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Baby Boy Names: The long and short of it

　　A friend is searching for baby boy names that start out long – three or more syllables long – and can be reduced to one-syllable nicknames. 　　If you’ve got a two-syllable last name, this is a good strategy. You end up with not one but two euphonic pairings. And your child...

Jan 12, 2025

Newest Boy Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Alaric to Zion

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Popular Boys’ Names: Top 100 Makeover

Jan 12, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz 　　It was the Case of the Great Missing Baby Names Blog. 　　One of our most-read blogs of all time, a makeover of the top 100 most popular boys’ names, disappeared from our archive. We didn’t even notice it was gone until a Berry wrote...

Quirky Vintage Nicknames for Boys: Huey, Louie and Howie

Jan 12, 2025

　　By Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　The Victorian nickname trend that’s hot in the U.K. is getting attention in the U.S.—for girls. 　　The Brits have embraced this genre on both sexes. Alfie and Charlie are in the U.K. top 10. Archie, Freddie, and Harvey round out their top 50....

Goldilocks Classics for Boys: Holden, Noah, Wyatt and Beau

Jan 12, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain 　　It’s been a great week for welcoming boys! 　　Eric Christian Olsen, Kate Levering, Fergie and Josh Duhamel have all brought home new sons. The parents have something in common besides making headlines. Their naming style might be called modern classic. 　　On Friday, Angela wrote...

Your Favorite Literary Names for Boys

Jan 12, 2025

　　Last week we asked you to nominate your favorite literary names for girls and were flooded with wonderful ideas, from the expected Matilda and Eloise to intriguing names such as Remedios (from 100 Years of Solitude) to Adah (of The Poisonwood Bible). 　　And now it’s the boys’ turn. What are...

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Name Guru to the Stars: Predicting the Seventh Hanson Baby Name

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How I Named My Baby: Pippa Georgia Bea

Jan 12, 2025

　　Rebecca Norman, a sales associate, and Mat Norman, an interiors manager, live in the English market town of Wimborne Minster with their three children. 　　Their youngest child, a daughter named Pippa Georgia Bea, was born on September 18th, 2020. Below, we talk to Rebecca about how she and Mat chose...

Name Sage: Choosing Cute Classic Girl Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　Cute classic girl names evolve from charming nicknames in nursery school to distinguished formal names as adults. But which goes best with brothers Theodore “Teddy” and Jack? 　　Christie writes: 　　We are pregnant with a GIRL after two sweet boys and really struggling with a name for her! 　　My boys are...

Name Sage: Spirited Names Match Imogene

Jan 12, 2025

　　They love quirky, vintage picks with plenty of energy. Their first daughter’s name is Imogene Hazel May. Now Imogene is going to be a big sister, and they need a spirited name to match! 　　Jessie and Brian write:We’re expecting a baby girl soon and are completely stuck with names! I’ve...

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Celebrity Baby Names Q+A: Gemma Burgess

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Emerging Biblical Boy Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　This week’s news includes rare biblical boys’ names becoming more visible, a case of TV name theft, and a baby girl named after a restaurant. 　　Celebrity babies: Moses, Paris, and last-minute predictionsIt’s a boy for Tamron Hall, formerly of the Today show. She’s named him Moses, one of those biblical...

Nickname in the News: Hal

Jan 12, 2025

　　by Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Nickname name news! First Daughter and TV personality Jenna Bush Hager and her husband Henry have just announced the name of their third child and first son: Henry Harold Hager—to be known as Hal. An extremely convenient nickname, actually, since Hal has long been used for both Henry...

Sibling Names: Unusual Baby Names with Great Meanings

Jan 12, 2025

　　Sibling names add a whole layer of complexity to naming a baby. Naming your first child may have been challenge enough — finding names that you like, agreeing on a single name with your partner — but naming a sibling comes with its own set of tasks. 　　The goal of naming siblings...

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The Most Nonbinary Names in Every State

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Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave

Jan 12, 2025

　　The great thing is that the pool of surnames is so large — and ever more diverse — that there are always more to discover. 　　Sure, they don’t all make good first names. I know families called Beer, Small and Bumstead, but I doubt any babies will get those as...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　What’s hot in the middle spot? Unique unisex middle names, of course! 　　With more and more unisex first names in circulation, you’d think that conventionally gendered middles would be holding firm, if only for practicality’s sake. And you’d be right – to a certain extent, at least. 　　Although the SSA...

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

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The Top Names We're Watching for 2024

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60 Names That Mean You Live in the Midwest

Jan 12, 2025

　　Know a lot of babies named Vivian and Lincoln? You might just live in the Midwest. 　　We analyzed the most popular names by state to find which names are used more in the twelve core Midwestern states — that's Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,...

Cottagecore Baby Names Turn Back the Clock

Jan 12, 2025

　　Cottagecore baby names are part of a recent aesthetic trend defined by an appreciation for romanticized rural life, according to The New York Times. Hobbies such as bread baking, embroidery, and mushroom foraging are among the wholesome, nostalgic elements of the cottagecore lifestyle. 　　Cottagecore names, too, evoke this bucolic way...

Spanish Nature Names Soar Beyond Luna

Jan 12, 2025

　　While for the most part, 2022's Top 10 names looks a whole lot similar to the year before, there was one significant change — the debut of the luminous Luna. The Spanish word for moon has been shooting up the charts after having entered the Top 1000 in 2003, and...

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The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

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Forgotten Names Making a Comeback

Jan 12, 2025

　　Looking for a niche source of rare baby names? Try the comeback kids of 2022. 　　These names were once used for babies in the US, but then vanished for decades. Just when you might think they were lost forever, they've re-appeared in the official baby name data for 2022. 　　The...

Classic Baby Names on the Rise

Jan 12, 2025

　　When it comes to classic names, there are two stories we like to tell. Sometimes it’s that classics have been abandoned. Time to name your baby Chicago, Koala, or True, because nobody would dare call a kid Elizabeth or James in the year 2023. 　　The other story? Classic baby names...

80 Great New Sweet Spot Names

Jan 12, 2025

　　Ever since we started exploring and writing about baby names, Pam and I have been intrigued by the concept of sweet-spot names, those that fall in that perfect position of not being epidemically popular—so common that their distinctive images to be diluted—yet not extreme enough to raise eyebrows or cause...

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20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask

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How Not To Name The Baby: Top 10 Baby-Naming Don’ts

Jan 12, 2025

　　Since parents today invest so much thought and effort into finding the right name for their child, we get a lot of queries asking for advice on what to name the baby, and we do try to accentuate the positive. 　　But we also find it incumbent upon us to point...

Name Change Resources

Jan 12, 2025

　　We won't sugar coat it: the legal and administrative logistics of a name change — whether it's your own or your child's — can be overwhelming. To make your process easier, we've compiled a far-reaching collection of name change resources, organized by location. 　　In the United States, name changes are processed at...

Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

Jan 12, 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...