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New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

Nov 24, 2024

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Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Nov 24, 2024

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style!

Nov 24, 2024

　　Christian names combine spirituality with style, conveying a faith-based message with contemporary sensibility. 　　These modern Christian names with an evangelical feel aren’t traditional biblical names, well-worn virtues, or even the old prophet names that are so popular nowadays. No, this is a fresh, 21st-century style of Christian names that shout...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Nov 24, 2024

　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...

Top Baby Names 2022: The Playground Analysis

Nov 24, 2024

　　The most popular baby names in the US were recently revealed to be Liam and Olivia… again. But if you feel like you hear other names more often, there’s a good reason for that! 　　The baby name data released each year by the Social Security Administration lists variant spellings like Aiden and Aidan, Riley and...

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From Bertha to Angina: One Mom’s (Mostly Frustrated) Search for the Right Name

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Introducing the First Nameberry Baby!

Nov 24, 2024

　　The first message board ever in nameberry’s illustrious three-week-long history asked: To V or Not To V? A mom was trying to decide whether to name her about-to-be-born daughter Vera. 　　What did everyone think?, she asked. Was Vera fresh and appealing? Or did it still sound too old-ladyish? Did people...

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

Nov 24, 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...

Nameberry Makeover: Renovating the Top Ten Girls’ Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　The brilliant visitors over on the Name Game board have done it again. The latest greatest game they’re playing is called Nameberry Makeover, in which they take the Top Ten names and come up with fresher, cooler sounding substitutes. 　　Some new players may have joined in by now and if...

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Princess Eugenie’s Baby Name? Outguess the Guru and Win $400

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Boy Names Balance the Traditional and New

Nov 24, 2024

　　She loves rare and unexpected names. He likes to keep it more traditional. Sound familiar? It’s the classic tug-of-war between too-common and too-out-there for this couple. Let’s help them name a brother for Scout Valentine. 　　Desperate writes:I’ve just found out I’m expecting baby number two, a sibling for Scout Valentine!...

How I Named My Baby: Eben Frank Dennis

Nov 24, 2024

　　Lily Whymark, a document controller, and Ryan Coulson, a design engineer, live in Kent, UK. They welcomed their first child, a son named Eben Frank Dennis Coulson, on July 13, 2020. 　　Here, Lily answer’s our questions about how she and Ryan named Eben. 　　When did you know you found “The...

Choosing Vintage Boy Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　They’ve got the perfect name for a daughter, but if this baby is a boy? It’s a blank page. Let’s find some vintage boy names that work nicely with big sister Blythe Norah. 　　Hannah writes:I’ve been reading through all of your columns for inspiration and loving your suggestions. It seems...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

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Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Nov 24, 2024

　　Want to know the most gender-neutral nonbinary baby names? Depending where you live, they could be anything from Amani to Zen. 　　The most nonbinary names in the US are different from the most popular unisex names (which usually lean male or female). Here we’re talking about names that strike a...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

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How to Name Your Baby in a Time of Crisis

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Brilliant Baby Names You’re REALLY Using

Nov 24, 2024

　　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 Yoda, meet Baby Yara

Nov 24, 2024

　　Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past month, you’ve probably noticed the internet phenomenon that is Baby Yoda. Cute, cuddly, kooky, and an ideal subject for meme-lovers and crochet enthusiasts alike (seriously: can we please get one of these?), this little green alien from TV’s The Mandalorian...

These Names Are Peaking

Nov 24, 2024

　　Looking for a name everyone will love just as much as you do? You can’t go wrong with names at the top of their game. 　　Names that peaked in 2022, calculated in exclusive research and analysis by Nameberry, are baby names that rank higher in the USA than they have...

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Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Nov 24, 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....

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Nov 24, 2024

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Nov 24, 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...

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Nov 24, 2024

　　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...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Nov 24, 2024

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...