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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...

Jan 13, 2025

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Boys’ Names: The Happy Ending

Jan 13, 2025

　　Maybe contemplating the name Rufus sparked my revelation. Or it might have hit me when I encountered an Otis. Whatever the inspiration, I suddenly realized that my most-loved boys’ names end in the letter s. Yep, almost all of them. 　　Amias? One of my all-time underappreciated favorites. 　　Amadeus and Miles? ...

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

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

A Boy Named Chelsea

Jan 13, 2025

　　This guest blog by a guy named Chelsea lets us in on his gender-bender life experiences. 　　There’s nothing that unusual about being named after a place, except when that place name becomes one of the more popular names for girls during the 1990’s and you are a boy. That’s what happened to me. My...

Nameberry Picks: Best Cowboy Names

Jan 13, 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...

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25 Unusual Names Inspired by Celebrities

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Playing it Safe Baby Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　UPDATE: She’s here! Scroll to the bottom of the post to learn what they chose for their daughter. 　　L. writes: 　　We are expecting our first baby later this year, a girl, and we are stuck on names. 　　For many years, I thought I would name my future daughter Chloe. My...

Modern Romance Girl Names: Sienna and Vienna

Jan 13, 2025

　　When we talk modern girl names, we’re often thinking about picks like Harper and Sloane, or Willow and Sage. They’re surname names and word names, choices that trend girl, but could just as easily be given to boys. Tailored and trim, these unique baby names feel right at home in...

A boy name trend now hot for the girls!

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The er suffix has always been popular for boy names, in part because it’s such a common one in occupational surname names like Cooper and Hunter. But for girls—not so much. Of course Jennifer was the behemoth of the 70s and 80s, and borrowed-from-the-boys Harper is now #10...

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A Dozen Neglected Biblical Boys’ Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　In the most recent list of Most Popular Boys ‘ Names, all five of the top five names came from the Good Book, accounting for well over 100,000 of the boy babies born in the US. Obviously, many parents–whether for religious reasons or not–continue to be attracted to names with this strong...

Naming Baby After an Old Boyfriend

Jan 13, 2025

　　Guest blogger Kathryn Livingston__, author of the essay collection All About Motherhood, knew you weren’t supposed to name a baby after an old boyfriend. But she couldn’t resist. 　　My first two babies—both boys—were easy enough to name, and my husband and I agreed that the names Aaron and Sam were...

Famous Dad Names: Noteworthy Names of Some Famous Fathers

Jan 13, 2025

　　It’s Famous Dad Names time! For Mother’s Day we took a look at some of the more interesting names of the mothers of distinguished people, and now we do the same for the paternal parent. Once more, it turns out that an unusual number of past (and a few present)...

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Vintage Surname Names Come Back Around

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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 13, 2025

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

Surprisingly International Baby Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　Say “international baby names” — and what springs to mind? 　　Hands up if you said Anna or Adam! It’s true: there are plenty of popular names that feature near the top of the baby name charts in multiple countries. 　　But if your tastes lean towards more uncommon choices, finding a...

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity

Jan 13, 2025

　　Nonbinary names are balanced in the proportion of girls to boys who receive the name in a given year. At Nameberry, we define this as no less than 35 percent, but no more than 65 percent of a single sex. Compare that to unisex names, which are given to the...

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Favorite Name Too Popular? Here Are Some Fresh Substitutes

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L Names to Love

Jan 13, 2025

　　The J names had their day: Jennifer, Jason, Jessica. Then K was up, and we had lots of Kevins and Kaylas, Kaitlyns and Kyles. 　　What’s next? It just might be L’s turn. 　　Linda wrote about the delicious La-La names, from Lola to Lila to Lily, that are newly popular. And...

Taking Baby Names Seriously

Jan 13, 2025

　　 The economic downturn has affected just about every aspect of American life, and that even extends to baby naming. We’ve noticed–and I don’t think it’s just among our enlightened readers–a definite change in attitude, away from trendiness and towards more solid, serious names. In other words, frivolousness is out, and...

GOODBYE, GLADYS?

Jan 13, 2025

　　There’s a lively discussion going on over at our message boards on what names have gone out of style and will probably never come back. On the permanent Out List, by consensus, are: 　　BERTHA 　　BEULAH 　　BRUNHILDA (was this ever in, I mean since the 11th century?) 　　CLORIS 　　DORCAS 　　DORIS 　　EUNICE...

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Buried Treasures on the British List

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Kelsey Andersen 　　Now that the 2014 baby name statistics are out for England and Wales, we can see what names are the most popular in these two British countries and we also can look at the names near the bottom of the popularity list and find quite a lot...

Berry Faves of 2015 IRL

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz with Esmeralda Rocha 　　We recently posted the list of names that our Berries were most interested in over the past year– headed by Ezra and Asher, Charlotte and Amelia—but what names did they actually choose at that crucial moment when the name had to be inscribed onto the...

Happy Hanukkah Baby Names

Jan 13, 2025

　　By Hannah Katsman 　　We recently posted a blog about modern Hebrew names used in Israel; now, on the eve of Hanukkah, we turn to our Israeli correspondent Hannah Katsman, for a little history of the holiday and eight traditional names—one for each day of the holiday– that are still popular,...

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It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

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

Jan 13, 2025

　　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...

Updating Popular 1950s Names

Jan 13, 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...

The Best Baby Name Advice

Jan 13, 2025

　　Over the many months of How I Named My Baby, our Berries have shared incredible tips and valuable insight on navigating the baby name process. 　　Here, the best baby name advice from our readers: 　　On where to begin:“Start off by asking your partner what names they don’t like! Are there any names...