Jul 18, 2012
Space Names: The Men on the Moon
We’re celebrating the anniversary of the first moon landing with the spacey names of astronauts and space missions.
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Jul 17, 2012
Welcome Back!: Names back on the Top 1000
After an absence of just a year or more than a century, these names have climbed back onto the Top 1000. Is this the first step in a long march to the top?
Jul 16, 2012
Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh
Some favorite fictional bears have had surprisingly human names, from Mabel to Duffy.
Jul 15, 2012
Gorgeous Girls’ Names: This week’s Nameberry 9
Evangeline, Ottoline, Penelope, Charlotte–celebs have gone all Nameberry in their choices this week.
Jul 10, 2012
Unusual Baby Names: Hiding in plain sight
You say you want unique? Well, the writers of a forthcoming book offer some names you won’t find anywhere else.
Jul 8, 2012
The Nameberry 9: From Noah to Sabbath, normal to neo
Are you a play-it-safe baby namer or an adventurer? Go for a classic or something out of the ordinary?
Jul 4, 2012
Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report
Get ready for a brimming basketful of the names of babyberries born in the past three months–our Quarterly Report, Including a girl named Bennett and a boy called Hawthorne.
Jul 4, 2012
Patriotic Baby Names: 4th of July revolutionary picks
For the Fourth–some interesting American Revolution-era hero names–Mercy, Artemas, Crispus, Salem, Button, and more.
Jul 2, 2012
99th Tour de France Names: They’re off and running!
The international roster of the Tour de France starters provides a wide-ranging source of name possibilities.
Jul 1, 2012
Boys’ Names: This week’s newsiest picks, from Barnaby to Jasper to Ned
This week’s nine newsiest boys’ names–including Barnaby and Brooks, Jasper and Jem.
Jun 27, 2012
British Baby Names: New sibsets
Where do you find sisters Aurelia and Beatrice, brothers Benedict and Freddie, plus dozens of other charming combinations? In the British birth announcements, of course. Here’s the latest baby name style inspiration from London.
Jun 26, 2012
British Baby Names: Anglo-American Relations
What names are hot in the UK and not in the US, and vice versa? Here are some stats to pin them down.
Jun 25, 2012
British Baby Names Trends: 5 categories on the rise
Edwardian names like Elsie, Celtics such as Callum: here are the five hottest baby name trends in Britain today.
Jun 24, 2012
Alternate Appellations: The names that might have been
Have you ever thought about how different your own or your child’s name might have been with a slight change in circumstances?
Jun 20, 2012
TV Names: Happy Soap Opera Day!
Once a prime inspiration for baby names, soap opera characters of the past have included such ahead-of-their time appellations as Ava and Lark, Holden and Hunter.
Jun 19, 2012
Unisex Names: Would you use one?
Would you name your daughter Elliot? Would you call your son Harper? Where do you stand on unisex names?
Jun 18, 2012
Baby Girl Names: A name lover goes wild
Guest blogger Kristin Alexander had always loved names, but when she learned she was expecting a girl, her passion turned into an obsession. Can you relate?
Jun 17, 2012
Creative Baby Names: Original but not outre
Django, Grover, Isabetta–this week’s Nameberry 9 consists of names that are unusual but still totally usable.
Jun 13, 2012
Literary Names: Fitzgerald names beyond the great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald came up with some amazing names for the characters in his novels and stories–here are some of the most notable.
Jun 12, 2012
Question of the Week: Baby Name Decisions– Who rules?
Are you the baby name worker bee, while your spouse rules the decision from on high? Or are you both so confused you plan to let a stranger decide your baby’s name? Tell us who’s the name decider in your family!
Jun 11, 2012
A Girl Named Ellis
Why can’t a girl get a family surname as a first? Why not indeed, as this charming Southern tradition demonstrates.
Jun 10, 2012
Creative Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–Jubilee, Clover and Ralph
Inventive names have a long history–and they just keep on coming. Here are nine of the newsiest.
Jun 6, 2012
Historic Baby Names: Quirky picks From Amaziah to Zebina
Historic baby names include some quirky names for girls and boys.
Jun 5, 2012
Question of the Week: The Starbaby Effect
Has a celebrity’s choice ever turned you onto– or off– a name? We’d love to know which one–and why!
Jun 4, 2012
Why is Alexandra up but Alexis down?
Some popularity ups and downs clue you in to important trends. And then there are those that make no sense at all.