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23 Cool New TV Girl Names: Prairie and Peach

　　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...

Apr 10, 2025

Yes, Millennial Mom Names Can Work for Alpha Era Girls!

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Inspiring International Names from the Women’s World Cup

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Emma Waterhouse 　　The 2019 Women’s World Cup has captured the world’s imagination, with record numbers of viewers — around 1 billion (!), according to FIFA — tuning in over the course of the competition. 　　It’s been a great month for women’s sport, and a fantastic opportunity for some inspiring...

Girl Baby Names: 50 Sweetest Sweet-Spot Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We recently posted a list of fifty boys’ names that we consider to be currently in the sweetest sweet spot—that is, instantly recognizable but not mega-popular—just the kind of fitting in/standing out name that many parents are looking for. These were all found in the lower regions...

Traditional Girl Names with a Twist

Apr 10, 2025

　　Can Penelope’s sister have a name as short as Alice or Claire? More importantly, does this mom want her to? 　　Erin writes: 　　We are expecting our second girl and struggling to agree on a name! Our older daughter is Penelope Reese, and we absolutely love her name. 　　My husband is...

Celebrity Baby Names Q+A: Elizabeth Holmes

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　Our latest celebrity baby names Q+A: 　　We were so thrilled to talk to Elizabeth Holmes, journalist and creator of “So Many Thoughts.” She and husband Matt Stuart have two sons, and are expecting a daughter later this summer. 　　What are your children’s names? 　　Fitzgerald and Oliver 　　How...

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Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls

North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name Great A Baby Names for Girls Baby Names Trend: I-Ending Girl Names To Keep An Eye On Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth Name the All-Girl Quints!

Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva

Apr 10, 2025

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　Are we becoming more tolerant of creative names? 　　My kids’ friends and classmates are a diverse lot, and their names reflect it. There’s Seamus and Shivarama, a boy named Delaney and a girl called Jordan. Yes, we have Matthew and Sam...

Girls’ Names 2013: Our 10 newest choices

Apr 10, 2025

　　We’re always adding new names to Nameberry, and the ten newest on the site all just happen to be for girls. 　　Half of these names existed on Nameberry before as variations of other names, but without commentary of their own, and the other half are new entries. All have ancient...

Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　After years of long-frilly girl names, the winds of fashion are once again shifting and one syllable names are getting recognition. 　　There are several lovely one syllable names with quaint femininity such as Jane, Rose, and Mae. And then there are one syllable...

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Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name

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Strong Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Apr 10, 2025

　　Strong boy names are a powerful trend right now, as parents increasingly turn to names with positive meanings of strength and resilience in troubling times. 　　Strong boy names include those that literally mean strength, power or might – from popular classics like Ethan and Ezekiel, to rare and unique choices...

How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian

Apr 10, 2025

　　Cinthia, a surgical technologist, and Benjamin Shaver, who works in warehouse maintenance, live in Seattle, Washington with their son, Koda Florian. 　　Koda was born on December 8, 2022. Below, we speak with Cinthia about how she and Ben named their little boy. 　　Tell me Koda’s name story!I overwhelmed myself with...

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

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Apr 10, 2025

　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Apr 10, 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...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Apr 10, 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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Unusual Vintage Names: Which might come back?

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Taking Stock of Baby Names: A novel approach

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Nick Turner 　　Investors often rely on charts and technical analysis to decide whether to buy or sell a stock. That means they focus less on the fundamental qualities of the company (say, whether sales are growing or it has a good CEO), and instead concentrate on the movements of...

Predicting 2014 Starbaby Names, Part 2

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Tara Ryazansky 　　It seems like I can’t check my email or stand in a grocery store line these days without being bombarded with images of pregnant celebrities. I’m not complaining though. A new pregnancy announcement means we can expect an interesting name announcement to be coming. But instead of...

Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　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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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

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Baby Names Before 1850

Apr 10, 2025

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Apr 10, 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...

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Apr 10, 2025

　　We often cover rare and unique names — from creative modern inventions to unusual place and nature names. The names below are rare too, but with a difference. 　　You've almost certainly heard of them. (And so have your parents.) 　　Even if you don't know someone with them in real life,...

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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Apr 10, 2025

　　Baby name regret — also known as baby name remorse — is a common source of shame among new parents. It allegedly affects between 10-20% of new parents, yet the perceived stigma deters many from sharing their feelings or stories. 　　Lately, celebrities have been opening up about their own experiences with baby...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Apr 10, 2025

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Apr 10, 2025

　　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...