Boy Names

Why do we say hooray for Henry? Because it’s classic yet quirky, popular yet not epidemically so, with a rich historical and literary background.

From Dusk to Knight, Ajax to Finnick–some truly unusual and intriguing names in this week’s boys-only edition of the Nameberry Nine.

Buckaroo boys feature in this week’s rundown of the Nameberry 9 newsiest names, including frontier starbabies Weston, Colt and Boone McCoy.

Which boys’ names are attracting a quiet but dramatic rise in interest right now? These sleepers could be the most popular boys’ names of the future.

From Baxter and Booker to Webster and Wheeler, a Labor Day salute to names that sometimes surprisingly reflect the laborers of the past.

Do you think every great boys’ name has been used…times a thousand? Think again: We’ve found some great undiscovered choices even in picked-over categories like biblical and Irish.

From Augustine Washington to Belmont Bogart to Istvan Lugosi to Sol Salinger–some of the surprising first names of famous people’s Dads.

Yes, a boy can be named after his Mom or Grandma–and Abby Sandel offers some creative ways of accomplishing that gender switch.

Abby Sandel takes us to where the wild things are–the lions and tigers and bears–and comes up with some fierce name choices.

What’s your taste in boys’ names? Traditional or trendy? Strong or gentle? Homegrown or exotic?

Are unisex baby names truly created equal? Here, the statistical facts on which names are given to half boys and half girls and which others come close to gender parity. You may be surprised.

If you’re looking for an Italian boy’s name, don’t limit yourself to Mario, Marco and Mateo–here are 15 far fresher choices.

A guy named Chelsea offers his personal perspective on the ups and downs–mostly downs–of having been given a girl’s name.

Three-syllable Irish surnames like Finnigan and Rafferty are bursting with energy and bounce, as well as being grounded in Irish history.

What would be the best name for the future prince? Can William and Kate go beyond James and John, Arthur and Albert and George?

It may seem like an unlikely place to go searching for baby names, but Abby Sandel finds some real winners at the Daytona 500.

Since there’s no Vice-Presidents’ Day, Nameberry is taking a look today at the names of these often forgotten figures, names like Hannibal Hamlin and Schuyler Colfax.

Would you use a gender neutral name?

Is there a football game on this Sunday? Gee, we were more interested in the players’ names.

Juicy names from the Oscar nominations announced this week–like Laser and Jem–plus Coco and Morocco and other new starbabies.

The latest news in the world of baby names, brought to you each Monday by Abby Sandel.

The leading boys’ names for each letter of the alphabet since 1880, showing a preponderance of nicknames: Larry trumps Lawrence.

A posse of possible cowboy names rides into nameberry today.

Nameberry’s Top 100 boys’ names for 2010 ranks such names as Jasper, Milo, and Atticus far above such popular American boys as Jacob and Jayden.

Some boys’ names that were once thought of as ‘so-far-out-they’ll-always-be-out’ are suddenly up for reconsideration.