Category: baby name Mila
Classic Baby Names: New twists on old standards
With this week’s Nameberry 9, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel shows how it’s possible to add new spark to classic names.
I love an unexpected nickname, and it is a delight when parents choose classic baby names with spark. This week’s name news was filled with great examples.
The Bush family is big on passing down heirlooms, from father to son, but also across generations. Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager wears her maternal grandmother’s name, and upheld that tradition with her new arrival.
But Jenna went one step further: she figured out a clever way to use both grandmothers’ names while adding an on-trend nickname that gives the new baby an identity all her own.
Popular Baby Names: Names on the upswing
Here are a dozen rapidly-climbing names that are both usable and explicable —often via a celebrity connection.
.
Surprising Names: And the forces behind them
Search The Blog
Categories...
All posts from the Nameberry blog sorted by category
- Baby Name News
- Baby Names
- Baby Names Popularity
- Berry Juice
- Boy Baby Names
- Celebrity Names
- Classic Baby Names
- Cool Baby Names
- Family Names
- Gallery
- Girl Baby Names
- Guest Bloggers
- Historic Names
- International Baby Names
- Meanings of Baby Names
- Middle, Last and Nicknames
- Name Image
- Names from the Arts & Pop Culture
- Nature, Place and Word Names
- Pregnancy & Baby
- Questions of the Week
- Sibling and Multiple Names
- Spellings, Sounds and Initials
- Trends and Predictions
- Unisex Baby Names
- Unusual Baby Names
Archives
All posts from the Nameberry blog sorted by date
Popular Posts
Some of our most popular blog posts
Recent Posts
Some of our most recent blog posts
Links
About Us
Author experts Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz revolutionized baby naming.
See More
