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Boys’ Names 2014: New guys on the block

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　There’s a new class of boys’ names trending today that has a short clipped sound, contains only one syllable, is undeniably masculine yet not traditionally so. Many of these boys’ names barely existed a generation or two ago: They’re definitely not your father’s or grandfather’s baby...

Nov 26, 2024

Your Top 5 Boy Names!

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Boy Names in the News: Hero Names and Daring Middles

Presidents’ Day Names: The mighty middles–Quincy, Knox and Gamaliel

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Baby Name Ronan: One of these kids–and his name– is not like the others.

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Tara Wood 　　We have six kids–four girls and two boys. And while they are all different, most of them also have several common personality traits. They are mostly friendly, loving, even-tempered and overall agreeable. Most of them have relatively common names. They are : Juliette (Jules), Bella, Mia, Leo...

Memorial Day Names 2014: 15 great Civil War hero names

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The holiday we’re celebrating—originally called Decoration Day—was first commemorated in 1868, not long after the end of the Civil War, the bitter, bloody battle between the North and the South that ripped the country apart. 　　Over the course of the war, more than a thousand soldiers reached...

Color Names for Boys: Why not?

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Nick Turner 　　The Quentin Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs famously used color-themed aliases for its cast of would-be diamond thieves: Mr. Blue, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink and Mr. White, among others. 　　The 1992 film became a cult favorite and the pseudonyms are now legendary. But in real life, using colors...

Old Testament Baby Names: On choosing Job

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Rebekah Anderson 　　Our son’s name is Job. No, not “job,” as in a vocation. It is pronounced with a long “o,” and rhymes with robe. As in, the book of Job in the Bible, the story about a man who is visited with overwhelming trials. Yeah—that Job. 　　My husband...

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Nameberry Makeover: Renovating the Top Ten Girls’ Names

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What if You Have a Girl Baby….But No Girl’s Name?

Nov 26, 2024

　　Since today is my oldest child and only daughter’s birthday, I can’t help but think back on the process of choosing her name. 　　It was easy, totally easy. My husband and I agreed absolutely: She was going to be named Henry, and called Hank, after Hank Aaron, one of my...

Delilah and Desiree–Bad Girls Gone Good

Nov 26, 2024

　　When Pam and I wrote our first name book, Beyond Jennifer & Jason (back when Jennifer & Jason were still baby names), we had a little section called NAMES THAT ARE TOO MUCH TO LIVE UP TO, listing examples that had such a potent image that whey would overpower an innocent...

Call Me Laila…No, Ruth…No, Linda— The Story of How I Got Hooked on Names

Nov 26, 2024

　　Before I was born, my mother had two names picked out for me–I was going to be either Lydia or Laurel. She liked them because they were slightly unusual and, being an artist herself, saw them as having a creative feel–plus she was also following the Jewish tradition of using...

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Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

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

Nov 26, 2024

　　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...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Nov 26, 2024

　　Boy names ending in a vowel (or a vowel sound) feel lively and distinctive, in an era where consonant names for boys – particularly those ending in N and R – have long dominated the list of popular names. 　　There are now five boy names ending in a vowel sound...

80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son

Nov 26, 2024

　　What do you get if you cross cottagecore with cowboy names? Meet woodsy names for boys. Woodsy names are the best of each trend — the rugged handsomeness of cowboy names blended with the romantic pastorality and natural elements of cottagecore names. 　　These are the names of woodland heroes and forest...

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

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America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Nov 26, 2024

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Nov 26, 2024

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Nov 26, 2024

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

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Baby Name Trends: Ha Ha names are nothing to laugh at!

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Happy 3rd Birthday to Nameberry!

Nov 26, 2024

　　You know you’ve been around a while when you forget your birthday. The third anniversary of Nameberry’s launch, earlier in October, came and went without any of us realizing it. But now that we have, we want to pause and take stock of how far we’ve come with the help...

Baby Name Spike: People vs pet names

Nov 26, 2024

　　When Mike Myers named his son Spike recently, there were several comments on our Nameberry Facebook page along the lines of: “Did his wife have a puppy?” and “Bit doggy for me.” Not very kind, perhaps, but it does raise the subject of the blurring of the line between human...

Celebrity Baby Names: The hottest and the nottest

Nov 26, 2024

　　The year before Nicole Richie, who’s mainly famous for being famous, named her first child Harlow Winter Kate, that Golden Age of Hollywood first name was given to only 28 baby girls. 　　In 2008, the year Richie gave birth in January, that number shot up to 133, more than doubling...

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Baby Names Before 1850

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Nov 26, 2024

　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...

50 Names That Mean You Live in the North East

Nov 26, 2024

　　Do you know a lot of kids named Maeve and Rowan, Connor and Max? You might just live in the North East of the USA. 　　Behind the national data on the most popular baby names, each region has its own favorites, and the North East — here, the six states...

Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Nov 26, 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....

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Nov 26, 2024

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

Nov 26, 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...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Nov 26, 2024

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....