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Top Boys Name For Each Letter: a 130-year survey

　　Yesterday, we looked at the girls’ names, and today, as promised, it’s the boys’ turn. Again, we present the Top 10 baby names for every letter of the alphabet—from Anthony to Zecheriah—compiled by nameberry’s own Nephele. (The U.S. Social Security Administration’s complete names lists spanning a 130-year period were used in the tabulation...

Boys’ Names: Naming a son the Pinkett-Smith family way

Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom

Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back

A Boy Named Chelsea

How About Harvey? What About Walter? Presidents Day Names: The Veeps’ Turn Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names Boys’ Names Ins and Outs Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV Irish Baby Names: Last Names First

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Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending

　　Maybe contemplating the name Rufus sparked my revelation. Or it might have hit me when I encountered an Otis. Whatever the inspiration, I suddenly realized that my most-loved boys’ names end in the letter s. Yep, almost all of them. 　　Amias? One of my all-time underappreciated favorites. 　　Amadeus and Miles? ...

William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks

　　Yesterday we came up with our suggestions for the name of the first baby daughter of Prince William and his bride. With the variety of girl name possibilities, it was relatively easy—almost an embarrassment of riches—but with the boys, there’s a far less fertile field, especially if we stick within our strict confines...

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...

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,...

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Goodbye Girls’ (Names)

Goodbye Girls’ (Names)

Word Names for Babies: What’s in a word? Will This Baby Ever Get A Name? A Baby Named ….Seabiscuit? The Lost Names of 1880 BALLERINA NAMES: Names for the Nutcracker Season Boys’ Names for Girls: A Key To Success? Exotic Lite: Girls’ Edition Place Names: New Destinations

Unique Baby Names: Is there such a thing??

　　This blog is adapted from our most recent book, Beyond Ava & Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby 　　When people look for baby names online, they often put in a search for unique names. Some of them are trying to find names that are unusual and distinctive, but...

Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part 2: Cultural Icons

　　We looked at trailblazing women in Part One of this blog yesterday—bold and courageous achievers who would prove worthy namesakes for a daughter. Now we turn to those with major accomplishments in the arts—a varied mix of writers, artists, and musicians of the far and fairly recent past—many of whom seem to...

Family Names: Naming from the Heart

　　Today’s guest blogger, Ilya Welfeld, describes her journey towards the perfect–and inevitable –name for her daughter. 　　Is it wrong to admit that I sometimes want another child just to name it? That at times, that desire is so powerful as to supersede memories of chafed breasts, sleepless nausea and the...

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A Boy Named Chelsea

A Boy Named Chelsea

Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks Nameberry Challenge: Name Affleck baby #3!! Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9 Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names Occupation names: A Labor Day celebration

BOYS’ NAMES 2011: The Underground Popularity List

　　Last week we brought you our underground list of most popular girls’ names 2011; now it’s the boys’ turn. 　　You may be familiar with Nameberry’s most popular boys’ names 2011, with Asher, Henry, and Finn at the top all the way down to Axel, Nathan, and Landon. 　　You may even...

Father’s Day Names: Dads of the rich and famous

　　It’s Father’s Day, and once more this year we commemorate the holiday with a list of some notable names of the paternal parents of celebrities of various times and places, with some truly unusual examples, as in Archulus (Truman Capote) and Belmont (Humphrey Bogart). It turns out that quite a number of past (and...

Boys’ Names: 8 greats under the radar

　　Many people—berries included –sometimes complain that it’s harder to find names for a boy than a girl, that we’re running low on male names that are usable but not overused (outside of or as far down the Top 1000 as possible), interesting, distinctive, appealing, and authentic—names that would fit into our old Fitting In/Standing Out...

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Baby Names: The gender reshuffle

Baby Names: The gender reshuffle

Naming Baldwin Baby Name Trends: Sleek, simple, cool names Newsy Names this Week: Aberdeen, Hercules and Via A Girl Called Liam 10 Years of Baby Names Modern Virtue Names Most Popular, Most Unisex Baby Names What are your favorite gender-neutral names?

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　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes biblical rarities, celebrities’ unisex choices, classic names with meaning, and French names galore. 　　Neglected names from the Bible 　　It’s no secret that biblical names with an Old Testament (or Torah) feel are big right now. The top 100 is full of them, especially...

Baby Name News: Norse names, nicknames and more

　　By Clare Bristow 　　This week’s news includes gender-neutral names for boys, lots of creative nicknames, and inspiration from revolutionaries, Norse myth, and the internet. 　　Unisex names for boys 　　Sometimes it feels like when a name crosses genders, it tends to go more from the boys to the girls than the...

Unisex Baby Names: the new entries for 2013

　　By Brooke Cussans, Baby Name Pondering 　　One of the posts I did last year that I really enjoyed was Unisex Baby Names: Five new entries – a list of those names special enough to simultaneously debut for both girls and boys in 2012. There were just five, and it was...

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New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

70’s Baby Names: Beyond Tiffany & Todd Favorite Name Too Popular? Here Are Some Fresh Substitutes Top Names of 2008: Emma and Jacob Rule GOODBYE, GLADYS? CAREFUL, KAL-EL; WATCH OUT WHIZDOM! Taking Baby Names Seriously L Names to Love Names of the Future

Celebrity Baby Names: Brooklyn yes, Bronx no

　　There are some celebrity kids’ names that are immediately embraced by other parents and become instant hits. Take Kingston, for example, the name chosen for personal reasons relating to the city in Jamaica by Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale: it had all the ingredients to make it a success– accessibility,...

Baby Name Timeline

　　When we were preparing the article “Bizarre Baby Names: A Growing Trend?” for the July issue of Reader’s Digest magazine that’s just hit the stands, we put together a lonnnnnng timeline of the key markers in American names –much longer than they could possibly use with the story. So here we offer you...

Latin Baby Names: Most influential choices

　　Latin culture is influencing everything in the United States, including baby names. With the growing prominence of Latin stars and parents of all ethnic backgrounds more interested in using culturally significant names, Hispanic choices are moving up the popularity lists. 　　Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Jessica Alba and Ricky Martin...

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Baby Names of 2011: Newest crop of babyberries

Baby Names of 2011: Newest crop of babyberries

Favorite Baby Names: Your Personal Top 10? Irish Baby Names: What’s Hot Now How Popular is Too Popular? Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa Belgian Names: Beyond Flemish and French Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops Baby Names 2010: The Also-Rans TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day!

Question of the Week: How do you feel about sharing your name(s)?

　　Today’s QOW was inspired by a comment from jgirl525. 　　This week it’s a two-parter: 　　a. What’s your response when you meet someone who shares your own first name? Do you feel an instant kinship or do you feel more proprietary? If it’s a popular name, do you immediately start comparing nicknames...

Name Stories for Kids: For name-nerds-in-training!

　　There are countless books for kids with first names in their titles—from Harold and the Purple Crayon to Madeline to Fancy Nancy to Olivia—but there aren’t very many books for children about names, with scenarios revolving around such name issues as how they relate to identity, popularity, etc 　　I have found a...

Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list

　　At long last, the official list of the most popular names for baby girls and boys born in England and Wales in 2009 has been released. And, to cut to the chase, here are the Top 10 for each gender–all of which were there last year, with several remaining in the same spot:...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister How to Change Your Baby’s Name Unique Twin Names to Inspire It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name The Best Baby Name Advice Test-Driving Your Baby Name Name Change Resources How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...

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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