May 29, 2013
Celebrity Baby Names: The wonderful oddballs of Oz
Guest bonus blogger Anna Otto of waltzingmorethanmatilda.com proves that Australian celebrity parents are right up there when it comes to wild and wacky baby names.
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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?
May 28, 2013
Give Me a Name with Swagger and Sass
Sure, the sweet, pretty names are nice enough, but when Suzi Catchpole of Australia’s Babyology was naming her three sons, she wanted names with serious attitude.
May 27, 2013
Springtime in Paris: A New Generation of French Names
The French names popular in Paris these days have moved far beyond old-school choices like Jacqueline and Jacques. These new choices sound exotic to us and may just be ready for export.
May 27, 2013
Comeback Candidates: Are we ready for babies Gregory, Susan and Mark?
Guest blogger Angela Mastrodonato of Upswing Baby Names wonders if it’s time to reconsider some names that peaked in popularity a few decades ago–names like Amy and Cynthia and Diana–which have a lot in common with current faves.
May 26, 2013
Family Names for Babies: Everett, Jay & Klay
In her Nameberry 9 blog this week, Appellation Mountain’s Abby Sandel finds a common thread in the baby name news: family ties.
May 23, 2013
Prepare Your Baby’s Nursery
From Ready, Set, Baby! The Watch and Learn Guide to Your Baby’s First Year, here are valuable tips on how to plan a nursery that will be totally safe for your baby..
May 22, 2013
Memorable Memorial Day Names: Marcellus, Maxcy and Moonlight
For Memorial Day, we celebrate the names of gallant Civil War generals, from the Latinate Marcellus to the biblical Zebulon to word names like Strong and Speed and Zealous.
May 22, 2013
Children Will Grow Into Their Names…Unless They Don’t
Guest blogger Isadora Vega of the blog Bewitching Names tells her own name story, refuting the adage that children always grow into their names–and why it may or may not matter.
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?
May 21, 2013
Joss Whedon’s World of Names
The Joss Whedon Universe is populated with characters with intriguing names–from Harmony to Echo to Serentiy. And here are some of the best, according to Sarah Douglas of Names4real..
May 20, 2013
Geek Chic: Names that wear glasses
Some baby names are so uncool they’re cool, like these geek chic names that wear heavy horn-rimmed glasses in the most fashionable way. PLUS: Read to the end of today’s blog to find out how to enter our new Nameberry Store contest — a fresh giveaway every day this week!
May 20, 2013
Twins: They might not always be two peas in a pod
Not all twins are like two peas in a pod, as experienced by guest blogger Lauren Apfel, aka omnimom, whose kids have led her to an alternative take on the twin bond.
May 20, 2013
Cabbage Patch Kids Baby Names
Lots of people got into names via the birth certificates of their Cabbage Patch Kids. Here, guest blogger Alzora describes her memorable experience and invites you to share yours.
May 19, 2013
Way Off the Grid: Baby names Hera, Evening & Forever
From this week’s baby name news, some extremely unique, way off the grid choices, from Briseis to Melusine to Hera to Forever. Would you dare? And who did?
May 16, 2013
Baby-Proofing: Preparing Your Home for Baby
In this second excerpt from” Ready, Set, Baby,” here is a detailed plan for readying your environment for the baby.
May 15, 2013
Baby Names 2012: The Best of the New
Of the new names to enter the Top 1000 of 2012, here are the Nameberry Picks of the most likely to succeed–from Azalea to Zahra.
May 15, 2013
Great A Baby Names for Girls
Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain dishes up with some appealing A-starting baby names for girls that you might not have thought of–from Avalon to Azalea.
May 14, 2013
Australian Baby Names: Focus on Banjo
It seemed like one of those weird starbaby aberrations when Rachel Griffith named her son Banjo, but here Anna Otto of the blog Waltzing More Than Matilda explains it with the the intriguing story of Australian folk hero Banjo Paterson.
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?
May 13, 2013
Unusual Baby Names: Top choices under the radar
Just below the new Top 1000 are dozens of wonderful names, some on the brink of wider popularity along with classics sailing toward extinction. Are your favorite baby names — or your own name! — among them?
May 13, 2013
International Baby Names: Manx Names
Names from the Isle of Man, according to Eleanor Nickerson of British Baby Names, are completely unique and intriguing as Lilee, Vondy, Finlo and Callister.
May 12, 2013
Classic Baby Names: Where do they stand?
Do quiet classics like Phillip and Jane stand a chance against upstart invaders like Titan and Arya? Abby Sandel analyzes the standing of classic baby names on the new Top 1000.
May 12, 2013
A Letter to Jacob and Sophia
A Dad’s humorous hypothetical letter of apology to future bearers of the year’s most popular names, Sophia and Jacob.
May 10, 2013
Playground Analysis: The REAL Top 50 Names
Are Sophia and Jacob really the top baby names? Kelli Brady of NameFreak!’s analysis of spelling variations shows that for boys, there’s a different Number 1…AND 2.