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Articles by Emma Waterhouse
Emma Waterhouse joined the team in 2017, writing about everything from the top baby name trends 2023 to how not to choose the next big baby name. As Nameberry's head moderator, she also helps to keep our active forums community ticking.
Emma's articles on names and naming trends have been featured in publications including the Huffington Post, People, Today's Parent, Fatherly, and Good Housekeeping.
A linguist by background, Emma speaks several languages and lives in England's smallest county with her husband and four young children. You can reach her at emma@nameberry.com.
Mon Nov 25 2019
Banned Baby Names: Iceland Rejects Lucifer
Add Lucifer to the long list of banned baby names in Iceland. According to a report from Iceland Monitor, the controversial choice was recently rejected by the Icelandic Naming Committee after parents tried to give it to their newborn son. Commenting on its decision, the Committee stated: “Since the name Lucifer is one of the […]
Thu Nov 14 2019
Celebrity Baby Names: News of the week
This week’s celebrity baby name news includes two routes to standout starbaby names, plus there’s the trend for human-sounding brand names, and a look at the fleeting phenomenon that is baby name popularity in the 21st century.
Sun Nov 10 2019
Baby Name Question of the Week: Your biggest about-face?
Our Question of the Week: What names have you completely reversed your opinion of?
Wed Oct 30 2019
Cool Classic Names: Alfred and Ottilie
This week’s news includes some cool classic names, brilliant British birth announcements, some interesting number-crunching from Nevada, and an incredible tale of two names and all they represent…
Mon Oct 28 2019
Favorite Baby Names: A to Z
What are your favorite names for every letter of the alphabet?
Tue Oct 08 2019
16 Super Superhero Baby Names
16 fantastic superhero names for boys and girls, from Arrow to Onyx to Zuri.
Wed Sep 04 2019
Top British Baby Names: Some fun facts
This week’s news includes fun facts from the new top British baby name data, name inspiration from the football pitch to the pizza parlor, and an out-of-this-world naming challenge for the Teenberries out there…
Sun Aug 04 2019
Fantasy Baby Names: For Your Own Starbaby
This new Question of the Week asks what outrageous name would you give your fantasy starbaby.
Tue Jul 09 2019
Inspiring International Names from the Women’s World Cup
Here are 24 inspiring international names drawn from the rosters of the amazing women’s soccer teams.
Sun Jun 30 2019
150 New Nameberry Names Nominated By You!
The Nameberry database continues to grow! Here are 150 new entries suggested by our Berries.