most popular name of this kind currently in use is Lily. 　　Lily...

Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Wowza! 　　I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer quantity, gorgeousness and wild originality of the names reported in the Birth Announcement forums for this third quarter of the year, from July through the end of September. So overwhelmed, in fact, that I’m dividing the results into two...

Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Dec 12, 2024

　　My friend Kim loved the name Cordelia. This was in my pre-Nameberry days, and Cordelia‘s been off the Top 1000 since 1950: It certainly wasn’t a name that it occurred to me to love. 　　Still…..Cordelia. The more I thought about it, the more I loved Cordelia. Thanks, Kim, for the...

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Boys’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100

Biblical Baby Names: Why Noah now? Boys’ Names in Limbo: Is Roy ready to return? How about Howard? Would You Crowd-Source Your Baby’s Name? Literary Character Surnames: Wentworth, Gatsby and Holmes Boys’ Names: This week’s newsiest picks, from Barnaby to Jasper to Ned Todd and Troy, Keith and Kent: Can those old surfer-boy names resurface? To V or Not To V? Can this Mom break family tradition? Stylish vs Popular: The boys’ edition

Cool Boy Names: The Nameberry 9

Dec 12, 2024

Top Boy Names 2012

Dec 12, 2024

　　Finn has taken over as Nameberry’s top boy name for 2012, claiming the Number 1 spot held last year by Asher. Former most popular boys’ name Henry drops to Number 3. 　　The names on our boys’ Top 10 remain the same as last year, except that Owen and Felix have...

Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh

Dec 12, 2024

　　What with the movie Ted, starring an outrageously potty-mouthed teddy bear, having been a box office sensation, and celebs giving their baby boys the actual first or middle name of Bear, this seems like a perfect time to think about Teddy and other fictional bear names for possible inspiration. 　　So,...

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The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

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Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　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 Across the Atlantic

Dec 12, 2024

　　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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Babyberries: Class of 2023!

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New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Dec 12, 2024

　　New York baby namers love sleek, streamlined girl names like Rose and Claire, while Dallas favorites like Willa and Evangeline bring a touch of Southern charm. 　　Scottish namers are drawn to rugged boy names with a local flavor, such as Innes and Struan. And in Auckland, New Zealand, you'll find...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Dec 12, 2024

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

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The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name?

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Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report

Dec 12, 2024

　　Time again for one of my absolute favorite activities—rounding up the names that Berries have chosen over the past three-month period. These are the winning picks after all the options were weighed– so often the result of enlightened discussions with and suggestions from fellowberries. 　　Today’s Quarterly Report includes an even...

Vintage Baby Names: What’s your era?

Dec 12, 2024

　　VINTAGE NAMES: What era are you? 　　Unless you’re a baby namer focused on finding a newly created or cutting-edge name, chances are you’ve considered using one from the past. But which part of the past? An ancient name or one from earlier in the 20th century? 　　So, the question of the...

Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa

Dec 12, 2024

　　The term Latin American, of course, takes in a number of countries and cultures, with both shared name histories and trends and distinctly individual ones. The names in Portuguese-speaking Brazil are, for example, quite different from those in the various Spanish-speaking cultures. Some currently popular names prove to be international...

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Dec 12, 2024

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

Dec 12, 2024

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...