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　　Middle names are entering a new era for 2023 and beyond. It’s almost imperative today that middle names be meaningful — whether they honor a relative, relate to a parent’s passion, or reflect an important family value. 　　But middle names today should also be fun. Parents are taking advantage of...
Jan 15, 2025
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Boys’ Baby Names: Little Middles
Jan 15, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　In the past, most boys were lucky enough to avoid the  generic-connector-middle-name syndrome the way girls did, when Ann and Lynn and Beth were pretty ubiquitous. For the most part, boy babies were given double classics, so there were a ton of them dubbed Steven Michael or...
100 Brilliant Boy Names in Translation
Jan 15, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Now it’s the boy’s turn to romance their names. 　　We recently posted a list of 100 girls’ names in translation, where we took some rather prosaic appellations like Helen, Henrietta and Hedwig, and gave them some international flair via their translations into other languages. Well, several of...
It’s Not Easy Being Donald
Jan 15, 2025
　　by Don Kahle 　　As Donald Trump claims every front page of every news source, I believe we’ve overlooked one group of people that his candidacy has already hurt, regardless of the election’s outcome. A Trump loss in November will salve most wounds quickly. But for others, including myself, the damage...
New Baby Names: Great berrybaby choices of September!
Jan 15, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The September baby names in this month’s Babyberry report includes one of the most original middle names we’ve seen: Violet WHIMSEY. The girls’ names are running long, in the sense that there is a preponderance of three and four-syllable choices. Again, lots of floral appellations and an...
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Jan 15, 2025
　　The biggest news in the most popular baby names in the US for 2017 is that there’s a new boys’ name at the top of the list.  Liam, the Irish short form of William, long used on its own, moves from second place to first. 　　For girls, Emma is Number...
Playground Analysis 2017: The REAL Top 50 List!
Jan 15, 2025
　　By Kelli Brady 　　After seeing the SSA’s 2017 Popular Baby Names list, did you wonder why you aren’t hearing the #1 name as much as a name further down on the list? Do you hear a lot more “Sophia!” on the playground than “Emma!”? One way to try to explain...
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Jan 15, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　May was an extraordinary month in the Nameberry Birth Announcement forums. We had a girl named Tully, boys called Godric and Endymion and Ignatius, middle names Lilac and Nickleby, brothers Atlas and Apollo, and nicely paired twins August Matthias and Thomas Nathaniel. 　　Parents drew inspiration from sources...
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I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular
Jan 15, 2025
　　Fifteen hours into labor, a new nurse came into our hospital room and gave us a cheerful hello. My husband and I looked away from the television. The 2010 Winter Olympics were on though neither of us were paying much attention.  　　Just after midnight, I’d woken up to my water...
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Jan 15, 2025
　　Hipster cowboy names seem completely right for our times. Yes, there are cowboys — babies whose car seats are buckled into the backs of pickups for a day of roaming the range. And then there are the hipster babies more accustomed to riding the L train, the little dudes who may wear...
Nickname Spotlight: Getting to Gus
Jan 15, 2025
　　Love Gus as a short name for a boy, but not a fan of Augustus and related names like August and Augustine? 　　One option is to simply use Gus on its own. This vintage nickname is charming, no-nonsense, and you’ll never need to spell it out. It was popular in...
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Jan 15, 2025
　　Want to know the most gender-neutral nonbinary baby names? Depending where you live, they could be anything from Amani to Zen. 　　The most nonbinary names in the US are different from the most popular unisex names (which usually lean male or female). Here we’re talking about names that strike a...
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Jan 15, 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...
200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Jan 15, 2025
　　Lovers of unique word names, put down your dictionaries! 　　We’ve found a better way to come up with truly original word names for babies: crowdsource it! We recently asked our brilliant Berry community to suggest cool new word name possibilities that no one’s thought of yet — and they didn’t...
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Jan 15, 2025
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Not so long ago, the only names starting with the letters Au that were getting any traction were Audrey and Austin. But lately—have you noticed?—a lot more are now attracting attention. The once male name Aubrey is now in the girls’ Top 20, and then there are...
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Jan 15, 2025
　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　What are the hottest baby names for the year ahead? 　　To find out, we looked at which names have attracted the most unique views of a total of more than six million visits to our name pages in the past 30 days. 　　Then we tracked which...
Atticus Tops Baby Names 2015
Jan 15, 2025
　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Atticus makes major baby name news by topping Nameberry’s count of Most Popular Names for the first half of 2015, on the publication day of the new Harper Lee novel casting the inspirational namesake Atticus Finch as a racist. 　　The ancient Roman boys’ name Atticus, which...
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Jan 15, 2025
　　Good news for lovers of Irish baby names! The latest popular Irish names data for 2022 has just been released, and it’s a treasure trove of intriguing options from the Emerald Isle. 　　Happy St Patrick’s Day! Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! 　　Top 10 Irish Girl Names 　　There has been a...
Popular Twin Names
Jan 15, 2025
　　Popular twin names used to appear on the Social Security top baby names site, but alas, no more. 　　But while there hasn’t been hard data on the top twin names in the US in over a decade, we can extrapolate from the 2010 twin names data to make some educated...
Top Names in Each State Revealed!
Jan 15, 2025
　　Popular names by state can look very different from the national count. Find out which states' top names conform to the US popular names list and which go in a different direction. 　　Olivia and Liam held on to their titles as the most popular names in the United States for...
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Jan 15, 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...
Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister
Jan 15, 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...
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Jan 15, 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...
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