Articles by Abby Sandel

There are classic names and ultra-modern ones, and some parents are combining the two, as Abby Sandel shows in this week’s Nameberry 9.

Abby Sandel’s focus in this week’s Nameberry 9 is on the latest wave of word names, from Saint to Summer, Rain to River.

Not only is Goldie Hawn the Grandma (though she prefers being called Glam Ma) to a little girl named Rio, but Ozzie Osbourne is Granddad to Pearl and Steven Spielberg to Poppy. Abby Sandel has lots more surprising grandparental findings to share!

Is there a sea change in the way girl babies are being named? Abby Sandel fills us in here about what’s behind the emerging modern choices.

Cindy Crawford has a Presley, Kevin Nealon a Gable, Nicole Richie a little Harlow–what happens when current celebs honor movie and rock stars of the past.

In Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week: Mick Jagger becomes a grandfather AND a great-grandfather, a Lion lands in the middle spot, and Ezra is used for a girl!

Abby Sandel talks about what-you-see-is-what-you-get baby names, nickname names and no-nickname names.

Abby Sandel explores the complications that can arise when naming a second child. Do siblings’ names have to match?

Very long and very short girls’ names each have their pros and cons, as Abby Sandel illustrates in the current edition of her Nameberry 9 newsiest names.

Some things to really ponder in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 column this week. Like when does a word become a real name? Aviatrix, for example.