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Name Sage: A Sister for Rex and Leo

　　Lauren writes: 　　Our two little fellows, Rex, 3, and Leo, 18 months, will have a little sister later this year. 　　Our Hungarian last name is rather challenging to spell and difficult to pronounce, so we like the idea of keeping her name easy to read and say. 　　I like shorter,...

Dec 12, 2024

Name Sage: A Sister for Rex

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Taylor Swift-Inspired Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Abby Sandel 　　Taylor Swift’s latest video is a who’s who of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming singers, and supermodels galore. 　　(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo YouTube Bad Blood Taylor Swift) stars Taylor as a sort of James Bond/Wonder Woman/Katniss Everdeen warrior extraordinaire. After her fellow BFF-spy betrays her, she enrolls in assassin school and assembles...

Cute Comeback-Kid Nicknames for Girls

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　After a brief hiatus following the Sandy–Mandy–Cindy–Mindy years, nickname names are making a strong comeback. Just recently we’ve seen starbabies with names like Andy (for a girl), Art, Cy, Gus, Josh and Sid on their birth certificates. So with this in mind, we’re embarking here on a...

Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana!

Dec 12, 2024

　　Charlotte Elizabeth Diana is the official name of the newborn Princess of Cambridge. 　　Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have named their new daughter Charlotte, the recent favorite with the betting public. The baby’s middle names are Elizabeth, after the queen, the baby’s great-grandmother, and Diana, after William‘s late mother...

Top Royal Baby Girl Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　What are the top 　　royal names for girls in contention for the new princess born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? Will the royal baby girl be named Alice, the favorite with bookmakers? Diana, the crowd-pleasing choice? Or Elizabeth, one of the most royal names of all — or maybe something completely...

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Inspirational Names of Forgotten Feminists

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African-American Heroine Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　As Black History Month segues into Women’s History Month this weekend, let's take a look at the names of some inspirational African-American heroines! 　　Compiling a wide-ranging list is not as easy as you might think – nor as it should be. Google and book searches tend to turn up a select list...

100 Best Girl Names Below the Top 1000

Dec 12, 2024

　　Uncommon and unique girl names are more sought after than ever by new parents. Long gone are the days when there were five Jennifers or three Ashleys in every class! In 2022, a third of American baby girls received a name outside the Top 1000 most popular. 　　The great news...

Cool Girl Names: Charmed Circles

Dec 12, 2024

　　Cool girl names, much like cool girls themselves, often travel in packs. Once one cool girl name gets popular, similar ones tend to follow. 　　These names often share sounds, but they can also be connected by a theme such as color names, bird names, or virtue names. 　　Certain name groups...

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Tricky Last Names: What Goes with Lo?

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International Boy Names: Italy, Germany, and Ireland

Dec 12, 2024

　　It’s an international baby naming challenge! Let’s find a boy’s name that wears well in Italian and German, and might have just a hint of Irish, too. 　　Julia writes: 　　We are expecting a baby boy in a few months. I’m Italian, my husband is German, we live in Switzerland and...

Hanukkah Baby Names: Sweet-Spot Biblical Boy Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　To commemorate Hannukah, the Jewish 8-day “festival of lights” — when eight candles are lit to celebrate the miracle that a small quantity of oil to light the ancient Temple’s menorah lasted eight days—we seek some Old Testament boys’ names that are in the sweet spot, meaning names that are...

Unusual Boy Baby Names: A brother for Sage and Rocco

Dec 12, 2024

　　Her husband is wild about Harry in the middle spot, but they’re struggling to agree on a first name if baby number three is a boy. 　　Emma writes: 　　We are expecting baby number three and are stuck for a name if the baby is a boy. 　　Our first child is...

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Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

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How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

Dec 12, 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...

100 Unique Unisex Middle Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　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...

America's Top Unisex Names of 2022

Dec 12, 2024

　　Want to know the most popular unisex names? We’ve crunched the numbers for you. 　　Our definition of a unisex name is one that’s used for both girls and boys with a split of at least 90-10. (For the most popular names, there are always a few opposites recorded, like the...

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Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

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America's Next Top Baby Names

Dec 12, 2024

　　What are America's next top baby names, the future favorites that nobody is using today? 　　A few generations ago, in 1980, names like Luna and Luca, Kennedy and Maverick were shuffling along at the bottom of the charts. Today, they’re among the most popular namesUSA, each ranking within the Top...

What's a Classic Name?

Dec 12, 2024

　　What makes a name classic? 　　Anyone who has done a quick search for names has likely come across a variety of lists of "classic names". While some names, such as John, Michael, and Mary, make consistent appearances on these lists, the other names are more variable. 　　So what is a...

Babyberries: Class of 2023!

Dec 12, 2024

　　As we finish off another year, it's time for the recap of Nameberry's newest arrivals born in 2023! 　　Birth announcements for 93 new Babyberries – 47 girls and 46 boys – were featured on our forums and Instagram over the past year. The warmest of welcomes to all of our littlest members! 　　Berry parents...

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TV Names That Never Took Off: Felicity & Frasier

Dec 12, 2024

　　by Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names 　　Fifty years ago, a prime-time comedy launched on ABC. That show was Bewitched, and it put the name Samantha on the map. Here’s how the numbers pan out: 　　The year before the show, 1963, there were fewer than 100 born in the U.S....

Unusual Baby Names: 100 Under 100

Dec 12, 2024

　　We’re always looking for baby names that are at once wonderful and unusual, and so today’s list compiles 100 great names given to fewer than 100 babies in the US last year.We included names from a range of styles: classic and under-appreciated as well as modern and under-discovered. Half of...

British Popularity List 2013: Oliver and Amelia on top

Dec 12, 2024

　　By Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names 　　It’s official! The number 1 names in 2013 for England and Wales were Amelia, for the third year running, and Oliver, last at #1 in 2010. Steep climbers Ava and Isla both made it to the Top 5 and Oscar and Poppy were in the Top 10 for...

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What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name

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How to Change Your Baby’s Name

Dec 12, 2024

　　So you've already put a name on the birth certificate, but now you're feeling baby name regret. Can you change your baby's name? Of course you can! 　　Follow our step-by-step guide to changing a baby name, from navigating the legal process to coping with the emotions of a name change....

Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

Dec 12, 2024

　　Sure, Thanksgiving is about sweet potatoes with little marshmallows on top, but it’s also about family. That’s why, as we approach the holiday, our coverage of Thanksgiving baby names is focused this year not on Pilgrim names or turkey names but on the new style in family names. 　　Family names...

Test-Driving Your Baby Name

Dec 12, 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...