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Brotherly Boy Names with Meaningful Connections

　　We recently ran Kara‘s suggestions for subtly connecting girl siblings’ names. Now it’s the boys’ turn. 　　Matthew/Levi. Matthew is an American staple, spending decades in the Top 20, reaching as high as Number 2 in the 90s. But if, at Number 16, Matthew is still too popular for you, or...

Jan 11, 2025

Name Sage: What’s the Boy Version of Violet?

Presidential Names: Sometimes losers have winning names

Notable Boy Namesakes for February

Most Popular Boys’ Names 2015

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Names for a Yuletide Babe: The O Antiphons

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Kate at Sancta Nomina (Katherine Morna Towne) 　　I recently went back through the Nameberry archives to see what posts have been done about Christmas names and found articles listing names relating to Christmas movies (Ralphie, Zuzu) and TV specials (Linus, Virginia), seasonal foliage (Holly, Ivy), colors (Crimson, Scarlet), Elf...

Name Sage: Traditional Boy Names Needed

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

Star Wars Baby Names for Boys

Jan 11, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　The first Star Wars movie debuted way back in 1977. If you’re welcoming a baby in 2016, chances are that you’ve never known a world without Luke and Leia, Han and Chewbacca, and, of course, the menacing Darth Vader. 　　Now there’s a new installment in movie theaters, the seventh...

Romantic Baby Names for Boys: Valentino, Romeo and Rhett

Jan 11, 2025

　　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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Top Baby Names 2010: 100 Most Popular Girls’ Names So Far

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Science Heroine Names: Inspiration from scientific barrier breakers

Jan 11, 2025

　　To commemorate this week’s International Women’s Day (we’re only a day late), we thought that this time we’d look not at creative artists or political figures, but at accomplished female scientists and mathematicians. These range in time from the 4th century BC to the recent past, all of them women...

Question of the Week: Are girls namenapping too many boys’ names?

Jan 11, 2025

　　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...

How To Break Through Baby Name Indecision

Jan 11, 2025

　　Novelist and guest blogger JULIE BUXBAUM, whose new book AFTER YOU comes out in paperback this week, writes about the difficulty — or is it the impossibility? — of deciding on just one baby name. 　　My husband and I are both what we like to call, euphemistically, “decisionally challenged.” I’ve...

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Exploring the Meaning of Julian

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Where To Find A Cool Vintage Boy Name

Jan 11, 2025

　　The good news for lovers of vintage boy names is that they’ve never been cooler. 　　The bad news? Well... they’ve never been cooler. 　　That means it can feel increasingly difficult to find the perfect “I wish I’d thought of that first!” vintage boy name. You know: the sweet but strong,...

Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend

Jan 11, 2025

　　Aiden and boy names that rhyme with it have been all the rage since around the year 2000. Have you ever wondered about the history of this name trend? Or what the most popular Aiden-names are today? 　　Join us for a dive into this wave of names that swept the...

Trending Boy Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　New parents — those who haven't spent much time around today's babies — may not be up on today's trending boy names. Does this sound like you? You might be shocked to learn the hottest boy names right now. 　　What are trendy boy names? Trendy boy names are more popular than...

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 11, 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 11, 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...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Jan 11, 2025

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

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Names That Will Define the Next Decade

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Brilliant Baby Names You’re REALLY Using

Jan 11, 2025

　　Another year, another batch of utterly brilliant Babyberry names! 　　So far this year, 175 new arrivals have been announced by our international community of friends and followers: 105 girls and 70 boys. 　　The beautiful baby names our Berries choose never fail to delight us, but this year’s picks have been...

Baby Name Trends: Technology and more

Jan 11, 2025

　　This week’s news includes names from books and technology, babies named after hospitals, and baby name trends in Ireland and the Isle of Man. 　　Technology and Top Ten trendsWe’re still learning new things from the US baby name charts for 2018. On the blog recently we’ve looked at the beauties...

Top Baby Names 2020

Jan 11, 2025

　　The top baby names 2020 feature a host of names that went virtually unused a generation ago. These include newly-minted names, rediscovered antiques, plus names imported from around the world. 　　We predict 2020’s top baby names by calculating which names saw the biggest increases in interest from Nameberry readers so...

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Comeback Candidates: Are we ready for babies Gregory, Susan and Mark?

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They Wrecked My Baby Name!

Jan 11, 2025

　　It was a headline we couldn’t resist: Names You Like That Have Been “Ruined” for You. 　　Visitors to the forum have as many ways their favorites have been ruined — by movies, celebrities, and insensitive friends — as they have lamented name loves. 　　The topic is so provocative we thought...

Swedish Baby Names: What’s stylish in Stockholm?

Jan 11, 2025

　　Guest blogger and Sweden native Sarah–known to us Berries as Svea– gives us some insight on the trends behind the list of most popular Swedish baby names. 　　Being a Swedish Sarah (the #1 name the year I was born), I grew up in a sea of Saras and Sarahs, with...

Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report

Jan 11, 2025

　　Time again for one of my absolute favorite activities—rounding up the names that Berries have chosen over the past three-month period. These are the winning picks after all the options were weighed– so often the result of enlightened discussions with and suggestions from fellowberries. 　　Today’s Quarterly Report includes an even...

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Jan 11, 2025

　　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 Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

Jan 11, 2025

　　Since parents today invest so much thought and effort into finding the right name for their child, we get a lot of queries asking for advice on what to name the baby, and we do try to accentuate the positive. 　　But we also find it incumbent upon us to point...

Name Change Resources

Jan 11, 2025

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...