Articles by Abby Sandel

A is the most popular first initial for baby names, closely followed by E, with I and O up-and-coming. Abby Sandel surveys the most stylish vowel names in the news.

Some strong and unusual girl baby names make up Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week, from Rio to Rhythm, Antonella to Liv.

As we anxiously anticipate the royal proclamation, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel fills us in on other baby name news of the past week–including such celeb choices as Cricket and Rocket–and a tribute to the Pope.

Can names be a shortcut to making judgments about people? And can you rely on those judgments as accurate? Abby Sandel looks at the controversy around baby name snobbery swirling in Britain and beyond.

Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel gives you ten solid reasons to embrace (and not be so quick to reject) unusual names. See if you agree.

In this week’s Nameberry 9, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel focuses on the latest uber-creative choices for girls–Djena, Maiselle and Sterling.

For this week’s Nameberry 9, Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain has no problem finding a full complement of outlandish names. Not only North West, but Buttercup, Cisco, Quinoa and more.

In Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 names in the news this week, such interesting options as Poppy and Persia and Berlin.

Why do we pick the names we do? New research credits age, education, even politics. And in other baby name news, Snooki is unmasked as a name nerd.

Abby Sandel of appellationmountain.net spots a new trendlet: preppy boys’ names that end in ‘s’, as in Eames, Yates and Keats.