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Two Chummy Names: Buddy and Sonny

　　By Anna Otto, WaltzingMoreThanMatilda 　　Generic nicknames for boys is a baby name trend that some parents detest, and others are eager to embrace. But how much use and history do some of these names have? Here’s a close look at two. 　　BUDDY 　　Buddy is a slang word meaning “friend, companion.”...

Jan 10, 2025

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Boys’ Baby Names: 9 Ways to Name a Son

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain 　　Naming a boy has always been a little bit different. 　　It isn’t harder, necessarily. For some parents, settling on a son’s name is a picnic compared to naming a daughter. 　　But there are definitely some differences in the way we think about boys’ names. 　　Around...

Ancient Baby Names: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Trajan

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The Roman Empire reigned for more than five hundred years, led by 140 different emperors. In modern times, though, with a couple of exceptions, the names of these august figures were considered far too august and imposing for a twentieth/twenty-first century kid. But the times they are...

Jewish New Year Names: 15 neglected biblical boys

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　The surprise top name for boys in 2013 was the Old Testament Noah, followed by the not so surprisingly high-on-the-list Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Benjamin, David, Joseph, Joshua and Samuel—in other words many of the same biblical boys’ names that have been recycled for eons. 　　I thought that...

He’s a Gem: Boys’ names Onyx, Jasper, and Jet

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Meagan at Tulipbyanyname 　　Outside of the baby name world I enjoy jewelry design. I love gemstones in jewelry and as names. Ruby, Pearl, Emerald… there are so many lovely jewel names for girls that gemstone names for boys are often overlooked. Today let’s check out some gemstone names for...

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Sister Names: Long or Short?

Jan 10, 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...

10 Years of Beautiful Babyberry Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Emma Waterhouse 　　A look back at a decade of brilliant baby names, Nameberry style! 　　It all started with V… 　　Way back in November 2008, we proudly shared the first ever Babyberry birth announcement: a little girl given the beautiful name Vera Adelaide. Her parents had fallen in love with...

Girl Names: For International Women’s Day

Jan 10, 2025

　　Not only is March Women’s History Month, but today, March 8th, is International Women’s Day. 　　So what better time than this to salute some of the women who are making history right now in the US political sphere? 　　When the 116th Congress recently convened, women made up almost a quarter...

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Surprise Name News of the Week: Archie Harrison

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Clare Green 　　What a week this is for baby name lovers! We’ve had some long-awaited announcements in this week’s name news, including a royal baby, and new popularity charts from several countries. And that’s just for starters: tomorrow we’re expecting the main course of the USA 2018 baby name...

Nature Names for Boys

Jan 10, 2025

　　Their firstborn is Cedar. Now they need ideas for nature names for boys that are just as perfect for his little brother. 　　Lisa writes: 　　We have a son named Cedar, and we’re expecting another boy in September. 　　If it was a girl, we were considering Aurora, Juniper, or Sequoia. I...

Classic Boy Names: John’s Extended Family

Jan 10, 2025

　　Let’s say you come from a family that has an abundance of male members named John—unsurprising for a name that for four centuries ruled as the Number 1 boys’ Christian name and is still in the US Top 30 with one of its nicknames, Jack, almost as high. And there’s...

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Surnames That Make Great Unisex Baby Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...

How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Jan 10, 2025

　　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...

200 Unique Word Names You Won’t Find Anywhere Else

Jan 10, 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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Israeli Baby Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　To commemorate the Feast of Purim this weekend and the other major Jewish holidays coming up on the calendar, we turned to Israel-resident Hannah Katsman for an overview of current trends in Israeli baby names. 　　When Israelis are choosing names for their babies, they tend to focus on meaning as much as the sound of the name....

Question of the Week: What will be the #1 names in ten years?

Jan 10, 2025

　　This week we’re looking for your predictions of what the top boy and girl names will be a decade from now–one for each gender. 　　Will it be a name that’s already in the Top 10 or a dark horse that you see moving up from behind? 　　Check back with us in 2029 to...

Utah Baby Names: What’s So Funny?

Jan 10, 2025

　　Guest blogger Sachiko, an LDS church member and mother of going-on-seven children, enlightens us on the ins and outs of the strange baby naming practices of the state of Utah. 　　Utah Baby Names: It’s a naming culture people love to hate, or at least love to laugh at. 　　If you’re...

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Most Popular Names 2018

Jan 10, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　On Nameberry’s baby name popularity list for 2018, Atticus is the top boys’ name for the second year in a row and Olivia ranks as Number 1 for the third consecutive year. But the big news from the Most Popular Baby Names of 2018 is that three...

Best New Names in the Top 1000

Jan 10, 2025

　　According to the latest baby name data from the SSA, the pool of baby names chosen by new parents in the US has never been wider. The percentage of babies receiving a name in the Top 1000 continues to trend downwards, with almost a third of those born in 2018...

How Important to You is a Name’s Distinctiveness?

Jan 10, 2025

　　We all know that the official popularity rankings don’t tell us everything there is to know about how popular our favorite baby names really are… 　　First, there’s regional variation: a cursory glance at the state-by-state popularity charts will tell you that parents in Oregon who are looking for an uncommon...

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Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine

Jan 10, 2025

　　Aviva writes:I’m expecting my first child. I was very close to my grandmother Elaine, who passed away, so I’d like to name my son after her. 　　For his first name, I’ve thought of Laine or Lane. Is there anything else I’m missing? 　　I’m leaning toward Laine right now but don’t...

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

Jan 10, 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...

Name Sage: Defining Classic Girl Names

Jan 10, 2025

　　Julie writes:We have two boys, Benjamin John, nn Benji, and William Henry, nn Will. Our third on the way is a girl and we are really struggling with her name. 　　For our boys, we quickly settled on classic names and used family names for the middles. There doesn’t seem to...