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12 Girl Names That Deserve More Love

　　Why do some baby names make it big, while others remain under the radar? 　　Sometimes, it’s a simple question of sound and style. Other times, a celebrity or pop culture connection might be to thank for a name’s sudden rise (or fall). 　　But sometimes, even baby name experts are left...

Nov 26, 2024

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Don't Name Your Daughter Harper

Nov 26, 2024

　　Last names for girls are as established as popular favorites Harper, Madison, and Avery, but what about the new choices in this stylish class? 　　If you love gender neutral names and the classy image of last names for girls but want to move beyond the expected choices, we have some...

How I Named My Baby: Esme Virginia

Nov 26, 2024

　　Bailey Carroll, who works in healthcare technology, and Jon Wakelin, a strategy consultant, live in Lexington, Massachusetts with their two daughters: Louisa Wu "Lulu", and Esme Virginia Wu. 　　Esme was born on November 25, 2022. Below, we speak to Bailey about how she and Jon named their little girl. 　　Tell...

Ann Alternatives: Updating a Classic

Nov 26, 2024

　　Searching for alternatives to the classic girl name Ann? Perhaps you want to honor a loved one, or you're looking for a fresh route to sweet nickname Annie. We take a look at some of the most stylish Ann variants and alternatives. 　　Ann: Former Classic Fallen From FavorUntil the late 20th...

Hello, Cutie! Rare Vintage Girl Names Ending in -ie

Nov 26, 2024

　　Girl names that end in "ie" hold an endless appeal. They're feminine, informal, and innocent yet spirited. Today’s chart-rankers include vintage-sounding names –– Sadie, Millie, Elsie, Annie, Hattie –– as well as ones with a more contemporary feel, like Ellie, Charlie, Kylie, Callie, and Hallie. Androgynous nicknames like Stevie and...

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North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name

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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....

Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far)

Nov 26, 2024

　　See all the girl names on Nameberry here. 　　There’s a new girl in town, and her name is Imogen — the breakout Number 1 among girl names on Nameberry for the first half of 2013. 　　Imogen unseated longtime favorite Charlotte as our most-viewed girl name so far this year. In...

Pretty Girl Names

Nov 26, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　One of the search terms that sends a lot of people to Nameberry every day is “pretty girl names.” 　　Are they searching for names that are pretty, we wonder, or names that sound as if they belong to pretty girls? Or maybe what people are after...

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Family Name Drain: They’ve Used Them All!

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Geek Chic Names for Boys

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Pamela Satran 　　Geek is chic, at least when it comes to boys’ names. Looking at classic boys’ names that lie below the Top 1000, a lot of them are sweetly geeky. These are not the obvious Cool Guy names like Nico and Shane; instead, they’re the names of the...

New Baby Names: Great berrybaby choices of September!

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The September baby names in this month’s Babyberry report includes one of the most original middle names we’ve seen: Violet WHIMSEY. The girls’ names are running long, in the sense that there is a preponderance of three and four-syllable choices. Again, lots of floral appellations and an...

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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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Nov 26, 2024

　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...

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...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Nov 26, 2024

　　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...

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Playground Analysis: The REAL Top 50 Names

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Predicting Starbaby Names of 2014

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Tara Ryazansky 　　We all took guesses at what the British royal baby would be named. We brushed up on ‘K’ names to make bets at what Kimye would name their daughter. I haven’t thought much about celebrity baby names now that George and North are here though, but it...

Dog Names: What’s cool, what’s smart, what’s hot, what’s not

Nov 26, 2024

　　Dog names have become indistinguishable from baby names, with virtually all the most stylish and popular dog names coming from the human lexicon. 　　Cities like New York and Seattle as well as smaller towns such as Wellesley, Massachusetts and several dog-oriented websites publish yearly tallies of most popular dog names....

1913 Baby Names: Does the hundred-year rule still rule?

Nov 26, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Once a year, we like to stop and turn the calendar back a hundred years to see what parents were naming their babes a century ago and whether we might find some undiscovered treasures that, following the hundred-year rule, might be ready to be revived. 　　What was...

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Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

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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...

The Top Baby Names A-Z

Nov 26, 2024

　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...

Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

Nov 26, 2024

　　Have you ever known the excitement of meeting a Ben who is not Just Another Benjamin but is, in fact, Benedict? Or Nicki whose “secret” full name is Danika? If so, this list is for you. 　　Rare full names with familiar nicknames can be the best of both worlds, for...

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Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

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How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Nov 26, 2024

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...

Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Nov 26, 2024

　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...

9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby

Nov 26, 2024

　　On this 98-degree day, I’m doing the only chore that makes sense: cleaning the basement. That’s how, deep in a dusty box, between my now adult daughter’s kindergarten drawings and my ancient college essays, I found a draft of the proposal for our very first baby-naming book. 　　What struck me...