Mar 4, 2014
What were your dolls’ names?
Did you call your Barbie Barbie? Or come up with more creative names for your dolls? Or were you naming your beanie babies and pet mice instead?
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Mar 3, 2014
February Babyberries: Our newest arrivals, from Arthur and Adelaide to Wynne
The February Babyberry Report includes a Cecily and a Cormac, an Enid and an Ezeriah, plus two sets of twins.
Mar 2, 2014
Classic Names with a Twist: Anika, Adelina and Davina
Classic names with a twist are the subject of Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week–as in Miriana, Coralie and Adelina. Will any of them catch on?
Mar 2, 2014
Dr. Seuss Baby Names: The complete guide, from Bartholomew to Ziggy
Everything you ever wanted to know about Dr. Seuss character names – from the serious to the silly, the ridiculous to the sublime.
Feb 27, 2014
Restoration Comedy Names for Girls: Amaryllis, Araminta and Prue
Histornamia blogger Amy unearths some rarely heard names found in the casts of characters of Restoration comedies.
Feb 26, 2014
The Next Baby Name Style Wave
There are the popular names like Sophia and Jacob. Then there are the stylish names: Adelaide and Atticus, Maisie and Silas. And then there is the style wave of names beyond that, which may sound avant garde, even outrageous, now, but which we predict will set the fashion of the future.
Feb 25, 2014
True Name Confessions: What’s yours?
It’s time to spill your deepest, darkest naming secrets. We’ll go first….
Feb 25, 2014
Comic Strip Names: Charlie Brown, Linus and Frieda
14 years ago this month, we waved goodbye to the lovable Charlie Brown gang. Now Denise Potter wonders here if these ten Peanuts’ names are ready for a revamp. Give a warm welcome back to Frieda, Linus, and Eudora!
Feb 24, 2014
Baby Name Trendlet: Ev-starting names from Eve to Ever to Everest
Ev- names are everywhere, it seems, from classics Eve and Eva to contempos Everleigh and Everest. We’d call it a total trendlet.
Feb 23, 2014
Ava, Sid, and Bodhi: The New Reality of Baby Naming
Bodhi, Machs, Sid, Fianna–this installment of Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names of the week provides a perfect illustration of the immense variety found in today’s baby name landscape.
Feb 23, 2014
Movie Star Character Names: A salute to Shirley Temple and the roles she played
Haley Sedgwick pays tribute to her childhood favorite, Shirley Temple, and the names of the characters the Depression Era dimpled darling played.
Feb 20, 2014
Secret-Identity Nicknames: How about Tim for Septimus?
If you love the nickname Joe but don’t want to use Joseph, how about Joab or Jotham? Aurora Firth offers lots of cooler paths to common nicknames.
Feb 19, 2014
Literary Baby Names: 77 Quirky Characters from 20th Century Lit
Why invent a unique baby name when some modern author may have already done it for you? Here are dozens of quirky literary character names, from Amaryllis to Zazie, Athens to Zoyd.
Feb 18, 2014
What’s your favorite classic boys’ name…and why?
Classic names for boys range from the perennials such as William and Henry to biblical names such as Jacob and revived classics like Atticus and Arthur. Which is your very favorite?
Feb 18, 2014
Eclectic American Girl Doll Names: Cecile, Kanani, and Marie-Grace
Angela Mastrodonato surveys the world of American Girl Doll names–the historic, the vintage, the contemporary, and the international., and finds an interesting variety.
Feb 17, 2014
101 Not-Too-Hot, Not-Too-Cold Baby Names
Looking for baby names that are neither too popular nor too unusual? We surveyed names that rank in the middle of the U.S. Top 1000 to find the best choices for both girls and boys.
Feb 16, 2014
Globe-Trotting Names: Alexandre, Raphael, and Ysabel
In this week’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names, Abby Sandel highlights some interesting international choices, such as Raphael and Ysabel, retro twins Ernest and Doris, and Simon Cowell’s baby name tribute to his dad, Eric.
Feb 13, 2014
Baby Naming Therapy
By Lauren Apfel, Omnimom I wrote a post here not too long ago called Confessions of a Baby Name Snob, a funny post about how my sister and I name other people’s babies better than they do. It was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, this piece, but like all resonating humor there was more than a […]
Feb 12, 2014
Presidents’ Day Names: The mighty middles–Quincy, Knox and Gamaliel
In-between the well known and well used first and last names of the US Presidents, are some more subtly suggestive middles that could provide Presidents’ Day inspiration.
Feb 11, 2014
President(ial) Names: Arthur, Carter and Clinton
In the first of our two Presidents’ Day salutes, Kelli Brady analyzes the popularity of U.S. Presidents’ surnames over the years.
Feb 10, 2014
Reality Baby Names from Mild to Wild: Alena, Camila and Jaxie
Welcome to the world of reality star baby names–Jaxie, Alena and a girl named Beau are all in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week.
Feb 9, 2014
Wilder Baby Names: Little Names on the Prairie
Most of us remember Laura, Mary, Caroline and Alonzo from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, but when it comes to names there was so much more.
Feb 6, 2014
Artist Names: The ultimate comprehensive list, from Ayala to Zoffany
A few artists’ surnames, like Monet, have already been adopted, but here Kay Sheard offers an enormous selection of other arty options.
Feb 5, 2014
The Names of February: Amethyst, Finnegan and Valentine
Cold winter months like February aren’t everyone’s cup of hot chocolate — unless your name is Cupid, of course. But these interesting baby names inspired by the second month of the year just may warm you up, or make a perfect match for a little Aquarius or Pisces.