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Jul 10, 2013
Create your perfect family of names using choices from our most popular lists this week. Don’t worry, use all your favorites and create as big a family as you want — you won’t be responsible for changing diapers or paying tuition!
Jul 9, 2013
They were Golden Girl names not so long ago, but Brooke Cussans thinks most of them are ready for a comeback–and some of them have returned already.
Jul 9, 2013
The unisex names most popular with people searching our site this year include choices once traditionally male, names heavily identified with celebrities of both genders, and several fresh new choices that work for both boys and girls.
Jul 9, 2013
What’s it like to have an unusual name? Guest bloigger Shanti Knight shares her experiences–both positive and negative– of having a name whose ethnicity is not her own. Do you have an unusual name? Would you/did you give one to your child, especially one from another culture?
Jul 8, 2013
There’s a new old name at the top of Nameberry’s 2013 popularity chart for boy names, and some hot choices moving quickly up the ladder. What’s Number 1? And can you guess Number 101?
Jul 7, 2013
Our most popular girl names of 2013 are in, and we have a new Number 1. What’s up, what’s fresh, and what’s at the top of our 100 most popular girl names so far this year.
Jul 6, 2013
Can names be a shortcut to making judgments about people? And can you rely on those judgments as accurate? Abby Sandel looks at the controversy around baby name snobbery swirling in Britain and beyond.
Jul 2, 2013
It’s here! The second Quarterly Report of 2013, with all the gorgeous names chosen by Berries in the past three months–from Agatha Wren to Augustus Zain.
Jul 2, 2013
Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel gives you ten solid reasons to embrace (and not be so quick to reject) unusual names. See if you agree.
Jun 30, 2013
In this week’s Nameberry 9, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel focuses on the latest uber-creative choices for girls–Djena, Maiselle and Sterling.
Jun 26, 2013
If you’re looking for an unusual name for your baby, you might have missed some that seem familiar, yet were given to fewer to a very small number of kids across the country, says Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names. Flora, anyone? Remy or Ramona?
Jun 26, 2013
Which of the celebrity baby names have had the strongest and most lasting influence? Violet? Mason? Maddox? Has this connection made you like the name more–or less?
Jun 25, 2013
Animal baby names are a fashionable new category, with starbabies named Bear and Birdie and Bunny leading the way. And then there are those animal names that send their messages more subtly, like Lowell, which means wolf, and Paloma, meaning dove. Which would you choose, and why?
Jun 25, 2013
Anna Otto of waltzingmorethanmatilda.com scans the night sky for the best names of stars and constellations. But which of them do you think would be usable for a baby?
Jun 24, 2013
Many of you enjoyed Lauren’s blog on how she named her four children so much that you expressed the hope that she’d talk about the origins of their middles. So here it is–the meaningful stories behind Oliver Stellan, Leo Isaac, Phoebe Isla and Jasper Dylan.
Jun 24, 2013
These 50+ baby names are as close to unique as we can find: Each was given to only five children last year. Might one be right for your own unique child?
Jun 23, 2013
For this week’s Nameberry 9, Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain has no problem finding a full complement of outlandish names. Not only North West, but Buttercup, Cisco, Quinoa and more.
Jun 23, 2013
Words as names? The infamous North aside, a surprising number of other word names are to be found in the 2012 most popular list–and Kelly Brady of Name Freak! presents the evidence.
Jun 21, 2013
Why did Kim and Kanye name their newborn daughter North West? And will their child have to cope with a lifetime of jokes? We look at the ins and outs, the why and why nots of the newest celebrity baby name.
Jun 19, 2013
Anna Otto, of the Australian name blog Waltzing More Than Matilda, shares some of her most recent name discoveries, which are drawn from a wide variety of cultures.
Jun 19, 2013
Looking for a girls’ name that means beautiful, or that sounds lovely, or simply a name for a pretty girl? We’ve got several that qualify on every count.
Jun 18, 2013
What are you reading, and more to the point, what are the characters’ names and what do you think of them?
Jun 18, 2013
If you’re looking for a color name beyond Violet, Scarlett and Blue, Berry Juice blogger Dantea has come up with some truly unusual choices, from Aero to Xanthene.
Jun 17, 2013
The generic Apple is only the beginning when it comes to delicious, fruity names. Brooke Cussans of Baby Name Pondering offers you a bushel full of more subtle names related to the apple, many kids’ favorite fruit. Anyone care to bite?
Jun 17, 2013
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West became the parents of a newborn baby girl on Saturday, and the world is waiting for the announcement of the new K name. Will it be Kai or Klementine or how about Kadasha? We’ve got some hot ideas.