Articles by Abby Sandel

The Name Sage offers suggestions to this mom seeking a unique name for Arliss’s sib–but there are lots of limitations.

Abby offers nine ingenious ways for your to name your baby after yourself or a loved one, aside from the obvious Junior.

How NOT to name the baby! Here are the most common mistakes baby namers make and how to avoid them.

Sometimes despite the thought and loving care parents put into the name choice, it just isn’t the right fit. Here is Abby’s story.

Here, the Name Sage encounters a name that she just can’t recommend, though she does offer more suitable suggestions. What names do you think have associations that make them unusable?

Michael Phelps’ baby boy’s name Boomer is part of the recent morph from trendy n-ending names for boys to those ending in r. Here, Abby Sandel provides plenty of evidence.

We have a winner! Plus several fabulous runners-up! It wasn’t an easy task choosing from the unbelievable number of name entries–well over five thousand! Thanks, Berries for being so creative!

They had their two favorites picked out, but now one is off the table. So time for a fresh start! With their baby due on the Ides of March, should they go for a Shakespearean name?

Fresh vintage choices for girls are on the way, so move over, Amelia and Clara and make room for Vera, Cordelia and Louisa.

They’ve got a great shortlist for Jonah’s baby sister, but they’d like to expand it. The Name Sage offers a number of names that fit the bill– familiar but not too popular,stylish and classy–and meaning counts.