Jul 22, 2012
The Nameberry 9: Sherlock, Selina and Joan
Will Mary and/or Joan make a comeback? Will Arrow and/or Dixon catch on? All these are names found in this week’s baby name news.
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Jul 15, 2012
Gorgeous Girls’ Names: This week’s Nameberry 9
Evangeline, Ottoline, Penelope, Charlotte–celebs have gone all Nameberry in their choices this week.
Jul 8, 2012
The Nameberry 9: From Noah to Sabbath, normal to neo
Are you a play-it-safe baby namer or an adventurer? Go for a classic or something out of the ordinary?
Jul 1, 2012
Boys’ Names: This week’s newsiest picks, from Barnaby to Jasper to Ned
This week’s nine newsiest boys’ names–including Barnaby and Brooks, Jasper and Jem.
Jun 24, 2012
Alternate Appellations: The names that might have been
Have you ever thought about how different your own or your child’s name might have been with a slight change in circumstances?
Jun 17, 2012
Creative Baby Names: Original but not outre
Django, Grover, Isabetta–this week’s Nameberry 9 consists of names that are unusual but still totally usable.
Jun 10, 2012
Creative Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–Jubilee, Clover and Ralph
Inventive names have a long history–and they just keep on coming. Here are nine of the newsiest.
Jun 5, 2012
Question of the Week: The Starbaby Effect
Has a celebrity’s choice ever turned you onto– or off– a name? We’d love to know which one–and why!
Jun 3, 2012
1980’s Baby Names: Heavy Metal names still rock
Axel, Ace, Jett…many of today’s coolest names can be traced back to the glam rock headliners of the 1980’s.
May 28, 2012
The Nameberry Nine: The week’s newsiest names from Athena to Ysabeau
Wyatt and Gray for girls, a royal Athena, unusual names like Kindred and Lukensia–all in the baby name news this week.
May 23, 2012
Celebrity Names: But some of their birth names were so much better!
Writer Anne Rice was a baby girl named Howard, Gene ‘Kiss’ Simmons started out as Chaim Weitz. Minnie Driver was Amelia. Should they have stuck with their original names?
May 6, 2012
Retro Baby Names: Dorothy, Gloria, Maxine and Estelle, the latest comeback kids
Estelle? Maxine? Gloria? Some unlikely blasts from the past made baby name news this week.
Apr 29, 2012
The Nameberry 9: The baby name generation gap
So the father of Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom and Little Pixie doesn’t approve of his new grandson’s name. What chance do the rest of us have?
Apr 22, 2012
Short and Sweet Baby Names: The Nameberry 9
This week’s Nameberry 9 looks at the trend towards mini-names: Fia, Kai, Io–but how low are you willing to go?
Apr 15, 2012
Trendy Baby Names: And why not?
Trendy has become a pejorative term for some baby namers, but is there really any reason to reject a name you like just because it’s been picked by a celeb or is on the rise in popularity?
Apr 11, 2012
Celebrity Baby Names: What if YOU were a star?
Let’s say you were a celeb–would you choose an outrageous, attention-grabbing baby name or a more under-the-radar normal one?
Apr 8, 2012
The Nameberry 9: This week’s newsiest names, from Mabel to Maxim
In the Nameberry news this week, there are starbabies Mabel Ray and Leo Grey, names from the Gap Casting Call–and more.
Apr 1, 2012
The Nameberry 9: What’s a normal name?
This week’s rundown of newsy celebrity names focuses on ‘normal’ names. But what does that really mean? Current popularity? Longevity? Abby Sandel shares her thoughts.
Mar 18, 2012
Celebrity Baby Names: The Nameberry 9 newsiest
This week we find that–among other things–celebrities have as hard a time as the rest of us finding the perfect name.
Mar 12, 2012
The Nameberry 9: Rose and Tulip and other newsy names
This week’s Nameberry 9 commemorates celebrity births and birthdays, from West to Brax to Bix, .
Mar 5, 2012
Baby Name Stories: The Nameberry 9
Every name has a backstory, and this week Abby Sandel delves into what’s behind the Nameberry 9 newsiest names, from March to McKechnie.
Feb 27, 2012
The Nameberry 9: Princesses, Politicians and Fashionistas
Lots of baby name news this week: A Swedish princess, new celebabies, and some fabulously named mini-fashionistas.
Feb 20, 2012
The Nameberry 9: Newsy names from Maple to Rembrandt to Cadet
You’ll find some intriguing new names among this week’s nine newsiest–as for instance Cadet, Six, Rembrandt, and Maple.
Feb 14, 2012
Should You Trademark Your Baby’s Name?
Beyonce and Jay-Z made more baby name news this week when they moved to trademark newborn daughter Blue Ivy’s name. What does it mean to trademark a name? And should you trademark yours?
Feb 12, 2012
The Nameberry 9: Newsiest baby names of the week
Names in the news this week celebrate the Grammys, new celebrity picks, and the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.