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Classic Girls’ Names: The Claire Contingent–Claire, Clara and Clarissa

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The crystalline clear classic Claire has seen an impressive rise recently—entering the Top 50 for the very first time in 2011—and bringing Cousin Clara and other relatives slip-streaming along with her. The perfect time to take a closer look at this clear-eyed family. 　　CLAIRE—Currently favored spelling Claire...

Jan 14, 2025

Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls

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

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Four Syllable Middle Names: Longer choices beyond Elizabeth

Bold Names for Girls Luna, Ozzie and Vernon: Bold Girls, Vintage Boys Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie North West: Behind Kim and Kanye’s baby name Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva Name the All-Girl Quints! Rare Royal Girls’ Names: Christabel, Eugenie and Melita The Blooming of Lily

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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...

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...

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

Jan 14, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Wowza! 　　I was completely overwhelmed by the sheer quantity, gorgeousness and wild originality of the names reported in the Birth Announcement forums for this third quarter of the year, from July through the end of September. So overwhelmed, in fact, that I’m dividing the results into two...

Unusual Baby Names: 10 same-but-different girl names

Jan 14, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　It’s a common baby name dilemma: You love a name like Cora or Lila forever, holding it close as your own special secret choice, and then bang! Right when you’re finally in a position to use it, you discover it’s become a trendy new favorite, vaulting...

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Finding Rare Celtic Girl Names

Name Guru to the Stars: Predicting the Seventh Hanson Baby Name Name Sage: Spirited Names Match Imogene Girl Names More Popular Than You Think Rare Girl Names Promise Sisterly Style Confronting Name Regret How I Named My Baby: Zara Tiger How I Named My Baby: Henrietta Beatrice Narrowing Down Your Name List

New Girl Names: 11 Fresh Choices

Jan 14, 2025

　　We at Nameberry are always combing works of literature, global popularity lists, and your suggestions to find new girl names to add to the Nameberry database. We thought we’d bring you the highlights of our most recent efforts. Here are 11 of our favorite recently added girls’ names. 　　Araluen –...

How I Named My Baby: Magnolia James

Jan 14, 2025

　　Jacqueline Brown lives in Southwest Ohio with her husband Dan and their son, Luca Emerson. This June they welcomed their second child, daughter Magnolia James. 　　Here, Jacqueline talks to us about how she and Dan chose the baby name Magnolia for their little girl. 　　How long did it take you...

Little Women Sets New Name Trends

Jan 14, 2025

　　Greta Gerwig’s new Little Women, the latest remake of the beloved 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott, is sure to launch a range of style trends, including a fashion for its most celebrated names. 　　 Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy must be one of the...

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Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh

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Can’t Find A Name You Love? Maybe you’ve got BNDD

Jan 14, 2025

　　Ohio mom of two Kristen Hunger had an easy — make that ecstatic — experience naming her first two children, Colette and Weston, pictured above. But this time around? She can’t find a single name she loves….and she’s afraid she knows why. 　　It was bound to happen. After two pregnancies...

Celebrity Babies: Reese Witherspoon’s boy Tennessee James

Jan 14, 2025

　　The revelation of Tennessee as the name of Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth’s baby boy came as something of a surprise to the celebrity babies‘ name-watching world—but perhaps it shouldn’t have been, what with other recent starkids named Alabama, Indiana and Arizona. And a simple Google search will tell you that though...

Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

Jan 14, 2025

　　There’s a whole posse of cowboy baby names in Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel’s roundup of this week’s newsiest names. 　　Some weeks, it feels like all of the birth announcements are from one big extended family. 　　Nameberry dubbed this style trend Iconoclastic Cowboy, and indeed, it does seem to be popular...

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Unisex Names Across the Atlantic

The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State The Coolest Unisex Nature Names Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames Gender-Bending Baby Names Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

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...

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Jan 14, 2025

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

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The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Ancient Names for Babies How Millennial Is Your Name? Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock What's a Classic Name? Modern Christian Names With Spirit and Style! Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

New Study Shows Climate Impact on Baby Names

Jan 14, 2025

　　Nature-related baby names are a huge trend across the board right now. But did you know that the climate actually influences the type of nature names American parents are choosing for their children? 　　A recent study published in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences analyzed over a century of baby names...

These Names Are At Their Peak

Jan 14, 2025

　　Looking for a name everyone will love just as much as you do? You can’t go wrong with names at the top of their game. 　　Names that peaked in 2022, calculated in exclusive research and analysis by Nameberry, are baby names that rank higher in the USA than they have...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Jan 14, 2025

　　New York baby namers love sleek, streamlined girl names like Rose and Claire, while Dallas favorites like Willa and Evangeline bring a touch of Southern charm. 　　Scottish namers are drawn to rugged boy names with a local flavor, such as Innes and Struan. And in Auckland, New Zealand, you'll find...

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The Top Scottish Names You Never Hear

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British Names That Never Crossed the Pond (But Should)

Jan 14, 2025

　　British names and American names are as different as they are alike. 　　For every name that’s popular on both sides of the Atlantic, there are just as many that are only common in one country. Parents in the US and England and Wales share four girl names and three boy...

U Names for Babies Are the Most Unique

Jan 14, 2025

　　Names that start with U are by definition unique: U is the rarest first intial! But wait — before you skip from the T’s of Thea and Theo to the V’s of Violet and Viggo, pause for a moment and consider these unique U-name possibilities, from the storied Ulysses to...

Top Baby Names 2020 Revealed!

Jan 14, 2025

　　We're ringing in a new decade in baby names with established favorites — Olivia and Liam take the top spots again! 　　The biggest rise in the girls' Top 10 was Charlotte, which moved up two positions from 2019, now ranking at Number 4. On the boys' side, Henry jumped three positions...

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How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

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Unique Twin Names to Inspire

Jan 14, 2025

　　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...

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...

Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort

Jan 14, 2025

　　Rainbow baby names — names for a child born after the loss of another — can be a way to mark a time of mixed emotions. Some parents find it helpful and meaningful to choose a name that both acknowledges the loss and celebrates new life, commemorating the past and...