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Oct 13, 2009
Naming your baby in New York is a competitive sport, reports guest blogger Laura Dunphy, like rugby or bond-trading. And no matter how cool you think your choice is, it’s probably not cool enough.
Oct 6, 2009
Everyone in the family’s names started with the letter D, which was a very bad thing. Or was it?
Sep 24, 2009
Unless you were belting out the blues with a voice full of sorrow and steel, or you were transcendentally beautiful, Bessie was not a good name.
Sep 16, 2009
Just in: The top British baby names of 2008 are here at last.
Sep 3, 2009
Novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard ponders what makes us love, hate, or forget all about our own middle names.
Aug 28, 2009
Names often have meanings far deeper, more personal, and more profound than what you’ll find in any dictionary.
Aug 3, 2009
A sportswriter dad finds baby name inspiration in an unlikely source: a racehorse.
Aug 3, 2009
Celebrities lead the way to creative middle naming.
Jul 20, 2009
Some last-name-first names with a Scottish burr.
Jul 6, 2009
They may not look alike, but these names have close family ties
Jun 15, 2009
As the world gets more complicated, these short — very very short — names sound even sweeter.
Jun 11, 2009
Pumpkin and Lumpkin may sound pretty cute for the duration, but most pre-natal nicknames aren’t ready to be prime time players.
Jun 9, 2009
We’ve had J names and K names, but the next letter in the baby name limelight: L, as in Lucius and Leopold, Levi and Lovely.
Jun 4, 2009
The British are famous for eccentric baby names, and lots of them. With a name like Alexi William Martin Rabbit, you know you’re not in Kansas anymore.
May 29, 2009
Treasure hunting for nuggets buried deep in the Popular Names list.
May 22, 2009
Some historic Civil War-era names that could inspire baby namers of today.
Mar 19, 2009
How one couple successfully arrived at the perfect name/nickname solution.
Feb 11, 2009
Among celebs and others, there’s a growing trend for unisex nickname names.
Jan 16, 2009
Survey says many parents like using family names but are up for making them baby-friendly.
Jan 4, 2009
Would you name your baby after Grandpa Floyd, or do you take a more liberal view of how to use family names?
Nov 5, 2008
New President Barack Obama points America to a future where the baby names, along with everything else, are a’ changing.
Nov 4, 2008
If you want to give your child a name to live up to, consider the Presidential category.