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To V or Not To V? Can this Mom break family tradition?

　　Megan , who lives just outside Philadelphia, is expecting her first boy after two little girls in June. Her daughters both have family names, but now her husband, Thomas IV, would like to continue the tradition of naming the boys in his family Thomas, making their son Thomas V. Problem...

Dec 12, 2024

Unusual Boys’ Names: 12 Fresh Biblical Choices

Boys’ Names in Limbo: Is Roy ready to return? How about Howard?

Top Boy Names 2011

Boys’ Names: This week’s newsiest picks, from Barnaby to Jasper to Ned

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Boys’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100

Dec 12, 2024

　　Now it’s the boys’ turn at the Top 100 list. These are the most popular names gauged by visitors to their pages so far in 2012. 　　As with the national list, the boys’ top names are more stable than the girls’ — though the Nameberry list is very different from...

Would You Crowd-Source Your Baby’s Name?

Dec 12, 2024

　　Okay, you’re Berries, of course you wouldn’t. 　　On the other hand, if crowd-sourcing your baby’s name is good enough for the most powerful new mom in corporate America….. 　　Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and venture capitalist husband Zack Bogue had their first baby, a boy, on Sunday, and took to Twitter...

Todd and Troy, Keith and Kent: Can those old surfer-boy names resurface?

Dec 12, 2024

　　After decades of classic Thomases and Timothys, Richards and Roberts, nothing sounded cooler in the sixties and seventies than a sleek, new, single-syllable name. I’m not talking about those that were just short-form nicknames like Josh and Jeff and Brad and Greg, or the inauthentic Hollywood-invented names like Rock or...

Can’t Find A Name You Love? Maybe you’ve got BNDD

Dec 12, 2024

　　Ohio mom of two Kristen Hunger had an easy — make that ecstatic — experience naming her first two children, Colette and Weston, pictured above. But this time around? She can’t find a single name she loves….and she’s afraid she knows why. 　　It was bound to happen. After two pregnancies...

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Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie

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Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far)

Dec 12, 2024

　　See all the girl names on Nameberry here. 　　There’s a new girl in town, and her name is Imogen — the breakout Number 1 among girl names on Nameberry for the first half of 2013. 　　Imogen unseated longtime favorite Charlotte as our most-viewed girl name so far this year. In...

Unusual Girls’ Names: 100 excellent choices

Dec 12, 2024

　　One of our most popular blog posts ever was on 100 wonderful names given to 25 or fewer girls each year. (We did a boys’ version too.) 　　But what, we wondered recently, would happen if we narrowed the parameters even more? If we looked only at names given to ten...

Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva

Dec 12, 2024

　　The Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　Are we becoming more tolerant of creative names? 　　My kids’ friends and classmates are a diverse lot, and their names reflect it. There’s Seamus and Shivarama, a boy named Delaney and a girl called Jordan. Yes, we have Matthew and Sam...

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Cool Boy Names: The Nameberry 9

To V or Not To V? Can this Mom break family tradition? Nameberry Picks: The 12 best ‘You-can-call-me-Al’ names Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh Boys’ Names: This week’s newsiest picks, from Barnaby to Jasper to Ned Literary Character Surnames: Wentworth, Gatsby and Holmes Would You Crowd-Source Your Baby’s Name? Todd and Troy, Keith and Kent: Can those old surfer-boy names resurface? Biblical Baby Names: Why Noah now?

Boys’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100

Dec 12, 2024

Top Boy Names 2012

Dec 12, 2024

　　Finn has taken over as Nameberry’s top boy name for 2012, claiming the Number 1 spot held last year by Asher. Former most popular boys’ name Henry drops to Number 3. 　　The names on our boys’ Top 10 remain the same as last year, except that Owen and Felix have...

Memorable Memorial Day Names: Marcellus, Maxcy and Moonlight

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Before you fire up the barbie or pack up the picnic basket, why not take a minute to think about what Memorial Day memorializes. 　　The holiday—originally called Decoration Day—was first commemorated on May 30, 1868, not long after the Civil War had ended, and was given that...

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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Dec 12, 2024

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

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The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Dec 12, 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...

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

Dec 12, 2024

　　The biggest critic of parents’ baby name choice? Yup, that would be Grandma! 　　According to a 2016 survey, almost half of new parents who received negative comments about their newborn’s name said that they came from their own mom. 　　Whether you’re surprised or totally unsurprised by that statistic – no...

Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

Dec 12, 2024

　　Astrology names are inspired by the stars and planets, the four elements, and the symbols and characteristics connected to the zodiac signs. 　　Coinciding with the recent cultural obsession with astrology, we’ve observed a rise in names relating to the zodiac and all things celestial. 　　Millennials and Gen Z have taken...

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Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report

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Irish Baby Names: What’s Hot Now

Dec 12, 2024

　　Irish baby names are in the news this week, with the release of the official statistics on the top names of 2010. Leading the list: Sophie and Jack, holding onto their Number 1 crowns from last year. But there are lots of other changes and surprises in the statistics. 　　The...

International Faves: Top names across the globe

Dec 12, 2024

　　As we eagerly await the revelation of what the top names were in the US last year, we thought it might be fun to see what international faves were heading the lists in other parts of the world. Which American favorites were also among the three preferred choices in other...

The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1

Dec 12, 2024

　　This week, Appellation Mountain ‘s Abby Sandel travels around the country and across the pond to discover which names ranked Number 1 where. 　　Baby name news is fast and furious at year’s end. Lists of Worst and Best Celebrity Baby Names abound. (Did anyone else notice that Zuzu Audrey, daughter of Top...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Dec 12, 2024

　　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....

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Dec 12, 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...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...