Questions of the Week
We use name news stories as a jumping off point for surveys of our readers, asking their opinions on the latest statistics and name events around the world.
Tue May 28 2013
Name the All-Girl Quints!
Here’s this weeks’ Question of the Week challenge: What would you name your all-girl quintuplets?
Tue May 21 2013
Nature Names: What are your favorites?
From flower names to water names, names that reference the earth to those that point to the sky, nature names are fashionable today. Which do you like best, and why?
Tue May 14 2013
If Your Partner Named Your Kids….
Imagine (Try. Harder.) that you surrender all control and your partner has carte blanche over naming your children. What names would he or she choose?
Tue May 07 2013
Popular Names 2012: Guess the Top 10 and win!
Will Sophia hold onto her new crown? Will Jacob hang in at Number 1? Guess the correct order of the new U.S. Top 10 and win this gorgeous personalized necklace, a Nameberry exclusive.
Tue Apr 23 2013
What Are Your Guilty Pleasure Names?
You know you shouldn’t love them but you can’t help yourself. Bring us your eccentric, your tacky, your Guilty Pleasure Names.
Tue Apr 16 2013
I WISH That Was My Name!
If you could wish yourself a new name, which one would you claim….and why?
Tue Apr 02 2013
Hyperlocal Baby Names: What’s hot where you live?
Tell us which baby names are most popular, most cool, most representative of your corner of the world.
Tue Mar 26 2013
Family Baby Name Traditions
Are all the baby names in your family ruled by certain traditions? Or are there name traditions you’d like to start?
Tue Mar 19 2013
Should You Put the Name Before the Baby?
Should you settle on your baby’s name before he or she is born? Or wait to see the baby to make your final choice?
Wed Feb 27 2013
Popular Baby Names: What’s your favorite?
Today we celebrate popular baby names. Tell us which you like best, and why.
Tue Feb 19 2013
Cutest. Nickname. Ever.
Whether you invented it or your child came up with it on his own, give us your nominations for the cutest nickname you’ve ever heard.
Tue Feb 12 2013
What Are Your Grandparents’ Names?
What are the names of your grandparents and your great-grandparents, and which might you use for future baby names?
Wed Jan 30 2013
They Wrecked My Baby Name!
You loved the name. You always thought you’d use it for your child. Then someone, something, somehow ruined it for you…
Tue Jan 22 2013
Share Your Secret Baby Names!
What names are most parents not using….but should be? Help us discover your favorite hidden treasure names!
Wed Jan 16 2013
Your Biggest Name Crush
Longtime love or newfound passion, tell us about your biggest name crush.
Tue Jan 08 2013
Names Your Mom Hates
Each generation reinvents baby names, which might mean you and your mom have very different ideas and tastes.
Wed Dec 12 2012
What Are The Classiest Names?
Do you believe names convey class? And which names have the most of it?
Wed Nov 28 2012
Stump the Masters!
What names have you heard or seen that will be new to us? Bring on your strangest, most obscure baby names to stump the masters.
Wed Nov 21 2012
What Name Do You Love That Everyone Hates?
Crazy love? Bring us your ugly, your awkward, your unpopular, or maybe your way too popular….
Wed Nov 14 2012
Name Stereotyping: Are you guilty?
Do you assume Jesse will be a bad boy and Margaret a good student? And is that fair?
Wed Nov 07 2012
The Names That Got Away
The girl’s name you treasured….but then you had three boys. The name your spouse nixed, or that didn’t work with your surname. What are the names you loved but never got to use?
Tue Oct 23 2012
When Name Hate Turns to Love
It happens with names as it does with romance: Longtime loathing can suddenly, sometimes inexplicably, turn to love. Did it happen to you?
Tue Oct 16 2012
What Are Your Pets’ Names?
Do you give your pets people names? And how do your choices stack up to crazy celebrity pet names?
Tue Oct 02 2012
Would You Crowd-Source Your Baby’s Name?
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made news yesterday not so much for having a baby boy but for appealing for help on Twitter to name him. Smart move? Or desperate measure?
Tue Sep 25 2012
Did Your Family Pressure You Over Names?
Family pressure over baby names is one of the biggest problems we hear from parents-to-be. What’s your experience, and how did you handle it?