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Middle Names 2012: The New Connectors

　　There are several hot trends in middle names 2012. 　　One is the Middle Name with Meaning — family surnames, place names, virtue names you might not use in first place but that make for distinctive middle names. 　　Another is using two middle names, often to honor family members. 　　And then...

Jan 13, 2025

New Baby Names: Debuts on the pop list, from Aleph to Zephyrus

Welcome Back!: Names back on the Top 1000

35 Names You’re Not Using (but maybe you should)

The Nameberry 9: Names with potential, from Adeline to Castle to Winslet

Trendy Baby Names: And why not? Local Baby Names: What’s in in Indiana? Popular Baby Names: Sophia, Jacob new Number 1s! Baby Names 2012: The Hottest New Choices Baby Names: A New Wave of “A” Names British Baby Names: New sibsets British Baby Names Trends: 5 categories on the rise Why is Alexandra up but Alexis down?

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Short and Sweet Baby Names: The Nameberry 9

Jan 13, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel ‘s picks of The Nameberry 9 newsiest options focuses on the trend for short and sweet baby names. 　　Are miniature names growing on you? There have been Nameberry posts and discussion threads, and a steady uptick in birth announcements for children with very short...

Berry Question of the Week: Are my favorite names becoming too popular?

Jan 13, 2025

　　Our second Berry Question of the Week comes from Blaire, who lives in Asheville, North Carolina. The mom of infant daughter Rowan (that’s her in the adorable picture), Blaire writes: 　　“I really would appreciate a little input on trends, since you guys are so good at predicting the next hot baby...

Popular Names: Your 2011 predictions, please!

Jan 13, 2025

　　The official list of U.S. Most Popular Names 2011 will be revealed this Friday, and so in advance of that announcement, we’re asking YOU to predict: 　　What do you think will be the 2011 Most Popular Names? 　　Will Jacob and Isabella hold their top spots? If not, which names do...

Names with Oomph: That trendy oo sound

Jan 13, 2025

　　The high-profile letter V is found in many stylish baby names right now, but let’s not discount the potential of its neighbor, the power vowel U. Just consider the popularity of names like Lucy, Ruby, Jude, and Luca–and there are any number of other, similar names with promise: 　　• June...

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MayBerry Arrivals: Cecilia Lilac and Godric Nickleby

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Playground Analysis 2017: The REAL Top 50 List!

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Kelli Brady 　　After seeing the SSA’s 2017 Popular Baby Names list, did you wonder why you aren’t hearing the #1 name as much as a name further down on the list? Do you hear a lot more “Sophia!” on the playground than “Emma!”? One way to try to explain...

Poetic Baby Names: Madrigal, Calliope and Ode

Jan 13, 2025

　　March has World Poetry Day and April is Poetry Month, so this seems like a perfect time to turn to the topic of poetic baby names. 　　Of course one obvious source would be the many wonderful surnames of noted poets, such as Auden, Frost, Lorca, Emerson, Tennyson and Poe. 　　Another...

A Middle Name to Grow Into

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Eva Sojourner Dunsky 　　On the playground, I remember my friends and I trying to guess each other’s middle names. It didn’t take long to arrive at the Elizabeths and Maries, the Annes and the Lynns. But no one ever guessed mine. 　　“It starts with an ‘S’,” I conceded. My...

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We Named Kim & Kanye’s Baby!

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Name Sage: A Brother for Noa and Talia

Jan 13, 2025

　　Inbal writes: 　　Our baby boy is due in two weeks and we are running out of time! 　　We have two daughters – Noa who is 10 and Talia who is 7. We live in Toronto, Canada. I’m Israeli and my husband is of Indian origin. We are raising our kids...

Namesakes for Grandpas Donald & Doug

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The mid-20th century in America was a great time for D-named boys. As exemplified by Mad Men’s Don Draper, there were about forty D-names in the top half of the 1950 boys’ list—including not just Donald but Don, Donn, Donnie and Donny; Darrell, Darrel, Darryl and Daryl;...

Behind the Baby Name Saint

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have finally (though it’s only been two days since he was born!) decided on and released the name of their baby boy and it’s Saint, disappointing their legions of fans who had been rooting for Easton. 　　Saint makes a lot of sense...

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 13, 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...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 13, 2025

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

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January Birth Announcements: Caius, Cormac & Clementine

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The Top Welsh Names in Wales

Jan 13, 2025

　　Many Welsh names have become staples in the English-speaking world, like Owen, Megan and Dylan. But which Welsh baby names are popular for Welsh parents? 　　A cursory glance at the top names in both England and Wales shows many of the same favourite choices, but, dig a little deeper, and...

Popularity, trends and a new baby Princess

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s baby name news includes a new princess, moon-inspired names, trends in Finland, and the merits of popular vs unusual names. 　　Welcome, Princess Adrienne!There’s a new royal baby in Europe! No, not that royal baby. This week Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her husband Christopher O’Neill...

British Baby Name Trends 2017

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson 　　It’s time once again to look back at the most prevalent trends that have influenced baby names in Britain in 2017. 　　HOT SOUNDS OF 2017: OR and WIL 　　For girls, the hottest vowel sound has been O this year in the UK, especially if it made up the...

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Let’s Put Together Our Own Top 100!

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What names are you shocked to find so low on the list?

Jan 13, 2025

　　There are some undeniably great baby names near the top of the popularity charts, from timeless classics like James and Elizabeth to modern favorites like Logan and Harper. It’s often said that “popular names are popular for a reason” — and it’s true! 　　But what about all the other great...

12 Best Golden Globe Nominee Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The awards season has begun, the Golden Globes and SAG nominations have been announced and, following a Nameberry tradition, we’d like to present our own awards for the best names on the lists. So here are our twelve 2018 nominees. Care to cast your ballot? 　　ALFONSO Cuaron,...

Baby Names in the News: Solstice, Atom & Mickey

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes dramatic word names, on-trend starbaby arrivals, and new popularity lists from the US, Canada and beyond. 　　Wild new year namesWe saw lots of New Year’s Day baby names last week, but here are a couple more standouts among the first arrivals of 2019....

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 13, 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...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Jan 13, 2025

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

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...