Baby names | Name list - www.zdname.com

Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices

　　Maybe because Nameberry attracts such serious name lovers, many visitors to the site can’t settle for choosing just one name for their babies. 　　I’m not talking about the trend toward picking two middle names but about the taste for baby girl names that have two very different versions: a classic,...

Jan 6, 2025

Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice

Gender Shock! What to do when nature foils your naming plans?

Greek Names for Girls: 21 unexplored ancient treasures

Baby Girl Names: A name lover goes wild

A Girl Named Ellis Can you help this teenberry love her name? Stylish Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–from Winter Victoria to Vivian Vespa Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence Top Girls’ Names of 2012 Let’s hear it for Auntie Name! Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9 Looking Beyond Emma and Ella: Who’s next?

Popular recommendations >

Over-the-Luna About Baby Names

Jan 6, 2025

　　In the Nameberry 9 this week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel takes on one of the world’s longest celebrity baby names, Rosalind A. A. A. F. Thurman-Busson aka Luna. 　　As summer slipped into fall, I was convinced we’d never learn the name of Uma Thurman’s new daughter. And then suddenly, there...

Unusual Girls’ Names: Lotus, Arrow, Pehr, and the rest of the Nameberry 9

Jan 6, 2025

　　Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain focuses this week on some bold and daringly unusual girls’ names that made baby name news. 　　Some weeks I’m astonished by the range of names we can choose for girls. 　　We love our children regardless of gender, but when it comes to talking baby names, many of...

Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100

Jan 6, 2025

　　Around this time every year, we peek behind the Nameberry curtain to see which names are the most popular with our visitors. This Top 100 for each gender, which reflects views of the name pages on our site, indicates which names have captured the most interest since the start of...

Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Does one name have it all?

Jan 6, 2025

　　This week’s Berry Question of the Week comes from a Kansas mom named Amy, who is excitedly awaiting the arrival of a daughter to add to her trio of well named boys. Problem is, she’s waited so long to have a little girl that she feels the name she’s looking for can be...

Girl Names >

Finding Rare Celtic Girl Names

Little Women Sets New Name Trends Name Sage: Choosing Cute Classic Girl Names Long Middle Names for Girls Teddi Mellencamp Needs a Name for her Daughter! Traditional Girl Names with a Twist Biblical Girl Names for Now Rare Girl Names Promise Sisterly Style Artistic Baby Names for Girls: Saskia and Simonetta

Time To Be More Greta!

Jan 6, 2025

　　Greta Thunberg: TIME Person of the Year 201992 years ago, TIME magazine named American aviator Charles Lindbergh its first “Man of the Year”. Fast-forward to 2019, and not only has the feature been renamed “Person of the Year”, but it’s been announced that the chosen candidate this year is a...

How I Named My Baby: Magnolia James

Jan 6, 2025

　　Jacqueline Brown lives in Southwest Ohio with her husband Dan and their son, Luca Emerson. This June they welcomed their second child, daughter Magnolia James. 　　Here, Jacqueline talks to us about how she and Dan chose the baby name Magnolia for their little girl. 　　How long did it take you...

Baby Name Compromise: When he hates her favorite

Jan 6, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel 　　Seeking their baby name compromise: She’s always known her future daughter’s name. But now they’re expecting a girl, and he’s not a fan of her favorite. How can they compromise on a name they’ll both love? 　　Annabel writes:My husband and I are expecting our first baby and...

Boy Names >

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

Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques 12 Boy Names That Deserve More Love Trending Boy Names How to Make Classic Boy Names Unique New Geek Chic Names For Boys Exploring the Meaning of Julian Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Jan 6, 2025

　　Boy names ending in a vowel (or a vowel sound) feel lively and distinctive, in an era where consonant names for boys – particularly those ending in N and R – have long dominated the list of popular names. 　　There are now five boy names ending in a vowel sound...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Jan 6, 2025

　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention. 　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...

Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

Jan 6, 2025

　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...

Unisex Names >

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity 200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Jan 6, 2025

　　Unisex names are attracting more and more attention for babies of both sexes – but “unisex” doesn’t always mean “gender-neutral”. 　　Unisex vs. Gender Neutral NamesNameberry generally defines unisex names as those given to the minority sex at least 10% of the time. But although those names may qualify as unisex...

Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Jan 6, 2025

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 6, 2025

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

Trends & Predictions >

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

The Secret Meanings of Color Names Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023 Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style! Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities 60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

What's a Classic Name?

Jan 6, 2025

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

Jan 6, 2025

　　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...

Ancient Names for Babies

Jan 6, 2025

　　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 >

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Popular Twin Names Top Baby Name Influencers 2023 Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning? The Top Baby Names A-Z Classic Baby Names on the Rise New Popular Irish Names Revealed 20 Chic French Names You Should Know About Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Jan 6, 2025

　　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...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 6, 2025

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More

Jan 6, 2025

　　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,...

Baby Naming Advice >

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

The Best Baby Name Advice Test-Driving Your Baby Name How to Change Your Baby’s Name Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names Name Change Resources 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 6, 2025

　　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...

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Jan 6, 2025

　　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...

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Jan 6, 2025

　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...