Our Newest Arrivals Ooze Old-School Cool
Nameberry’s member birth announcements for October and November are in! Our latest bunch of new arrivals have a distinctive warm, retro charm perfect for the cozy season.
The old-timey names chosen by our members this fall range from family names ripe for revival, like Ada, Edith, Kit and Lewis, to one-of-a-kind choices that ooze retro charm, like Jette, Louisiana and Ridley.
And this batch of Babyberries also saw not one, not two, but three uses of Rowan in the middle name spot. Two baby boys and one baby girl were given this warm and stylish seasonal nature name, which currently ranks all the way up at #19 on Nameberry (for boys). Definitely one to watch for the year ahead!
Read on for all of the beautiful baby names announced on our forums over the past two months, as well as the stories behind them.
Girl Names
Ada Charlotte Gayle, sister to Samuel and Jude
“The name Ada is for my husband’s grandmother. We also love the link to Ada Lovelace because my husband is a computer scientist. Charlotte is in honor of my grandfathers who were both named Charles. And Gayle was my paternal grandmother. We adore her name and love that it connects her to so many people who are special to us.”
Claudia Jette, sister to Roxanna Faye
“I wanted another spunky nickname but Claudia doesn’t really lead to one. We’ve come up with Didi or CJ but we’ve just been calling her Claudia. I was surprised at how much my love has grown for this name after saying it so much! We’ve received so many compliments.”
Hazel Nicole Evangeline, sister to Julia June Elizabeth
“Hazel is a name that was on our list from our first daughter and it seemed just right for a little autumn baby girl. Nicole is an honour name for my sister, who is delighted to have a little namesake. Evangeline is for the meaning: ‘good news’. We had a shocker of a year on a personal level last year, so it was extremely happy and good news when we found out we were pregnant!”
Lyla Rose, sister to Reuben Leo
“I suggested Lyla to my OH as I love Oasis and it’s one of my favourite songs, hence the thread title. It was an easy choice, and Rose is my middle name. Nameberry has been amazing when naming both babies and I’m very thankful for this community!”
Molly Louisiana
“While I was pregnant with her I dug up some old family names and found that my great-great-great-grandmother was named Louisiana and I couldn’t let it go. I also found an America, and an Indiana. I still haven’t been able to find the significance behind the place names, but we knew it was perfect for our Molly Lou!"
Olina Hannah
“Olina is a variation on the name Olga, which is my grandmother’s name. Hannah was the name of my husband’s great-grandmother, whose family fled the Russian pogroms when she was two years old. She is named after some very strong and capable women!”
Ophelia Edith, sister to Philippa Evelynn
“Greek names have a been a favorite genre of mine since I was a teenager and remind me of my roots in New Orleans where many street names and Mardi Gras references draw on Greek mythology. Both middle names are honor names for great grandparents. I thought the matching middle initial was a nice coincidence.”
Penelope Rowan, sister to Josephine Matilda
“I’ve loved the name Penelope for as long as I can remember but husband needed some convincing. He wasn’t sold on it for our first daughter but by the time it came to discussing names for our second he did love Penny, so it didn’t take much coming round to calling her Penelope as her full name. Rowan was our first daughter’s ‘nearly-name’ and being a family of red-heads we love the meaning.”
Rosalind October
“We settled on Rosalind because we both loved the nickname Ozzie. And after a dramatic delivery, my husband said she needed a tough, spunky name to match. October is a month that holds close meaning for my husband and me. It only felt right to give it even more significance with the birth of our first child.”
Waverly Rose Anne, sister to Wylie, Welles and Wolfie
“When I first became pregnant I was leaning heavily towards an entirely different combo but my heart really fell in love with Waverly."
Boy Names
Alastair Lewis
“There were issues during my pregnancy and it’s just me and him now. I wanted to give my little one a name that was strong and noble to reflect how he’d been a little fighter and what I wanted for him when he was grown.”
Kasper Sidney, brother to Saskia Lorelei
“We took a few options to the hospital with us but landed on Kasper fairly quickly… though it took us a week to decide which spelling to use. After much debate, we opted for the K start to honour our respective Opas, Kurt and Kornelis, and a broader use of K names across both of our family trees.”
Kit Simon Stanley
“Kit is a nod to a special Christopher in my family, who is no longer with us. Simon and Stanley were his grandpa and great-grandpa. We love his name and it is extra special as he is named after three amazing men who would have loved to have met him.”
Miles Rowan, brother to Clara Jane
“We struggled to find a simple, but not boring name for our second kiddo that we could agree on!”
Silas Matthew, brother to Liam Owen, Nolan Reed and Ivy Joy
“I have loved Silas for several years now and if my daughter had been a boy back in 2021, I’d have named her Silas. It’s the ONLY name that has stuck around, as I tend to grow out of a name if it doesn’t get used. We chose Matthew as it is one of our favorite books in the Bible.”
Sky Walter Ridley, brother to August Alexander and Oona River Ann
“I went through so many ‘final’ names for him but none felt right: Indiana, Salem, Blair, Rain, Llewelyn, Sunny.”
Zoilo Rowan
“His first name honours the memory of his great-grandfather, who hails from the Spanish Canary Islands (like his father). Zoilo means life and I’m told by my Jewish friends that his birth date mirrors this meaning.”
Our warmest congratulations to all of the proud new parents!
If you’d like your child’s name to be featured in our next Babyberry blog post, tell us the name you chose and the story behind it over on our birth announcements forum.