The focus is on celebrity nickname pick Hal, thanks to Jenna Bush Hager.

This new Question of the Week asks what outrageous name would you give your fantasy starbaby.

Unique baby names feature heavily in this week’s name news, from fresh word names chosen by high-profile parents to rare examples from England, India and Israel..

Journalist and Instagram Stories star Elizabeth Holmes explains her thoughtful baby naming process to Nameberry.

The latest predictions of what will be the starbaby names of the next celebrity kiddos.

This week’s news includes sports star names, big risers and fallers, a controversial baby name from Scotland, and which French names get the top grades.

by Linda Rosenkrantz We’re all fascinated—and sometimes gobsmacked—by the names some celebrities choose (or create) for their children. But what happens with the next generation? Do these starbabies then choose more conventional names for their kids—or are they as creative as their parents were? The evidence below shows that it’s often the latter. You’ll see […]

Here are 24 inspiring international names drawn from the rosters of the amazing women’s soccer teams.

Some notable celebrities who share their birthday with America’s.

First ladies, astronauts, writers and inventors all make notable namesakes for a July babe.

It’s a sibling names special this week, with lots of well-matched sets in the news. Plus glimpses into the school roll-calls of 2029, name prejudice, and a girl named after a colorful singer.

What will be the next starbaby names? Compare your predictions with Sophie’s!

Baby name news this week includes baby jock names, country singer and other celeb choices.

Why this celebrity chose the names Nova and Marigold for her girls.

This week’s news includes red-hot Italian names, the royal baby name aftermath, and some of the most beautiful place names in the North East.

This week’s baby name news includes starbabies, international and occupational names, baby name dilemmas and much more.

Baby name news this week includes popular and unpopular names, teachers’ dilemmas, Psalm West–and much more.

Some stellar starbabies are on the way–read Sophie’s predictions of their names, and add your own ideas and hunches.

Some long-awaited announcements in this week’s name news, including a royal baby, and new popularity charts from several countries!

Archie! If that name for the newborn son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made the bookies’ odds at all, it was down there with Boris and Keith and all the other ridiculous ideas. Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. It’s kind of perfect. Archie is both quintessentially British and quintessentially American, like the Duke and Duchess […]

Our annual Mother’s day salute to celebrities’ moms with fantastic names!

Interesting items in this week’s name news includes thoughts on Biblical boys, Game of Thrones names, new starbabies, name theft and unusual namesakes.

A springtime bouquet of May baby names, from May and Maia to Emerson and Esmeralda

Author/screenwriter Gemma Burgess describes her baby naming process.

This week’s name news includes international baby names popular in Japan, Hungary, Poland and the UK.