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Celebrity Baby Names: Our latest predictions!

　　by Sophie Kihm 　　A new year, a new crop of celebrity pregnancy announcements. We’re starting 2018 off right with some great ones! Queen Elizabeth is expecting a new great-grandchild (The current batch is illustrated, Mia Tindall holding the Queen‘s purse)__. Hugh Grant as well as Fixer Upper stars Chip and Joanna Gaines...

Jan 10, 2025

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US vs UK Baby Names 2016

Jan 10, 2025

　　With the 2016 British names data fresh off the press, it’s always interesting to have a look at how this data compares to that of our American cousins. 　　Though we share many many names in common thanks to our common language and celebrity/media influences, it’s the names that divide us...

British Baby Name Trends 2017

Jan 10, 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...

100 Top Baby Names 2018

Jan 10, 2025

　　Our list of 100 baby names that should be on everyone’s list this year includes more choices than in the past of names that are obscure and surprising. 　　That’s because there are so many more unusual names coming into widespread use and baby namers have become a lot more adventurous....

January Birth Announcements: Caius, Cormac & Clementine

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　January was a month when some especially unusual and creative names landed on our berrybaby birth announcements—and for their siblings as well. For girls alone we saw Ezrie, Islington, Yvaine, Oswin, Dorthea, Elia, and Salomea, while boys included Callister, Isao, Ender, Maximo, Forde and Ransom. 　　Here’s the...

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Happily Ever Ava

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

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...

The Mary Month of May

Jan 10, 2025

　　May, as any Catholic schoolchild can tell you, is the official month of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Which might make Mary an appropriate name for a girl born this month, except after a 400 year run, Mary is more than ready for semi-retirement. 　　The good news is that...

Middle Name Rose: Is The Bloom Off?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Okay, I’m going to come right out and say it: There are now officially enough little girls with the middle name Rose. 　　I can hear the screams of protest and wails of anguish already. But Rose is my grandmother’s name! Rose goes perfectly with my favorite first name! I’ve been...

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How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian

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Strong Boy Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 10, 2025

　　Strong boy names are a powerful trend right now, as parents increasingly turn to names with positive meanings of strength and resilience in troubling times. 　　Strong boy names include those that literally mean strength, power or might – from popular classics like Ethan and Ezekiel, to rare and unique choices...

Trending Boy Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　New parents — those who haven't spent much time around today's babies — may not be up on today's trending boy names. Does this sound like you? You might be shocked to learn the hottest boy names right now. 　　What are trendy boy names? Trendy boy names are more popular than...

Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus

Jan 10, 2025

　　Love Gus as a short name for a boy, but not a fan of Augustus and related names like August and Augustine? 　　One option is to simply use Gus on its own. This vintage nickname is charming, no-nonsense, and you’ll never need to spell it out. It was popular in...

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

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100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 10, 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...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...

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British Baby Names 2013: The next big things

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British Baby Names: New sibsets

Jan 10, 2025

　　It’s another morning with British baby names in the London Telegraph here, and this time I thought I’d focus on charming sibsets from the recent birth announcements. 　　I always love the slightly off-kilter (from the American perspective) British baby names plus the eccentric string of middle names. But including the...

Popular Names 2012: Guess the Top 10 and win!

Jan 10, 2025

　　SEE THE WINNERS BELOW!!! 　　The official list of U.S. Most Popular Names 2012 will be revealed later this week — Thursday afternoon or Friday morning, according to the Social Security press office — and so in advance of that announcement, we’re asking YOU to predict: 　　What do you think will...

The Nameberry 9:This week’s newsiest names are right smack on trend

Jan 10, 2025

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel looks at the baby names in the news and finds that many of them are living examples of our last week’s projections. 　　We know that Sophia and Ava, Jacob and Mason will probably stay in the US Top Ten for another few years. But...

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Jan 10, 2025

　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...

The Top Baby Names A-Z

Jan 10, 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...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Jan 10, 2025

　　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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Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Jan 10, 2025

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Jan 10, 2025

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Jan 10, 2025

　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...