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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...

William and Kate’s First Baby Boy: Top Nameberry Picks

Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending

A Boy Named Chelsea

Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names

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Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review

　　_Covering the week of January 25 to 31st, Abby Sandel– creator of the wonderful AppellationMountain blog– unearths some treasures in the male Oscar nominee names announced this week._ 　　The list of nominees for the 83rd Academy Awards came out last week. Even though the only category in which I’ve actually seen all the...

How About Harvey? What About Walter?

　　The Nameberry Question of the Week: Would you name your baby boy Harvey or Stanley or any of the other up-and-coming oldies appearing on the recently released British pop list? 　　Is this another case where the Yanks will follow the Brits in baby-naming trends and revive such previously verboten Grandpa...

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

　　Yesterday, we looked at the girls’ names, and today, as promised, it’s the boys’ turn. Again, we present the Top 10 baby names for every letter of the alphabet—from Anthony to Zecheriah—compiled by nameberry’s own Nephele. (The U.S. Social Security Administration’s complete names lists spanning a 130-year period were used in the tabulation...

Midcentury Nickname Names: Buster and Buddy are back

　　I don’t you know if you’ve noticed a growing trendlet—at least among celebrities—for what we might call generic-boy-nickname-names. In other words, these aren’t specific short forms like Charlie or Archie, but ol- timey macho boy tags like Buddy and Buster. 　　In the recent past, we’ve seen Noel Gallagher’s Sonny, a...

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A Baby Named ….Seabiscuit?

A Baby Named ….Seabiscuit?

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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...

Will This Baby Ever Get A Name?

　　Guest blogger Elizabeth Lindsay, aka nameberry’s very own Olivekit, was wracked with indecision over what to name her third baby girl — a dilemma followed closely by all her friends on nameberry’s message boards. The final name choice surprised everyone, even Olivekit herself. 　　Baby Ooh La La (what my two-and-a-half-year-old...

Boys’ Names for Girls: A Key To Success?

　　Will giving your daughter a masculine name — as Heidi Klum and Seal did with their newborn daughter Lou — increase her odds for career success? 　　It might if she goes into the legal profession, according to a new study. Women with masculine names make more money as lawyers than...

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Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV

Super Name Sunday: Names From Super Bowl XLV

Cowboy Names: Back in the saddle again Oscar Nominee Names: Nameberry Week in Review Classic Boys’ Names: Let’s hear it for Henry! Father’s Day Names: Dads of the rich and famous Nameberry Picks: 15 Fantastico Italian Boys’ Names Irish Baby Names: Last Names First Boys’ Names: 8 greats under the radar Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9

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...

Nameberry Challenge: Name Affleck baby #3!!

　　The news is out–even if it hasn’t been formally announced–that the soon-to-arrive third Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck baby will be a boy. This provides us all with a perfect opportunity to display our sibset-crafting skills. 　　I think all will agree that the couple made gorgeous (and trend-setting) choices for...

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...

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Irish Baby Names 2018

Irish Baby Names 2018

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Gender-Bending Baby Names

　　Gender-bending baby names are crossing conventional boundaries that define male and female names. Down at the very bottom of the Social Security extended list of baby names, among the hundreds of names given to only five babies in that particular year, are a few dozen names that have radically crossed...

Baby Names: The gender reshuffle

　　By Eve Newman 　　What actually makes a name female or male? Most names seem to have been assigned a strict gender based on previous usage, but recently more and more we are seeing boy names used for girls and girl names used for boys. You could say this is the...

Baby Name Trends: Sleek, simple, cool names

　　By Pamela Redmond Satran 　　People often ask us how we come up with our baby name trend predictions. 　　The short answer: It’s a mix of science and inspiration, with a dash of magic. 　　One of our major predictions for baby names 2015, for instance, was a trend toward short, simple...

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Number One Names: So Long, Jacob and Emily?

Number One Names: So Long, Jacob and Emily?

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Enter the New Nameberry Contest!!!

　　Mother’s Day is fast approaching, and to baby name fanatics that means one thing beyond cards and flowers: that the release date of the latest figures from the Social Security Administration is only a few weeks away. We’ll soon know whether or not Emily and Jacob have finally been overtaken...

Top Names of 2008: Emma and Jacob Rule

　　The day every baby name addict waits for all year is finally here, as the Social Security Administration released its list of Top 1000 Boy and Girl Names this morning. To many people’s surprise–including a sizable number of our contest entrants–Emma leapfrogged over Isabella–last year’s #2– to become the most...

New York Baby Names: Big competition in the Big Apple

　　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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Irish Baby Names: What’s Hot Now

Irish Baby Names: What’s Hot Now

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British Baby Names: Tops of the pops

　　British baby names were very much on the front burner this week, following the release of the official Top 100 popular British names lists for 2010. 　　At the top of the British names rankings was a pair of what sounds for all the world like matchy-matchy twin names, Olivia and Oliver. ...

Favorite Baby Names: Your Personal Top 10?

　　Popular baby names are the Number 1 topic of the week, but today we thought we’d turn the tables and ask instead about favorite baby names. What are your personal Top 10 names for each gender? 　　The criteria: Those you love best, period. Put them in order, with Number 1...

TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day!

　　Today is officially Soap Opera Day (woo hoo!) and though this isn’t as big of a deal in the baby name world as it once was, with a lot fewer sudsers on TV than there were when soap operas were the main staple of daytime programming, we have to acknowledge...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

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What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

　　Nameberry has been happy to host Abby Sandel's Name Sage column and to bring our visitors her wise naming advice for several years now. Here, Abby's accumulated naming wisdom (so far). Thank you, Abby, for your wonderful column. 　　The act of choosing a name is deceptively simple. Just a few...

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...

Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

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