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Beyond Ava & Aiden is Born

　　() 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...

Jan 9, 2025

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WELSH NAMES: Beyond Gwyneth and Griffin

Jan 9, 2025

　　 Because of its relatively small population, Wales has sent fewer immigrants to the US than Ireland and Scotland have–a mere 100,000 between 1820 and 1976–so that Welsh names are not as well known here as the other Celts. Which is a shame, because it’s a lilting, rhythmic language, offering lots of...

She Suggests Names, He Vetoes Them: Can This Couple Negotiate?

Jan 9, 2025

　　Lookydaddy.com’s Brian Sargent, today’s guest blogger, is the stay-at-home dad of now-four-year-old twin girls and a third-grader. Those are his daughters, above. 　　My wife and I knew it would be tough to name twin girls, so we assigned ourselves jobs. My wife’s job was to suggest possible names for consideration....

Flower Fairy Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

Honoring A Grandmother By Reinventing Her Name

Jan 9, 2025

　　A return engagement by one of our all-time favorite bloggers, Abby Sandel of appellationmountain.net. 　　Call it the Great Naming Compromise of 2001. 　　Other couples sign pre-nups. My husband and I negotiated our children’s names before we cut our wedding cake. The agreement was simple. Our firstborn son would receive his...

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Hate Your Name? Change It!

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Top English Girls’ Names: Who Are The Most Popular?

Jan 9, 2025

　　The top English girls’ names for the current year are listed on Nameberry here. You can also see popularity statistics for English names on the individual name pages. 　　English name standings have not been published consistently every year. At the beginning of 2009, the UK ‘s Office for National Statistics...

Word Names for Babies: What’s in a word?

Jan 9, 2025

　　For several years now, word names have been singled out as being at the extreme edge of cool—we may have been guilty of pushing that edge ourselves at times. But I’m starting to wonder if it’s time to pull back a little, and put the brakes on. Celebrities have tried to outdo...

Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Girls’ Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　Within the pages of books from all periods of literary history—from classical, metaphysical and Elizabethan poetry and plays to the Romantics and the Realists, right up to modern novels—can be found gems of names that have been lost to time, either because they’ve been identified with a singular character or simply...

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Behind the Baby Name Saint

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Name Sage: A Brother for Charles Alasdair

Jan 9, 2025

　　Kristen writes: 　　We put lots of thought into naming our first son, and I couldn’t be happier with what we settled on: Charles Alasdair, Cal for short. 　　Both his first and middle names honor his great-grandparents, Charles and Al. Cal is the name of my favorite character from my favorite...

Name Sage: Traditional Boy Names Needed

Jan 9, 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...

Names for a Yuletide Babe: The O Antiphons

Jan 9, 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...

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The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

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Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 9, 2025

　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...

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Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

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How Millennial Is Your Name?

Jan 9, 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,...

Ancient Names for Babies

Jan 9, 2025

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Jan 9, 2025

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

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The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

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The Top Baby Names A-Z

Jan 9, 2025

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

Jan 9, 2025

　　Have you ever known the excitement of meeting a Ben who is not Just Another Benjamin but is, in fact, Benedict? Or Nicki whose “secret” full name is Danika? If so, this list is for you. 　　Rare full names with familiar nicknames can be the best of both worlds, for...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Jan 9, 2025

　　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...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Jan 9, 2025

　　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,...

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

Jan 9, 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...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 9, 2025

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...