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Apr 9, 2010
Lost Lands: Place names off the map
Names that have fallen off the map, from Albion to Xanadu
Mar 14, 2010
Unusual Baby Names: Why They’re Really On The Rise
What caused the jump in unusual and unique baby names?
Mar 10, 2010
English River Names: Flow gently sweet Afton and Avon
A fresh stream of nature names to consider.
Mar 7, 2010
The Lost Letter P: Whatever happened to Peter, Patti, and Paul?
The classic names starting with P have faded, but here are some newer choices to take their place.
Feb 23, 2010
Dance Names: How To Choose A Name With Rhythm
Mazurka, Maxixe, Moresca–an international dance card of exotic names.
Feb 8, 2010
Celestial Names: Some heavenly baby name choices
Names borrowed from comets and constellations, satellites and stars.
Feb 2, 2010
Tweak That Name!!
Have you found a good name, except you wish it were just a little better? Then play tweak that name.
Jan 28, 2010
Undiscovered Baby Names: What New Names Have You Heard Lately?
Found any undiscovered baby names recently? So, believe it or now, have we! Let’s share.
Jan 27, 2010
Beatrix Potter Names: Jemima & Jeremy
From the charming world of Peter Rabbit, some sweet Victorian choices
Jan 19, 2010
Original Baby Names: Help Create This Nameberry Blog!
The challenge: Original ways to get to popular nicknames. The solution: You create it, in this all-new spin on the nameberry blog.
Jan 11, 2010
Cat Names from Alonzo to Zizi
Whether fluffy kitten or powerful lion–there are feline baby name possibilities galore.
Jan 7, 2010
Baby Names 2010: The Hottest Trends
Our annual outlook on what’s new, hot, and not in baby names for the year ahead.
Dec 17, 2009
Movie Character Names: Oscar nominations for this year’s best
What if they awarded Oscars for best movie character names of the year?
Dec 16, 2009
BALLERINA NAMES: Names for the Nutcracker Season
Ballet names as graceful, feminine and exotic as the dancers who bear them.
Dec 14, 2009
Do Kre8iv Spellings Make Names More Special?
Sitting between Mykailah and Tyffani, our guest blogger contemplates what’s right and very very wrong with yooneek names.
Dec 7, 2009
Saturday Night Live Baby Names: Are they ready for prime time?
A few choice choices–from Archibald to Zenobia–made by past and recent SNL cast members.
Dec 4, 2009
British Baby Names: I Have A Feeling We’re Not In Kansas Anymore
A selection of quirky and quintessentially British baby names, all utterly (utterly, dahling!) charming and prime for the larger world.
Dec 2, 2009
Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Boys’ Names
Jabez, Japhy and Jem–some more overlooked names from the pages of literature.
Nov 28, 2009
Unique Baby Names: Is there such a thing??
Searching for a singular baby name may prove to be a futile pursuit: namenappers are lurking everywhere.
Nov 25, 2009
Baby Names from Books: 20 Lost Literary Girls’ Names
Names from novels, poems and plays that are worth considering.
Nov 22, 2009
These Names are Made for Walkin’
Walker, Sojourner, Flannery: Names that stroll the open road. Wait a minute, Flannery?
Nov 18, 2009
The Lost Names of 1880
From the baby name archives, hundreds of eccentric choices we’ve all forgotten ever existed.