Questions of the Week

Our Question of the Week: What are some names that have morphed from negative to strongly positive for you?

How would you handle family disapproval of your chosen baby name?

What are some names whose meanings don’t match their image?

Name teasing or bullying should never be tolerated, but does it happen anyway and would it influence your choice of a baby name?

How parents’ names affect their baby name style.

These words might make excellent baby names, except for their meanings.

Were you named after someone else–that’s our question of the week.

Our Question of the Week: Last week, Serena Williams introduced the world to her adorable two-week-old daughter in an Instagram post. The baby’s name, she revealed, was Alexis. A perfectly nice, normal name; popular, but not too popular, at Number 119. But here’s the unusual part: The newborn’s father is also named Alexis. And the new […]

Question of the week: Can a name’s bad backstory negate it for you?

Who do you talk to when you talk about names?

Question of the Week: The baby is healthy and home from the hospital. It has a name. Is this the time to call dibs on his online territory?

If a character has a wonderful name, I’m already halfway in love. And if the names in the book feel discordant — out of time or place or literally out of character — I lose confidence in the author.

Which particular period of name history are you most drawn to?

What’s the most unusual name on your family tree? And will it ever come back into style?

Where do you stand on feminissima names? Do you like names that are undoubtedly girly, that read traditionally pink and frilly and lacy? What’s your favorite girly name? Would you use it or another of this genre for your daughter?

Sometimes it’s hard to decide between two similar names? Which pairs perplex you? It could be two names that share certain sounds or first initials or just names with a shared vibe? Do you have a pair of names that you love equally and that you would have a hard time deciding between?

Nominate one more candidate for Name of the Year 2016.

Time for Nameberry’s annual Invent a Name Contest. So put on your thinking caps and come up with a completely new baby name–the more usable the better. Get your entries in by August 25th and look for the winning entries the following week. Ready, set, go!

If you ruled the Baby Name Universe, what new names would you give everyone in your family, down to the goldfish?

When it comes to baby names, how popular is too popular for you?

Would you give your child some version of your own name?

True confession time–we want to know your guilty pleasure names–we promise not to tell.

A multiples challenge: name your ideal triplets–of any gender.

Would you like a name that would help you stand out more…or blend in?

We all have embarrassing names in our family trees, but today we’re here to celebrate the wonderful family names worth passing on to a new generation. Hit us with your best shot.