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

Nameberry’s September birth announcements include some seriously cool and original middle names – the perfect way to add pizzazz to a baby name combo!

You might be surprised at how many celebs have swapped their first names for their middles. Another reason to focus on your middle-name choice.

The Name Sage meets the challenge of finding just the right middle name to blend with the short choice of Lia.

Giving babies surnames that don’t belong to either parent is growinbg trend, with mashup surnames and invented names on the increase.

The Name Sage is called upon to help find a boy name for this family’s sixth child. Check out her suggestions and vote on the poll!

The Name Sage throws out a fun challenge: What’s the best middle name for Gracie? Enter the poll!

Sophie’s latest starbaby predictions include her choices for such A-listers as Anne Hathaway and Natalie Imbruglia.

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

Some of the newest and coolest short middle names for girls and they all rhyme with May!

The Name Sage guides Elliott Thatcher’s mom towards a traditional yet modern name for his little brother.

Some gorgeous names among the May arrivals of our newest berrybabes.

The royal Archie leads the nickname names heading up the popularity ladder.

Names now on the SSA popularity list after a very long hiatus, from Dot to Atlantis.

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 […]

by Linda Rosenkrantz When I looked at all the cool new names posted on our Birth Announcement forum in April, I was struck not only by the actual choices (fabulous as always), but by the care, research and negotiations that shaped them. Take a look at the unique stories behind Juniper, Beckham, and Riven, for […]

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

To commemorate National Poetry Month, here are more than 60 poets’ names that make perfect baby names.

March birth announcements contain a variety of great names, from Lola and Louisa to Orion and Pax.

by Linda Rosenkrantz For us here at Nameberry, one of our February birth announcements stood out above all others. Why? Because it was made by one of our own, NB’s brilliant Senior Writer and Super Moderator Katinka, aka Emma Waterhouse,  who surpassed all expectations with her choice of the lovely Anouk Helena for her third […]

Animal-inspired middles, what’s big in Canada, and more royal baby naming talk in this week’s edition of Name News.

A girl and a boy both named Kit, beautifully named boy twins and more on this month’s Berrybaby report!

Nickname names in the news this week, plus animal names and the shift in name popularity.

By Linda Rosenkrantz Which 2019 baby names follow the hundred-year rule and are ready for a comeback from the 1919 popularity list? At the beginning of each new year, we like to take a century-long look back hoping to discover some lost names that could be perfect for today. In 1919, the First World War—aka […]