Baby Names of 2011: Nameberry Newbies so far this year

Ottilie Sabine sister to Jemima and Estee is one of my faves of the year and one of my favorite sets ever!

We sure do have great taste!

So many great names! I’m jealous of Aviva because I love that name and my husband would never go for it. What a nice list

This list is fantastic!

I had Jude Alexander back in January. Big sister is Arabella.

What amazing names – and what stylish parents!

MY son and d-i-l just had number 6. Names are
Brennan Reid
Anastasia Dior
Nolan Alexander
Evan Andrew
Miliana Danae
and new boy Jenson Elliott

i had willoughby malcolm in january…brother to amelia jo.

Oops, I never made a birth announcement! Our Charles Theophilus was born March 21st.

Count me in. We had a March baby –

George Frederick. Brother of Rose & Henry.

Amelia Blythe was born on Memorial Day.

Mazarine Elizabeth Isabel, sister to West.

Such a great list!!! Love so many.

You forgot my Sophie-Claire she is also a sister to Sarah Katherine =0) (there are 9 ) Sarah and Sophie are only a little over 12 months apart =0)
What a great list of names!!!!!

Felix Michael

I also named my baby Felix 6 months ago and was inspired to do so by this site! We love his name.

I had Henry Morris in March (brother to Norah Louise and Lucy Emmamarie).

I’ve now added your great additions.

I had a baby girl in May – Maia Francis!!

Violet Eve little sister to Gabriel Sol . Born feb 8 xxxx interesting list! Love it all

This list really is insanely wonderful. I have even more ideas for future children. It’s always neat to see sibling’s names, as well, to get a better idea of what you personally think flows together as a set and what you like about that flow.

We’re about to finalize our adoption of Miles Desmond, little brother to Savannah Harper.

The first baby naming book I ever bought was way back in 1991. It was titled “Beyond Jennifer and Jason.” We were pregnant with our first child, and when my husband recommended the name Ross, I ran to the book to see if it was Cool, Out-There, Cutting-Edge, etc. (Friends had not aired yet). In the 19 years and 7 children since, we have continued to consult your books and now this web site. We had a daughter in November 2010 and I checked here to see if we were still on the right track. Of course, things have changed in 20 years: What was cool then, is not so now. But we think we did well. Here are all 7 of our children: Newest edition Merryn Genevieve, sister to Ross Taylor, Garrett Nathaniel, Collin Sage, Brenna Catherine, Emmett Jude, and Annabel Rosemary.

We think you did great — and thanks for being such a long-time fan! I think you set some kind of record. Great to meet you here.

I am soon to have a little Daphne or Amelia of my own. I notice Daphne is on here a few times…my first choice! I’ll have to share that with my husband.

Our son Felix Newton was born on May 8th! He is as happy as his name suggests!

I am another one who bought the original Jennifer and Jason book back in 1991, to find, at age 20, a new middle name for myself other than Rainbow (no, I’m not kidding). I picked Catherine, similar to Sarah Katherine on this list some 20 years later.

I love so many on this list, but my favorite has to be Cara June.

I had Eleanor Faye in January!

These are all absolutely gorgeous!

I remember some of these on the message boards! The ‘Aviva (Viv) Sania Evangeline, sister of Penelope (Pippa) Esme Emilia, Shiloh Clementine Mae and Devandra (Dev) Jasper Milo’ post in particular.

Polly Bloom was born in January.

Yey, thanks for adding George!

My favourites from the girls list are Lucinda (Lulu) Galilee and Beatrice (Bea) Wren. Very much names I would have used myself.

Walter Benjamin makes me smile and I love that there are two Barnabys.

Congratulations to all the families. This is a lovely idea for a post.

A recent poster just named her baby June Adelaide which I think is precious.

Merritt Leonidas Sherman (born in February), little brother to Roscoe Ellis Hopper.

So many gorgeous names!

Polly Bloom is my favourite! Fab name!

Love them all though!

I had Eden Rose Kessel Beattie in September. Rose was not for a filler but to honor my Grandma Rose. Kessel is her second middle name, not a double-barrelled last name. Other options at the time were: Imogen Rose Kessel, Liv Eleni Rose, Liv Eliza Rose or Liv Rushenka Kessel. Great list here. I <3 Nameberry and Nameberryites!

Oliver Henry, May 8th!

Man! Some of you need to learn about zero population growth!

Oliver Henry is so sweet!

Great names on the list!

My wife and I just had our son, North Callum.

