Jul 16, 2013
Creative Baby Names:The -igh Syndrome (sigh)
Elisabeth Wilborn of You Can’t Call it “it” has some issues with certain kinds of kreeatif spellings. Do you agree with her? Would you go for Kaylie or Kayleigh?
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Jul 15, 2013
V Baby Names: Varied and vivid, from Velvet to Viggo
They may be small in number, but as Kelli Brady of NameFreak! shows, V-starting names are wildly varied. Here she breaks them down in groups from the well-known (Victoria) to the vintage (Virgil) to the geographic (Vienna). What’s your favorite V name?
Jul 14, 2013
One Mother’s Challenge: Naming Baby Number 3
Sometimes choosing a baby name doesn’t get any easier as you go along, as Debra Liese discovered when it came time to find the perfect one for her third child.
Jul 14, 2013
Francesco, Rocket, Cricket and Haze: Baby Names in the News
As we anxiously anticipate the royal proclamation, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel fills us in on other baby name news of the past week–including such celeb choices as Cricket and Rocket–and a tribute to the Pope.
Jul 11, 2013
Pregnancy Tips: A last-minute check list
As the big day approaches, here’s a checklist of essential advance to-dos that you just might have overlooked, from our partners over at parents.com.
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!
Jul 9, 2013
TV Names: Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sophia
They were Golden Girl names not so long ago, but Brooke Cussans thinks most of them are ready for a comeback–and some of them have returned already.
Jul 9, 2013
Unisex Names: Our Top 20 for 2013 (so far)
The unisex names most popular with people searching our site this year include choices once traditionally male, names heavily identified with celebrities of both genders, and several fresh new choices that work for both boys and girls.
Jul 9, 2013
Unusual Names: On being named Shanti
What’s it like to have an unusual name? Guest bloigger Shanti Knight shares her experiences–both positive and negative– of having a name whose ethnicity is not her own. Do you have an unusual name? Would you/did you give one to your child, especially one from another culture?
Jul 8, 2013
Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far)
There’s a new old name at the top of Nameberry’s 2013 popularity chart for boy names, and some hot choices moving quickly up the ladder. What’s Number 1? And can you guess Number 101?
Jul 7, 2013
Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far)
Our most popular girl names of 2013 are in, and we have a new Number 1. What’s up, what’s fresh, and what’s at the top of our 100 most popular girl names so far this year.
Jul 7, 2013
Retro Boy Names: The Motorcycle-Riding Poets
Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names offers her vision of mid-century bad boys’ names that have a poetic edge. Do you agree? Are there others you think would fit the category?
Jul 6, 2013
India, Maven & Knute: Controversial Baby Names in the News
Can names be a shortcut to making judgments about people? And can you rely on those judgments as accurate? Abby Sandel looks at the controversy around baby name snobbery swirling in Britain and beyond.
Jul 2, 2013
Newest Babyberries: 2nd Quarterly Report of 2013
It’s here! The second Quarterly Report of 2013, with all the gorgeous names chosen by Berries in the past three months–from Agatha Wren to Augustus Zain.
Jul 2, 2013
In Defense of Atlas, Apple, and North: Ten Reasons to Embrace Unusual Baby Names
Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel gives you ten solid reasons to embrace (and not be so quick to reject) unusual names. See if you agree.
Jun 30, 2013
Creative Girls’ Names: Xia, Djena, and Geneva
In this week’s Nameberry 9, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel focuses on the latest uber-creative choices for girls–Djena, Maiselle and Sterling.
Jun 27, 2013
Why TV Characters Have Boring Names
Have you ever wondered why most TV heroes have boring names like Tom and Jack? Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, author of the new novel ‘Pastors’ Wives,’ takes us behind the scenes for a glimpse at the character naming process.
Jun 26, 2013
Unusual Baby Names: Hidden in plain sight
If you’re looking for an unusual name for your baby, you might have missed some that seem familiar, yet were given to fewer to a very small number of kids across the country, says Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names. Flora, anyone? Remy or Ramona?
Jun 26, 2013
The Most Influential Starbaby Names (and namers)
Which of the celebrity baby names have had the strongest and most lasting influence? Violet? Mason? Maddox? Has this connection made you like the name more–or less?
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 25, 2013
Celestial Baby Names: Star names that twinkle and shine
Anna Otto of waltzingmorethanmatilda.com scans the night sky for the best names of stars and constellations. But which of them do you think would be usable for a baby?
Jun 24, 2013
Middle Names: Omnimom’s meaningful choices
Many of you enjoyed Lauren’s blog on how she named her four children so much that you expressed the hope that she’d talk about the origins of their middles. So here it is–the meaningful stories behind Oliver Stellan, Leo Isaac, Phoebe Isla and Jasper Dylan.
Jun 24, 2013
Nearly Unique Baby Names
These 50+ baby names are as close to unique as we can find: Each was given to only five children last year. Might one be right for your own unique child?
Jun 23, 2013
Outlandish Baby Names: Cisco, Buttercup, North
For this week’s Nameberry 9, Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain has no problem finding a full complement of outlandish names. Not only North West, but Buttercup, Cisco, Quinoa and more.
Jun 23, 2013
Word Names in the Top 1000
Words as names? The infamous North aside, a surprising number of other word names are to be found in the 2012 most popular list–and Kelly Brady of Name Freak! presents the evidence.