Mar 25, 2014
Baby Name Choice: Second thoughts on Laszlo?
Time magazine columnist Joel Stein thinks back on the decision of his boy’s name: Where does it stand now for him, his wife, and Laszlo himself?
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Mar 25, 2014
What were your great-grandparents’ names?
Climbing further up on our family trees, let’s look at the names of our great-grandparents. Classic or antiquated, from near or far? And would you use any of them for a child today?
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 20, 2014
Choosing Baby Names: Sense vs sensibility
As a writer for LiveScience, Stephanie Pappas had read and analyzed all the name statistics and stories, but when it came to naming her own child…something else took over.
Mar 17, 2014
14 Signs Your Name Might Be Jennifer
During Jennifer’s 15-year reign at Number 1, nearly a million girls were given the name. Could one of them be you?
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 16, 2014
Baby Names for Boys: Popularity of “S” and “Sh” sounds
Kelli Brady continues her analysis of S-sound-beginning names’ popularity–this time looking at the boys. Do you have a favorite S name for boys?
Mar 10, 2014
100+ Classic Girls’ Names — below the Top 1000
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 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 6, 2014
S-Names for Girls: Popularity of “S” vs. “Sh” sounds
NameFreak!’s Kelli Brady applies her awesome analytic skills to the popularity of the varieties of girls’ name starting with the letter ‘S’.
Mar 5, 2014
The Names of March: Kennedy, Knute and Casimir
The month of March brings with it a wide range of associations, from the birthstone Beryl to famous March-born babies Harriet, Knute and Tennessee, as described by Denise Potter.
Mar 3, 2014
February Babyberries: Our newest arrivals, from Arthur and Adelaide to Wynne
The February Babyberry Report includes a Cecily and a Cormac, an Enid and an Ezeriah, plus two sets of twins.
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 26, 2014
The Next Baby Name Style Wave
There are the popular names like Sophia and Jacob. Then there are the stylish names: Adelaide and Atticus, Maisie and Silas. And then there is the style wave of names beyond that, which may sound avant garde, even outrageous, now, but which we predict will set the fashion of the future.
Feb 25, 2014
Comic Strip Names: Charlie Brown, Linus and Frieda
14 years ago this month, we waved goodbye to the lovable Charlie Brown gang. Now Denise Potter wonders here if these ten Peanuts’ names are ready for a revamp. Give a warm welcome back to Frieda, Linus, and Eudora!
Feb 24, 2014
Baby Name Trendlet: Ev-starting names from Eve to Ever to Everest
Ev- names are everywhere, it seems, from classics Eve and Eva to contempos Everleigh and Everest. We’d call it a total trendlet.
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 20, 2014
Secret-Identity Nicknames: How about Tim for Septimus?
If you love the nickname Joe but don’t want to use Joseph, how about Joab or Jotham? Aurora Firth offers lots of cooler paths to common nicknames.
Feb 19, 2014
Literary Baby Names: 77 Quirky Characters from 20th Century Lit
Why invent a unique baby name when some modern author may have already done it for you? Here are dozens of quirky literary character names, from Amaryllis to Zazie, Athens to Zoyd.
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 13, 2014
Baby Naming Therapy
By Lauren Apfel, Omnimom I wrote a post here not too long ago called Confessions of a Baby Name Snob, a funny post about how my sister and I name other people’s babies better than they do. It was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, this piece, but like all resonating humor there was more than a […]
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 11, 2014
President(ial) Names: Arthur, Carter and Clinton
In the first of our two Presidents’ Day salutes, Kelli Brady analyzes the popularity of U.S. Presidents’ surnames over the years.
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 6, 2014
Artist Names: The ultimate comprehensive list, from Ayala to Zoffany
A few artists’ surnames, like Monet, have already been adopted, but here Kay Sheard offers an enormous selection of other arty options.