Jun 5, 2014
Medievalizing a Name: Elizabeth to Elisende
Want to de-modernize one of the Top 10 girls’ names? Abby Sandel offers some historic suggestions from the Middle Ages.
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Jun 3, 2014
Unisex Baby Names: the new entries for 2013
Only a limited number of names entered the charts this year for both boys and girls. Brooke Cussans elucidates.
Jun 1, 2014
Literary Baby Names: A tribute to Maya Angelou
Erin Waldron honors the late Maya Angelou with a list of names relating to her life and writings.
May 29, 2014
Best Names Given to Only 5 Babies in 2013
Here are Dantea’s picks for the best names given to the fewest recorded numbers of babies What are yours?
May 27, 2014
Girls’ Name Hazel: Will a new movie make her the next Jennifer?
In the 70s, “Love Story” shot the name Jennifer into the stratosphere; Nick Turner wonders if “The Fault in Our Stars” could do the same for the already ascending Hazel.
May 25, 2014
SOS: Help name this Berry’s imminent girl twins asap!
Time to put our collective heads together and help your fellow Berry find the perfect names for Twin Girl A and Twin Girl B. She’s set out all her rules, possibilities and predilections.
May 22, 2014
The Top Names of 2033: Girls edition–Charlotte Number 1
And now here’s the girls’ edition of Abby Sandel’s bold predictions for the Top 20 names of 2033, from Charlotte to Hadley.
May 20, 2014
Top Names of 2033: Boys edition
Abby Sandel goes out on a limb with a carefully reasoned forecast of the top names of 2033. Will Levi reach Number 1? Boys today, girls on Friday.
May 18, 2014
Nile: Yes, Like The River
Her parents gave guest blogger Nile Cappello her unusual name–and she’s been grateful to them ever since. If you have one, how do you feel about your unusual name?
May 15, 2014
Pairing Up the Most Unpopular Names of the Past: Orange & Leafy
Arika Okrent takes a look at the lower depths of the pop lists from 1880 to 1932, and makes some fascinatingly eccentric finds, pairing them into such couples as Orange and Leafy, and Okey and Erie.
May 11, 2014
2013 Playground Analysis: How combined spellings change the rankings
What happens if you combine the different spellings of a name? Kelli Brady analyzes how that changes the baby name popularity rankings.
May 8, 2014
Taking Stock of Baby Names: A novel approach
Guest blogger and financial journalist Nick Turner applies his stock analyzing skills to baby naming–with some intriguing results.
May 6, 2014
The Numerology of Names: Another baby-naming tool
Using the Expression Numbers of Numerology can be yet another tool in helping to decide on your baby’s name. Berry Juice blogger Madelyn explains.
May 4, 2014
French-Accented Baby Names: Jeanette, Cosette, Colette
Jeanette Soto explores the origins of her own less-than-fashionable, difficult-to-spell name, and learns to love it in the process, then goes on to explore other ‘ette’ names.
May 1, 2014
Jersey Shore SOS: Seeking a sib name for Lorenzo
Jersey Shore’s Snooki has put out a call for help in naming her next child and Tara Ryazansky offers some suggestions. What are yours?
Apr 29, 2014
Swiss Baby Names: A small country with a wide variety of names
The three different linguistic strains running through Switzerland leads to a wide variety of names, as explained by native Guest Blogger Rene Brunner.
Apr 27, 2014
Baby Name Pronunciation: AHN-drea, AN-drea, on-DRAY-a?
Guest blogger Gay Cioffi addresses the issue of pronunciation–a sometimes overlooked consideration when making your baby name choice.
Apr 24, 2014
Australian Baby Names: Fastest Rising Top 100 Names–Aria, Penelope and Lincoln
The Australian top name stats are out, and Oz native Anna Otto is here to analyze the fastest rising names on the list. We’ll soon be able to compare them to the rising stars in the US.
Apr 22, 2014
What to expect when you’re an expecting entrepreneur
Nameberry is excited to introduce you to Samahope, an organization that lets you fund doctors who provide medical care for expecting and new mothers and children around the world Shivani Garg Patel, co-founder of Samahope, looks back on growing a social enterprise while expecting her own first child.
Apr 20, 2014
Old Names That Sound New: Ione, Nova and Archer
You’ve just come upon a name that sounds fresh and new to you–Ione, say, or Archer. But guest blogger Angela Mastroianni points out that some of these stylish “new” names have surprising solid roots.
Apr 17, 2014
Baby Name Trends: The n-ending boys’ names epidemic
Many popular boy names end with the letter n.
Apr 15, 2014
The Diverse Nature of Nature Names: Daphne, Dresden and Sage
Guest blogger Brooke Cussans shows some different ways you can approach nature names, straight on (River, Rose) or more subtly (Daphne, Paloma).
Apr 13, 2014
Pregnancy and Beyond: 9 Great Nursery Decorating Tips
Meg Caswell, winner of HGTV’s ‘Design Star,’ offers some cool tips on nursery decor–how and why you can move beyond pink and blue.
Apr 10, 2014
Jewish Baby Names: Happy Passover!
Guest blogger and Nameberry mainstay Nephele serves up an expansive menu of Jewish names for Passover, along with some fascinating history.
Apr 6, 2014
Parentology: What’s not in a name? E is for…?
In his attention-attracting and somewhat controversial book, “Parentology,” Dalton Conley talks about how and why he gave his children such unusual names, and here’s an excerpt on that subject. How far out would you be willing to go and what do you think of his theories?