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Name Sage: Reinventing Bernice

　　Kelsey writes: 　　We have Penelope June and Malcolm Redding, and we’re expecting our third! My wonderful grandmother died a few days after I found out I was pregnant and we’d love to honor her if this baby is a girl. Her name was Bernice Vera. 　　My problems: our last name...

Nov 26, 2024

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Is Sailor the New Harper? Hot Girl Names Ending with R

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Girl names ending in R are joining their brothers as some of the hottest names around. 　　Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler recently welcomed baby number three, and it’s a girl! Saylor James joins big brothers Camden Jack and Jaxon Wyatt. 　　No sooner had Cavallari shared her happy...

Most Popular Girls’ Names 2015

Nov 26, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Charlotte, the name of Britain’s baby princess and the newest entrant to the US Top 10, reigns as the new Number 1 girls’ name on Nameberry’s 2015 popularity list. 　　Charlotte takes over from Imogen as the most-viewed girls’ name on Nameberry, reclaiming the crown she held...

Name Sage: A Sister for Ellie, Tessa, and Drew

Nov 26, 2024

　　Jackie writes: 　　We’re expecting baby #4 in early February – it’s a girl! – and are totally stuck on a name. 　　We already have three children: Eleanor Casey, called Ellie, and then twins, Tessa Lillian and Drew Morris, named for my great-grandparents, Lillian and Morris. 　　This time around my husband...

Sassy Double-Syllable Names for Girls

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Nick Turner 　　Anyone who watches panda videos online (and what kind of monster doesn’t?) knows that the animals often have names with repeating syllables: Bei Bei, Gao Gao, Lun Lun and so on. 　　This is a popular naming convention in China, where pandas originate, and it’s undeniably cute. In...

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Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth

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Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

Nov 26, 2024

　　by Abby Sandel/Appellation Mountain 　　Do you name boys and girls the same way? 　　We often reserve antique gems for girls – lady-like appellations like Charlotte, Amelia, Lydia, and Hattie. But this week, parents proved that retro picks work for boys, too. Several high-profile birth announcements revived grandpa-chic choices for our...

Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls

Nov 26, 2024

　　Great girls’ names abound in books, from classic characters like Jane Eyre and Scarlett O’Hara to more contemporary heroines like Matilda and Katniss. 　　So for our Question of the Week, we’d like to know: What are your favorite girls’ literary names? 　　Consult our master list of literary names for girls for inspiration....

Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

Nov 26, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　It’s a common baby name dilemma: You love a name like Cora or Lila forever, holding it close as your own special secret choice, and then bang! Right when you’re finally in a position to use it, you discover it’s become a trendy new favorite, vaulting...

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Boy Baby Names: The 12 Jazziest

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Newest Word Names for Boys

Nov 26, 2024

　　Last month we looked at the newest word names for girls. From Alannis Morrisette’s Onyx Solace to Nicky Hilton Rothschild’s Lily–Grace, word names are everywhere – both the traditional and the unexpected. 　　This week the same is true, but now we’re looking at baby boy names. 　　A trio of high...

Country Boy Names: The best of the west

Nov 26, 2024

　　Country boy baby names are favorites with American parents. Proof is in the current US Top 100: Wyatt and Ryder, Jackson and Hunter, Colton and Easton. 　　Some boys’ names feel country because of their associations, like Wyatt Earp or Johnny and June Carter Cash singing “Jackson.” Others bring to mind rodeo...

Brother Names: Finding a Middle Ground

Nov 26, 2024

　　He says her favorite names are weird. She says his suggestions aren’t for her. But does this couple have more in common than they think? 　　K writes: 　　My husband and I are having a boy. We are struggling with a name and could really use your help! 　　Our older son...

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Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

Nov 26, 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...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Nov 26, 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...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Nov 26, 2024

　　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...

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Popular Baby Names: The next top names

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Unpopular Names: Which ugly ducklings grow up to be swans?

Nov 26, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　One of the biggest baby name stories this week is The Week’s look at the least popular baby names in the U.S. from 1880 through 1932. 　　While such monikers as Handy, Spurgeon, Icy, and Toy, culled from the bottom of the Top 1000, are indeed laugh-inducing,...

Popular Names 2012: Guess the Top 10 and win!

Nov 26, 2024

　　SEE THE WINNERS BELOW!!! 　　The official list of U.S. Most Popular Names 2012 will be revealed later this week — Thursday afternoon or Friday morning, according to the Social Security press office — and so in advance of that announcement, we’re asking YOU to predict: 　　What do you think will...

Baby Names 2012: The Best of the New

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Every year, a small number of new names manages to move onto the Top 1000 list for the first time ever. Sometimes this marks the beginning of a climb up the ladder, other times it’s a name that will linger in the nether regions, and sometimes it...

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Nov 26, 2024

　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Nov 26, 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...

30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

Nov 26, 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......

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

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Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Nov 26, 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...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Nov 26, 2024

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...

How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

Nov 26, 2024

　　Since parents today invest so much thought and effort into finding the right name for their child, we get a lot of queries asking for advice on what to name the baby, and we do try to accentuate the positive. 　　But we also find it incumbent upon us to point...