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Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

　　by Abby Sandel/Appellation Mountain 　　Do you name boys and girls the same way? 　　We often reserve antique gems for girls – lady-like appellations like Charlotte, Amelia, Lydia, and Hattie. But this week, parents proved that retro picks work for boys, too. Several high-profile birth announcements revived grandpa-chic choices for our...

40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Girls Edition

Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

Baby Girl Names: Short and sweet

Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie Nameberry Picks: 14 jazziest jazz singers’ names Unexpected Names for Girls: Edelweiss, Marceline, and Cee Cee Most Popular Girls’ Names of 2013….so far The Blooming of Lily Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls Pop Culture Names: Cora, Aurora and Devora Unusual Girls’ Names: 100 excellent choices

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Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

　　If you like names that are classic and timeless, international and deep-rooted, royal names could be the perfect style for you. 　　These are the names worn by kings, queens, princes, princesses and their families (focussing on European ones here) from early medieval times to the present day — some names...

Georgian Girls Names: Alethea, Augusta and Jane

　　By Haley Sedgwick 　　I’ve always loved reading classic books. By the time I was twelve, I’d read a few Shakespearean plays, Pride & Prejudice, and Sense & Sensibility. Shakespeare was great of course; however, Jane Austen gave me even more. With her novels, I got the charming, delightful gentlemen I’d...

Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?

　　My friend Kim loved the name Cordelia. This was in my pre-Nameberry days, and Cordelia‘s been off the Top 1000 since 1950: It certainly wasn’t a name that it occurred to me to love. 　　Still…..Cordelia. The more I thought about it, the more I loved Cordelia. Thanks, Kim, for the...

Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Wowza! 　　I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer quantity, gorgeousness and wild originality of the names reported in the Birth Announcement forums for this third quarter of the year, from July through the end of September. So overwhelmed, in fact, that I’m dividing the results into two...

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Great Names: All About Katherine

Great Names: All About Katherine

Mother’s Day Names: Noteworthy names of notables’ moms Flower Names: A floral bouquet of names for girls President’s Day Names: All the Presidents’ children Place Names: New Destinations Oscar Names: Girls’ edition BALLERINA NAMES: Names for the Nutcracker Season Aviatrix Names: Flying high with the names of pioneer pilots New Top Names List: Share Your Predictions!

Black History Names: Cultural heroines of the Harlem Renaissance

　　Harlem Renaissance names related to the cultural heroines of that movement comprise this year’s celebration of Black history names. These women—novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, sculptors and musicians– all played significant roles in the movement that flourished from the end of World War I through the mid-1930s, during which a group...

Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Girls’ Names

　　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...

Top Baby Names 2010: 100 Most Popular Girls’ Names So Far

　　UPDATE!! Check out our final list of top baby names 2010 for girls. 　　Nameberry’s top baby names 2010 for girls are a mix of choices — Olivia, Sophia, Elizabeth, Ava, Isabella — that are also popular on the national count and more adventurous names, from Isla to Imogen to Iris,...

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New Baby Boy Names: Inspired by Trees

New Baby Boy Names: Inspired by Trees

Presidential Names: Sometimes losers have winning names Names for a Yuletide Babe: The O Antiphons Most Popular Boys’ Names 2015 Name Sage: A Brother for Noa and Talia Braggadocio Boy Baby Names Name Sage: Traditional Boy Names Needed Notable Boy Namesakes for February Romantic Baby Names for Boys: Valentino, Romeo and Rhett

Brotherly Boy Names with Meaningful Connections

　　We recently ran Kara‘s suggestions for subtly connecting girl siblings’ names. Now it’s the boys’ turn. 　　Matthew/Levi. Matthew is an American staple, spending decades in the Top 20, reaching as high as Number 2 in the 90s. But if, at Number 16, Matthew is still too popular for you, or...

We Named Kim & Kanye’s Baby!

　　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: What’s the Boy Version of Violet?

　　Maria writes: 　　We are expecting a baby in July. We’re not finding out the gender – but that’s proving to be extremely difficult when it comes to names! 　　If it’s a girl, we have a list as long as my arm: Willow, Hazel, Lace, Maple, Olive, Violet, Eva, Sylvie/Sylvie, and...

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Gender-Bending Baby Names 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Surprisingly International Baby Names How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

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...

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

　　Vintage surname names — it’s not an oxymoron! 　　Yes, we tend to think of surname names as a modern trend, and in many ways it is. The way we use surname names today is remarkably different from a century ago. 　　Historically, wealthy families passed down surnames as a way to authenticate...

Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

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Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends

Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends

A peek inside the Nameberry bubble Future Top Ten Names: Avery, Jaxon, and Hadley Billy and Bob are Back in the Playground The Royals are Coming: King, Prince and Princess Name the Next New Starbabies Challenge! Your predictions wanted! M Baby Names: Initial of the future? Eclectic Naming Trends: Global, Gender-Neutral, Classic The New International Names

The Newest, Hottest, Oldest Baby Names

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Every year, the US government issues a list of the names that are making the biggest leaps up the popularity list. And there, among the reality TV-inspired Daleyzas and Jayceons, sprinkled in with the new-fangled Jurnees and Zayns, is a collection of vintage names that for...

Unusual Baby Names: The Other A Names

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Everybody loves the letter A. 　　A is the most common first initial for baby names today. Many of the most popular baby names start with A, including Ava, Abigail, and Amelia for girls, and Alexander, Andrew, and the Aiden constellation for boys. And then there are...

Starbabies 2014: The luscious and the ludicrous

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　2014 was another amazing year for starbaby names, with some of the most varied, at times contradictory trends, ranging from classics like Rosemary, Frances, Evelyn and Eric to gender-benders, oddball spellings, and words refigured as names. 　　Among the strongest trends of the year: more boys’ names borrowed...

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100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

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Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

　　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....

Popular Twin Names

　　Popular twin names used to appear on the Social Security top baby names site, but alas, no more. 　　But while there hasn’t been hard data on the top twin names in the US in over a decade, we can extrapolate from the 2010 twin names data to make some educated...

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask How to Cope With Baby Name Regret Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine How to Change Your Baby’s Name Updating Popular 1950s Names The Best Baby Name Advice Unique Twin Names to Inspire

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

　　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...

Name Change Resources

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...

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...

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