How a deep family connection led this mother down the yellow brick road to the perfect name.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/11/11/namesakes-if-i-only-had-a-name/feed/ 22 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/13/new-york-baby-names-big-competition-in-the-big-apple/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/13/new-york-baby-names-big-competition-in-the-big-apple/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:04:40 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5584

Naming your baby in New York is a competitive sport, reports guest blogger Laura Dunphy, like rugby or bond-trading. And no matter how cool you think your choice is, it's probably not cool enough.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/13/new-york-baby-names-big-competition-in-the-big-apple/feed/ 25 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/06/family-names-all-of-a-kind-baby-naming/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/06/family-names-all-of-a-kind-baby-naming/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:26:30 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5507

Everyone in the family's names started with the letter D, which was a very bad thing. Or was it?]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/06/family-names-all-of-a-kind-baby-naming/feed/ 16 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/24/the-secret-confessions-of-a-girl-called-gulp-bessie/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/24/the-secret-confessions-of-a-girl-called-gulp-bessie/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:57:36 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5353

Unless you were belting out the blues with a voice full of sorrow and steel, or you were transcendentally beautiful, Bessie was not a good name.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/24/the-secret-confessions-of-a-girl-called-gulp-bessie/feed/ 15 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/23/middle-names-are-two-better-than-one/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/23/middle-names-are-two-better-than-one/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:28:31 +0000 linda http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=2982 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/09/23/middle-names-are-two-better-than-one/feed/ 33 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/08/28/the-secret-meaning-of-names/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/08/28/the-secret-meaning-of-names/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:10:18 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5230

Names often have meanings far deeper, more personal, and more profound than what you'll find in any dictionary.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/08/28/the-secret-meaning-of-names/feed/ 11 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/21/love-that-namebut-would-never-use-it/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/21/love-that-namebut-would-never-use-it/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:24:04 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3846

Our guest blogger always thought she knew what she'd name a daughter....until she was actually having one.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/21/love-that-namebut-would-never-use-it/feed/ 20 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/19/dad-names-noteworthy-names-of-some-famous-fathers/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/19/dad-names-noteworthy-names-of-some-famous-fathers/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:21:57 +0000 linda http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3587 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/19/dad-names-noteworthy-names-of-some-famous-fathers/feed/ 14 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/03/romancing-the-name-melissa-to-melisande/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/03/romancing-the-name-melissa-to-melisande/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:02:38 +0000 linda http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3753 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/03/romancing-the-name-melissa-to-melisande/feed/ 10 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/05/19/new-surname-names-for-boys/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/05/19/new-surname-names-for-boys/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 04:58:57 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3507 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/05/19/new-surname-names-for-boys/feed/ 11