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Cute Comeback-Kid Nicknames for Girls

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　After a brief hiatus following the Sandy–Mandy–Cindy–Mindy years, nickname names are making a strong comeback. Just recently we’ve seen starbabies with names like Andy (for a girl), Art, Cy, Gus, Josh and Sid on their birth certificates. So with this in mind, we’re embarking here on a...

Jan 13, 2025

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Great Lost Nicknames for Girls, Part 2

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We’re now at Part 3 (Part 2 for girls) in our hunt for lost nickname names worth reappraising and this time it’s girls’ names that have never ranked on the Top 1000 list. Consider them as fresh nicknames for classic faves, or for possible use on their...

Taylor Swift-Inspired Baby Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Taylor Swift’s latest video is a who’s who of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming singers, and supermodels galore. 　　(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo YouTube Bad Blood Taylor Swift) stars Taylor as a sort of James Bond/Wonder Woman/Katniss Everdeen warrior extraordinaire. After her fellow BFF-spy betrays her, she enrolls in assassin school and assembles...

Cool Word Names for Girls

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　It was a good week for girls’ names. 　　Sure, there were some great birth announcements for boys, too. The late Christopher Reeve is now a grandfather. Daughter Alexandra Reeve and husband Garren Givens named their son Christopher Russel, after both grandfathers. Actors Tiffani Thiessen and Brady Smith...

Great Alternatives to the Top Girl Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　The US Social Security Administration tallies up the names of all the babies born within a year and reveals which names were most popular. While there are clearly thousands of parents who are happy using popular names, there are also parents who would rather avoid them. 　　For those parents who...

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Girl Baby Names: Freddy’s sister needs a name!

Jan 13, 2025

　　They’ve got a long list of maybe-names for their baby girl, but how to narrow it down to just one? Maybe the answer comes from their family tree. 　　Laura writes: 　　We’re expecting a little girl in October, our second. We already have a son, Frederick James, called Freddy. It’s the...

Most Popular Baby Names of 2017

Jan 13, 2025

　　The biggest news in the most popular baby names in the US for 2017 is that there’s a new boys’ name at the top of the list. Liam, the Irish short form of William, long used on its own, moves from second place to first. 　　For girls, Emma is Number...

Baby Naming Patterns: Can they be broken?

Jan 13, 2025

　　They’re naming daughter number three, and feeling backed into a corner. Is the pattern they’ve established unbreakable? Or do they have more options than they think? 　　Hanna writes: 　　I have a bit of a dilemma. My husband and I have backed ourselves into a corner with our older girls’ names,...

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Namesakes for Grandpas Donald & Doug

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Name Sage: Grandma Hates the Name!

Jan 13, 2025

　　M. writes: 　　We’re expecting our first child, a son, in a few months. Our dilemma is this: my mom really wants to know our chosen name, but I am not sure if I want to share it. 　　I love my mother, but she’s very opinionated. She disliked having an uncommon...

We Named Kim & Kanye’s Baby!

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Kim and Kanye’s baby son was born this morning, and while lots of joke baby names have been thrown about, from Easton to South to Yeezus, the new parents have confessed that they are seriously stumped on finding a good name. 　　So we have some ideas...

Name Sage: A Brother for Charles Alasdair

Jan 13, 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...

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 13, 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...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Jan 13, 2025

　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 13, 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...

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Step-Sibling Sibsets: Starbaby predictions

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British Baby Name Trends 2017

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Eleanor Nickerson 　　It’s time once again to look back at the most prevalent trends that have influenced baby names in Britain in 2017. 　　HOT SOUNDS OF 2017: OR and WIL 　　For girls, the hottest vowel sound has been O this year in the UK, especially if it made up the...

Nameberry’s Unique Baby Name Trends

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Esmeralda Rocha 　　We know how much the Nameberry community loves stats! So we thought you’d enjoy a bit of analysis as to how the US Top 100 compares with the Nameberry community’s Top 100. 　　First, a few basics: 　　In 2017, the US Top 100 and the Nameberry Top 100...

Celebrity Baby Names: What’s next?

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Sophie Kihm 　　Every family has its own traditions and values when it comes to naming their children, and that’s true of celebrities as well. Some, like Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, like the meanings of their children’s names to be packed with significance. Their daughters are named Honor and...

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Starbaby and Other Name News of the Week

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Baby Name News from Around the Globe

Jan 13, 2025

　　T__his week’s news includes the latest name data from Denmark, surprising stats from France, and a defense of the delightfully… well, ordinary. 　　What’s Hot with Danish Names? 　　Juhu! Denmark’s office for national statistics has released its annual baby name data for 2017! Here you can see the top 50 names...

Baby Name News This Week

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　This week’s news includes what’s hot in Canada and Iran, rethinking grandpa names, and how to deal with too many Jacobs on a football team. 　　Canadian baby names: popular and uniqueCanada doesn’t publish national baby name statistics, but the provinces release their data one by one over...