Jul 24, 2012
A Celebrity Mom Surveys Her Name Choices
Natalie Hanson, wife of musician Taylor Hanson, mother of four-going-on-five, and name lover, reveals her life in baby names.
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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.
Jul 18, 2012
Space Names: The Men on the Moon
We’re celebrating the anniversary of the first moon landing with the spacey names of astronauts and space missions.
Jul 16, 2012
Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh
Some favorite fictional bears have had surprisingly human names, from Mabel to Duffy.
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 10, 2012
Unusual Baby Names: Hiding in plain sight
You say you want unique? Well, the writers of a forthcoming book offer some names you won’t find anywhere else.
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 4, 2012
Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report
Get ready for a brimming basketful of the names of babyberries born in the past three months–our Quarterly Report, Including a girl named Bennett and a boy called Hawthorne.
Jul 4, 2012
Patriotic Baby Names: 4th of July revolutionary picks
For the Fourth–some interesting American Revolution-era hero names–Mercy, Artemas, Crispus, Salem, Button, and more.
Jul 2, 2012
99th Tour de France Names: They’re off and running!
The international roster of the Tour de France starters provides a wide-ranging source of name possibilities.
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 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 13, 2012
Literary Names: Fitzgerald names beyond the great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald came up with some amazing names for the characters in his novels and stories–here are some of the most notable.
Jun 11, 2012
A Girl Named Ellis
Why can’t a girl get a family surname as a first? Why not indeed, as this charming Southern tradition demonstrates.
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 6, 2012
Historic Baby Names: Quirky picks From Amaziah to Zebina
Historic baby names include some quirky names for girls and boys.
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 21, 2012
Local Baby Names: What’s in in Indiana?
Ryker is up in Utah, William is a winner throughout the South — what’s hottest in YOUR neck of the baby name woods?
May 16, 2012
New Baby Names: Debuts on the pop list, from Aleph to Zephyrus
Sifting through all the first-time names on the extended Social Security list, we’ve found a few gems, such as Plum, Rooney, Valencio and Eames.
May 14, 2012
Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops
Did you find your favorite too high on the new popularity list? Here are lots of great choices that didn’t appear at all!
May 7, 2012
International Faves: Top names across the globe
Any minute now, we’ll have the new list of top names in the US, but how about other countries? Here, some of the leading choices in places from Austria to Australia to Argentina.
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?