May 11, 2014
Celebs Embrace Popular Names: Jaxon, Maxim, and Evelyn
Celebrities–they’re just like us–and plenty of them choose the same popular names that we do, as shown in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week.
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May 7, 2014
New Starbabies Born in April: Girls named Asa and Frankie, a boy named Tennessee
Thanks to CaraMichelle, the full list of celebrity babes born in April, to such high-profile parents as Drew Barrymore, Kerry Washington, Olivia Wilde, and Mike Myers.
May 4, 2014
Solid with Sparkle: Amelia, Athena and Isabelle Amarachi
Abby Sandel’s round-up of the 9 newsiest names this week includes names as classic as Mary, as popular as Isabelle, and as unusual as Mabrey and Pearson.
May 1, 2014
Jersey Shore SOS: Seeking a sib name for Lorenzo
Jersey Shore’s Snooki has put out a call for help in naming her next child and Tara Ryazansky offers some suggestions. What are yours?
Apr 29, 2014
What name would you steal, if you could?
We all know you’re not a namenapper. But if you knew you could get away with it, whose wonderful name would you steal, and why?
Apr 28, 2014
Baby Name Junior: 13 ways to name your baby after yourself without using the J-word
Some semi-serious tips on naming your baby after yourself without actually using your name. Like if you’re Mike, you can call your son Spike.
Apr 27, 2014
Expanding Baby Name Boundaries: Asa, Frankie, and Otis
This week, Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 looks at gender-bending and other expansions within the baby name universe, seen through the prism of the latest celebrity picks.
Apr 20, 2014
Little Ladies & Gents Names: William, Willa, Winston, and Pearl
Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week features keeper names with history and heft, from Augustus to Winston to Willa to Pearl.
Apr 9, 2014
25 People Much Cooler Than Their Names
Sometimes people live up to the image of their names: smart or serious, beautiful or cool, quiet or nerdy. And then there are those people who defy the expectations set by their names, like the 25 very cool famous folks here with notably uncool names.
Apr 7, 2014
Names Hot in Hollywood…but nowhere else!
Do celebrity faves automatically become citizen faves? Not necessarily. Some cases in point: Clementine, Poppy, Dashiell.
Apr 6, 2014
Dreama, Rumi, and James: From quirky to classic
This week, Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 Newsiest Names run the gamut from the way-off-the-grid to the classic–from Dreama Wildstar to James Hamilton.
Apr 3, 2014
New Starbabies Born in March: From Bridget to Booker to Buzz
The launch of a new Nameberry feature–CaraMichelle’s tally of all the starbabies born each month! Here’s the list for March.
Mar 30, 2014
Sasha, Mars, and Wilburn: Strange names, or tomorrow’s Top 100?
This week, Abby Sandel considers the question of extreme unusual names–and how our perceptions of them might change over time. Any names that you once considered too weird to consider but seem perfectly acceptable now?
Mar 23, 2014
The Power of Nice Names: Charlotte, Simon, and Vivianne
Names that strike just the right balance–what everyone would consider really ‘nice’ names–feature in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week. What do we call nice? Names like Charlotte, Miles, Simon and Nina.
Mar 18, 2014
Alliterative Baby Names in Pop Culture: Luna Lovegood and Lucy Liu
Pop culture is filled with alliterative names, as in all these examples supplied by Brook Cussans. Some people like them for their snap and memorableness, others don’t. Where do you stand?
Mar 16, 2014
Eclectic Baby Names in the News: Buzz, Onni and Michelangelo
It’s an almost-anything-goes week in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names–all the way from Alice to Buzz to Ferelith.
Mar 9, 2014
Bold B-Names and Beyond: Booker, Bowie, Bridget and Bijou
Some eye-catching baby names in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week, many of them starting with the letter B–Bridget, Booker, Bijou and Bowie.
Mar 2, 2014
Classic Names with a Twist: Anika, Adelina and Davina
Classic names with a twist are the subject of Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week–as in Miriana, Coralie and Adelina. Will any of them catch on?
Feb 23, 2014
Ava, Sid, and Bodhi: The New Reality of Baby Naming
Bodhi, Machs, Sid, Fianna–this installment of Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names of the week provides a perfect illustration of the immense variety found in today’s baby name landscape.
Feb 16, 2014
Globe-Trotting Names: Alexandre, Raphael, and Ysabel
In this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names, Abby Sandel highlights some interesting international choices, such as Raphael and Ysabel, retro twins Ernest and Doris, and Simon Cowell’s baby name tribute to his dad, Eric.
Feb 12, 2014
Presidents’ Day Names: The mighty middles–Quincy, Knox and Gamaliel
In-between the well known and well used first and last names of the US Presidents, are some more subtly suggestive middles that could provide Presidents’ Day inspiration.
Feb 10, 2014
Reality Baby Names from Mild to Wild: Alena, Camila and Jaxie
Welcome to the world of reality star baby names–Jaxie, Alena and a girl named Beau are all in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week.
Feb 5, 2014
The Names of February: Amethyst, Finnegan and Valentine
Cold winter months like February aren’t everyone’s cup of hot chocolate — unless your name is Cupid, of course. But these interesting baby names inspired by the second month of the year just may warm you up, or make a perfect match for a little Aquarius or Pisces.
Jan 30, 2014
Aerospace Names: Rocket men and women from Rosa to Rudy and beyond
Our science specialist Laura Miller Brennan turns her attention today to names floating around aerospace, like Camille, Rosa and Valentina.
Jan 29, 2014
Super Bowl XLVIII Names: Byron, Britton & Brock
A great game, amazing ads, awesome half-time show — the Super Bowl offers something for everyone, even name nerds. Here, the best of the players’ names, via Denise Potter.