Historic Name News

There are so many inspiring saint names beyond the obvious candidates. Here are a selection of favorites that are both unusual and stylish.

Old people names are the edgy old-fashioned choices that make a real style statement. Here are 14 under-the-radar choices we think could – or should – be in the next wave of vintage revivals.

On the roster for Waldorf schools, you'll find children's names ticking many of the hottest trend boxes: names from nature and seasons, history and books, and classics hiding in plain sight. Discover the best names with this aesthetic — often ahead of the curve, sometimes way outside it.

There are 22 major arcana cards in the Tarot deck, each one associated with a name. Guest blogger Isadora Vega interprets tarot card names for us here.

Unique and intriguing names abound in our exclusive roundup of the newest names on Nameberry – many of them suggested by our very own international Berry community!

Edwardian names stand out due to the sheer variety of different names used. Discover some of the most surprising trends among Edwardian baby namers.

Tudor names include some fascinating lost gems, names rich in history but now all but forgotten. British naming expert Eleanor Nickerson highlights some of the most interesting names of the Tudor Era.

If you want your baby to grow up to be an attorney, give him one of these names, says a new study.

The Nameberry database is constantly growing! Here are 100 cool new names we've added to the site in the past year, many of them suggested by our own community of knowledgeable name lovers.

There were a lot of Johns and Marys among our forefathers (and mothers), but then there were a handful of names like Jerusha, Zedekiah, and other surprising choices that might make a distinctive, distinguished choice for your modern baby.

Unearthing a fascinating collection of old Romani names that were used in England around the turn of the last century.

We crunch the numbers to reveal the *real* top baby names of all time, once all variant spellings are combined. Does your name make the list?

Old man names for babies are finally following their female counterparts into the spotlight. Find out where your name style falls on the cool-clunky scale!

Thanks to President-elect Joe Biden, the name Joe has finally joined the elite roster of presidents’ names. Joe might be the ultimate friendly, down-to-earth, good guy name, and one of the most popular boy names for all of American history. But unlike its fellow traditional, perennially popular boys’ names, Joe has until now never reached […]

It all goes back to the day I started kindergarten…and my very identity was called into question.

These once-dowdy names are among the fastest-rising in the US, the Olives and Oscars, the Sadies and Silases of tomorrow.

16 surprising saints names for baby boys and girls that are both spiritual and stylish.

Medical baby names honor history’s greatest physicians – and the heroic healthcare workers of today. Here’s our pick of the 20 greatest names in medicine.

Nameberry analyzes the names on the Top 1000 at the turn of this decade vs. ten years ago and identifies the trends of the 2010s.

Some gorgeous girls’ names associated with the muses of iconic artists.

Lots of name inspiration for a November baby, including such notable namesakes as Lincoln and Darwin.

To celebrate Halloween here are ten scary real-life ghost names for babies.

Names related to astronomy, from Andromeda to Orion, are shooting to the stars.

Some unexpected option for girls found in the pages of the New Testament.

There are some wonderfully cool character names among the boy players in Shakespeare’s plays.