Feb 16, 2012
African-American Artist Names
A Black History Month salute to African-American artists, some of whom just happen to have such intriguing names as Romare, Edmonia, and Dox.
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Feb 15, 2012
He Says Shayla, She Says Cecilia: Help this couple agree on a baby name!
When he likes one kind of name and she likes another, how can they find a baby name they both can love? That’s the challenge in our new Berry Question of the Week.
Feb 14, 2012
Should You Trademark Your Baby’s Name?
Beyonce and Jay-Z made more baby name news this week when they moved to trademark newborn daughter Blue Ivy’s name. What does it mean to trademark a name? And should you trademark yours?
Feb 12, 2012
The Nameberry 9: Newsiest baby names of the week
Names in the news this week celebrate the Grammys, new celebrity picks, and the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens.
Feb 9, 2012
The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora
A chorus line of sweet but spunky vintage girls’ names that are now rehearsing for their return to the stage.
Feb 8, 2012
Berry Question of the Week: Help name baby #3!
It’s a girl, but can a boyish name work? How about a name once used for a pet cat? Berries, start your baby-naming engines.
Feb 7, 2012
Literary Names: Salinger names beyond Franny and Zooey
Holden has become a hot baby name 60 years after he was introduced in Catcher in the Rye. What other Salinger names might provide inspiration?
Feb 6, 2012
The Nameberry Nine: Football, Facebook, fiction
This week’s names in the news include Superbowl names, a name picked on a Facebook poll, a bloggerbaby, and some upcoming TV character names, plus a surprising future starbaby choice.
Feb 2, 2012
Patron Saints: Guardians for your little angel
Names of patron saints that could protect your little ice skater or Girl Scout against everything from earaches to sore throats to whooping cough.
Feb 1, 2012
Can’t Find A Name You Love? Maybe you’ve got BNDD
Our guest blogger fell in love so easily the first two times she went looking for baby names. But this time she’s afraid she’s come down with Baby Name Desensitization Disorder. Is there a cure?
Jan 31, 2012
35 Names You’re Not Using (but maybe you should)
These names are stylish, attractive, distinctive, unusual….but a little bit quiet. And they make great substitutes for your favorite names.
Jan 30, 2012
Celebrity Baby Names: From Sundance and beyond
New names from celebrity birth announcements and from forthcoming films screened at Sundance star as this week’s Nameberry Nine.
Jan 25, 2012
Berry Question of the Week: Are my favorite names becoming too popular?
This mom picked a name for her daughter that she thought was unusual, only to start hearing it everywhere. Are her other favorites also destined for superstardom?
Jan 24, 2012
Secrets of a Professional Namer
Before she named her son or her characters, novelist Caroline Leavitt cut her teeth naming everything from phones to bras. What it’s really like to be a professional namer.
Jan 23, 2012
Gender-Neutral Names: The line continues to blur
Do you prefer a clear-cut boy or girl name like James or Alice, or something more shaded? The debate goes on.
Jan 19, 2012
Golden Globe Names: Winners on the Red Carpet
The Name Police investigate the Golden Globe-winning movies and TV shows for the most likely suspects to succeed.
Jan 18, 2012
New! First-Ever Berry Question of the Week
Help this mom find a name for her third daughter that fits the pattern set with her first two: It’s got to start with an A, contain certain letters, and honor a relative. Are you up to the challenge?
Jan 17, 2012
Unusual Boys’ Names: 12 Fresh Biblical Choices
Are there really any good unusual boys’ names left in the Bible? You bet. Here, a dozen obscure-yet-usable choices most of us have somehow overlooked for the past several centuries.
Jan 15, 2012
The Nameberry Nine: Embracing the Modern
Our January newness theme continues, as these week’s Nameberry Nine gathers the newest name choices from around the web. Dare you go this far?
Jan 10, 2012
Baby Names 2012: Heard any new names lately?
We’re all about newness today. Tell us what new names you’ve heard and seen, we’ll tell you ours, plus we want your baby name questions for a brand new Nameberry feature!
Jan 9, 2012
Stylish Baby Names: A catalog of cool choices
These days, some of the coolest names can be found in the pages of clothing catalogs, as can be seen from these intriguing Rugby Ralph Lauren choices.
Jan 8, 2012
Nameberry Nine: Meaning matters
What does a name really mean? Abby Sandel looks beyond etymology to meanings found in family, art, nature, politics, personal values — even colors, ala new starbaby Blue Ivy Carter.
Jan 4, 2012
Guess Beyonce’s Baby Name!
The most wildly anticipated celebrity baby name of the year will soon be revealed. Wacky, unique, unexpected, or unexpectedly sedate? Predictions, please.
Jan 4, 2012
Baby Names of 1912: Hester, Chester & Sylvester
There’s a Hundred-Year Rule in baby names, which Ava and Austin and Amelia have already obeyed by coming back into favor. Which will be the next century-old appellations to reemerge?
Jan 3, 2012
Nameberry Names: The latest batch of babyberries
We’re pleased to present our final 2011 Quarterly Report on the latest beautifully named babyberries.