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PERfect Girls’ Names: juniPER, harPER and PERsephone

　　By Brooke Cussans at Baby Name Pondering 　　Just starting your name search or stuck in a rut? Not sure where to start, or just need some fresh inspiration? Then how about one for every day of the week! Here are seven names containing the PER sound – one “per” day...

Nov 21, 2024

Naming a Girl: Cute, classic, or somewhere in-between

Polly put the kettle on and we’ll all have a nursery rhyme name!

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Top-Ten-Then Girls: Shirley, Bertha and Bessie

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Classic Girls’ Names: What’s your favorite?

Nov 21, 2024

　　There are so many gorgeous classic girls’ names to love — from the classic classics like Katherine and Elizabeth to the fashionable classics such as Clara or Juliet. 　　Then there are the quieter classics such as Ruth and Helen and Mary, a bit sleepy at the moment, as well as...

Buttoned-up Girls’ Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

A Sad Farewell to The Nook of Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　It is with great sadness that we report the death of one of our most treasured contributors, K. M. Sheard. Kay ran the delightful website, Nook of Names, and was the author of a giant, encyclopedic compendium of name information, Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Names, which we have found to be...

12 Literary Ladies: Unique names from Abra to Sapphira

Nov 21, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Novels and plays are filled with wonderful character names that provide great naming inspiration–recently we’ve seen that reflected in the newfound popularity of Holden from Catcher in the Rye, Atticus and Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird, Scarlett from Gone with the Wind. 　　Today we’re looking at some of the...

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Naming a Daughter – At Last!

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Flower Baby Names: A rose by any other name…

Nov 21, 2024

　　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

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

Cool Word Names for Girls

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

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Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming

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How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian

Nov 21, 2024

　　Cinthia, a surgical technologist, and Benjamin Shaver, who works in warehouse maintenance, live in Seattle, Washington with their son, Koda Florian. 　　Koda was born on December 8, 2022. Below, we speak with Cinthia about how she and Ben named their little boy. 　　Tell me Koda’s name story!I overwhelmed myself with...

80+ Woodsy Names for Boys That Will Make You Want to Have a Son

Nov 21, 2024

　　What do you get if you cross cottagecore with cowboy names? Meet woodsy names for boys. Woodsy names are the best of each trend — the rugged handsomeness of cowboy names blended with the romantic pastorality and natural elements of cottagecore names. 　　These are the names of woodland heroes and forest...

Exploring the Meaning of Julian

Nov 21, 2024

　　Julian is a quiet classic, which has been in steady use throughout history but never wildly popular. It currently ranks at #35 in the US, appreciated for his jolly but understated charm. 　　Up to a point, the origins of the name are clear and undisputed: it comes from the Roman...

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Unisex Names: Which names work best for both genders?

Nov 21, 2024

　　A lot of people complain about unisex names. 　　Names like Riley and Rory, they say — never mind Maxwell or James — should never be used for girls. Those are boys’ names, and should stay on the boys’ side of the fence. 　　And then there are those people who campaign...

Baby Name News: From fashion, sports and teentown

Nov 21, 2024

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes thoughts from teenagers about their names – popular and otherwise – fashionable cosmopolitan names, and some awesome alliteration. 　　Popular names: Emma and Sophia 　　Emma and Sophia are all grown up! Ok, not all of them – as we know, they were the first...

The Newest Names on Nameberry

Nov 21, 2024

　　We’re always adding new names to the Nameberry database, whether new discoveries or expansions of older listings. 　　Our latest collection includes word names and nicknames, international imports and mythological names ready for revival. We bring you these new entries not as our latest recommendations but as fresh additions to the...

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How Millennial Is Your Name?

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Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Nov 21, 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...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Nov 21, 2024

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

Nov 21, 2024

　　And that’s a wrap on the celebrity names of 2023. This year saw a number of notable celebrity baby names, including Techno Mechanicus, Rocky Thirteen, and Louetta Isley. 　　In addition, many A-list celebrity babies were born in 2023, such as the unnamed babies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and...

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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

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Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　Jewish names are a diverse set, represented by Hebrew names, biblical names, Yiddish names, and gentile names that gained popularity among the American Jewish community. 　　A recent report by the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion's Jewish Language Project reveals the most popular Jewish names in the US. This...

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Nov 21, 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....

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Nov 21, 2024

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Nov 21, 2024

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...