Feb 22, 2015
Sleeping Beauty Names– from Flora to Aurora
Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” gave us some other baby name options beyond Briar Rose and Aurora–here are nine more.
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Feb 19, 2015
Name the Next New Starbabies Challenge! Your predictions wanted!
Once more, Tara offers her predictions of the names for the next crop of celeb babes, and invites you to match them to your own. The next UK Prince or Princess? Baby Timberlake? Time to get out your crystal ball.
Feb 18, 2015
The Newest, Hottest, Oldest Baby Names
Every year, among the new-fangled trendy Jurnees and Jayceons, a collection of vintage names suddenly zooms up the popularity list. Here are this year’s highest jumpers.
Feb 17, 2015
What Nameberry names pop for you?
The Question of the Week: What names have you found on Nameberry that made you go WOW??
Feb 17, 2015
Baby Name Image: Seeking a glamorous Gertrude
What would it take to revive a lifeless name like Gertrude or Edna? Mikita Brottman thinks it might take just one glamorous bearer. What do you think?
Feb 16, 2015
The Bloomsbury Bunch: Literary names beyond Virginia and Vanessa
In early 20th century literary London, there was the close-knit and influential Bloomsbury group, whose members had a remarkably distinctive roster of names, from Ottoline to Saxon to Thoby.
Feb 15, 2015
Brand New Baby Names: Atom, Hutton, and Swift
This week’s newsiest names include some you’ve probably not heard before, such as Rosamund Pike’s Atom and a girl character named Jupiter.
Feb 15, 2015
1950s Girls’ Names: Where are Sharon and Sandra now?
In the 1950s, the top girls’ names were Linda, Mary, Patricia and Barbara. Where do they rank now and what are their prospects?
Feb 12, 2015
Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends
Italian baby names are beautiful but sometimes confusing. Romina Angeleri gives us the inside scoop on the most popular baby names Italy.
Feb 11, 2015
Baby Name Trends: Sleek, simple, cool names
Predicting a major new baby name trend is part science, part inspiration, and part magic. Here’s one new trend we see really taking off.
Feb 10, 2015
Invented Baby Names: 84 awesome choices and 2 big winners!
Here are dozens of names we loved from the creative entries to last week’s invent-a-name contest, plus the two winning choices.
Feb 10, 2015
Mockingbird Names: Atticus, Scout and more
In addition to the more obvious–and increasingly popular– Atticus and Scout, there are a number of other unique names in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as reported by Herb Scribner.
Feb 8, 2015
Short and Sweet Celebrity Baby Names: Quinn, Art, Nell
Art, Hal, Eve, Ace–the focus is on short names in the news in Abby Sandel’s report this week
Feb 8, 2015
Alaska Baby Names: Names From America’s Last Frontier
Guest blogger Angela Mastrodonato has found some interesting names that will probably be new to you in the Kilcher clan of Alaska.
Feb 5, 2015
The Timeless + Timely Baby Name Formula
If you’re looking for a name that’s both classic and contemporary, guest blogger Kara Blakley has a formula for finding just that.
Feb 5, 2015
Polly put the kettle on and we’ll all have a nursery rhyme name!
Nursery rhyme names aren’t all just Jack and Jill–here are twelve of the more unusual ones, all ready for a 21st century baby.
Feb 4, 2015
Notable Names of February: Abraham and Amethyst
February is a month chockfull of holidays, as reflected in the notable names Kelly McDonald has selected here–including Abraham, Lincoln and Valentine.
Feb 3, 2015
Invent a Name Contest!
Name geniuses: Create a great name and win a complete library of our baby name ebooks.
Feb 3, 2015
The PERfect Boy Name: PERcival and jasPer
More PERfect baby names from Brooke Cussans–this time seven for the boys with that PER syllable, including Cooper and Jasper.
Feb 2, 2015
Babyberry Arrivals of January: Althea Lake & Amos Beau
The new year starts off with a monthful of great choices, from spunky twins Kitty and Sadie to lovely Lucia Linnea Pearl.
Feb 1, 2015
PERfect Girls’ Names: juniPER, harPER and PERsephone
In case you haven’t noticed, Brooke Cussans points out how many of today’s hot names contain the syllable ‘per’–either at the beginning or end. Stay tuned for the boys’ edition.
Feb 1, 2015
Not-So-Different Baby Names: Elena, Caroline, Matteo
This time, Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names of the week features those that are more familiar than usual–even among the celebs.
Jan 28, 2015
The Super Bowl of Football Names
On the eve of the Super Bowl, Nick Turner presents his criteria for what elements make for the quintessential football player name.
Jan 27, 2015
A Sad Farewell to The Nook of Names
Remembering and memorializing the significant contributions to the name world made by K. M. Sheard.
Jan 27, 2015
Classic Boys’ Names: What’s your favorite?
Classic boys’ names range from the classic classics like William and James to time-honored yet trendy choices such as Noah and Sebastian. Which are your favorites?