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How I Named My Baby: Morris Oliver

　　Taylor Olsen, a stay-at-home-mom, and Ben Olsen, who works in tech ethics, live in theSeattle area with their two children. Their son Morris Oliver was born this past April, a brother for Martha Frances. 　　We chatted with Taylor about family names, crusty-cool style, and how she and Ben chose the...

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Nov 22, 2024

　　Scandinavian boy names offer a rich pool of names that are deep-rooted but little-used and sometimes unknown in other parts of the world. 　　With a few exceptions, like Eric, Scandinavian names — focusing here on Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland — didn’t figure much in the American name landscape of...

The Best Cool Undiscovered Boy Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　Undiscovered boy names come in styles to suit every taste. There are cool unique boy names from history, which include such rare edgy choices as Erasmus and Sequoyah. Then there are undiscovered classic names for boys that have fallen off the radar but deserve a fresh look, such as Humphrey...

Can I Name My Child After Myself?

Nov 22, 2024

　　Rebecca writes:My husband and I are trying to come up names for baby Number 2, a sibling for our daughter Clara. We’re team green and are currently trying to tackle our boys' list. 　　Beckett/Beck has been on my mind, but my husband isn’t sold. He thinks it’s too similar to my name, Rebecca. But...

45+ Simple Yet Strong One-Syllable Boy Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　One-syllable boy names have never been more in style than they are right now. The coolest one-syllable names for boys move far beyond Jim, Joe, and Tom -- even beyond Sam and Max. Not that there's anything wrong with those short, simple, classic one-syllable names. But the newest and coolest...

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Name Sage: Girlish Baby Names with Boyish Nicknames

Nov 22, 2024

　　Shae writes: 　　My wife and I are expecting our first daughter in early July and cannot lock in a name. 　　I love distinctively classic feminine names that have a touch of alternative, like Florence, Clementine, and Estelle. 　　My wife likes more “tomboy” names like Pippa, Hudson, and Quinn. None of...

Name Sage: Reinventing Bernice

Nov 22, 2024

　　Kelsey writes: 　　We have Penelope June and Malcolm Redding, and we’re expecting our third! My wonderful grandmother died a few days after I found out I was pregnant and we’d love to honor her if this baby is a girl. Her name was Bernice Vera. 　　My problems: our last name...

Top Baby Names of 2016 (so far)

Nov 22, 2024

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　The most popular baby names of 2016 (so far) have been tallied, and we have a new Number 1 name for girls: Olivia. 　　This is the first time Olivia has taken the top spot in Nameberry’s popularity polls, unseating Charlotte. Olivia ranks in second place in...

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Trending Boy Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　New parents — those who haven't spent much time around today's babies — may not be up on today's trending boy names. Does this sound like you? You might be shocked to learn the hottest boy names right now. 　　What are trendy boy names? Trendy boy names are more popular than...

I Named My Son Liam Before It Got Popular

Nov 22, 2024

　　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...

Hipster Cowboy Names Buck Tradition

Nov 22, 2024

　　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...

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Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl

Nov 22, 2024

　　It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys. So were a lot of other names that are now more female. 　　Unisex names are rarely perfectly gender-balanced. They’re...

The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

Nov 22, 2024

　　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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Nov 22, 2024

　　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...

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Ava, Sid, and Bodhi: The New Reality of Baby Naming

Nov 22, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　You’ll never guess the name that repeats in my son’s third grade. 　　It isn’t Alex. Despite having a Top 20 name, he’s never had to share. His friend Matthew is also one of one, and has been since kindergarten. The same is true for Chloe...

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　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Brian is your brother-in-law, Bill’s your uncle, and Barbara is your mom. But could B be the new letter to watch for baby names? 　　Up until recently we were all mad for Aiden and Ava, Amelia and Alexander. A was the most popular letter for...

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Baby Names Before 1850

Nov 22, 2024

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

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Nov 22, 2024

　　Looking for a cool name that's rare but not too out-there? You've come to the right place. 　　There are lots of reasons to choose an uncommon baby name. Maybe you hated being one of five Jessicas or Joshuas in your class, and don't want the same fate for your child......

How Gen Z Is Your Name?

Nov 22, 2024

　　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...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

Nov 22, 2024

　　When I was a waitress, we had a trick to help indecisive customers make up their minds about what they wanted to eat. 　　If it was the main course that had them stumped, we asked, “Meat or fish?” 　　And if it was dessert, the question was “Fruit or chocolate?” 　　Now,...

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Nov 22, 2024

　　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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Nov 22, 2024

　　When picking a name, it can be hard to find opportunities to test the name in a way that gauges the true ‘wearability’ of the name and the reactions it is likely to elicit. People’s abstract opinions of names (“no-one will ever be able to spell Aoife correctly”, “Harper is...