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Classic baby names: Peter, Paul or Mary?

　　Of course they’re still around, with a few like William and Daniel still in the Top Ten, but most of the standard classics are far from being the power names they once were–Peter, Paul and George, for example, have hit all-time lows. 　　And yes, Edward has that Twilight touch, and Jack is back with...

Jan 16, 2025

Top Boys’ Names: One Mom Puts Her Picks To The Test

Willy Wonka & Severus Snape: Alliteration in kids’ book names

John Today, Gianni Tomorrow

Occupation Names: A Labor Day Salute

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Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending

Jan 16, 2025

　　Maybe contemplating the name Rufus sparked my revelation. Or it might have hit me when I encountered an Otis. Whatever the inspiration, I suddenly realized that my most-loved boys’ names end in the letter s. Yep, almost all of them. 　　Amias? One of my all-time underappreciated favorites. 　　Amadeus and Miles? ...

Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back

Jan 16, 2025

　　I don’t you know if you’ve noticed a growing trendlet—at least among celebrities—for what we might call generic-boy-nickname-names. In other words, these aren’t specific short forms like Charlie or Archie, but ol- timey macho boy tags like Buddy and Buster. 　　In the recent past, we’ve seen Noel Gallagher’s Sonny, a...

Baby Jock Names: 25 surprising sports star choices

Jan 16, 2025

　　If there’s one arena that may have been kind of neglected in the nameberry search for cool namesakes, it would probably be the wide, wide world of sports. 　　There are a couple of explanations for this. Number One is the fact that so many star athletes were known by nicknames—Mickey...

Boys’ Names: Unusual, Stylish Picks

Jan 16, 2025

　　Looking for boys’ names that feel contemporary and stylish but that you won’t hear coming and going? Here are our picks of unusual boys’ names – used for fewer than 100 boys, but at least 50 (those borders were picked to keep the collection manageable) – that are in step...

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Naming a Daughter – At Last!

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Name Sage: He hates my favorite name

Jan 16, 2025

　　Tilly writes: 　　We’re expecting a baby girl and my fiancé loves names such as Britney, Sarah, and even Sally! There is only one name that gets me excited when I think about naming our baby girl: Rory. I love it! 　　But my fiancé wants nothing to do with it. 　　I’ve...

Best Botanical Baby Names

Jan 16, 2025

　　Botanical names have been beloved for many generations. We’re all familiar with Rose, Violet, and Lily, but the scientific (genus and species) names for plants are actually a gold mine for beautiful, unique baby names. Hundreds of thousands of plant species exist, so here are just a few lovely finds...

Baby Name Etta-quette

Jan 16, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Since the meteoric rise of Ella and Isabella, parents have looked around at other ella-ending baby names, such as Mirabella, Arabella, Annabella and Ariella. 　　But now Ella’s cousin Etta is also beginning to attract some attention, already picked by one celeb, Carson Daly, who was inspired by...

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Memorial Day Names: Shiloh & Sheridan

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Unique Baby Names: How To Choose One With Substance

Jan 16, 2025

　　Lots of parents-to-be are searching for unique baby names., but when you Google that term, the site that pops up first is babyhold.com, a serviceable but far from unique baby name destination. Another site that promises to deliver unique baby names offers such ridiculous choices as Gimm and Sinley for a...

Red Carpet Baby Names: Boys’ Edition

Jan 16, 2025

　　Today, on the eve of Oscar night, ABBY SANDEL, creator of one of our favorite blogs, the witty and informative appellationmountain.net, looks back through the annals of Oscar history and unearths an interesting group of winning male winner names. 　　Plenty of today’s most popular names conjure up Hollywood at its...

Ooooops! Baby Name Mistakes

Jan 16, 2025

　　Novelist Christina Baker Kline, whose wonderful new book Bird in Hand comes out this week, writes about how even someone who names fictional people for a living can make mistakes when naming real live babies. Like when she named her three sons: Eli, his brother William, and his other brother...

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Jan 16, 2025

　　Happy Pride 2023! 　　Pride icon names celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the inspiring history behind the fight for equal rights. 　　It's more than half a century since the first Pride parades took place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, commemorating the Stonewall Riots of the previous summer....

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 16, 2025

　　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

Jan 16, 2025

　　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...

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Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

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Ancient Names for Babies

Jan 16, 2025

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

Jan 16, 2025

　　Which baby names will be on top in 2024? 　　If we're speaking literally, you can expect to see the same few names on the tippy-top of the charts — Olivia and Emma, Liam and Noah. But it's a lot more fun to look at the fastest-rising names — the choices rapidly...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Jan 16, 2025

　　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...

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

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Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 16, 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...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Jan 16, 2025

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

Popular Twin Names

Jan 16, 2025

　　Popular twin names used to appear on the Social Security top baby names site, but alas, no more. 　　But while there hasn’t been hard data on the top twin names in the US in over a decade, we can extrapolate from the 2010 twin names data to make some educated...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 16, 2025

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Jan 16, 2025

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 16, 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...