Celebrity Name News
Baby names today are often inspired by celebrities or celebrity babies. These news stories and features look at baby names drawn from the worlds of music, art and fashion, at literary and royal baby names, and at popular and crazy celebrity baby names.
Tue Apr 23 2019
Celebrity Baby Names Q+A: Gemma Burgess
Author/screenwriter Gemma Burgess describes her baby naming process.
Wed Apr 10 2019
International Baby Names: Hottest in the UK, Poland and Japan
This week’s name news includes international baby names popular in Japan, Hungary, Poland and the UK.
Sun Apr 07 2019
Celebrity Names: April Starbaby Predictions
Name predictions for the new starbabies due to Miranda Kerr, Alanis Morrissette, Lauren Conrad, Daphne Oz and more.
Wed Apr 03 2019
International Baby Names: And other news of the week
This week’s news includes a riot of Rose names, a motley crew of moon names, international baby names and a baby named after Snow White.
Wed Mar 27 2019
Celebrity Baby Names: Name regret, mermaids and more!
This week’s news includes stylish celebrity baby names for girls, pronunciation problems, why parents do (and don’t) regret their children’s names, and sisters with a mermaid theme.
Wed Mar 20 2019
Spring Baby Names: News of the week
Our first spring baby names news report includes the latest stats from Scotland, a royal baby announcement, and babies named after doctors, nurses, soccer players, the Pope, and transformers.
Sun Mar 17 2019
Baby Name Q+A: Brit + Co’s Anjelika Temple
Brit + Co creative chief Anjelika Temple talks about finding a name for her second daughter.
Wed Mar 13 2019
Bold and Beautiful Names
This week’s news includes big bold starbaby names, what’s hot in Canada and the Channel Islands, and musings on why we all love baby names so much.
Sun Mar 10 2019
Celebrity Babies: Latest starbaby name predictions
Here are Sophie’s predictions of what names the current pregnant celebs will choose for their starbabies.
Fri Mar 08 2019
Girl Names: For International Women’s Day
It’s International Women’s Day–a perfect moment to celebrate the historic diversity of names in the new US Congress.
Wed Feb 27 2019
Terms of Endearment Baby Names
This week’s baby name news includes Robin Thicke’s latest inventive combination, thoughts on children naming their siblings, terms of endearment names, and one-of-a-kind names from Malta and Australia.
Thu Feb 21 2019
Wild Animal Names: and other name news
Animal-inspired middles, what’s big in Canada, and more royal baby naming talk in this week’s edition of Name News.
Thu Feb 14 2019
Baby Name Battles and How to Solve Them
This week’s baby name news includes solutions to your most common naming dilemmas, an Irish name you’ve probably never heard before, the most popular names in all four corners of the USA, and more!
Sun Feb 10 2019
Black History Names: Amazing Women Athletes
Black History Month name inspiration from some amazing women athletes!
Wed Feb 06 2019
Colorful Baby Names: Violet, Navy and Grey
Celebrity names, colorful names, tasty names, international and other news of the week,
Sun Feb 03 2019
February Baby Names to Inspire You
A short month long on baby name inspiration, from Norman Rockwell to Jimi Hendrix to Amy Tan.
Wed Jan 30 2019
Musical Baby Names: and more newsy names this week
Baby name inspiration this week includes volcanoes, rivers, Tom Brady, Beatniks, Norse myth…and some uniquely original inventions.
Tue Jan 29 2019
Celebrity Baby Names: Coming Attractions!
What will Chelsea Clinton name her third child? And what will appeal to Mario Lopez and Nikki Sixx? Compare your guesses to Sophie’s.
Thu Jan 24 2019
Unique Baby Names, Nameberry Style!
Brilliantly original names chosen by a single Nameberry visitor last year–offering inspirational ideas for other creative baby namers.
Wed Jan 23 2019
Nickname Names: Birdie, Bobby and Bobby
Nickname names in the news this week, plus animal names and the shift in name popularity.
Mon Jan 21 2019
Celebrity Baby Names: Hanson Baby #6
We’re delighted that our favorite celebrity baby namer-NB contributor is now sharing how she and her family arrived at the names for baby #6!
Wed Jan 16 2019
Top Names Around the World
This week’s baby name news includes names celebrating life, a moniker that started as a joke, and what’s hot on the East and West Coasts and around the world.
Thu Jan 10 2019
Baby Names in the News: Solstice, Atom & Mickey
By Clare Green This week’s news includes dramatic word names, on-trend starbaby arrivals, and new popularity lists from the US, Canada and beyond. Wild new year names We saw lots of New Year’s Day baby names last week, but here are a couple more standouts among the first arrivals of 2019. Solstice was the first […]
Mon Jan 07 2019
2019 Celebrity Baby Name Predictions
Several celebrity dads, including Kanye and Kobe, will be adding to their families this year. Here are Sophie’s predictions for their names.
Wed Jan 02 2019
New Year Baby Name News
The final baby name news report of 2018 has a ton of interesting and unusual names.