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A Tale of Two Christopher Robins–or how I got my name

　　By Christopher Robin Finch 　　Since shortly after Nameberry hit the internet six years ago, my wife—who happens to be Linda Rosenkrantz—has been begging me to write a blog about how I got my name. Finally, after a long and stressful weekend of mattress shopping, I’ve given in. 　　The first thing...

Nov 22, 2024

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12 Unusual Literary Lads: Jabez, Japhy & Jolyon

Nov 22, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　We recently served up a dozen female literary names—some of the more unusual and interesting appellations for girls that have never gained widespread popularity the way Jane Austen’s Emma and GWTW’s Scarlett O’Hara have. 　　We promised to do the same for boys, and here they are—the creatively...

Kelly, Mackenzie, and Clare: Great reclaimed names for boys

Nov 22, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Girls have been borrowing from boys’ names for generations. Shirley and Ashley were once more common for men. Ditto Madison, Avery, and Harper. 　　It’s easy to fume about name theft. After all, conventional wisdom is that once a name is widely used for our daughters,...

Scottish Boys’ Names: Fresh choices beyond Keith and Kyle

Nov 22, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　There are many Scottish names for boys that have become so familiar that we don’t even recognize their roots—names like Malcolm and Cameron and Gavin and Gordon and Keith and Kyle. But there are others that have never reached our shores and that might be worth considering,...

Upscale Baby Names: The s-ending boys

Nov 22, 2024

　　By Aimee Tafreshi 　　There is nothing more interesting to a baby-name enthusiast than digging through the massive pile of names given to baby boys in the U.S. that did not reach the popularity of the top 1000 names. I always thought the girls had bragging rights when it came to...

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Middle Name Rose: Is The Bloom Off?

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Honoring A Grandmother By Reinventing Her Name

Nov 22, 2024

　　A return engagement by one of our all-time favorite bloggers, Abby Sandel of appellationmountain.net. 　　Call it the Great Naming Compromise of 2001. 　　Other couples sign pre-nups. My husband and I negotiated our children’s names before we cut our wedding cake. The agreement was simple. Our firstborn son would receive his...

Names to Celebrate Earth Day

Nov 22, 2024

　　Nameberry commemorates Earth Day with this guest blog contributed by Elisabeth Wilborn, creator of one of our favorite blogs, You Can’t Call It “It” . Elisabeth, a writer, artist, and mom, lives in Brooklyn, New York 　　Milkvetch. Wallflower. Toothwart. 　　Yes, the Earth is indeed a wellspring for baby names. 　　Actually...

Girly Baby Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s choice of the name Seraphina for their second daughter has put the spotlight on ultra-feminine names. Lots of syllables, ending in a vowel: Those are the classic earmarks of the girly baby names. 　　When I had my first — and as it turned out, my...

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Boy Names: Some Popular Name Cliques

Nov 22, 2024

　　When a name gets popular, it’s rarely in isolation. 　　Both boy names and girl names tend to rise and fall in groups based on sound, image, association, or some combination thereof. Sometimes just a pair of names will attract attention, but often entire gangs of names will become fashionable at...

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...

100+ Best Boy Names Ending in a Vowel

Nov 22, 2024

　　Boy names ending in a vowel (or a vowel sound) feel lively and distinctive, in an era where consonant names for boys – particularly those ending in N and R – have long dominated the list of popular names. 　　There are now five boy names ending in a vowel sound...

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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

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Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　Surnames used as unisex baby names offer fresh, modern-sounding options that aren’t too tied to one gender. 　　Last names as first names are always in fashion. Some lean strongly to one gender, as we can see in the USA’s list of popular names. Harper and Avery are mostly given to...

Unisex Baby Names: But Are They Really?

Nov 22, 2024

　　Unisex names are attracting more and more attention for babies of both sexes – but “unisex” doesn’t always mean “gender-neutral”. 　　Unisex vs. Gender Neutral NamesNameberry generally defines unisex names as those given to the minority sex at least 10% of the time. But although those names may qualify as unisex...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Nov 22, 2024

　　Alanna Shore, stay-at-home parent, and her husband Keith, artist and art director of Mikkeller Beer, live in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with their four children. 　　In May they welcomed their latest arrivals, twins named Nico Gianna and Jasper Graham. Here, Alanna shares the story of how she and Keith named their...

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Celebrity Baby Names: Normal Names Rule

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Why Names Starting with A Rank #1

Nov 22, 2024

　　Names starting with the letter A have become the most widely used in the U.S., given to over 10 percent of all babies, more than double the proportion of children who were given A names in the 1950s. 　　You can peg the popularity of A names to pure fashion, and...

Gossip Girl (and Boy) Names

Nov 22, 2024

　　In a desperate attempt to bond with the teenagers in my family, I have become a devoted watcher of Gossip Girl. And as I take in the adventures of these upper-crusty New York teens, I can’t help but ruminate on their names. 　　What’s remarkable is not so much the names...

Baby Names 2010: What Names Are Heading This Way?

Nov 22, 2024

　　What will baby names 2010 (and 2011, 2012, and onward) look like? We can get a lot of clues from which names are moving up fastest on the Social Security most popular names list of 2009. 　　While we reported the major news from the list earlier this week – Isabella...

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The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Nov 22, 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...

Top Names in Each State Revealed!

Nov 22, 2024

　　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...

5 Easy Ways to Judge a Baby Name

Nov 22, 2024

　　Many of us spend an entire nine months — or even longer — weighing the relative merits of names for our babies. 　　But it’s possible to judge most names much more quickly than that, at least accurately enough to tell whether they belong on your shortlist. 　　Here, Nameberry’s top quick...

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The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Nov 22, 2024

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...

Name Change Resources

Nov 22, 2024

　　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...

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

Nov 22, 2024

　　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...