Great Names: All About Katherine
　　Katherine – or is it Catherine, or should we just make it Kate? – is one of those classic girls’ names that remains every bit as vibrant and popular today as it’s been through the centuries. 　　Greek for “pure” – it’s related to the word catharis – the name’s fame...
Dec 23, 2024
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Spy Girl Names: Real life femmes fatales
Dec 23, 2024
　　Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel, one of nameberry’s favorite guest bloggers, now looks for–and finds– some intriguing names in the world of international espionage. 　　Fictional spies have glamorous names to go with their stiletto heels and hidden daggers. But for every femme fatale we find in books or movies, there’s a real...
Italian Girls’ Names: Le tante sorelle di Isabella
Dec 23, 2024
　　Elisabeth _Wilborn, creator of one of our absolute favorite blogs, You Can’t Call It “It,” introduces us to the wide world of great Italian girls’ names beyond Isabella. Elisabeth__, a writer, artist, and mom, lives in Brooklyn__, New _York. 　　You don’t have to be Italian to fawn all over Isabella. 　　She’s lyrical,...
Question of the Week: Are girls namenapping too many boys’ names?
Dec 23, 2024
　　It’s nothing new, this appropriating of boys’ names by the parents of girls.  After all, once upon a time, names like Evelyn, Vivian, Esmé, Hilary, Florence, Jocelyn were all predominantly male as were, in more recent times, Jordan, Morgan, Ashley, Courtney and Lindsay. 　　But the trend does seem to be...
Mother’s Day Names: Noteworthy names of notables’ moms
Dec 23, 2024
　　Well, the announcement of the coronation of Isabella on Friday usurped our regular Mother’s Day blog spot, but we hope you’re still feeling enough of an afterglow to enjoy revisiting this gathering of  some of the more interesting names of  moms of distinguished sons and daughters. Turns out that a surprising...
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Finding New Names in Vintage Categories
Finding New Names in Vintage Categories
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Beyond Ava & Aiden is Born
Dec 23, 2024
　　() hits the bookstores today,  the first complete all-new edition of our landmark book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason, totally revised from beginning to end, with a brand new title and lots of brand new features. 　　Like what?  To recapture the freshness, lightness, humor and user-friendliness of the original, we went...
Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part 2: Cultural Icons
Dec 23, 2024
　　We looked at trailblazing women in Part One of this blog yesterday—bold and courageous achievers who would prove worthy namesakes for a daughter.  Now we turn to those with major accomplishments in the arts—a varied mix of writers, artists, and musicians of the far and fairly recent  past—many of whom seem to...
The Clementine Clique: Trendy names ending in ‘ine’
Dec 23, 2024
　　Here at nameberry, we’ve been known to scrutinize trends down to a single letter (are V names in?) or syllable (la-beginnings) or sound (oo), as in Talllulah.  The other day, thinking about  the names that are emerging as as among the hottest for girls right now, I suddenly realized that several...
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Boy Baby Names: The truly timeless ones
Boy Baby Names: The truly timeless ones
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Name Sage: A Brother for Ivan Lawrence
Dec 23, 2024
　　Jacqui writes: 　　I hope that you might be able to put some fresh eyes on a debate my husband and I are having about the name of our second child! 　　Our first is named Ivan Lawrence. I liked that Ivan is different, but not too different. I also liked the...
Name Sage: Traditional Boy Names Needed
Dec 23, 2024
　　Sarah writes: 　　My husband and I are expecting our third baby on February 7. We have decided that we won’t find out the gender. We’ve already used the two boy names we have always loved for our two sons: Henry Hiram (often called Hal) and Joseph Magnus. Both names carry...
Romantic Baby Names for Boys: Valentino, Romeo and Rhett
Dec 23, 2024
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　St. Valentine’s day always brings to mind romantic baby name possibilities, but more often than not they’re of the female persuasion, usually lacy, multi-syllabic Victorian pretties like Arabella and Melissande. But hey–there are plenty of romantic names on the boys’s side as well, whether through sound, meaning,...
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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity
Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity
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The Top Unisex Names in Every US State
Dec 23, 2024
　　The most popular unisex names in the USA in 2022 were Logan, Avery, and Riley. But does that hold true across every state? 　　Well, sometimes. But as you might guess, each state has its own favorite unisex names. For some, it’s an occupational name like Parker or Sawyer. Other states...
Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
Dec 23, 2024
　　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...
Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity
Dec 23, 2024
　　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...
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Baby Name Image: Seeking a glamorous Gertrude
Baby Name Image: Seeking a glamorous Gertrude
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Baby Names Ending in R
Dec 23, 2024
　　By Abby Sandel 　　Baby name trends are ever changing. There are overnight sensations like Miley, Nevaeh, and Jayden. Vintage comebacks like Violet and Henry. New names that seem outlandish at first, but soon catch on, like Willow or Chase. 　　And then there are trends that define how an entire generation...
The Age of Bold Middle Names
Dec 23, 2024
　　By Abby Sandel 　　Filler middle names are a thing of the past. 　　It’s a 21st century baby naming reality. Not only do we obsess over finding the perfect first name, we have to find middles that hit the right note, too. 　　That wasn’t always the case. If you were born...
The Newest, Hottest, Oldest Baby Names
Dec 23, 2024
　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Every year, the US government issues a list of the names that are making the biggest leaps up the popularity list.  And there, among the reality TV-inspired Daleyzas and Jayceons, sprinkled in with the new-fangled Jurnees and Zayns, is a collection of vintage names that for...
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New Popular Irish Names Revealed
New Popular Irish Names Revealed
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Top Czech Names Follow International Trends
Dec 23, 2024
　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....
5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name
Dec 23, 2024
　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...
30 Great Names You’re Not Using!
Dec 23, 2024
　　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......
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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names
Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names
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Test-Driving Your Baby Name
Dec 23, 2024
　　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...
Unique Twin Names to Inspire
Dec 23, 2024
　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...
How to Cope With Baby Name Regret
Dec 23, 2024
　　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...
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