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Mar 13, 2014
There are classic classics and then there are modern classics, which also can be divided into two different categories– an interesting distinction, as explained by Angela Mastrodonato.
Mar 10, 2014
Think you have to choose between names that are classic and those that are unusual? Here are more than 100 girls’ names that give you both.
Mar 2, 2014
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 9, 2014
Most of us remember Laura, Mary, Caroline and Alonzo from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, but when it comes to names there was so much more.
Dec 22, 2013
For many parents today, Sweet Spot names are classics with a twist. Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week includes such examples as Carolina, Raphael and Elena.
Nov 26, 2013
There’s been much hullabaloo over the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Who. Brooke Cussans looks at the names of all the portrayers of the Doctor over the years.
Nov 10, 2013
Teenberry Haley Sedgwick is particularly partial to the elegance of Georgian names, and here are her favorites. What are yours?
Oct 20, 2013
Abby Sandel of AppellationMountain.net defines classics and near classics via this week’s nine newsiest names. What’s your definition?
Oct 2, 2013
In our new book, The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys, we select the best of the best boys’ names of all kinds — like the 10 biblical picks here.
Sep 23, 2013
There are hundreds of classic baby names, and then there are the most classic names, those that have endured over the centuries. These names of ancient royalty and modern celebrities will stand any baby in good stead.
Sep 4, 2013
Claire, Clara, Clarissa–a family of lovely, clear-eyed vintage names on the rise. Which is your favorite?
Aug 29, 2013
There are classic baby names beyond Thomas, Richard and Henry–aka Tom, Dick and Harry– and here Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names parses the varieties.
Jul 22, 2013
These buttoned-up, serious boys’ names can sound both traditional and fresh. And many of them come packaged with cute nicknames that make them a lot more user-friendly.
May 27, 2013
Guest blogger Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names wonders if it’s time to reconsider some names that peaked in popularity a few decades ago–names like Amy and Cynthia and Diana–which have a lot in common with current faves.
May 22, 2013
For Memorial Day, we celebrate the names of gallant Civil War generals, from the Latinate Marcellus to the biblical Zebulon to word names like Strong and Speed and Zealous.
May 12, 2013
Do quiet classics like Phillip and Jane stand a chance against upstart invaders like Titan and Arya? Abby Sandel analyzes the standing of classic baby names on the new Top 1000.
Apr 21, 2013
Classic names are great–especially with a little twist to make them more distinctive.
Apr 17, 2013
Why has Noah become the hot new biblical boys’ name?
Apr 3, 2013
Those Grandma names on yesterday’s TV shows are back–now on babies’ birth certificates.
Mar 3, 2013
Charlotte is demure, yet solid and strong, traditional but not stuffy, British with a trace of a French accent–one of the very best classic girls’ names.
Feb 20, 2013
In the seventies and early eighties, there were nearly a million baby Jennifers born in the US. What made Jennifer one of the biggest hit baby names ever?
Nov 8, 2012
These new old nicknames can give a fresh spin to a classic name, distinguish your little girl from her namesake grandma, or set your Henry apart from the other five in his class.
Oct 22, 2012
All names Theo are on the rise–Theodore and Theodora,Theo and Thea–and of course Theodore is the daddy of them all.
Sep 12, 2012
There’s been a progression of mega-popular names leading from Emily to Emma to Ella. What’s most likely to follow?
Aug 29, 2012
Sweet, solid, classic, current–Alice is a name that has everything.