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Flower Names: A floral bouquet of names for girls

　　Flower names for girls never go out of style, and for good reason! 　　Flower names have a fresh femininity which has appealed to parents throughout the ages, but they can also make a meaningful choice. 　　Choosing a seasonal flower name can be a sweet way to connect your baby girl...

Dec 23, 2024

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Jewish Naming Ceremony: Celebrating a daughter’s name

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Science Heroine Names: Inspiration from scientific barrier breakers

Dec 23, 2024

　　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...

Aviatrix Names: Flying high with the names of pioneer pilots

Dec 23, 2024

　　Everyone knows the name of Amelia Earhart, but how many others do we know of the equally daring female pilots—then called aviatrixes– who made their mark during the early days of flying? 　　In the wild and wooly barnstorming, daredevil days of aviation from its beginnings to World War II, there were few occupations...

How To Break Through Baby Name Indecision

Dec 23, 2024

　　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...

New Top Names List: Share Your Predictions!

Dec 23, 2024

　　It’s just a little over a week till the new Most Popular Names list is announced, for 2009. How do you think things are going to change? Will Emma and/or Jacob be toppled from their top spots? What names will rise and which will fall? 　　Here, as refresher, is the Top...

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The Clementine Clique: Trendy names ending in ‘ine’

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Finding New Names in Vintage Categories

Dec 23, 2024

　　Maybe there are certain kinds of names that you really like–flower or color names, say, or virtue names– but you’re reluctant to use one of the more obvious examples, the epidemically popular ones, attractive though they may be. Well, there’s no reason you have to limit yourself to those few; more...

Will This Baby Ever Get A Name?

Dec 23, 2024

　　Guest blogger Elizabeth Lindsay, aka nameberry’s very own Olivekit, was wracked with indecision over what to name her third baby girl — a dilemma followed closely by all her friends on nameberry’s message boards. The final name choice surprised everyone, even Olivekit herself. 　　Baby Ooh La La (what my two-and-a-half-year-old...

Nameberry Faves: The names nameberryites love most

Dec 23, 2024

　　Back in February, a topic was posted on the Girls’ Names section of our Message Boards suggesting that people list their current Top Ten favorite names for girls, and it’s been running ever since. What’s especially nice about this for us is that it’s given Pam and me a fascinating look...

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New Baby Boy Names: Inspired by Trees

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Presidential Names: Sometimes losers have winning names

Dec 23, 2024

　　By Nick Turner 　　It’s been said that history is written by the victors. But losers leave a legacy of their own. 　　That’s the case with U.S. presidential elections, in which fondly remembered statesmen often wind up as the runner-up — not the chief executive. 　　In an earlier column, I examined...

Active Verb Baby Names for Leap Year Babies

Dec 23, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Happy Leap Day! There are more than 10,000 babies born every day in the United States, and around 360,000 born worldwide. If you’re celebrating the birth of a child today, he’ll grow up with the rarest of birthdays. 　　It would be tempting to name your new leapling...

Daredevil Baby Names: Extreme athletes Laird and Wyn

Dec 23, 2024

　　By Tiana Putric 　　Some describe extreme athletes as careless, reckless, and dangerous because their passion-driven sports expose them to unimaginable risks; others characterize them as being born with a ‘daredevil gene’. Here are six extreme athletes with bold names, from Loïc Jean–Albert to Rush Sturges, whose extraordinary in-air, on-cliff, in-water, and...

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Dec 23, 2024

　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Dec 23, 2024

　　Unisex names are attracting more and more attention for babies of both sexes – but “unisex” doesn’t always mean “gender-neutral”. 　　Unisex vs. Gender Neutral NamesNameberry generally defines unisex names as those given to the minority sex at least 10% of the time. But although those names may qualify as unisex...

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Dec 23, 2024

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

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The New International Names

Dec 23, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　There was a time when the top baby name lists of different countries reflected their own distinctive native cultures. When John and Mary headed those of most English-speaking countries, just as Giovanni and Maria and Juan and Maria and Jean and Marie et al were in first...

The Latest Starbaby Predictions

Dec 23, 2024

　　By Tara Ryazansky 　　Here’s the latest in Tara’s continuing series offering her predictions of what the next batch of starbabies will be named. Be sure to add your own guesses in the comments. 　　Although everyone is wondering and talking about what the name of North’s baby brother will be, I...

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...

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How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Dec 23, 2024

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

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...

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Dec 23, 2024

　　We often cover rare and unique names — from creative modern inventions to unusual place and nature names. The names below are rare too, but with a difference. 　　You've almost certainly heard of them. (And so have your parents.) 　　Even if you don't know someone with them in real life,...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Dec 23, 2024

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Dec 23, 2024

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...

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

Dec 23, 2024

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...