Baby Name News

These names from recent birth announcements in a British newspaper are undeniably exotic and intriguing. But would you dare give one to an actual baby?

Brooke Cussans follows up her blog on the actor portrayers of Dr. Who with one on the interesting names of the Doctor’s companions–as in Leela, Tegan and Romana.

Sime wild and wooly celebrity names in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week, including Kate Winslet’s baby Bear.

Some of the most appealing (and subtle) Christmas names can be found in the classic holiday films of the past–Miles, Mitzi, Augustus…

Our French correspondent, Stéphanie Rapoport, presents her annual predictions of popular names for the next year. AT the top of her list:: the not-especially-Gallic Emma and Nathan.

We’re starting to get reports of the top names of 2013 from around the world. Lots of love for Jack, Sophie and Grace.

What’s more aging than gray hair or wrinkles? A name that’s not Jone, Joni, JoAne, or Jo but old school Joan.

For many parents today, Sweet Spot names are classics with a twist. Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week includes such examples as Carolina, Raphael and Elena.

It’s the WInter Solstice, and Dantea–aka Angel Thomas–takes the occasion to introduce us to some relevant choices from the plant and pagan deity worlds.

Our most popular unisex names of the year feature a famous newcomer, choices that lean both toward the girls’ and the boys’ side, and one highly unusual trend.

There’s a new top baby boy name on Nameberry for 2013. What’s up, what’s down, and what’s ahead for boys’ names, with our Top 100 of the year.

Our girls’ popularity list for 2013 features names with literary connections, hot names that start with the letter E, and a brand new Number One.

UK teenberry Josie (whirligig) Crocker traces her name progression from Jessyca to Wren–in other words pre- and post-Nameberry.

Finding the right baby name for a boy can be a challenge–where do you stand on the line between conservative and adventurous? Abby Sandel presents nine recent celebrity choices that fall mostly in the middle.

Angela Mastrodonato uncovers some names that were lost with four New England towns in the 1930s–such as Clementina, Marietta, Cyprian, Lowell and Lucius.

Here are the Nameberry Picks of the best celebrity baby names of 2013–from Beatrix Belle to Valor.

How have names starting with ‘O’ fared over the years? Kelli Brady does the math and comes up with some interesting stats.

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?

Wharton School Professor Jonah Berger has written a bestselling book analyzing why certain things catch on, and for Nameberry he now turns his attention to how this applies to baby names. Could be the weather.

Baby name inspiration can come from an infinite variety of sources–including family and popular culture– as Abby Sandel demonstrates in this week’s Nameberry 9.

Thanks to guest blogger Abigail Cukier for explaining the diverse baby naming traditions of various cultures, including Jewish, Hindu, Islamic, Chinese and Japanese.

Annesley and Sienna, Indigo and Reverie: The Sundance Catalog features names in keeping with its cosmopolitan cowgirl fantasy.

And now for something completely different: a syllabus of scientist names of the biological persuasion. And you don't have to be a geek to appreciate them.

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?

A bumper crop of beautifully named babyberries arrived last month, from Alice to Alonzo, Vivienne to Viggo. Here’s the full Monthly Report.