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Dec 8, 2016
Celebrity Baby Names: New in November
A comprehensive list of celebrity babes born in November, including the high profile Dream Kardashian.
Dec 7, 2016
Newsy Names of November: Florence & Fidel
From record holders and world leaders to Fantastic Beasts and fantastic journalists, November was a quite month for names in the news.
Dec 6, 2016
Nameberry’s Names of the Year 2016
By Linda Rosenkrantz and Abby Sandel The Defining Event of 2016 may have been the presidential election, but the political names that hit the headlines –Donald? Hillary? Bernard?– are unlikely to find themselves on many new baby birth certificates. And so for Nameberry’s Names of the Year we’ve looked beyond politics to other bold-faced names […]
Dec 5, 2016
Brilliant Berrybaby Names of November: Loki to Louisa
Berries found inspiration from the Bible, the seasons, TV show, cartoons and comics when naming their November babies.
Dec 4, 2016
Celebrity Baby Names: 9 Great Sibsets of 2016
What were the best celebrity sibsets of 2016? Here are our nominations for the nine most nicely matched.
Nov 13, 2016
Baby Naming Lessons from the Kardashians
Yes, really – as the famous Kardashian family welcomes grandchild #6, there are actually lessons to be learned from their baby naming.
Nov 13, 2016
Celebrity Baby Names: Naming the newest Hanson!
Here is the inspiring story behind the name of Mary Lucille Diana, the latest in the Hanson family. Our thanks to Kate H. for telling it so movingly!
Nov 8, 2016
Newsy Names of October: Bob, Dylan, and Oisin
In his monthly series on names in the news, expert John Kelly casts a wide net–from Nobel Prize winners, to players in the political arena, to a World Series mascot,to a character on SNL.
Nov 7, 2016
Celebrity Baby Names: October starbabies
Here’s the complete list of starbabes born in October, from Asher Wrigley (Cubs, anyone?) to Valentina Angelia.
Oct 31, 2016
New Baby Names: lovely October arrivals!
The latest Nameberry birth announcements, from Ada Louise to Rory Benjamin.
Oct 10, 2016
September Starbabies: Kensington Kelly and Sonny John
Two stargrandbabies, plus boys called Jack, Jack, and Jax start off our round-up of all the September 2016 celebrity baby names.
Oct 9, 2016
Rising Boy Names: 9 Ready to Roar
We’ve named nine girl names set to soar, now Abby does the same for the boys–from Axel to Wilder.
Oct 6, 2016
Newsy Names: Charmian, Colin & Gene
In his first Names in the News column for Nameberry, distingushed linguist John Kelly looks at recent newsmakers from Mother Teresa to the late Arnold Palmer.
Oct 5, 2016
New Baby Names: Great berrybaby choices of September!
By Linda Rosenkrantz The September baby names in this month’s Babyberry report includes one of the most original middle names we’ve seen: Violet WHIMSEY. The girls’ names are running long, in the sense that there is a preponderance of three and four-syllable choices. Again, lots of floral appellations and an accent on J and V-starting […]
Oct 3, 2016
Nifty Namesakes for Your October Babe
Looking for namesake for your October babe? Some great hero names this month–Macy and Minnie, Charlotte and Carson
Oct 2, 2016
Rising Girl Names: 9 likely to soar
Some of Abby’s ideas of girls names that will really take off. Some surprises, too, like Zuri and Ruth.
Sep 29, 2016
Future Starbaby Names: Predictions for the New Hammer and Grammer Babes
Compare your predictions with Sophie’s for new babies of Armie Hammer, Kelsey Grammer, Natalie Portman, Marion Cotillard and others due soon.
Sep 22, 2016
TV Baby Names: “Stranger Things” are happening in names
Joyce and Jonathan, Barb and Nancy–can this cool series bring those dated names back? Stranger Things have happened!
Sep 15, 2016
Popular Baby Names: 50 shooting stars
Here are the Nameberry Picks of the most promising of the girls’ and boys’ names that increased by at least 100 points in the past year, from Achilles to Zelda.
Sep 12, 2016
Celebrity Baby Names: August Starbabies
The usual mix of unusual and more classic names, from Clara Elizabeth to Laddie Buster, Mary Louise Diana to Iggy Ajax.
Sep 7, 2016
Notable Baby Name Namesakes: Hudson, Moses and Narcissa
Naming inspiration this month from the worlds of Civil Rights history, politics, sports, and journalism.
Sep 5, 2016
August Baby Names: Newest Berry Announcements
A short but very sweet list of babyberry arrivals this month, from Carolina Gray to Silas Kincaid. Congrats to all!
Sep 4, 2016
Cool Boy Names: They’re ending in R!
Michael Phelps’ baby boy’s name Boomer is part of the recent morph from trendy n-ending names for boys to those ending in r. Here, Abby Sandel provides plenty of evidence.
Sep 2, 2016
Top Names in England and Wales 2015
After making us wait an agonzing extra three weeks this year, The Office of National Statistics has finally released the top names in England and Wales in 2015. Once again — unsurprisingly — Amelia and Oliver reign supreme among British names. This is Amelia‘s fifth and Oliver‘s third year in the number one spot. The Top […]