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Narrowing Down Your Name List

　　Narrowing down your name list can be the toughest part! Jessie has it down to three final choices. But how do you go from three to one? And if you can’t get there, does it mean that it’s time to broaden your search again? 　　Jessie writes:We’re expecting our second daughter...

Jan 15, 2025

Finding Rare Celtic Girl Names

Confronting Name Regret

Time To Be More Greta!

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Wanted: A Girls’ Name That’s NOT Popular

Jan 15, 2025

　　Growing up as one of the Emilys has this mom seeking a stand-out name for her daughter. 　　Emily writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our first child and need some name help! We have a boy name, but are struggling to come up with the right girl name. 　　Growing...

Baby Name Compromise: When he hates her favorite

Jan 15, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Seeking their baby name compromise: She’s always known her future daughter’s name. But now they’re expecting a girl, and he’s not a fan of her favorite. How can they compromise on a name they’ll both love? 　　Annabel writes:My husband and I are expecting our first baby and...

Name Sage: Choosing Cute Classic Girl Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　Cute classic girl names evolve from charming nicknames in nursery school to distinguished formal names as adults. But which goes best with brothers Theodore “Teddy” and Jack? 　　Christie writes: 　　We are pregnant with a GIRL after two sweet boys and really struggling with a name for her! 　　My boys are...

Teddi Mellencamp Needs a Name for her Daughter!

Jan 15, 2025

　　Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave has put the call out on Instagram—she needs help choosing a name for her baby! 　　Teddi Mellencamp—daughter of rockstar John Mellencamp and current cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills—is expecting a baby girl with her husband Edwin Arroyave. The couple have a seven-year-old daughter...

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Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

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Let’s hear it for Auntie Name!

Jan 15, 2025

　　Today being National Aunts and Uncles Day (who knew, right?), here’s a shout-out to some of the most memorable aunts in both literature and pop culture– the sweet and the sour, the doting and the demanding, the over-indulgent and the overbearing—with, in literature at least, the unfortunate majority being the...

Top Girl Names 2011

Jan 15, 2025

　　Nameberry’s top girl names 2011 is our definitive look at which girls’ names attracted the most views on our site this year. 　　Think of it as a predictor for which names parents will choose for their baby girls in the future, rather than what they named their daughters last year....

Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence

Jan 15, 2025

　　Hear the words ‘detective’ or ‘private eye,’ and you probably picture a tough guy like Mickey Spillane or a cooler customer like Sam Spade. But it turns out that mystery fiction also features a lot more female sleuths than you might think, dating back to Loveday Brooke in the 1890s...

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Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

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New Geek Chic Names For Boys

Jan 15, 2025

　　Hipster, nerdy, funky-clunky… Call them what you will, there’s no denying that geek chic names for boys and girls are cool. 　　But fashion moves fast, and some of the original names on our Geek Chic Boys master list — like Jasper, Cyrus and Augustus — now feel almost mainstream. 　　So...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Jan 15, 2025

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

Exploring the Meaning of Julian

Jan 15, 2025

　　Julian is a quiet classic, which has been in steady use throughout history but never wildly popular. It currently ranks at #35 in the US, appreciated for his jolly but understated charm. 　　Up to a point, the origins of the name are clear and undisputed: it comes from the Roman...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 15, 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...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 15, 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...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Jan 15, 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...

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Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

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60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

Jan 15, 2025

　　Know a lot of babies named Vivian and Lincoln? You might just live in the Midwest. 　　We analyzed the most popular names by state to find which names are used more in the twelve core Midwestern states — that's Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Jan 15, 2025

　　Cottagecore baby names are part of a recent aesthetic trend defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, according to The New York Times. Hobbies such as bread baking, embroidery, and mushroom foraging are among the wholesome, nostalgic elements of the cottagecore lifestyle. 　　Cottagecore names, too, evoke this bucolic way...

Ancient Names for Babies

Jan 15, 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...

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

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Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Jan 15, 2025

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

The Top Baby Names A-Z

Jan 15, 2025

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

Jan 15, 2025

　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Jan 15, 2025

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Jan 15, 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...

What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

Jan 15, 2025

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...