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The Names We Choose, Those We Refuse

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Here’s something that fascinates me: the difference between the names that we truly love, but don’t use, and the names that we actually bestow upon our children. 　　My own shortlist tends towards the daring – Leif, March, Everild, Swan. But would any of those names make it...

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States’ Most Popular Names 2014

18 Hottest New Baby Names

Popular French Baby Names of 2016

Name Trends of the 1880s: Everything old is new again The Age of Bold Middle Names Thinking Outside the Popularity Box Atticus Tops Baby Names 2015 The Name Trend That Isn’t Baby Names of the 1990s The Way We Name Today: 9 Baby Name Trends The Hottest Names of 2015

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The Au-some New Baby Name Trend

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Not so long ago, the only names starting with the letters Au that were getting any traction were Audrey and Austin. But lately—have you noticed?—a lot more are now attracting attention. The once male name Aubrey is now in the girls’ Top 20, and then there are...

How Long Do Popular Names Stay Popular?

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　We are working on a major upgrade to the site and user lists are temporarily unavailable. Sorry for the inconvenience but your lists are safe and will be available again shortly. 　　A Nameberry reader recently asked: How long do baby names in the US Top 10...

12 Surprising Risings: Cindy? Bruce?

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Certain comeback kids have been getting a lot of buzz lately—names like Elsa and Amelia and Elias and Tobias, all of which have that nice vintage 19th century vibe. But there’s another group of names inching their way back that you might find a bit more surprising....

The Latest Starbaby Predictions

　　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...

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1950s Girls’ Names: Where are Sharon and Sandra now?

1950s Girls’ Names: Where are Sharon and Sandra now?

Accentuating the Positive: Baby names with accents The Spellings of Classic Name Katherine Girls’ Baby Names: A plethora of P-names Polly put the kettle on and we’ll all have a nursery rhyme name! Classic Girl Names: Alexandra the Great Nicknames: Waltzing with Tilda and Tilly Rare Girls’ Names of the 1940s: Avis, Marigold and Jinx Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana!

Buttoned-up Girls’ Names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　The trendiest girls’ names of recent years have been flowery and elaborate: Isabella and Sophia, Olivia and Arianna. They end in vowels….and often begin with them too. And if they’re not exotic confections, stylish girls’ names are often gender-and-tradition-confounding novelties such as Harper and Hadley and...

Flower Baby Names: A rose by any other name…

　　By Joanna Walker 　　In Romeo & Juliet, Juliet faces a dilemma– she has fallen in love with the son of her father’s sworn enemy: a Montague. Juliet famously asks: “What’s in a name?” She concludes that names are irrelevant and uses the garden rose to illustrate her point “That which...

Top Royal Baby Girl Names

　　What are the top 　　royal names for girls in contention for the new princess born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? Will the royal baby girl be named Alice, the favorite with bookmakers? Diana, the crowd-pleasing choice? Or Elizabeth, one of the most royal names of all — or maybe something completely...

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Cool Character Names: Secret Shakespeareans

Cool Character Names: Secret Shakespeareans

Gentleman Cowboy Names Have a Rein on Style Seeking a Traditional but Modern Boy Name Dad Names: Updates for Alpha Babes Surname Names for Boys: Help wanted! Unique Names for Boys Help the Bode Millers Name Their Twin Boys! Nature Names for Boys 15 Fabulous French Boy Names

New Royal Baby Name!

　　Archie! 　　If that name for the newborn son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made the bookies’ odds at all, it was down there with Boris and Keith and all the other ridiculous ideas. 　　Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. It’s kind of perfect. 　　Archie is both quintessentially British and quintessentially American,...

Nickname in the News: Hal

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Nickname name news! First Daughter and TV personality Jenna Bush Hager and her husband Henry have just announced the name of their third child and first son: Henry Harold Hager—to be known as Hal. An extremely convenient nickname, actually, since Hal has long been used for both Henry...

Awesome V Names for Boys

　　So you’re looking for a V names for boys. And for your own personal reasons, you’ve eliminated the most obvious, Victor and Vincent. But where do you go from there? Admittedly, this isn’t the broadest group in the alphabet, but here are some very viable boy names starting with V...

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really? The Coolest Unisex Nature Names America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

　　Gender neutral names are susceptible to the same shifts in popularity as traditionally gendered names, but these shifts can differ between the sexes. This makes it more interesting to examine the directions of unisex names, which fluctuate in girl-boy ratio from year to year. 　　Nameberry defines gender neutral names as...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

　　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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Is Your Favorite Name More Popular Than You Think?

Is Your Favorite Name More Popular Than You Think?

GOODBYE, GLADYS? Enter the New Nameberry Contest!!! Baby Name Trends: Heading Up L Names to Love Baby Name Trends: View from the Peak Biblical Names: From The Baby Name Bible CAREFUL, KAL-EL; WATCH OUT WHIZDOM! Irish Baby Names: Hot Off The Press

Sam and Sadie: Geezer Names for Babies

　　Sam, Max and Jake were once seen as cigar-chomping movie moguls who had retired to Miami Beach to become pinochle-playing Grandpas. But they’ve all gone on to be popular baby names, both in their nickname and long forms, with Jacob topping the list since 1999. 　　Samuel, Jacob and cousin Benjamin are...

Taking Baby Names Seriously

　　 The economic downturn has affected just about every aspect of American life, and that even extends to baby naming. We’ve noticed–and I don’t think it’s just among our enlightened readers–a definite change in attitude, away from trendiness and towards more solid, serious names. In other words, frivolousness is out, and...

COWBOY (& COWGIRL) NAMES

　　Cowboy names first galloped onto the scene in the 1950s and 1960s, along with the cool Western TV shows and movies of the era. A lot of these were Old Testament names that had not been heard much since, well, since the real Old West. Some of the early choices...

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British Baby Names: Tops of the pops

British Baby Names: Tops of the pops

Popular baby names: The case for the common name Happy Second Birthday To Us! The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1 Favorite Baby Names: Your Personal Top 10? Vintage Baby Names: What’s your era? Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list

Name Stories for Kids: For name-nerds-in-training!

　　There are countless books for kids with first names in their titles—from Harold and the Purple Crayon to Madeline to Fancy Nancy to Olivia—but there aren’t very many books for children about names, with scenarios revolving around such name issues as how they relate to identity, popularity, etc 　　I have found a...

New Zealand Name Report

　　New Zealand native Anna Hamilton parses the recently released Kiwi name statistics and analyzes what’s up and down, in and out, including such surprise (to us) hits as Aria, Ayla, Anahera, Manaia, and Sione.. 　　BOYS 　　Looking first at the boys: The big news here is that after a five-year reign,...

Baby Names 2010: The Also-Rans

　　We’ve obviously been spending too much time in the depths of nameberry, checking out which names our visitors have been checking out. 　　And while Finn and Charlotte are the most-searched names for the first nine months of the year, and while we recently brought you our own nameberry Top 100...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

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

　　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...

How to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

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