What if you love the name, but can't stand the memory of someone who carried it? Then it's a reluctant bye-bye to an otherwise wonderful choice.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2010/03/01/good-names-with-bad-bad-associations/feed/ 33 http://nameberry.com/blog/2010/02/26/twin-names-the-best-and-the-worst/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2010/02/26/twin-names-the-best-and-the-worst/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:51:35 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=7003

Our challenge to you: Tell us the best and worst twin names you've ever heard.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2010/02/26/twin-names-the-best-and-the-worst/feed/ 144 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/12/14/yooneek-names-do-kre8iv-spellings-make-names-more-special/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/12/14/yooneek-names-do-kre8iv-spellings-make-names-more-special/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:03:06 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=6238

Sitting between Mykailah and Tyffani, our guest blogger contemplates what's right and very very wrong with yooneek names.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/12/14/yooneek-names-do-kre8iv-spellings-make-names-more-special/feed/ 46 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/12/08/celebrity-baby-names-2009%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/12/08/celebrity-baby-names-2009%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:20:53 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=6248

We've narrowed the field to our ten best celebrity baby names and six worst. Now you pick the winners (and losers)!]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/12/08/celebrity-baby-names-2009%e2%80%99s-best-and-worst/feed/ 30 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/25/unusual-baby-names-whats-good-and-bad/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/25/unusual-baby-names-whats-good-and-bad/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:55:00 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=5779

More and more parents are looking for unusual baby names these days. But can choosing one help or hurt your child?]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/10/25/unusual-baby-names-whats-good-and-bad/feed/ 13 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/ 17 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/30/name-shame/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/30/name-shame/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:25:49 +0000 pam http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3925

What inspires a love for names? Sometimes, hating your own.]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/30/name-shame/feed/ 65 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/27/nameberry-heresies-those-nameberry-faves-are-not-loved-by-all/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/27/nameberry-heresies-those-nameberry-faves-are-not-loved-by-all/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:57:34 +0000 linda http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=4865

Which names do some nameberryites hate and why?]]> http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/07/27/nameberry-heresies-those-nameberry-faves-are-not-loved-by-all/feed/ 31 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/11/pre-natal-nicknames-peanut-and-pie/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/11/pre-natal-nicknames-peanut-and-pie/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:13:59 +0000 linda http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=1393 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/11/pre-natal-nicknames-peanut-and-pie/feed/ 25 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/09/celebrity-baby-names-brooklyn-yes-bronx-no/ http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/09/celebrity-baby-names-brooklyn-yes-bronx-no/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:33:01 +0000 linda http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=3863 http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/06/09/celebrity-baby-names-brooklyn-yes-bronx-no/feed/ 5