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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...

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

Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending

Nameberry Week in Review: Debut issue

Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV

How About Harvey? What About Walter? Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom NASCAR Baby Names: Racing Towards the Right Name Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review Boys’ Names Ins and Outs Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back A Boy Named Chelsea

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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...

Presidents Day Names: The Veeps’ Turn

　　When Presidents Day rolls around, on our site and others, a lot of attention is paid to the influential names of our past presidents—Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Tyler, Taylor, Truman, Lincoln, Kennedy et al—and sometimes the names of their wives and children as well. And so I thought that this year it...

Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names

　　Heroes and villains, famous and infamous, real life, big and small screen characters and the actors who played them—there’s a whole genre of cowboy names that have a certain swagger and western twang all their own. 　　Here are a dozen of the best: who they were and why we like...

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

　　This week Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel follows the lead of Jada Pinkett (with son Jaden) in showing us how to find boys’ names honoring a female namesake. 　　Jaden Christopher Syre Smith turns 13 next month. Smith is Hollywood royalty, the son of actors Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith, and his name is...

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Word Names for Babies: What’s in a word?

Word Names for Babies: What’s in a word?

BALLERINA NAMES: Names for the Nutcracker Season Goodbye Girls’ (Names) Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part I-Trailblazers Top English Girls’ Names: Who Are The Most Popular? Will This Baby Ever Get A Name? Heroine Names: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part 2: Cultural Icons The Lost Names of 1880 Name Shame

The Magic of Maya

　　Hope Edelman, today’s guest blogger, is the acclaimed author of the influential bestseller Motherless Daughters; her new book, a fascinating and inspirational personal odyssey titled The Possibility of Everything, is out this week. 　　My daughter got her name from a San Francisco Guardian newspaper box. 　　Actually, she got her name...

Baby Name Fever: Is There A Cure?

　　Guest blogger 　　Jennifer Maselli finds herself nursing Baby Name Fever, and the only (elusive) cure is the perfect name. 　　Since finding out that our third and final child – due this fall – is a girl, I have become afflicted with something I like to call “Baby Name Fever.” I’ve...

Exotic Lite: Girls’ Edition

　　There are some names that are not quite English, or American, but not quite not English either. These include international variations of classic English names – such as Katarina for Katherine – and names that are widely heard around the world but remain unusual in English-speaking countries. 　　The list below...

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Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

Boys’ Names: Regular Guy Names

A Boy Named Chelsea Animal Names: The Wild Kingdom Boys’ Names: Naming a son the Pinkett-Smith family way Father’s Day Names: Dads of the rich and famous Boys’ Names: 8 greats under the radar Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again

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...

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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Newsy Names this Week: Aberdeen, Hercules and Via

Newsy Names this Week: Aberdeen, Hercules and Via

Modern Virtue Names Baby Name Trends: Sleek, simple, cool names Baby Name News: From fashion, sports and teentown Unisex Baby Names: the new entries for 2013 A Girl Called Liam 10 Years of Baby Names Naming Baldwin Gender-Bending Baby Names

Most Popular, Most Unisex Baby Names

　　Many unisex baby names are not truly unisex, meaning they’re used predominantly for one sex and only rarely for the other. 　　I’m thinking of names like Addison and Madison, which started as boys’ names but are now used nearly exclusively for girls, and names like James, in the Top 10...

The Subconscious Bias of Unisex Baby Name Trends

　　It used to just be one of those quirks reserved for the parents of future celebrities such as Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore, Taylor Swift, Hayden Panettiere and Blake Lively, but now giving baby girls a traditional boy name is on trend. 　　Evelyn, Mackenzie, Billie, Frankie, Addison, Tyler, Dylan,...

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...

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Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style! Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich Celebrity Baby Name Trends of 2023 New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

60 Southern Baby Names With Charm And Style

　　What makes a Southern name? Just a unique blend of tradition and modern style. 　　Parents in the American South are famous for passing on family names to children, for example by repeating first names, or using mom's maiden name as a first name. This means that classics like John and...

How Millennial Is Your Name?

　　Millennial names define their generation. John and Mary were the Number 1 names for The Greatest Generation, Linda and Gary emblematic names of the Baby Boom, and now Jessica and Michael emerging as the top names for Millennials. 　　Nameberry tabulated the names of all babies born from 1982 until 2004,...

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British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations

British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations

Popular baby names: The case for the common name International Faves: Top names across the globe Name Stories for Kids: For name-nerds-in-training! Top UK Baby Names: Olivia and Oliver head the list British Baby Names: Tops of the pops The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name? Question of the Week: How do you feel about sharing your name(s)? The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1

Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops

　　This week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel looks beyond the Top 1000 most popular baby names list to find some still undiscovered goodies. 　　Wasn’t yesterday a little bit like a birthday/Fourth of July/belated Mother’s Day celebration all rolled into one? I’ll admit it: I hung up on my own mother to...

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...

Latin American Names: los nombres del bebe con salsa

　　The term Latin American, of course, takes in a number of countries and cultures, with both shared name histories and trends and distinctly individual ones. The names in Portuguese-speaking Brazil are, for example, quite different from those in the various Spanish-speaking cultures. Some currently popular names prove to be international...

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Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts Updating Popular 1950s Names How to Cope With Baby Name Regret 9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name How to Pick the Perfect Multilingual Name

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

　　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...

Name Change Resources

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...

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