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Lost Latin Names Ready to Return: Aurelius to Octavius

　　By Andy Osterdahl, The Strangest Names in American Political History 　　Thanks to mass mega-phenomena like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, we’ve been exposed to lots of previously fusty-sounding ancient Latinate names, and some of them are beginning to sound more and more wearable as baby names—in fact several have landed...

Boy Name: How to honor Grandma Jacqueline?

Happy Veteran’s Day: Unusual World War Hero Names

Boy Names: Seeking something fresh

Bold Boy Names: What Goes with Riggins?

Sibling Names: Unusual Baby Names with Great Meanings Baby Name Theft: Are We the Bad Guys? Baby Name Doubt: Is This Name Too Different? Baby Name Challenge: Naming a 7th boy! Fancy Schmancy Starbaby Names Boy Baby Names: Let’s talk about Liam Classic Boy Names: John’s Extended Family Top One Syllable Boy Names: Short but strong

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Labor Day Names: Occupational names for your little Pilot or Poet

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　It’s become a Nameberry tradition, almost since the beginning to celebrate occupational names on Labor Day. This year we’re not only featuring those whose original occupations might no longer exist in the modern world, though they’re all good, wearable, sometimes trendy names, but also some of the...

Memorial Day Names: Araminta to Zealous

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Though its current associations might run more to barbecues, picnics and parades, Memorial Day conjures up a load of historic references dating back to its post-Civil War origins, as well as some more contemporary traditions. 　　There are several blogs-worth of noteworthy Civil War generals’ names alone—Alpheus, Americus,...

Celebrity Baby Names: Hanson Baby #6

　　By Natalie Hanson 　　Claude Indiana Emmanuel Hanson is here! He joined us on a rainy December evening and we all fell instantly in love. Now that he has arrived I’m thrilled to share the story of his baby name with you all! 　　First, Claude. Claude is a name I’ve loved...

Nicknamed Starbabies: Boys edition

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We recently looked at the nickname names celebs have been giving their daughters and of course there was an equal number of casual, colloquial names bestowed on their brothers. In the case of the boys, we see more mid-20th century monikers, including some that are pretty tough...

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Transforming Top to Uncommon Girl Names

Transforming Top to Uncommon Girl Names

How I Named My Baby: Zeraphyn Miu Fanciful Girl Names Go Over-the-Top Mom Names: the New Generation 100 Best Girl Names Below the Top 1000 Cool Girl Names: Charmed Circles Don't Name Your Daughter Harper My Name, My Story: Zara Olive or Olivia, Sophie or Sophia?

How I Named My Baby: Aadya Dash

　　Puja, a service analyst, and Partha, an engineer, are a Bangladeshi-Canadian couple living in Toronto. Their daughter, Aadya Dash, was born in September 2022. 　　Here, we speak with Puja about how she and Partha named their baby girl. 　　Tell me how you named Aadya!We first had to decide which letter...

Rose Alternatives: Fresh Twists on a Classic

　　Searching for alternatives to the classic girl name Rose? We've got a wealth of fresh options for you, ripe for the picking! 　　Timeless Classic Turned Middle Name of the MomentRomantic Rose has proved one of the most enduringly popular flower names for girls, peaking at #14 at the beginning of...

Transforming Top to Uncommon Female Dog Names

　　Naming a dog and naming a baby, while similar in some respects, are two totally different tasks. We have different requirements for our pet names and our baby names. Children need names that can serve them in multiple contexts over the many stages of life. Dogs don’t. 　　This is why...

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Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far)

Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far)

Jack, Jackson & Theodore: Who says it’s tough to name a boy? Goldilocks Classics for Boys: Holden, Noah, Wyatt and Beau 20 Best Super Sleuth Names for Boys Memorable Memorial Day Names: Marcellus, Maxcy and Moonlight Australian Baby Names: Focus on Banjo Name the All-Boy Quints! Preppy boys’ names ending with S: Ames, Keats, and Yates Popular Boys’ Names: Top 100 Makeover

The Best Boys’ Names: 10 great biblical choices

　　Our new book, The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys, selects the 600 very best choices from the 20,000 boys’ names on Nameberry. 　　We wanted to pick the top choices from a wide range of different types of names – classics and new inventions, adventurous and conservative...

Addison, Juno and Jayne: Possible names for boys?

　　This week for the Nameberry 9, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel takes a look at the shifting perceptions of boys’ baby names. 　　When we named our son Alexander in 2004, it was a no-brainer, a family name that my husband very much wanted to pass down. Despite my baby name obsession,...

Honoring a beloved grandfather by taking his name

　　The following essay is re-published with the permission of its original author Robbie Blair. You can view the full essay here. 　　A name is not a small thing. I didn’t realize its full weight until I read Helen Keller‘s account of her genesis in the world of language and identity....

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200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State The Coolest Unisex Nature Names 100 Unique Unisex Middle Names America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Unisex Names Across the Atlantic Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

Gender-Bending Baby Names

　　Gender-bending baby names cross gender boundaries. Some of them are more popular for boys, others for girls, and some are so rare they could go either way. See what you think – are these names more boy or girl to you? 　　Arlo 　　Actor Theo Rossi and his wife chose a...

Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

　　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...

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If This Is Your Name, You’re Probably in Kindergarten

If This Is Your Name, You’re Probably in Kindergarten

44 Names from 1917 You Should Use Now! British Name Trends 2016: Oliver, Olivia & Trixie Grace The Most Popular Baby Names Of 2017… So Far Popular Baby Names: Our predictions of next rising stars! Future Starbaby Names: Predictions for the New Hammer and Grammer Babes Invent-a-Baby-Name Challenge Champs! Nameberry’s Names of the Year 2016 What Will Be the Next Liam…and Sophia?

1990s Pop Icon Names

　　With Pokémon, the Clintons and Crystal Pepsi back in the news, it’s the 1990s all over again. 　　So it seems like a good time to ponder names from that glorious decade. I don’t mean the most popular baby names (Michael and Jessica ruled the charts in those years). I’m talking...

Hottest Baby Names of 2017

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　What are the hottest baby names of 2017? Which baby names do we see getting hotter, cooler, trendier, and a lot more visible in the year ahead? 　　To find out, we measured which names clocked the greatest rise in page views in the first month of 2017 compared...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names by State

　　Which quirky favorite baby names does YOUR state love above all others? We crunched the numbers and came up with these top names in each state — not the most popular in terms of sheer numbers, but the unusual, distinctive baby names that get an outsized amount of love in...

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20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

20 Chic French Names You Should Know About

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80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

　　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...

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...

Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

　　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...

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts The Best Baby Name Advice Updating Popular 1950s Names Name Change Resources The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

　　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...

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

　　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 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....

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