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Apr 26, 2015

Baby Names Ending in R

It looks like names ending in ‘r’ are beginning to replace all those n-ending names we’ve seen so much of, as seen in this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names.

Apr 23, 2015

High Fashion Baby Names

From the world of high fashion, these model names are as exotic and glamorous as their bearers.

Apr 21, 2015

Autobiography of a Name Nerd

YA novelist Christina June could never have enough children to use all the names she loves, so she saves them for her characters.

Apr 19, 2015

Rare Boys’ Names of the 1940s

Anna Otto continues her exploration of interesting rare names from the 1940s– this time looking at the boys– all from her unique Australian point of view.

Apr 19, 2015

Cool New Celebrity Baby Names

By Abby Sandel What a busy week! There’s been a royal birth – no, not that royal birth. A candy entrepreneur welcomed colorfully named twins. A reality star gave birth to a son, and so did a famously private Hollywood power couple. Every celebrity baby name in the headlines this week was on trend – […]

Apr 16, 2015

Children’s Book Names

There are so many kids’ books with character names –human and otherwise–in their titles, and CaraMichelle offers a generous helping of them.

Apr 15, 2015

Vintage Baby Names

I was asked by a magazine interviewer recently why I thought some vintage names come back and others don’t. Why Cora and Flora and not Dora? Why Edward and not Edwin? All of which got me thinking about the influences that do propel names out of the attic and into the spotlight.

Apr 14, 2015

Ancient Baby Names

Guest blogger Kara Cavazos finds some buried treasures from the ancient world that feel modern enough to use.

Apr 14, 2015

A name for Roxanne’s baby brother?

This week the Name Sage take on the challenge of naming Roxanne Alice’s baby brother–finding something that’s not too common and not too out there either.

Apr 13, 2015

Poetic Baby Names

We celebrate National Poetry Month with some poetic poets’ names–lyrical choices like Dove and Frost and Auden.

Apr 12, 2015

Celebrity Baby Names for Boys

This week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names are celebrity choices that are anything but weird–as in Reid, Randall, Theodore and Israel.

Apr 12, 2015

Chic French Baby Names

Direct from the capital of French fashion, guest blogger Nirit Sumeruk presents the chicest of the chic names–past and present.

Apr 9, 2015

Spicy Baby Names

Looking at spice names for babies, Angela Mastrodonato points out which ones are usable and which are no-nos.

Apr 8, 2015

March Celebrity Baby Names

March was the month in which Cate Blanchett chose the classic Edith, Vin Diesel honored his friend Paul Walker by naming his daughter Pauline, there were girl starbabies named Berlin and Ioni, and boys called Blues and Hutch.

Apr 5, 2015

Good-Intention Baby Naming

Even if a name doesn’t mean quite what you thought it did–it’s the intention that counts.

Mar 29, 2015

Flower Baby Names: A rose by any other name…

Although it’s been said that a rose is a rose is a rose, there is a range of interesting names for the different varieties. Guest blogger Joanna Walker looks into the naming of roses.

Mar 26, 2015

The Spellings of Classic Name Katherine

There are several spelling variations of the classic Katherine and it’s fascinating to follow Kelli Brady’s tracking of how they have alternated over time.

Mar 24, 2015

Three Cheers for the Teenberries!

A member of Nameberry who joined at the age of 13 five years ago, Kate Menlove gives a shout-out to her fellow teenberries and defends their value to the community.