What singular name have you encountered only once in your lifetime?

Today, almost any kind of word — from nature to virtue to color to place to spiritual — can be turned into a first name. Which do you like best?

The Question of the Week: What names have you found on Nameberry that made you go WOW??

Here are dozens of names we loved from the creative entries to last week’s invent-a-name contest, plus the two winning choices.

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Classic boys’ names range from the classic classics like William and James to time-honored yet trendy choices such as Noah and Sebastian. Which are your favorites?

There are so many wonderful girls’ names that qualify as classics. Can you pick just one favorite?

It might be the baby name a friend chose or a name that everybody else likes….except you. Here’s where you expose your own baby name fakery.

That baby from New Jersey has a name from Ireland or Italy, while the Parisian child bears a British moniker and the Dutch like Italian names. In this age of names that travel far and fast around the world, which are your favorites from cultures outside your own?

Hero names are one of the hottest modern categories, with examples from Harper to Hendrix, Lincoln to Lennon on the rise. What are your favorite hero names, and which undiscovered choices do you nominate for more widespread use. Einstein, anyone?

Does finding out your baby’s gender before birth make it easier or more difficult to find the right name?

There are the baby names most popular in your country. Then there are the names heard often on Nameberry. And then there are the names that are common in your particular neck of the woods. What are they?

Which name letters do you find yourself liking most and least, and what are some of your favorite (and least favorite) names that contain those letters?

Have you or would you name a baby after a loved one or hero of the opposite gender? And how do you approach the issue?

The name your friend chose or a name picked by a celebrity….or maybe even the name you used for your very own baby: Celebrate your favorite baby names.

When your heart wants baby name X but your head says Y would be a smarter choice, how do you decide?

Pet names and people names are becoming awfully similar, with animals named Bella and Jack and babies named Bandit and Bear. So what’s the difference between naming a pet and a baby?

Nameberry includes thousands of amazing name lists created by our visitors. Help us discover the very best!

What new name would you pick for yourself, given magical powers, and what factors influence your choice?

There are lots of reasons for confusion about how names are pronounced. Which ones befuddle you, and which can you help us say correctly?

Which unusual names do you like best, and why are they your favorites?

Let’s spin the controversy over unisex names in a positive direction and nominate our choices for names that work best for both girls and boys.

Did you have a name all picked out before you were even expecting, or did you wait until after your baby was born to decide, or did you choose a name at some time in between?

You love it. You long for it. But this is one baby name you’re afraid you’re just not brave enough to use.

Nameberry is full of wonderful old baby names just waiting to be rediscovered. Which do you nominate as ripest for revival?