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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 May 16 2018

2017 Comeback Kids: Best names newly returned to the list

The best names that have returned to popularity after at least ten years–and sometimes much longer.

Wed May 09 2018

Name Popularity Countdown: The waiting game!

Here’s the weekly news in baby names, as we eagerly await the new SSA popularity list!

Wed May 02 2018

Little Prince Louis Special Report

The big name news of the week is the birth and naming of Britain’s Prince Louis Arthur Charles. Get all the details here!

Wed Apr 25 2018

Surfer Names, Sibsets and Starbabies in the News

In this week’s name news a potpourri of celebrity choices, including some surfers, large family names and a little girl named Biba Bluebell!

Wed Apr 18 2018

Newsy Baby Names: Billy, Dali, Ivey + True

The newsiest name this week is True, but there’s lots of other interesting news as well.

Wed Apr 11 2018

Baby Names in the News: Axel, Ozil and Maile

By Clare Bristow This week there are lots of honor names in the news, celebrating family members, sporting heroes, and even a betting shop. Also, some surprising spelling statistics. Starbaby names with meaning: Axel and Maile Seth Meyers’s story of how his son Axel Strahl was born in an apartment lobby is quite something – […]

Wed Apr 04 2018

Classic and Creative Baby Names in the News

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes names from the ancient world, Europe and the 1990s, plus some of the most gloriously unusual names you’ll hear this year. 1990s names: not the next big thing Do you believe everything you read on the internet? Despite the rumors, 1990s names are not about to make a […]

Wed Mar 28 2018