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Boys’ Baby Names: They’re getting cooler all the time
This week in her Nameberry 9 blog, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel offers evidence that boys’ baby names are rapidly catching up with the girls’ in terms of creativity.
A few days ago, my daughter Clio announced that girls’ names are pretty, but boys’ names are awesome.
She also informed me that her awesome name was Kick, and please refer to her as such from now on.
I think my four year old just voiced the desire of many an expectant parent. Clio – I mean Kick – called it awesome. I’ve called the same names cowboy cool or surfer style or a dozen other descriptors.
No matter the name, boys’ names have become bolder and more multi-cultural than they were in generations past.
Recent baby name news has been packed with boys’ names begging to be accessorized with a lacrosse stick, a snowboard, or a bucking bronco and a ten-gallon hat. Or maybe just a passport and a pint-sized suitcase.
They’re fresh and inventive, and yet they’re definitely masculine at the same time. Some of the best picks made it into recent baby name news, like:
Labor Day Names: Names that really work!
TV Baby Names: A short history of telebabies
Some of these babies had names that were typical of their eras, while others were newer and more influential. Some of the newborns were allowed to grow up, while others remained babies, some were merely plot devices that quickly vanished. One of the names was important enough to be featured in the show’s title—Hope on Raising Hope.
Here, in rough reverse chronological order, are some of the most memorable TV baby names:
Unisex Names: Would you use one?
As more and more names are crossing gender divides, with girls being named Maxwell and Monroe, and boy and girl Eastons and Wests, Sages and Sawyers, we’re not surprised to find that among the most persistent topics on the Nameberry forums are those having to do with gender–with very strong opinions being voiced. So today’s Question of the Week concerns unisex names:
Would/did you choose a name that’s given almost equally to both girls and boys?
Would/did you give your daughter a name more often used for a boy?
Would/did you give your son a name that has started drifting into the girls’ column? Does this matter to you?
Or would you only consider a name that’s distinctly masculine or feminine?
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