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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...

Nov 21, 2024

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Unusual Boys’ Names: 12 Fresh Biblical Choices

Nov 21, 2024

　　Are there really any good unusual boys’ names left in the Bible? Old Testament names for boys have been fashionable for going on half a century now, from the 1960s Adam to the present day Asher. Could there possibly be any obscure-yet-usable choices left? 　　Hundreds of them, in fact. The...

Classic Boys’ Names: Let’s hear it for Henry!

Nov 21, 2024

　　Why does Henry consistently rank as one of the top two Nameberry favorite boys’ names? (Finn is the other one.) 　　Because in many ways Henry is the most perfect of the classic boys’ names—as historic as James and John and William –yet with a quirkier edge that makes it seem modern, and even hip. 　　Henry...

Nameberry Picks: The 12 best ‘You-can-call-me-Al’ names

Nov 21, 2024

　　One of Paul Simon‘s biggest hits was a song titled “You Can Call Me Al.” But, really, who calls anyone Al anymore? 　　Once upon a time, a century ago or so, Al was almost as commonplace a nickname as Joe or Jim, Bill or Bob. Al itself stood independently at Number 298, a casual...

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

Nov 21, 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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Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part 2: Cultural Icons

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Goodbye Girls’ (Names)

Nov 21, 2024

　　Guest blogger Deb Levy, who writes with her husband about life in these recessionary times at And For Poorer, had three wonderful girls’ names all picked out. The only thing she was missing was the daughters to give them to. 　　“It’s a girl!” the doctor cried after the gazillionth push....

Popular Girls’ Names: The Real Top 10 (or 12 or 13)

Nov 21, 2024

　　What are the most popular girls’ names in the U.S.? If you consult the official Social Security list, or most of the state lists, you’ll get one version. With each name counted individually by spelling — Sophia and Sofia are counted separately, in other words — the national list of...

Aviatrix Names: Flying high with the names of pioneer pilots

Nov 21, 2024

　　Everyone knows the name of Amelia Earhart, but how many others do we know of the equally daring female pilots—then called aviatrixes– who made their mark during the early days of flying? 　　In the wild and wooly barnstorming, daredevil days of aviation from its beginnings to World War II, there were few occupations...

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

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Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Nov 21, 2024

　　When a name gets popular, it’s rarely in isolation. 　　Both boy names and girl names tend to rise and fall in groups based on sound, image, association, or some combination thereof. Sometimes just a pair of names will attract attention, but often entire gangs of names will become fashionable at...

Brother Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　Choosing the right brother names involves striking the right balance. Ideally, brother names should be coordinated in a clear way — such as style or origin — but you want the names to be distinctive, so the brother set doesn’t feel too matchy. 　　Looking for brother names with similar style is...

Aiden Names: the Rise And Fall of a Mega-Trend

Nov 21, 2024

　　Aiden and boy names that rhyme with it have been all the rage since around the year 2000. Have you ever wondered about the history of this name trend? Or what the most popular Aiden-names are today? 　　Join us for a dive into this wave of names that swept the...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

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Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

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Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Nov 21, 2024

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

Ancient Names for Babies

Nov 21, 2024

　　Can the rise of ancient names for babies be credited to the prominence of Amelia, Zoe, Sebastian, and Atticus on international lists of popular names? 　　Or maybe it’s a reaction against all the new names and trends that have mushroomed over the past few decades, from word names to nature...

New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

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5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

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Popular Twin Names

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Nov 21, 2024

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Nov 21, 2024

　　We often cover rare and unique names — from creative modern inventions to unusual place and nature names. The names below are rare too, but with a difference. 　　You've almost certainly heard of them. (And so have your parents.) 　　Even if you don't know someone with them in real life,...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

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9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Nov 21, 2024

　　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...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Nov 21, 2024

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Nov 21, 2024

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...