Apr 3, 2014
New Starbabies Born in March: From Bridget to Booker to Buzz
The launch of a new Nameberry feature–CaraMichelle’s tally of all the starbabies born each month! Here’s the list for March.
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Apr 1, 2014
Baby Name Choice: Ryder– A name ahead of its time
Guest blogger Gay Cioffi devised her own strategy for narrowing down the infinite number of baby name choices–and the result was a name that proved to be ahead of its time.
Mar 30, 2014
Whimsical Nature Names: Some quirky animal and flower choices
Brooke Cussans offers some nature names you certainly won’t hear every day: which of them do you think are usable? Tigerlily? Wolfgang?
Mar 27, 2014
Celebrate Your Own Name Day!
You can celebrate your own name rather than a saint’s for your own personal Name Day– Anna Otto tells us how it’s done in her family and how it could be done in yours. Care to try it?
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?
Mar 23, 2014
Old Testament Baby Names: On choosing Job
When Rebekah Anderson decided to name her son Job — Job as in the Bible, not as in your everyday work — she got a lot of negative reactions. But the worst one of all was silence.
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 18, 2014
Alliterative Baby Names in Pop Culture: Luna Lovegood and Lucy Liu
Pop culture is filled with alliterative names, as in all these examples supplied by Brook Cussans. Some people like them for their snap and memorableness, others don’t. Where do you stand?
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 13, 2014
Modern Classic Baby Names: Cecilia, Calvin and Colin
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 9, 2014
Southern-Fried Baby Names: Rhett, Scarlett and Savannah
From Aimee Reneau Tafreshi, names that conjure up images of the American South–plus what names are currently most popular there.
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’.
Feb 27, 2014
Restoration Comedy Names for Girls: Amaryllis, Araminta and Prue
Histornamia blogger Amy unearths some rarely heard names found in the casts of characters of Restoration comedies.
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 23, 2014
Movie Star Character Names: A salute to Shirley Temple and the roles she played
Haley Sedgwick pays tribute to her childhood favorite, Shirley Temple, and the names of the characters the Depression Era dimpled darling played.
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 18, 2014
Eclectic American Girl Doll Names: Cecile, Kanani, and Marie-Grace
Angela Mastrodonato surveys the world of American Girl Doll names–the historic, the vintage, the contemporary, and the international., and finds an interesting variety.
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 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 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.
Feb 4, 2014
The Origins of Owen
Guest blogger Leslie McLean mourns the name, and the son, who live only in her heart.
Feb 2, 2014
Think naming one baby is tough? Try naming six….
Naming her first child was a snap. Naming the second was a bit more challenging. But as guest blogger Tara Wood discovered, naming six kids can be a nightmare..
Jan 30, 2014
Aerospace Names: Rocket men and women from Rosa to Rudy and beyond
Our science specialist Laura Miller Brennan turns her attention today to names floating around aerospace, like Camille, Rosa and Valentina.
Jan 28, 2014
International Baby Names: Top 100 Names from Outside the English-Speaking World
Australian baby name blogger Anna Otto has collected a great group of names popular around the world but not ranked in English-speaking countries, in her new ebook designed to help parents find names that are both unusual and normal. Here, she offers a curated selection of some of the best.
Jan 26, 2014
Winter Olympic Baby Names: Part 2–The Boys
Now here come the Olympic hopeful boys’ names competing for popularity–from Leif to Lowell to Joss. Who gets your vote?