Baby Name News

Could these obscure names from the Middle Ages work for a 21st century babe?

Can this couple find a compromise name that does what seems to be the impossible? The Name Sage tackles a toughie this week.

Girls named Lexington, Marvel and Pip and boys called Ernie, Teddy and Tim are all among the starbabies born in June.

If you’ve run into this dilemma, here’s some good advice on the whens and hows of handling it.

From Lily Grace to Onyx Solace, word names in several categories dominated this week’s birth announcements!

Translating a name into the perfect choice for your baby girl–from Alessandra and Anais to Zofia and Zuzana.

Some exotic choices from the works of Rudyard Kipling in this edition of our Author of the Month series by Clare Bristow.

Baby name inspiration from July-related namesakes, including Harper Lee, Wiley Post and Beatrix Potter.

Four sets of twins and one of triplets: a bonanza of great new names on Nameberry this month!

With so many dogs named Chloe and Zoe, how about Duke or Boomer for a babe?

Olivia replaces Charlotte at the head of the girls popularity list for the first half of 2016, while Ezra holds onto the Number 1 spot for boys.

Meagan Burke has spotted a trend: lots of popular boy names ending in the vowel I.

Can a boy’s name be stylish and classic? Definitely! Here are nine names that are both.

A salute to one of the iconic bearers of top name Olivia, Ms. de Havilland, who celebrates her centenary today!

In her relatively short career, Marilyn Monroe played characters with names ranging from Annabel to Lorelie to Sugar Kane to Nell.

Some interesting and appealing Armenian names you may not know, from Anoush to Zako.

Is there a name that works in American English, British English, and Croatian, that also has ties to the Middle Ages? The Name Sage says yes!

Cleveland Evans explains the history of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter as baby names.

If you create a pattern when naming your children, are you then stuck with it?

Some wonderful, unexpected nature names for boys, way beyond River and Forest

Looking for a short, sophisticated, nickname-proof girl name? Here are some great possibilities, from Arden to Thea, and Eddie Redmayne’s new choice, Iris.

These names went from the boys’ column to turn pretty much pink. Are they ready to be reclaimed by the blue team?

Before Hillary, these women also ran–Victoria, Belva, Lenora and more.

Happy Father’s Day to the new parents of these amazingly named babies! And to all the berries too!

A Father’s Day salute to celebs who have shared and more than lived up to their dads’ names.