Mar 26, 2013
Family Baby Name Traditions
Are all the baby names in your family ruled by certain traditions? Or are there name traditions you’d like to start?
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Mar 25, 2013
Jewish Baby Names: Passover possibilities
A wide selection of Jewish baby names related to Passover, from the familiar Moses and Miriam to less recognizable choices.
Mar 24, 2013
Word Baby Names: New Noun names from Haven to Holiday
This week’s Nameberry 9 features some noun names you may not have thought of.
Mar 20, 2013
Dog Names: What’s cool, what’s smart, what’s hot, what’s not
Dog name trends mirror baby name trends, more proof that dogs have become our children.
Mar 19, 2013
Should You Put the Name Before the Baby?
Should you settle on your baby’s name before he or she is born? Or wait to see the baby to make your final choice?
Mar 17, 2013
Sweet Spot Baby Names: Romy, Francis and Quinn
This week’s nine newsiest names: they are all sweet spot baby names–fresh but with firm foundations.
Mar 13, 2013
Do Characters’ Names Influence Baby Names, or Vice Versa?
Do fictional names spark baby naming trends, or vice versa? Bestselling novelist Ann Hood explores the connection between names in art and life.
Mar 11, 2013
Surname Baby Names: Surfing for new inspiration
You like surname names but want to move beyond Mason and Mitchell? Here are 21 new ideas for you.
Mar 11, 2013
Colorful Baby Names: Rainbow, Aurora and Jett
Rainbow may be the most literally colorful, but what other unusual baby names made the news this week?
Mar 6, 2013
A Celebrity Mom Talks About Her Surprising Name Choice
Natalie Hanson tells us where she found Wilhelmina (here!) and why she and husband Taylor chose it for their second daughter’s name.
Mar 5, 2013
Creative Baby Names: The Nameberry 9, from Ruby Rey to Tessa Tangerine
This week’s baby name news is full of inventive surprises, including Vaunne, Quilla, Tangerine and Cloud.
Mar 3, 2013
Classic Girls’ Names: Good Charlotte
Charlotte is demure, yet solid and strong, traditional but not stuffy, British with a trace of a French accent–one of the very best classic girls’ names.
Feb 28, 2013
Secret Baby Names Connections
Looking for an inventive way to honor a namesake? In search of a secret identity? Then consider these names linked in not-so-obvious ways.
Feb 27, 2013
Popular Baby Names: What’s your favorite?
Today we celebrate popular baby names. Tell us which you like best, and why.
Feb 25, 2013
Baby Names: Once so hot, now so not
Gladys and Gary, Kevin and Kimberly are among the names that dominated their decades only to fall from fashion grace. What names were hot but now are not — and will any rise again?
Feb 24, 2013
Nickname-Proof Boys’ Names: Ace, Holden, and Ford
This week’s most newsworthy names for boys share something. Whether they’re as bold as Ace or as literary as Holden, 2013 boy names are nickname-proof.
Feb 21, 2013
The 10 Weirdest Baby Names Stories of All Time
When it comes to crazy baby name stories, we’ve heard them all. Here, our nomination for the ten weirdest ever.
Feb 20, 2013
Baby Names Trend: The Jennifer Juggernaut
In the seventies and early eighties, there were nearly a million baby Jennifers born in the US. What made Jennifer one of the biggest hit baby names ever?
Feb 19, 2013
Cutest. Nickname. Ever.
Whether you invented it or your child came up with it on his own, give us your nominations for the cutest nickname you’ve ever heard.
Feb 18, 2013
Baby Names 2013: Our Latest Finds
Our newest baby names for 2013 range from ancient saints’ names to modern inventions. Could one be right for your baby?
Feb 17, 2013
Girl Baby Names: The newsiest names, from Talulah to Lula to Rue
There’s an interesting mix in the Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week, from the demure classic Alice to the bepop-inspired Lula.
Feb 12, 2013
What Are Your Grandparents’ Names?
What are the names of your grandparents and your great-grandparents, and which might you use for future baby names?
Feb 11, 2013
Baby Names Hot in the UK, Not in the US
These baby names are evidence of how wide the gulf can be between the British and the American cultures.
Feb 11, 2013
New Baby Names: Fresh, surprising choices in this week’s Nameberry Nine
Some wild and woolly baby names in this week’s newsiest names, from Bright to Chapel, Radley to Rekker.
Feb 7, 2013
Baby Names Trend: Camilla, Willa, Priscilla–the new killer ‘illa’ names
A new trend in the making: Camilla and Willa and other illa-ending names following in the path of the Ellas ands Bellas and Isabellas.