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Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita

　　If you like names that are classic and timeless, international and deep-rooted, royal names could be the perfect style for you. 　　These are the names worn by kings, queens, princes, princesses and their families (focussing on European ones here) from early medieval times to the present day — some names...

Jan 14, 2025

Name the All-Girl Quints!

Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva

The Blooming of Lily

Newest Girl Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Ada to Xanthe

Kimye Kname Kraziness North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far) Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie Bold Names for Girls

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Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair

Jan 14, 2025

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　After years of long-frilly girl names, the winds of fashion are once again shifting and one syllable names are getting recognition. 　　There are several lovely one syllable names with quaint femininity such as Jane, Rose, and Mae. And then there are one syllable...

Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls

Jan 14, 2025

　　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....

Pretty Girl Names

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys

Jan 14, 2025

　　by Abby Sandel/Appellation Mountain 　　Do you name boys and girls the same way? 　　We often reserve antique gems for girls – lady-like appellations like Charlotte, Amelia, Lydia, and Hattie. But this week, parents proved that retro picks work for boys, too. Several high-profile birth announcements revived grandpa-chic choices for our...

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Girl Names You Never Knew Were in the Top 50

100+ Rare Girl Names You Don’t Know (Yet!) Ann Alternatives: Updating a Classic How I Named My Baby: Kilmer Dove How I Named My Baby: Esme Virginia My Name, My Story: Zara How I Named My Baby: Pippen Carol Compound Names for Girls: The Next Generation Little Black Dress Names Are Always in Style

12 Girl Names That Deserve More Love

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

Stunning Spanish Names for Girls and Boys

Jan 14, 2025

　　If you’re interested in Spanish names for your baby-to-be, you’re probably familiar with the many Spanish choices popular in the US, like Sebastián and José, Camila and Sofia. But there are many intriguing baby names that are popular in Spain and Latin America but virtually unknown to anglophones. 　　Sure, classic Spanish names...

Don't Name Your Daughter Harper

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

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Baby Names 2010: Top 100 For Boys

Classic baby names: Peter, Paul or Mary? Boys’ Names Ins and Outs Popular Baby Names 2010: Top 100 Boys’ Names So Far John Today, Gianni Tomorrow RIP, Ben: A Mom Mourns Her Once-Favorite Name Vintage Boy Names: How To Find A Cool Old Name Occupation Names: A Labor Day Salute Classic Names: The Fred Factor

Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names

Jan 14, 2025

　　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 2010: Most Popular So Far

Jan 14, 2025

　　There’s a new Number One boys’ name three-quarters of the way through the year. Finn beat out Henry to become the most popular of the boys’ names 2010, as the most-searched male name on nameberry for the nine months that just ended. 　　This is big news, not least because well-liked...

FATHER’S DAY NAMES: Celebrity Dads

Jan 14, 2025

　　Once more this year we commemorate Father’s Day 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). As with the moms we displayed on Mother’s Day, it turns out that quite...

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State 50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

Jan 14, 2025

　　Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter – one that is influenced by factors like a person’s past experience, age or location. 　　If you live in the United States of America, you can...

Gender Neutral Names Changing Direction

Jan 14, 2025

　　Gender neutral names are susceptible to the same shifts in popularity as traditionally gendered names, but these shifts can differ between the sexes. This makes it more interesting to examine the directions of unisex names, which fluctuate in girl-boy ratio from year to year. 　　Nameberry defines gender neutral names as...

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What Are The Top Baby Names of the Future?

TV Character Names: Dynasty & Dallas New York City Names: Sophia and Jayden top the new list Scottish Baby Names: What’s ‘in’ in Inverness? Top Names of 2008: Emma and Jacob Rule Latin Baby Names: Most influential choices Celebrity Baby Names: Brooklyn yes, Bronx no Baby Name Timeline I-Initial Names: Eyes on the ‘I’s’

Children’s Book Names: From Aidan to Zoe

Jan 14, 2025

　　While browsing through a recent issue of The New Yorker magazine, I came across an article about the current generation of picture books and their bratty protagonists. It was illustrated by an image from a book called Finn Throws a Fit. Aha, I thought, so juvenile authors are on top of...

70’s Baby Names: Beyond Tiffany & Todd

Jan 14, 2025

　　When we talk about vintage names, we’re usually harking back to the Gay ’90s or the Roaring ’20s at the latest. But what about more recent vintage vintages? Are there any names that were popular just a couple of decades ago that are already ready for revival?–or are they all...

New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

Jan 14, 2025

　　Ah, New York, New York. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. And if you can name your baby here without needing therapy or Xanax, then I applaud you. 　　That’s because like everything else in NYC, baby naming is intense. If most people think naming children...

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Top Baby Name Influencers 2023

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Top Czech Names Follow International Trends

Jan 14, 2025

　　This just in: the top Czech baby names for 2022! 　　The Czech Republic is a small country in central Europe with a classic, self-contained naming culture. Traditional Czech names such as Vendula and Zdeněk have made the charts for decades, and proper Czech spellings are favored over streamlined international variations....

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

Presidential Names for Babies: Who's Winning?

Jan 14, 2025

　　Presidential baby names – the famous last names and, in a few cases, first names of America’s presidents – are more popular than ever in the US. The presidential connection may be more direct in some cases (Lincoln) than others (Taylor). 　　Naming a child for – or, in some cases,...

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How to Cope With Baby Name Regret

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

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Jan 14, 2025

　　Today the 1950 United States Census has finally been made public, giving us a peek into the post-war lives of our grandparents and great-grandparents. It’s a treasure trove for name lovers and family history enthusiasts alike! 　　You may want to name your child after a family member born in the...