My personal faves are, though it was a tough call:
Conrad Zeno Matthias and Eliza Lillias Adele,
Hugo Barnaby
Cassia Genevieve (LOVE this)
Sylvie Pearl and the Daphne Calypso and Juno Hermione sibset (swoon)

Was Ottilie used with that spelling or is it a typo?
Just wondering!

Such interesting, surprising names! I’m especially intrigued by two appearances of the combo Vienne Moreau.

So glad to see Eulalie made the list as I would add:

Saffron Eulalie

But Hermione Grace is my favorite up there!

We named our twins Oliver and Eli, little bros to James!

This is fantastic. Best name website ever!! Trying to name #3 (due in Dec.), and getting lots of wonderful ideas. Thank you for putting this list together–and thanks to the commenters who have added even more great ideas!

Thanks!! And we thanks the commenters too!

Oh what a list of truly spectacular names! Also, it’s so nice to have my girls (Louisa Clementine and Cassia Genevieve) included!
I love coming to nameberry and finding other people who are passionate about beautiful names, and who appreciate all the thought, deliberation and research (and who go above and beyond contributing to the thought, deliberation, and research!) that goes into such selections.
Congratulations to all of the parents of the children listen here, all of whom are beautifully named.
xoxo,
Claire

@katybug

I wondered about that too. I think one is a mistake. When Oceania is mentioned later, she is Oceania Margaret Lucie.

Oops–sorry for the typo–corrected Oceania’s middle names.

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We’re good. All I’m going to say.

Blessings <3

I had Conrad Max in January! Hs half brothers are Caleb, Wolfe and Hudson.

At the very end of 2010 (December), we had Axl John.

I also bought the original Jennifer and Jason book — but I was 11! I loved looking for names for the characters in the stories I wrote. At that time I love Veronica and Emmaline (and boys were smelly). I was thrilled to find, in 2010 after getting pregnant, that you guys were still at it. I rushed out to get the new books and subscribed to the blog! I’m a huge fan, and so excited to see the names others are choosing. We welcomed our own little Walter John in October 2010! Named after his great-grandfather, but your take on Walter gave us the courage to dig up an old favorite!

We used Cool Names for Babies (though I think it was a little too cool for us), Baby Names Now and The Baby Name Bible. I didn’t discover the website until I was about 7 months pregnant with the third.

Our Sebastien Malo was born in January 2011. His siblings are Madeleine Anne and Graham Philippe.

We have very strong family ties to the name Malo, but we had never thought of using it until we saw it in The Baby Name Bible. If he had been a girl, he would have been Elodie Claire.

I had baby Mary Mina (pronounced with a long “i”) on May 23! Mina was my grandmother’s name, so happy to pass it on to my daughter.

I had a baby boy on Jan 30, Griffin Maxwell. Little brother to our older son Quinn Alexander. Would love to be added to the list!

I also bought my firsy copy of Beyond Jennifer and Jason when I was around 12 and it brought me many years of onomastic enjoyment.

I’m somewhat skeptical about some of the very large familes on this list, though, after having been around baby naming forums for the past fifteen years or so. Kind of a familiar pattern… “I have six kids and they all have long and ornate/obscure/literary names…” hmmmmm…..

All these names are amazing!

My favourite is

Crewe Lennox Gardner, brother of Tallulah Daisy, Beatrix India, Juniper Bronte and Hawthorne Wilde

!!!

No Rufuses! And please self-promote more, we almost forgot you write books.

I had Beatrix Eleanor on June 21, 2011. I forgot to do a birth announcement!

I had Lynette Misty on May 5, 2011 – so far very positive responses to her name. I wanted Lynn or Lynne but our last name is one syllable beginning w/ L so it didn’t work. Misty was a last minute choice by hubby I said I wanted a nature name like Rain and I mentioned Misty in passing and that is the one he selected. The name Misty was very popular when I was growing up – I didn’t realize how rare it had become b/c several people have asked me if I made it up! Anyway whole fam/grandparents etc are happy w the name.

Our Susannah Grace was born Feb. 25, 2011. I’m loving the way “Susannah” looks on her!

Awww! My little girl is up there. Annemarie Belle (sorry, not going to say our last name.) It fits her really well, and I’ve gotten thousands of great comments from Nameberry.

I’ll add one more – Piper Wren born 3/17/11. Big sister is Quinn Hanna.

We had Silas Derrick on January 5th!

Very nice names… I have to say, even though I want to like double middle names, in my opinion they come across as pretentious. That, or indecisive.

I’ll be chiming in once December hits. Still deciding, though. Yay, 2011 babies!

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