Sep 12, 2012
Looking Beyond Emma and Ella: Who’s next?
There’s been a progression of mega-popular names leading from Emily to Emma to Ella. What’s most likely to follow?
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Sep 5, 2012
Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence
Female sleuths might be femmes fatales or retired schoolmarms, but one thing many of them share is a great first name.
Aug 29, 2012
Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice
Sweet, solid, classic, current–Alice is a name that has everything.
Jul 31, 2012
Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices
Why give your baby just one first name when these choices offer two distinct options?
Jul 25, 2012
Let’s hear it for Auntie Name!
The names once used for fictive elderly aunts–from Augusta to Zelda– can make surprisingly fresh baby name choices for today.
Jun 18, 2012
Baby Girl Names: A name lover goes wild
Guest blogger Kristin Alexander had always loved names, but when she learned she was expecting a girl, her passion turned into an obsession. Can you relate?
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.
Apr 3, 2012
Gender Shock! What to do when nature foils your naming plans?
Kristen thought her naming problem was Baby Name Desensitization Disorder. But it turns out to be something much more surprising, and long-lasting. Can you help this Mom in Shock?
Mar 27, 2012
Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Does one name have it all?
After naming three boys, this mom finally has the chance to name a daughter and she really wants to get it right. Can you help?
Mar 13, 2012
Can you help this teenberry love her name?
Elaine might be a great name…..for a middle-aged woman. But this 16-year-old Elaine wants a name that fits, a name she loves. The solution? That’s up to you.
Mar 6, 2012
Stylish vs. Popular Names: Do you know the difference?
Which girls’ names are truly popular, by the numbers, compared with those that are merely stylish? The answers may surprise you….
Feb 29, 2012
Girls’ Names in Limbo: When can Kay come out to play?
We’ve retrieved a lot of the best old names that were moldering in the attic. Is it time now to look at some stored away more recently, and bring back the Beverlys?
Feb 27, 2012
Nameberry Picks: The 12 best feminizations
In this era of girls named Charlie or Lou, classic feminizations such as Charlotte or Louise seem almost quaint. But traditional feminized names can give you the best of all name worlds. Here, what to pick, and why.
Feb 15, 2012
He Says Shayla, She Says Cecilia: Help this couple agree on a baby name!
When he likes one kind of name and she likes another, how can they find a baby name they both can love? That’s the challenge in our new Berry Question of the Week.
Feb 9, 2012
The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora
A chorus line of sweet but spunky vintage girls’ names that are now rehearsing for their return to the stage.
Feb 8, 2012
Berry Question of the Week: Help name baby #3!
It’s a girl, but can a boyish name work? How about a name once used for a pet cat? Berries, start your baby-naming engines.
Jan 18, 2012
New! First-Ever Berry Question of the Week
Help this mom find a name for her third daughter that fits the pattern set with her first two: It’s got to start with an A, contain certain letters, and honor a relative. Are you up to the challenge?
Dec 27, 2011
Top Girl Names 2011
What the list of Nameberry’s Top Girls’ Names for 2011 tells us is not what people were naming their baby girls last year but which names they’re going to choose for their daughters in the future.
Dec 13, 2011
Vanishing Names: So long, Susan; Bye bye, Barbara
A collection of once-popular girls’ names are falling from favor fast. Are they headed for obscurity, or just a very long nap?
Nov 17, 2011
Classic Girls’ Names: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Think Jane is too plain for a twenty-first century girl? Here we set forth the case for the defense.
Sep 8, 2011
GIRLS’ NAMES 2011: The Secret Popularity List
There’s the official popularity list: ho-hum. Then there’s the Nameberry popularity list. And now there’s the secret Nameberry popularity list.
Aug 11, 2011
Girls’ Names: 8 great ones under the radar
Think you’ve uncovered every wonderful girls’ name out there? Think again: Here are some greats we bet you haven’t considered.
Jul 11, 2011
Comic Book Names: The names behind the superwomen
The She-Hulk was actually just plain Jennifer, Wonder Woman was Diana and Catwoman was Selena in everyday life. What were the other alter ego names of the great comic book superwomen?
Jun 20, 2011
Girls’ Names: Naming a daughter the Pinkett-Smith way
How can you name a girl after a male namesake without resorting to Ernestine for Ernest? Some subtler and more innovative ideas.
Jun 7, 2011
Name Trends: Say yes to ‘S’
For the first time in a century, names ending in the letter S are back in style. No, not the return of Lois or Phyllis or Doris, but how about Lillias and Damaris and Anais?