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Love the name, love the person?
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Dec 31, 2013
Baby Names 2014: Which names do you think we’ll be hearing more of?
Happy New Year! It’s time to look ahead to baby names 2014. We’d love to hear your predictions for which names will be cool, hot, and oh-so-very 2014.
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 3, 2013
If you ruled your baby name world….
Let’s imagine, for one shining moment, that your partner turns over all baby naming power to you. What names do you pick, and why?
Nov 26, 2013
The family name you’re NOT going to pass down…
Whether it’s a name you like but a relative you don’t or a family name you simply can’t abide, which ancestral monikers are you planning NOT to pass down to your children?
Nov 19, 2013
Just one more baby (name)
Wherever you are in your family planning, we want you to imagine that you’re going to have just one (more) baby.. What name would you choose, and why?
Nov 12, 2013
Nominate your favorite and win!
We’ve got a great new feature on Nameberry, which suggests other names you might like based on the ratings of your fellow berries. Nominate your favorite name set for a chance to win one of our gorgeous botanical prints.
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 29, 2013
Baby Name Influencers: What name did someone else make you love?
Your friend…..or maybe a fellow berry — says she loves a name, and suddenly you start to love it too. What name did someone else make you love, who made you love it, and why?
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 1, 2013
Boys’ Names: Which do you think is the very best?
It was hard enough to sift through the 20,000 boys’ names on Nameberry to pick the 600 in our newest book. Now we’re asking you to get that down to just one.
Sep 24, 2013
When did you and your partner start talking about baby names?
My husband and I talked about names on our first date, but that’s not exactly normal. Can you remember your first name discussion with your partner?
Sep 17, 2013
The Most Unusual Name You’ve Ever Heard
Forget urban legends, never mind crazy celebrity baby names. What we want to hear are the most unusual names you’ve ever heard in real life.
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?
Aug 27, 2013
Your Favorite Names from the Top 100
Let’s set name snobbery aside and celebrate the wonderfulness of the most popular baby names. Share your favorites from among America’s favorites.
Aug 21, 2013
Is there only one Romeo?
Juliet has escaped her Shakespearean fate, but is Romeo still inextricably tied to the tragic character? What names have transcended their singular associations — Elvis? Oprah? Clementine? — and which are still linked to one source?
Aug 13, 2013
Your Favorite Literary Names for Boys
From Rhett Butler to Harry Potter, books feature a host of appealing heroes with dashing names. Which are your favorite boys’ names from books, and why?
Aug 6, 2013
Your Favorite Literary Names for Girls
Who are the literary heroines whose names you find most beautiful and inspirational? From Jane Eyre to Esme to Eloise, we’d love to hear your favorite girls’ names from books.
Jul 30, 2013
What’s Your Baby Naming Strategy?
Do you approach baby naming like a general looking to capture a new country, mapping out routes and deploying soldiers? Or is your plan more like throwing lots of names onto the ceiling until one sticks?
Jul 23, 2013
Would you name your baby after a celebrity?
Thousands of parents every year name their babies Reese and Rihanna, Ashton and Aaliyah — not to mention all the parents waiting to name their babies after the new royal prince. Would you name your baby after a celebrity, and if so, which one would it be?
Jul 10, 2013
Name Your Ideal Family!
Create your perfect family of names using choices from our most popular lists this week. Don’t worry, use all your favorites and create as big a family as you want — you won’t be responsible for changing diapers or paying tuition!
Jun 25, 2013
Animal Baby Names: Which would you use?
Animal baby names are a fashionable new category, with starbabies named Bear and Birdie and Bunny leading the way. And then there are those animal names that send their messages more subtly, like Lowell, which means wolf, and Paloma, meaning dove. Which would you choose, and why?
Jun 18, 2013
Names from the Book You’re Reading!
What are you reading, and more to the point, what are the characters’ names and what do you think of them?
Jun 11, 2013
What’s Your Favorite Place Name?
Place names have opened up a whole new world of possibilities as first names. Which are your favorites, and why?
Jun 4, 2013
Name the All-Boy Quints!
All-boy quintuplets are extremely rare, so this is one name nerd challenge we can only dream of coming true. So let’s dream.