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Articles by Clare Green
Clare Green has been writing for Nameberry since 2015, covering everything from names peaking right now to feminist baby names, and keeping up-to-date with international baby name rankings. Her work has featured in publications such as The Independent and HuffPost. Clare has a background in linguistics and librarianship, and recently completed an MA dissertation researching names in multilingual families. She lives in England with her husband and son. You can reach her at clare@nameberry.com
Wed Mar 20 2019
Spring Baby Names: News of the week
Our first spring baby names news report includes the latest stats from Scotland, a royal baby announcement, and babies named after doctors, nurses, soccer players, the Pope, and transformers.
Wed Mar 13 2019
Bold and Beautiful Names
This week’s news includes big bold starbaby names, what’s hot in Canada and the Channel Islands, and musings on why we all love baby names so much.
Wed Mar 06 2019
Surnames and Word Names in the News
Lots of interesting name news this week, including a girl junior, Irish faves, and an especially saucy surname.
Wed Feb 27 2019
Terms of Endearment Baby Names
This week’s baby name news includes Robin Thicke’s latest inventive combination, thoughts on children naming their siblings, terms of endearment names, and one-of-a-kind names from Malta and Australia.
Thu Feb 14 2019
Baby Name Battles and How to Solve Them
This week’s baby name news includes solutions to your most common naming dilemmas, an Irish name you’ve probably never heard before, the most popular names in all four corners of the USA, and more!
Wed Feb 06 2019
Colorful Baby Names: Violet, Navy and Grey
Celebrity names, colorful names, tasty names, international and other news of the week,
Wed Jan 30 2019
Musical Baby Names: and more newsy names this week
Baby name inspiration this week includes volcanoes, rivers, Tom Brady, Beatniks, Norse myth…and some uniquely original inventions.
Wed Jan 23 2019
Nickname Names: Birdie, Bobby and Bobby
Nickname names in the news this week, plus animal names and the shift in name popularity.
Wed Jan 16 2019
Top Names Around the World
This week’s baby name news includes names celebrating life, a moniker that started as a joke, and what’s hot on the East and West Coasts and around the world.
Thu Jan 10 2019
Baby Names in the News: Solstice, Atom & Mickey
By Clare Green This week’s news includes dramatic word names, on-trend starbaby arrivals, and new popularity lists from the US, Canada and beyond. Wild new year names We saw lots of New Year’s Day baby names last week, but here are a couple more standouts among the first arrivals of 2019. Solstice was the first […]