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Mom Names: Lady Gaga’s Mama and more!

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　It’s become a Nameberry tradition. In celebration of Mother’s Day, we honor a dozen moms who not only have raised highly successful offspring, but who also happen to have—yes—memorable names themselves. Here is this year’s list of the Top 12, including the mom names of Lady Gaga,...

Dec 28, 2024

Tailored but Feminine Girl Names

Traditional Girl Names with a Twist

Black History Names: Amazing Women Athletes

Girl Names: For International Women’s Day

Popular Girl Names: Lost in the La-Crowd Celebrity Baby Names Q+A: Elizabeth Holmes Cool Short Middle Names for Girls Sibset: A name for Jack’s baby sister Inspiring International Names from the Women’s World Cup Girl Baby Names: 50 Sweetest Sweet-Spot Names Biblical Girl Names for Now Yes, Millennial Mom Names Can Work for Alpha Era Girls!

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Girl Middle Names: What’s best for Gracie?

Dec 28, 2024

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Let’s solve the riddle of the girl middle name for their due-in-December daughter. 　　Stephanie writes: 　　We are expecting our first child, a daughter, in December. We are going with Gracie for her first name (not Grace, but Gracie), but we cannot find a middle name we love....

Valentine’s Day Names: Lovable Love Words

Dec 28, 2024

　　Valentine baby names mean love and romance in every possible way. Today we look at names that mean love, heart, sweetness, and more, to celebrate the holiday in the name of your own lovebug. 　　The Valentine FamilyLet’s begin with the star of the show. The name Valentine (in Latin, Valentinus)...

Gorgeous Greek Girl Names

Dec 28, 2024

　　It’s not that Greek girl names have been totally neglected. After all, in the US Top 300 alone, we find Sophia at #5, followed by Chloe and Zoe, Penelope, Cora, Lydia, Alexa and Alexandra, Iris, Evangeline and Thea. 　　But there is still a wealth of Greek girl names waiting to...

23 Cool New TV Girl Names: Prairie and Peach

Dec 28, 2024

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Every TV season or so we scan the video landscape to see if any particularly interesting character names have popped up. And each time it becomes more and more daunting as the number of new and newish shows on network, cable and streaming platforms has gone through...

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The Upside of Having an Unusual Name

Name Sage: English-Spanish Baby Names for a Daughter Name Sage: Girlish Baby Names with Boyish Nicknames Girls’ Baby Names: Stylish but Unusual Choices Poetic Baby Names for Girls: Ancient to modern inspiration Rare Nature Names for Girls International Women’s Day Baby Names: Malala and Mirabai Can These Baby Namers Escape the Top 100? Most Popular Vowel Names for Girls

Top Baby Names of 2016 (so far)

Dec 28, 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...

Name Sage: Baby Names for a Fourth Daughter

Dec 28, 2024

　　Patricia writes: 　　We are due with our fourth daughter in May and are so excited. 　　She will be welcomed by big sisters Ailey (I-Lee) Carolyn, Juliana Allison, and Brynn Margaret. 　　Our inspiration for their names came from our love of our Scottish/Irish heritage and girlie classic names. All of their...

Name Sage: Do rules make baby naming easier?

Dec 28, 2024

　　Do too many rules make naming a baby impossible, or is a solid list of must-haves the key to finding a great name for daughter number three? 　　Kate writes: 　　We are counting down the days until our fifth child and third daughter arrives at the end of June. We cannot...

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Boys’ Names: Which do you think is the very best?

Jack, Jackson & Theodore: Who says it’s tough to name a boy? Baby Men Names Newest Boy Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Alaric to Zion Quirky Vintage Nicknames for Boys: Huey, Louie and Howie Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far) Your Favorite Literary Names for Boys Baby Names from Books: 6 choice choices for boys Retro Boy Names: The Motorcycle-Riding Poets

Baby Boy Names: The long and short of it

Dec 28, 2024

　　A friend is searching for baby boy names that start out long – three or more syllables long – and can be reduced to one-syllable nicknames. 　　If you’ve got a two-syllable last name, this is a good strategy. You end up with not one but two euphonic pairings. And your child...

20 Best Super Sleuth Names for Boys

Dec 28, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　A few months ago, we blogged about lady detectives, clueing you in to some fabulous names like Trixie, Temperance and Thursday, Loveday and Precious. Now it’s time to investigate their male counterparts—and there are some real doozies—drawn from a variety of genres– from early crime novels to...

Honoring a beloved grandfather by taking his name

Dec 28, 2024

　　The following essay is re-published with the permission of its original author Robbie Blair. You can view the full essay here. 　　A name is not a small thing. I didn’t realize its full weight until I read Helen Keller‘s account of her genesis in the world of language and identity....

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames Gender-Bending Baby Names Unisex Names Across the Atlantic How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Dec 28, 2024

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Dec 28, 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...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Dec 28, 2024

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

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Classic Baby Names: Current comebacks

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Celebrity Babies: Latest starbaby name predictions

Dec 28, 2024

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　Creating a coordinated sibset for celebrity babies and everyone else can be hard enough, but when the siblings in question are half-siblings, it’s even harder. A new partner means a new set of opinions and ideas to account for, so frequently sibset cohesion is a preference that...

Starbaby Predictions: First and middles

Dec 28, 2024

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　My latest starbaby predictions include some thoughts on middle names. 　　Celebrity baby middle names don’t get as much attention as first names, but they can be equally as exciting. Take Anne Hathaway’s son’s middle name, Rosebanks. It’s a portmanteau of two family names—a creative solution to honor...

Starbabies: Predicting the next celebkid names

Dec 28, 2024

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　The most exciting celebrity baby news of the past few weeks has undoubtedly been that of the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s little prince. Archie Harrison does not have any family names, but his middle name honors Dad—Harrison literally means Harry’s son. 　　Back on this...

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Nominate your favorite and win!

International Baby Names: Top 100 Names from Outside the English-Speaking World What name do you hear waaaaaay too often? Pick a Boy-Girl Pair from the Top 1000 Names Hot in Hollywood…but nowhere else! V Baby Names: Varied and vivid, from Velvet to Viggo The Shirley Temple Syndrome: On loving a popular, trendy name 2013 Baby Name Popularity: Latest reports from Scotland and more One Hit Wonders: Beatrix, Baker & Boone

Underused Classic Baby Names: Calvin, Martin and Miriam

Dec 28, 2024

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　Legions of expectant parents search for that “underused classic” name each year. 　　But what exactly is an “underused classic” name? Do underused classic names even exist? Are they some impossible standard like names that are universally appealing and forever-guaranteed-to-stay-unique? 　　“Classic” can be interpreted...

Same Name Syndrome–Jillions of Jens

Dec 28, 2024

　　by Jen Kim 　　A quick Google search will render more than 11 million results for the name Jennifer Kim, while White Pages will say there are more than 600 of us in the United States. Personally, I think there are more. 　　There is a Jennifer Kim who is a journalist and writer (not...

Your Favorite Names from the Top 100

Dec 28, 2024

　　Many of us at Nameberry automatically dislike names that are “too popular.” 　　But look more closely at the most popular names and you’ll find lots of wonderful names that deserve their widespread use. Names that have stood the test of time, that have intrinsically pleasing sounds, that are associated with...

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Dec 28, 2024

　　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...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Dec 28, 2024

　　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...

Name Change Resources

Dec 28, 2024

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...