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Aug 27, 2013

Baby Name Nicknames: The ubiquitous Addie

Aimee Reneau Tafreshi put a lot of thought into choosing her daughter’s distinctive name–but not as much about how commonplace her nickname might be.

Aug 23, 2013

Unisex Baby Names: Five new entries

Guest blogger Brooke Cussans has found some unusual names that have entered the charts for both genders for the first time. Music, anyone?

Aug 21, 2013

Where have all the F names gone?

Back in the day, there were a lot more popular names beginning with the letter F than there are now. Kelli Brady of NameFreak! offers her analysis of F-names then and now.

Aug 15, 2013

Owen? Max? Lucy? Will They Ever Make the Top 10?

Some names just have a Top 10 feel about them, says Upswing Baby Name’s Angela Mastrodonato, and yet they’ve never made it. Do they still have a chance or has their moment passed?

Aug 12, 2013

New British Popularity List: Harry and Amelia still reign

The much anticipated 2012 England-Wales popularity list is here, topped by Amelia and Harry–and here’s our trusty UK correspondent, British Baby Names’ Eleanor Nickerson’s instant analysis.

Aug 6, 2013

Unusual Nature Names: Ever hear of Addax? Ambretta? Fen?

Angel Thomas, known to us as Dantea, has come up with some interesting nature names we can pretty much guarantee you’ve never heard before–but might be interestingl enough to consider if you’re looking for the truly unusual.

Aug 4, 2013

Sassy Short Girl Baby Names: Blythe, Blake, Blair

They’re smart, sleek and sophisticated. Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names sees a refreshing wave of short, brisk girls’ names as an antidote to the frilly Victorians.

Aug 2, 2013

Are these the next ‘Twilight’ names?

There are new book and movie names in town, set to take the place of Twilight’s megapopular Isabella and Jacob. Brooke Cussans of Baby Name Pondering surveys the fresh competition.

Jul 28, 2013

The Anglo-American Baby Name Divide

Michelle Shepherd-Barron, who blogs at whatiwaswearing, analyzes the difference in attitudes towards baby naming between the Brits and the Yanks. Do you Britberries agree?

Jul 23, 2013

Names on the Cusp

Kelli Brady of thenamefreak! takes a long hard look at the names she predicted would crack the Top 1000 in 2012, and shares how right or wrong she was. What names do you see making it onto the 2013 list?

Jul 21, 2013

Combo Names: When 1 plus 1 equals 1

Could Miabella be the next Annabella? Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names sees a new wave of smoosh names sailing in. What do you think?

Jul 16, 2013

Creative Baby Names:The -igh Syndrome (sigh)

Elisabeth Wilborn of You Can’t Call it “it” has some issues with certain kinds of kreeatif spellings. Do you agree with her? Would you go for Kaylie or Kayleigh?

Jul 15, 2013

V Baby Names: Varied and vivid, from Velvet to Viggo

They may be small in number, but as Kelli Brady of NameFreak! shows, V-starting names are wildly varied. Here she breaks them down in groups from the well-known (Victoria) to the vintage (Virgil) to the geographic (Vienna). What’s your favorite V name?

Jul 11, 2013

Pregnancy Tips: A last-minute check list

As the big day approaches, here’s a checklist of essential advance to-dos that you just might have overlooked, from our partners over at parents.com.

Jul 9, 2013

Unusual Names: On being named Shanti

What’s it like to have an unusual name? Guest bloigger Shanti Knight shares her experiences–both positive and negative– of having a name whose ethnicity is not her own. Do you have an unusual name? Would you/did you give one to your child, especially one from another culture?

Jul 7, 2013

Retro Boy Names: The Motorcycle-Riding Poets

Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names offers her vision of mid-century bad boys’ names that have a poetic edge. Do you agree? Are there others you think would fit the category?