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NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name

　　This week, AppellationMountain‘s Abby Sandel finds baby-name inspiration racing around the Daytona International Speedway. 　　Did you see newcomer Trevor Bayne win the Daytona 500 last week? 　　Me neither. 　　NASCAR might seem like an unlikely place to look for baby name inspiration. But if moms suggest ideas while dads exercise veto power,...

Irish Baby Names: Last Names First

Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names

A Boy Named Chelsea

Presidents Day Names: The Veeps’ Turn

Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV How About Harvey? What About Walter? William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks Top Boys Name For Each Letter: a 130-year survey Boys’ Names: Naming a son the Pinkett-Smith family way Boys’ Names Ins and Outs Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back

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Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel leads us into the jungle for some wild animal names. 　　Not so long ago, baby boys were named Jason and Kevin and Joshua, and a lynx was something we saw at the zoo on the kindergarten field trip. 　　Now a growing number of boys...

Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review

　　_Covering the week of January 25 to 31st, Abby Sandel– creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– unearths some treasures in the male Oscar nominee names announced this week._ 　　The list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards came out last week. Even though the only category in which I’ve actually seen all the...

Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names

　　Until recently, Italian names–particularly for boys– have rarely ventured outside their own neighborhoods, but lately we’ve seen several popping up in the celebrisphere—though usually, if not always, used by celebs with Italian roots. There have been at least four Mateo/Matteos, two Roccos, two Romeos, Annabeth Gish’s Enzo, Ricky Martin’s Valentino, and...

Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

　　As promised, here is our first Week in Review by Abby Sandel–creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– bringing you a roundup of the latest baby name news of the week every Monday from hereon in. 　　Early January brought round-ups of The Most Popular Names of 2010, at least according to a...

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Exotic Lite: Girls’ Edition

Exotic Lite: Girls’ Edition

Baby Name Fever: Is There A Cure? Goodbye Girls’ (Names) Word Names for Babies: What’s in a word? Will This Baby Ever Get A Name? Boys’ Names for Girls: A Key To Success? Place Names: New Destinations A Baby Named ….Seabiscuit? Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part 2: Cultural Icons

Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part I-Trailblazers

　　What could be a greater gift to bestow on your daughter than a name with a heroic namesake, someone with an inspiring story to add a layer of pride to your little girl’s feelings about her name–and give her great material for a school report? 　　The following is a list of...

Nature Names: Will trees be the new flower names?

　　Flower names for girls never go out of style, and for good reason! 　　Flower names have a fresh femininity which has appealed to parents throughout the ages, but they can also make a meaningful choice. 　　Choosing a seasonal flower name can be a sweet way to connect your baby girl...

Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Girls’ Names

　　Within the pages of books from all periods of literary history—from classical, metaphysical and Elizabethan poetry and plays to the Romantics and the Realists, right up to modern novels—can be found gems of names that have been lost to time, either because they’ve been identified with a singular character or simply...

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NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name

NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name

Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names BOYS’ NAMES 2011: The Underground Popularity List Classic Boys’ Names: Let’s hear it for Henry! Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9 Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review

Occupation names: A Labor Day celebration

　　It’s Labor Day weekend, and so time once more to turn our attention to the original, pre-barbecue significance of the holiday and celebrate some hard-working occupational names. 　　We’re focusing on the more uncommon, fresher sounding examples, and those with less obvious meanings, so no Archer, Shepherd or Baker. The er-ending...

Irish Baby Names: Last Names First

　　The current popularity lists are full of Irish names that are also surname names—Ryan, Riley, Brody, Brady, Brennan, Connor, Keegan, and Quinn, to name just a few—and have been for quite some time. For the most part, they have been two- and occasionally one-syllable names; we’d like to suggest that...

A Boy Named Chelsea

　　This guest blog by a guy named Chelsea lets us in on his gender-bender life experiences. 　　There’s nothing that unusual about being named after a place, except when that place name becomes one of the more popular names for girls during the 1990’s and you are a boy. That’s what happened to me. My...

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Unisex Baby Names: the new entries for 2013

Unisex Baby Names: the new entries for 2013

Irish Baby Names 2018 Modern Virtue Names 10 Years of Baby Names Unisex Names: Which names work best for both genders? Baby Name News: From fashion, sports and teentown Get Your Latest Baby Name News! A Girl Called Liam Most Popular, Most Unisex Baby Names

　　by Benilde Little 　　There weren’t that many names that I considered giving my first-born. Even though I had amniocentesis, we didn’t find out the gender. My husband didn’t want to know and so I let him have his way. I really wanted a girl, but knew I’d be happy with...

Newsy Names this Week: Aberdeen, Hercules and Via

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes names from this year’s biggest movies, inspiration from cities, soccer players and mythical heroes, and the perennial question: when to reveal the name? 　　Names from the movies: Solo and ShuriIf you’re a movie-goer, you might have already clocked some great names in cinemas...

Baby Name News of the Week

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes a wealth of names from Canada, lots of celebrity boy names, and naming stories from the worlds of rugby and baseball. 　　Names around the world: Octavian and EmilieThere’s a lot of online fanfare about the release of new name data, but have you...

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60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

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Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023

　　And that’s a wrap on the celebrity names of 2023. This year saw a number of notable celebrity baby names, including Techno Mechanicus, Rocky Thirteen, and Louetta Isley. 　　In addition, many A-list celebrity babies were born in 2023, such as the unnamed babies of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and...

Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones

　　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...

The Secret Meanings of Color Names

　　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...

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Popular baby names: The case for the common name

Popular baby names: The case for the common name

New Zealand Name Report The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name? The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1 Baby Names 2010: The Also-Rans Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list Baby Names of 2011: Newest crop of babyberries Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations

TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day!

　　Today is officially Soap Opera Day (woo hoo!) and though this isn’t as big of a deal in the baby name world as it once was, with a lot fewer sudsers on TV than there were when soap operas were the main staple of daytime programming, we have to acknowledge...

How Popular is Too Popular?

　　Question of the Week: Would you choose a popular name? 　　When my daughter Chloe was little, her name was becoming well used in Britain and Australia, but was hardly heard in the U.S. In fact, a surprising number of people often didn’t know how to pronounce or spell it. And so, try as...

International Faves: Top names across the globe

　　As we eagerly await the revelation of what the top names were in the US last year, we thought it might be fun to see what international faves were heading the lists in other parts of the world. Which American favorites were also among the three preferred choices in other...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

　　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...

How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

　　Baby name regret — also known as baby name remorse — is a common source of shame among new parents. It allegedly affects between 10-20% of new parents, yet the perceived stigma deters many from sharing their feelings or stories. 　　Lately, celebrities have been opening up about their own experiences with baby...

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