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Cross-Cultural Names: German American girls

　　Cross-cultural names: Naming across languages means extra challenges – and more choices, too! Let’s help this family find the right cross-cultural name for their German-American daughter. 　　Anna writes: 　　My husband and I are at an impasse for deciding on a name for our baby girl due end of November and...

Jan 15, 2025

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Girl Names: A sister for Isla and Elodie

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What’s in a VSCO Girl Name?

Jan 15, 2025

　　VSCO girls dominated pop culture in 2019. They popularized natural beauty products, told us all to save the turtles, and somehow even propelled Crocs back into fashion. 　　But unless you know Gen Z girls, you might not completely understand the concept of a VSCO girl. In fact, in Google’s report...

Teddi Mellencamp Needs a Name for her Daughter!

Jan 15, 2025

　　Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave has put the call out on Instagram—she needs help choosing a name for her baby! 　　Teddi Mellencamp—daughter of rockstar John Mellencamp and current cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills—is expecting a baby girl with her husband Edwin Arroyave. The couple have a seven-year-old daughter...

Name Sage: Choosing Cute Classic Girl Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　Cute classic girl names evolve from charming nicknames in nursery school to distinguished formal names as adults. But which goes best with brothers Theodore “Teddy” and Jack? 　　Christie writes: 　　We are pregnant with a GIRL after two sweet boys and really struggling with a name for her! 　　My boys are...

Baby Name Compromise: When he hates her favorite

Jan 15, 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...

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Name Sage: Kim Kardashian Stole My Baby Name!

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The Orphans of Annie

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Meagan at TulipByAnyName 　　A “hard knock life” is so much sweeter with a great name! 　　Annie is a beloved musical that opened on Broadway in 1977. There have been many stage, film, and TV adaptations of this heart-warming rags-to-riches story. As a child, watching the 1982 film version, I...

Name Sage: A Sister for Beatrice and Amelie

Jan 15, 2025

　　Louise writes: 　　We have twin girls called Beatrice Willow and Amelie Isobel. We also had a little boy called Finnian Robert, sadly stillborn at 36 weeks. We are now expecting another girl in November. Any suggestions for something that would go well with our older kids’ names? 　　I like French...

A 3-year-old’s Name Remorse

Jan 15, 2025

　　Much has been written lately about the pros and cons of using a unique name. People choose to do it for a variety of reasons – family heritage, creativity, believing it will provide an advantage later in life, to show others our beliefs and hopes for our little ones, or...

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I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

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How I Named My Baby: Koda Florian

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Jan 15, 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...

Flower Names for Boys Are Blooming

Jan 15, 2025

　　Flower names for boys are a rare but beautiful bunch – a subset of the fashionable group of floral baby names which have proved particularly popular for girls in recent years. 　　Cool nature names for boys include tree names like Rowan and Oakley, wild animal names like Fox and Bear,...

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Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Jan 15, 2025

　　Want to know the most gender-neutral nonbinary baby names? Depending where you live, they could be anything from Amani to Zen. 　　The most nonbinary names in the US are different from the most popular unisex names (which usually lean male or female). Here we’re talking about names that strike a...

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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

Jan 15, 2025

　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

Jan 15, 2025

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...

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Do you wish your own name…..?

Jan 15, 2025

　　Do you wish your own name was more unusual…or more popular? 　　The general trend of taste in baby names these days is toward the unusual — many of us are looking for names that will help our children stand out in the crowd. 　　This is borne out by statistics, in...

Classic Baby Names Make a Comeback

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel 　　The new US Top 1000 list is out, and there’s good news for those who love classic baby names! While plenty of newer names caught on, 2014 was all about the return of longtime favorites. 　　James bumped Jayden out of the US Top Ten. Alice and Eleanor...

Not-So-Different Baby Names: Elena, Caroline, Matteo

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Would you pay tens of thousands of dollars to have a crack team of experts develop a one-of-a-kind name for your baby? 　　If you’ve got the cash, a Swiss firm has assembled the creative linguists prepared to do just that. It isn’t clear just how...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

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Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Jan 15, 2025

　　They're living in Japan, so their new daughter's name needs to bridge two cultures - just like brothers Raiden and Renzo. Plus, they're hoping for something that feels meaningful to their family. The Name Sage tries to check all the boxes! 　　Clarice writes:I'm really hoping you could help me out...

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

Jan 15, 2025

　　Need an international name that works across different languages? It can be challenging, but here we share our tips and ideas to help you find a marvelously multilingual name that brings your family's cultures together. 　　If your family speaks multiple languages, you probably want your child to have a name...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 15, 2025

　　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...