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Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　It happens all the time. 　　You’re expecting your first – or second, or third – and the perfect name eludes you. There are lots of possibilities and maybes, but none of them are The Name. 　　And then along comes a movie, a...

Apr 10, 2025

Unexpected Names for Girls: Edelweiss, Marceline, and Cee Cee

Flower Names for Girls: The coolest right now

Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

Invented Names Past and Present: From Vanessa to Iridessa

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Doctor Who Names, Part 2–Companion Names: Ace, Tegan and Sarah Jane

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Brooke Cussans, Baby Name Pondering 　　The ‘Doctor Who‘ Christmas special aired on Christmas Day, so I thought this would be a good time to follow up my Fiftieth Anniversary Special post on Doctor Who actor names with one inspired by the other stars of the show – the companions....

Sundance Catalog Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　At this time of year, catalogs flood the house every day – the poor mail deliverer! – only to be promptly thrown into the recycling bin. 　　One of the few exceptions is the Sundance Catalog. It’s not as if I ever order anything from there, though...

Eclectic American Girl Doll Names: Cecile, Kanani, and Marie-Grace

Apr 10, 2025

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　My seven-year-old daughter didn’t inspire my interest in American Girl dolls, one of their names did. 　　My daughter hasn’t expressed any interest in American Girl dolls and doesn’t own any. 　　But an American Girl doll has one of my favorite names. A retired...

Nameberry Picks: 14 jazziest jazz singers’ names

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The connection to the haunting voice of a well known jazz or blues singer definitely adds an element of –well—rhythm and blues—to a name’s image, an extra infusion of richness and pizzazz. Boyish Billie takes on new depth when listening to Lady Day, Etta goes from fusty...

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Unisex Baby Names: How To Achieve Baby Name Equality

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Girls’ Names: Naming a daughter the Pinkett-Smith way

Apr 10, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel follows up with Part Two of her suggestions for namesake gender-bending–this time it’s girls’ names from boys. 　　Last week’s post was all about the trendsetting Pinkett-Smith family and their son Jaden Christopher Syre, named after mom Jada. This week the spotlight turns to daughter Willow Camille Reign,...

Comic Book Names: The names behind the superwomen

Apr 10, 2025

　　In her previous blog, Appelation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel revealed the alter ego names of the male superheroes, and this week it’s the girls’ turn. 　　Last week we looked at comic book names inspired by Clark Kent and Peter Parker – the mild-mannered alter egos of Superman and Spider-Man. 　　More women have...

The Mary Month of May

Apr 10, 2025

　　For the arrival of May, official month of the Virgin Mary, we revisit her classic name and some of its many variations as possibilities for May baby names. 　　May, as any Catholic schoolchild can tell you, is the official month of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Which might make Mary an appropriate name...

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Royal Baby Name: It’s Louis Arthur Charles!

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Lost Latin Names Ready to Return: Aurelius to Octavius

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Andy Osterdahl, The Strangest Names in American Political History 　　Thanks to mass mega-phenomena like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, we’ve been exposed to lots of previously fusty-sounding ancient Latinate names, and some of them are beginning to sound more and more wearable as baby names—in fact several have landed...

Name Sage: Musical Boy Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　This musical family has named three daughters, all inspired by song. But now that they’re expecting a boy, all the names sound flat! What fits with the theme for a son? 　　Lisa writes: 　　I have 3 daughters with musical names: Cadence, Melody, and Aria. I thought for...

Baby Name Doubt: Is This Name Too Different?

Apr 10, 2025

　　They chose a name for Lucy’s brother, but now they’re having doubts. Should they reconsider the name that got away? 　　Kelsey writes: 　　We’re due November 24 with a boy. My husband and I decided to name our son Callahan Samuel and call him Cal. Samuel is a family name, so...

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50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

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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...

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...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Apr 10, 2025

　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...

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60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

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How Millennial Is Your Name?

Apr 10, 2025

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

Apr 10, 2025

　　The biggest critic of parents’ baby name choice? Yup, that would be Grandma! 　　According to a 2016 survey, almost half of new parents who received negative comments about their newborn’s name said that they came from their own mom. 　　Whether you’re surprised or totally unsurprised by that statistic – no...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Apr 10, 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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New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Apr 10, 2025

　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...

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...

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...

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Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

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Name Sage: Matching Sibling Names ... or Not?

Apr 10, 2025

　　Georgi writes:Our daughter is Aurelia Rose. Do we stick with the ancient, Roman, Latin theme for our second … or not? We like some modern and girly names, too. 　　Our favorite girl name is Seraphina Belle, but we aren’t liking any nicknames. 　　For boys, we like Marcellus and Lucian. ...

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

Apr 10, 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...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Apr 10, 2025

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...