Jan 27, 2014
Nameberry Picks: 13 best virtue names for boys
It’s time we considered Virtue Names for boys as well as girls–let’s hear it for Justice, Loyal, Valor and True!
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Jan 19, 2014
In Favor of Fitting In: Harper, Haven and Hudson
Abby Sandel takes a fresh look at the eternal fitting in/standing out divide as she analyzes this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names.
Jan 12, 2014
Rock Star Names: How to create a superstar stage name
How would you go about creating a pop star persona for yourself? Here are five sure-fire methods, courtesy of Brooke Cussans. (And you guess who’s in the illustration–before she took on her now-famous name?)
Jan 7, 2014
Love the name, love the person?
Does a wonderful name make you more open to liking its bearer? Or do great names often fail to connect with great people?
Jan 7, 2014
Color Baby Names: A synesthete’s slant on the auras of names
Do you see a color or texture when you hear a name? You might have synesthesia, as today’s guest blogger Shannon explains.
Jan 5, 2014
Twelfth Night Names: From Airi to Wren
What names do partridges and pear trees bring to mind? K. M. Sheard of the blog and book “Nook of Names” has some imaginative, free-associative, Twelfth Night ideas.
Dec 30, 2013
Unique Baby Names: Do you dare?
These names from recent birth announcements in a British newspaper are undeniably exotic and intriguing. But would you dare give one to an actual baby?
Dec 22, 2013
Does This Name Make Me Look Old?
What’s more aging than gray hair or wrinkles? A name that’s not Jone, Joni, JoAne, or Jo but old school Joan.
Dec 19, 2013
Winter Solstice Names: Odin, Demeter and Ivy
It’s the WInter Solstice, and Dantea–aka Angel Thomas–takes the occasion to introduce us to some relevant choices from the plant and pagan deity worlds.
Dec 10, 2013
What are your favorite holiday names?
Would you give your baby a name that references the holidays, from Noel to Nia to Christmas? And which of the range of festive choices do you like best?
Dec 4, 2013
Sundance Catalog Names
Annesley and Sienna, Indigo and Reverie: The Sundance Catalog features names in keeping with its cosmopolitan cowgirl fantasy.
Dec 4, 2013
Science Geek Chic Names: Biology Department
And now for something completely different: a syllabus of scientist names of the biological persuasion. And you don't have to be a geek to appreciate them.
Nov 11, 2013
Nickname Names for Boys
Why name a baby Jacob if you only want to call him Jake? An increasing number of parents are asking just that, and putting nickname names on the birth certificate for their sons.
Nov 5, 2013
What are you favorite unusable names?
Siobhan is too hard to pronounce and Aristotle too much to live up to, Icarus would be called Icky and Lucifer is just the devil. What names do you love that can never be used?
Oct 30, 2013
Nameberry Picks: 14 jazziest jazz singers’ names
These legendary jazz singers definitely add some pizzazz to their names–we’re thinking Ella, Etta, Esperanza…and more…
Oct 29, 2013
Halloween Baby Names: Creepy Names that (mostly) survived horror movies
Some horror movie character names have been more tainted than others–which of these do you think have survived their ghoulish associations?
Oct 22, 2013
How has your name influenced your life?
If you’re reading this blog, you probably think that names are pretty influential and important. But how has that played out with your own name, in your own life?
Oct 17, 2013
Confessions of a Name Snob
Let’s face it–a lot of us, in our own ways, are baby name snobs. Lauren Apfel of omnimom.net describes her particular symptoms. What are yours?
Sep 30, 2013
Best Boys’ Names: 10 stylish selections
From our new book “The Nameberry Guide to the Best Baby Names for Boys” comes this group of top stylish names. These boys’ names combine freshness, quality, and broad appeal.
Sep 3, 2013
What name would change your life?
If my name was Vesper, would I be dating James Bond? I like to think that a name that glamourous might make my life more glamourous too. What name would change YOUR life, and how?
Sep 1, 2013
Honoring a beloved grandfather by taking his name
Robbie Blair wanted to honor the grandfather he loved, and what better way than taking his name? The next challenge: Finding a way to truly make that name his own.
Aug 12, 2013
20 Best Super Sleuth Names for Boys
Crime-solving detectives are often eccentric and so, it turns out, are their names; here, for instance, are Hieronymous, Endeavor and Ebenezer.
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 22, 2013
Baby Men Names
These buttoned-up, serious boys’ names can sound both traditional and fresh. And many of them come packaged with cute nicknames that make them a lot more user-friendly.
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?