Celebs are Crazy for Nickname Names!
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Nickname names are hot! Who by now hasn’t met, for instance, a girl named Sam or Charlie? And nobody loves a nickname name more than celebrities, and many of them have displayed a lot of originality, discovering and reviving long forgotten relics.  Here are some of the...
Dec 4, 2024
Playground Analysis 2017: The REAL Top 50 List!
Marian Names Way Beyond Mary, Marie and Maria!
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New Berrybaby Arrivals: Georgia Geraldine and Jethro Valor
Dec 4, 2024
　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　Some especially gorgeous name choices were announced by berries in March. 　　I don’t like to play favorites, but I just have to single out twins Pomeline Fay and Perseus Robin, and singletons Jethro Valor and Iolanthe Zelda Irene (sister of Caspian, Zephan, Eve, Peregrine, Dulcinea and Georgia.)...
CONTEST: Guess the New Top 10s and Win!
Dec 4, 2024
　　The wait is almost over! The official list of U.S. Most Popular Names of 2017 will be released on twitter by the Social Security Administration on Friday, May 11 at 9:05 am ET 　　And so in advance of the imminent announcement, which of course we’re all awaiting with bated breath, we’re...
Girl Baby Names: Freddy’s sister needs a name!
Dec 4, 2024
　　They’ve got a long list of maybe-names for their baby girl, but how to narrow it down to just one? Maybe the answer comes from their family tree. 　　Laura writes: 　　We’re expecting a little girl in October, our second. We already have a son, Frederick James, called Freddy. It’s the...
Poetic Baby Names: Madrigal, Calliope and Ode
Dec 4, 2024
　　March has World Poetry Day and April is Poetry Month, so this seems like a perfect time to turn to the topic of poetic baby names. 　　Of course one obvious source would be the many wonderful surnames of noted poets, such as Auden, Frost, Lorca, Emerson, Tennyson and Poe. 　　Another...
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Gem Names Reappraised
Gem Names Reappraised
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New Nameberry Contest! Guess the Matt Damon Baby Name
Dec 4, 2024
　　Nearly two years ago we ran a nameberry contest asking you to guess the name of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner‘s second child; now the challenge is to come up with the name of Affleck pal Matt Damon and wife Luciana‘s fourth daughter, due to be born any minute. 　　Matt...
Unisex Baby Names: How To Achieve Baby Name Equality
Dec 4, 2024
　　Unisex baby names, meaning those that are used for both boys and girls, are not always that equal. Some of the most popular are heavily weighted toward one gender or the other: Emerson is 61 percent girls and 39 percent boys, for instance, while Rowan is the other way around....
Name Trends: Say yes to ‘S’
Dec 4, 2024
　　It’s pretty obvious that the first initial letters of names move in and out of fashion.  The last several years have seen a rotation of vowels—A, E, O, I– as favored name-starters.  But there have been instances, too, of  ending sound name trends as well, which aren’t quite so apparent.  Case in...
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Biblical Baby Names: Why Noah now?
Biblical Baby Names: Why Noah now?
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Addison, Juno and Jayne: Possible names for boys?
Dec 4, 2024
　　This week for the Nameberry 9, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel takes a look at the shifting perceptions of boys’ baby names. 　　When we named our son Alexander in 2004, it was a no-brainer, a family name that my husband very much wanted to pass down.  Despite my baby name obsession,...
Celebrity Babies: Reese Witherspoon’s boy Tennessee James
Dec 4, 2024
　　The revelation of Tennessee as the name of Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth’s baby boy came as something of a surprise to the celebrity babies‘ name-watching world—but perhaps it shouldn’t have been, what with other recent starkids named Alabama, Indiana and Arizona.  And a simple Google search will tell you that though...
Cool Boy Names: The Nameberry 9
Dec 4, 2024
　　Just in case you’ve been agonizing about the lack of good names for boys, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel presents the case for cool boy names in this week’s The Nameberry 9. 　　Convinced there are no great names for boys? 　　Spend a few minutes on message boards and you’ll hear the laments. ...
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Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity
Dec 4, 2024
　　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...
200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Dec 4, 2024
　　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...
Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl
Dec 4, 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...
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Babyberries: Class of 2023!
Babyberries: Class of 2023!
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Old Money Names That Will Make You Feel Rich
Dec 4, 2024
　　Old money names conjure the aspirational lifestyle provided by generational wealth — elite country clubs, prep schools, and holidays in the countryside. The old money aesthetic is being felt beyond baby names — this prep-rebrand is suddenly everywhere. 　　Fashion runways are filled with pleated skirts, penny loafers, and pearl necklaces. Americans...
Creative Family Names Honor Loved Ones
Dec 4, 2024
　　So long, Junior! Creative family names are a major modern name trend, replacing Jrs and IIIs on the birth certificate. 　　Two years ago, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle named their daughter Lilibet Diana, honoring two of the most important women in Harry’s family. Lilibet pays homage to Harry's grandmother, Queen...
Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of
Dec 4, 2024
　　The biggest critic of parents’ baby name choice? Yup, that would be Grandma! 　　According to a 2016 survey, almost half of new parents who received negative comments about their newborn’s name said that they came from their own mom. 　　Whether you’re surprised or totally unsurprised by that statistic – no...
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100 Names That Deserve To Be Used More
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The Top Baby Names A-Z
Dec 4, 2024
　　Baby names A-Z are a fascinating bunch, with the most popular name starting with every letter of the alphabet often different from what you'd expect. 　　You can probably guess the top girl name starting with O, and the top boy name that starts with L… they’re the current American number...
Top Baby Name Influencers 2023
Dec 4, 2024
　　Baby name influencers don't set out to start name trends, but ultimately, their names go viral. 　　When it comes to influential names, there’s a formula for success. Whether the name is that of a celebrity or their child, it needs to be connected to someone who’s highly visible in the...
The Best of the Rarest Baby Names
Dec 4, 2024
　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...
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What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name
Dec 4, 2024
　　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...
Rainbow Baby Names Honor and Comfort
Dec 4, 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...
Unique Twin Names to Inspire
Dec 4, 2024
　　Unique twin names that feel well-matched but not too matchy can feel impossible to find. Naming twins is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges (and greatest pleasures) facing a baby namer – although our ultimate guide to twin names is a great place to start! 　　Many parents naming twins take...
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