Mar 10, 2015
Unique Names: I’ve met only one person named….
What singular name have you encountered only once in your lifetime?
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Mar 3, 2015
What Are Your Favorite Word Names?
Today, almost any kind of word — from nature to virtue to color to place to spiritual — can be turned into a first name. Which do you like best?
Feb 17, 2015
What Nameberry names pop for you?
The Question of the Week: What names have you found on Nameberry that made you go WOW??
Feb 10, 2015
Invented Baby Names: 84 awesome choices and 2 big winners!
Here are dozens of names we loved from the creative entries to last week’s invent-a-name contest, plus the two winning choices.
Feb 3, 2015
Invent a Name Contest!
Name geniuses: Create a great name and win a complete library of our baby name ebooks.
Jan 27, 2015
Classic Boys’ Names: What’s your favorite?
Classic boys’ names range from the classic classics like William and James to time-honored yet trendy choices such as Noah and Sebastian. Which are your favorites?
Jan 20, 2015
Classic Girls’ Names: What’s your favorite?
There are so many wonderful girls’ names that qualify as classics. Can you pick just one favorite?
Jan 13, 2015
What name do you only pretend to like?
It might be the baby name a friend chose or a name that everybody else likes….except you. Here’s where you expose your own baby name fakery.
Jan 6, 2015
Your Favorite Names from Around the World
That baby from New Jersey has a name from Ireland or Italy, while the Parisian child bears a British moniker and the Dutch like Italian names. In this age of names that travel far and fast around the world, which are your favorites from cultures outside your own?
Dec 30, 2014
What’s Your Hero Name Crush?
Hero names are one of the hottest modern categories, with examples from Harper to Hendrix, Lincoln to Lennon on the rise. What are your favorite hero names, and which undiscovered choices do you nominate for more widespread use. Einstein, anyone?
Dec 23, 2014
Gender and Baby Names: Does knowing help you choose?
Does finding out your baby’s gender before birth make it easier or more difficult to find the right name?
Dec 15, 2014
What Names are Common in YOUR Neighborhood?
There are the baby names most popular in your country. Then there are the names heard often on Nameberry. And then there are the names that are common in your particular neck of the woods. What are they?
Dec 9, 2014
Your Best and Worst Name Letters
Which name letters do you find yourself liking most and least, and what are some of your favorite (and least favorite) names that contain those letters?
Dec 2, 2014
Cross-gender namesakes: Did you, would you, can you?
Have you or would you name a baby after a loved one or hero of the opposite gender? And how do you approach the issue?
Nov 12, 2014
Bravo! Share the best baby name you’ve heard all year
The name your friend chose or a name picked by a celebrity….or maybe even the name you used for your very own baby: Celebrate your favorite baby names.
Nov 4, 2014
Head vs. Heart: Which rules your name choice?
When your heart wants baby name X but your head says Y would be a smarter choice, how do you decide?
Oct 21, 2014
How’s it different naming a pet and a baby?
Pet names and people names are becoming awfully similar, with animals named Bella and Jack and babies named Bandit and Bear. So what’s the difference between naming a pet and a baby?
Oct 7, 2014
Nominate the Best User Lists!
Nameberry includes thousands of amazing name lists created by our visitors. Help us discover the very best!
Sep 30, 2014
What would you rename yourself, and why?
What new name would you pick for yourself, given magical powers, and what factors influence your choice?
Sep 24, 2014
Which names are you never sure how to pronounce?
There are lots of reasons for confusion about how names are pronounced. Which ones befuddle you, and which can you help us say correctly?
Sep 16, 2014
Unusual Baby Names: What’s your favorite?
Which unusual names do you like best, and why are they your favorites?
Sep 10, 2014
Unisex Names: Which names work best for both genders?
Let’s spin the controversy over unisex names in a positive direction and nominate our choices for names that work best for both girls and boys.
Sep 2, 2014
When Did You Name Your Baby?
Did you have a name all picked out before you were even expecting, or did you wait until after your baby was born to decide, or did you choose a name at some time in between?
Aug 12, 2014
Which Names Do You Wish You Were Brave Enough To Use?
You love it. You long for it. But this is one baby name you’re afraid you’re just not brave enough to use.
Aug 5, 2014
What Names Are Ripe for Revival?
Nameberry is full of wonderful old baby names just waiting to be rediscovered. Which do you nominate as ripest for revival?