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Classic Girls’ Names: What’s your favorite?

　　There are so many gorgeous classic girls’ names to love — from the classic classics like Katherine and Elizabeth to the fashionable classics such as Clara or Juliet. 　　Then there are the quieter classics such as Ruth and Helen and Mary, a bit sleepy at the moment, as well as...

Jan 13, 2025

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Top 100 Girl Names of 2014

Boy Names for Girls & New Names for Boys

Accentuating the Positive: Baby names with accents

A Sad Farewell to The Nook of Names Nicknames: Waltzing with Tilda and Tilly Top-Ten-Then Girls: Shirley, Bertha and Bessie 12 Literary Ladies: Unique names from Abra to Sapphira Polly put the kettle on and we’ll all have a nursery rhyme name! Hiding in Plain Sight: the Secret Popularity of Lynn and Lee Girls’ Baby Names: A plethora of P-names 1950s Girls’ Names: Where are Sharon and Sandra now?

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What’s your favorite flower name?

Jan 13, 2025

　　Flower names for girls never go out of style, and for good reason! 　　Flower names have a fresh femininity which has appealed to parents throughout the ages, but they can also make a meaningful choice. 　　Choosing a seasonal flower name can be a sweet way to connect your baby girl...

Buttoned-up Girls’ Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　The trendiest girls’ names of recent years have been flowery and elaborate: Isabella and Sophia, Olivia and Arianna. They end in vowels….and often begin with them too. And if they’re not exotic confections, stylish girls’ names are often gender-and-tradition-confounding novelties such as Harper and Hadley and...

PERfect Girls’ Names: juniPER, harPER and PERsephone

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Brooke Cussans at Baby Name Pondering 　　Just starting your name search or stuck in a rut? Not sure where to start, or just need some fresh inspiration? Then how about one for every day of the week! Here are seven names containing the PER sound – one “per” day...

Naming a Girl: Cute, classic, or somewhere in-between

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Katie Price’s firstborn daughter has Nymphadora Tonks syndrome. 　　By now, you might have heard that British glamour model-turned-reality star Katie Price has welcomed a daughter with a surprising name: Bunny. 　　That’s the way Katie rolls. Her older daughter is Princess, and Katie apparently shortlisted Duchess...

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Girls’ Baby Names: Amabel, Amity and Amaryllis

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Classic Baby Names: Finding the perfect variation

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Sarahbeth Caplin 　　First day of fourth grade: the teacher takes attendance with strict efficiency. Since my last name begins with C, I am the fifth student called. “Sarah Caplin?” I raise my hand. By the time she gets to the end of the list, it is apparent that Sarah...

30 Gorgeous Girl Names We Love

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Last year, we took a look at 28 names that our readers love. How do we know for sure? We’re lucky enough to have millions of visitors every month, and we maintain the Nameberry Top 1000 based on the most visited name pages. 　　Our Top 1000 looks an...

Flower Baby Names: A child’s garden of names

Jan 13, 2025

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Scottish Surnames: Beyond Campbell and Cameron

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Confessions of a Desperate Baby-Namer

Jan 13, 2025

　　Guest blogger Teresa Strasser, a comedy writer whose new blog is called Exploiting My Baby, is desperate for one good boys’ name for her son, due in October. How far will she go to find it? 　　I know from that stupidly catchy viral “Pregnant Women are Smug” song that pregnant...

A Dozen Neglected Biblical Boys’ Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　In the most recent list of Most Popular Boys ‘ Names, all five of the top five names came from the Good Book, accounting for well over 100,000 of the boy babies born in the US. Obviously, many parents–whether for religious reasons or not–continue to be attracted to names with this strong...

Celebrity Baby Names: The Un-Weirdly-Named Starbaby Boys

Jan 13, 2025

　　If you were to go solely by the tabloids, you might think that every celebrity’s baby boy was given the name of a New York borough or a Disney character or was his parents’ quirky Scrabble-letter invention. 　　Au contraire. 　　There is a very healthy segment of show biz parents who...

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave The Coolest Unisex Nature Names 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames The Top Unisex Names in Every US State How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Jan 13, 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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 13, 2025

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 13, 2025

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

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Ancient Names for Babies

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New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Jan 13, 2025

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich

Jan 13, 2025

　　Old money names conjure the aspirational lifestyle provided by generational wealth — elite country clubs, prep schools, and holidays in the countryside. The old money aesthetic is being felt beyond baby names — this prep-rebrand is suddenly everywhere. 　　Fashion runways are filled with pleated skirts, penny loafers, and pearl necklaces. Americans...

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How Gen Z Is Your Name?

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names 30 Great Names You’re Not Using! Top Baby Name Influencers 2023 Popular Twin Names The Top Baby Names A-Z New Popular Irish Names Revealed Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Jan 13, 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...

20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

Jan 13, 2025

　　You know when you see a child (or a picture of one) and think, “Dang, that kid is cooler than I’ll ever be”? That’s how we feel when we hear a lot of the most popular names in France. 　　I mean, imagine having a playdate with little Capucine or Timéo....

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Jan 13, 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...

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine How to Cope With Baby Name Regret How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister Updating Popular 1950s Names It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

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

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 13, 2025

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 13, 2025

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...