Baby names | Name list - www.zdname.com

Nov 25, 2024

　　It’s one of the unwritten rules of baby names–well, actually it’s been written more than once, including by us–that it takes a century for a name to feel fresh enough again to be used for an infant, to no longer sound like a mommy name (Jennifer) or grandpa (Irwin) or...

You Don’t Have to Love Jazz to Call Your Kid Kenton

Nov 25, 2024

　　Whenever I speak to one of my most trusted name correspondents from her loft in a hip bastion of lower NYC, I can usually depend on her to give me some unexpected name news. A while back, Emily was the one who first told me that Oscar was over before most of...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Nov 25, 2024

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Nov 25, 2024

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

Girl Names >

Power Girl Baby Names

Vintage Girl Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name Unusual Names for Girls: Below the Top 1000 Matt Damon Baby Name Contest: And the winner is… Popular Girls Names: Their ups and downs Nameberry Picks: 12 Best Glamour Girl Names Italian Girls’ Names: Le tante sorelle di Isabella Nameberry Week in Review: Oscar-inspired Girls’ Names Girl Names: Unusual, Stylish Choices

Freckle-Faced Names: Polly, Peggy & Penny

Nov 25, 2024

　　There’s a certain species of girls’ names that we’ve referred to in our books as freckle-faced, pigtailed and button-nosed: they’re the kind of character names inhabited by Shirley Temple as a curly-haired moppet, and Judy Garland as a wide-eyed, innocent teen, as well as starring in dozens of old popular...

How To Update Old Nickname Names

Nov 25, 2024

　　In 1963, there were 23,900 baby girls named Lori, the same year that there were 21,191 little Tammys and 11,000 Cindys, not to mention all the Mindys, Mandys, Marcys, and Marnies with the then modern-sounding nicknamey, quasi-unisex, names popular from the mid-fifties and into the next couple of decades. 　　So is it any wonder that...

Unisex Names: Yes? No? Boy? Girl?

Nov 25, 2024

　　Unisex names have been around forever, back to the era when Alice, Anne, Emma and Esmé were boys’ names that morphed over to the girls’ side, and Douglas and Clarence were female names. In the sixties there were Jodys and Jamies of both genders, and now we have a whole new set...

Boy Names >

How I Named My Baby: Xander Steele

How I Named My Baby: True Luck How I Named My Baby: Osric Theo Peregine How I Named My Baby: Casper Jerome How to Name Your Baby After Your Grandpa How I Named My Baby: Mercer Joaquin The Best Cool Undiscovered Boy Names Earthy Boy Names: 100+ Friendly and Grounded Ideas How I Named My Baby: John Aidan

Old Man Names Get a New Lease of Life

Nov 25, 2024

　　Old man names are the new old lady names. 　　They’re the next frontier of vintage baby names, that is. Old-fashioned girl names – from sweet Alice and Violet to sparky Beatrix and Zelda – have felt almost unilaterally cool for several years now. 　　But old man names have traditionally found...

15 Cool Country Boy Names For Your Little Cowboy

Nov 25, 2024

　　Country boy names capture the spirit of the American West: places and landscapes, cowboys and pioneers, and country music – including the names singers give their own children. 　　The country style embraces names from a wide range of origins, from nature to cities to the bible. They’re not traditional classics,...

Name Sage: Third Boy Needs a Cool and Traditional Name

Nov 25, 2024

　　Amanda writes:I have two boys: Jack Mansfield and Jude Michael and just found out our third child is another boy!My list - approximately 292,929,292 pages long - includes all the simply beautiful and perfect name combinations I absolutely adore for girls. 　　Meanwhile, my boy list is … lacking. Typically I...

Unisex Names >

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Gender-Bending Baby Names Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names The Top Unisex Names in Every US State 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Nov 25, 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...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Nov 25, 2024

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

Nov 25, 2024

　　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...

Trends & Predictions >

What's a Classic Name?

Babyberries: Class of 2023! How Millennial Is Your Name? Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich America's Next Top Baby Names The Top Names We're Watching for 2024 Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Nov 25, 2024

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Nov 25, 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...

Ancient Names for Babies

Nov 25, 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...

Name Popularity >

New Popular Irish Names Revealed

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names The Best of the Rarest Baby Names Top Czech Names Follow International Trends New Study Determines the Top Jewish Names Top Names in Each State Revealed! Rare Names With Popular Nicknames 20 Chic French Names You Should Know About The Top Baby Names A-Z

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Nov 25, 2024

　　Gen Z names, the most popular names for babies born from 1997 to 2012, are led by Emily and Jacob, according to a new study by Nameberry. 　　The watchword for Generation Z names is diversity, according to Nameberry’s study, with 70% more names in general use for Zoomers than for...

Popular Twin Names

Nov 25, 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...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Nov 25, 2024

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

Baby Naming Advice >

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts Updating Popular 1950s Names Unique Twin Names to Inspire 9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Nov 25, 2024

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Nov 25, 2024

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Nov 25, 2024

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...