Mar 3, 2015
What Are Your Favorite Word Names?
Today, almost any kind of word — from nature to virtue to color to place to spiritual — can be turned into a first name. Which do you like best?
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Mar 3, 2015
Last Names First: Science hero surnames
From the fields of astronomy and physics, guess blogger Jackie offers some inspirational hero names like Dalton, Pascal and Thorne.
Mar 2, 2015
February Babyberry Announcements: Lachlan, Lennox & Luca
A somewhat smaller than usual list of Babyberries born in the short month of February, but a full contingent of gorgeous choices nonetheless.
Mar 1, 2015
Celebrity Baby Names: Nine Out-of-this-World Choices
Luna is just one of the celestial names in the celebrisphere–Abby Sandel spots several other names in the sky.
Mar 1, 2015
1950s Boys’ Names: Where are they now?
Kara follows up her interesting 1950s girl name blog with a look at the boys’ side, comparing the popularity of top names then and now.
Feb 26, 2015
Baby Name Advice: Straddling two cultures
Guest blogger Beth Grimm offers some sound and solid advice for naming a child who will inhabit more than one culture.
Feb 25, 2015
Top-Ten-Then Girls: Shirley, Bertha and Bessie
There were times when Shirley and Ethel and Bertha and Bessie were way up near the top of the popularity list. Here’s where and when that was, for them and other Top 10 girls, the ones that are no longer even in the Top 500.
Feb 24, 2015
French Baby Names: The best from Brittany
Breton French names have always been distinctive–but are parents in Brittany sticking with tradition or following worldwide trends? Clarice Bourgeois has the answers.
Feb 22, 2015
9 Ways to Choose an Unusual Baby Name
Abby Sandel shows how you can look to the stars when you’re seeking an unusual names–but definitely within limits.
Feb 22, 2015
Sleeping Beauty Names– from Flora to Aurora
Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” gave us some other baby name options beyond Briar Rose and Aurora–here are nine more.
Feb 19, 2015
Name the Next New Starbabies Challenge! Your predictions wanted!
Once more, Tara offers her predictions of the names for the next crop of celeb babes, and invites you to match them to your own. The next UK Prince or Princess? Baby Timberlake? Time to get out your crystal ball.
Feb 18, 2015
The Newest, Hottest, Oldest Baby Names
Every year, among the new-fangled trendy Jurnees and Jayceons, a collection of vintage names suddenly zooms up the popularity list. Here are this year’s highest jumpers.
Feb 17, 2015
What Nameberry names pop for you?
The Question of the Week: What names have you found on Nameberry that made you go WOW??
Feb 17, 2015
Baby Name Image: Seeking a glamorous Gertrude
What would it take to revive a lifeless name like Gertrude or Edna? Mikita Brottman thinks it might take just one glamorous bearer. What do you think?
Feb 16, 2015
The Bloomsbury Bunch: Literary names beyond Virginia and Vanessa
In early 20th century literary London, there was the close-knit and influential Bloomsbury group, whose members had a remarkably distinctive roster of names, from Ottoline to Saxon to Thoby.
Feb 15, 2015
Brand New Baby Names: Atom, Hutton, and Swift
This week’s newsiest names include some you’ve probably not heard before, such as Rosamund Pike’s Atom and a girl character named Jupiter.
Feb 15, 2015
1950s Girls’ Names: Where are Sharon and Sandra now?
In the 1950s, the top girls’ names were Linda, Mary, Patricia and Barbara. Where do they rank now and what are their prospects?
Feb 12, 2015
Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends
Italian baby names are beautiful but sometimes confusing. Romina Angeleri gives us the inside scoop on the most popular baby names Italy.
Feb 11, 2015
Baby Name Trends: Sleek, simple, cool names
Predicting a major new baby name trend is part science, part inspiration, and part magic. Here’s one new trend we see really taking off.
Feb 10, 2015
Invented Baby Names: 84 awesome choices and 2 big winners!
Here are dozens of names we loved from the creative entries to last week’s invent-a-name contest, plus the two winning choices.
Feb 10, 2015
Mockingbird Names: Atticus, Scout and more
In addition to the more obvious–and increasingly popular– Atticus and Scout, there are a number of other unique names in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” as reported by Herb Scribner.
Feb 9, 2015
January Starbabies: Ocean Clark Gable and Art O’Dowd
From across the celebrisphere, CaraMichelle reports on the notable newbies born in the month of January.
Feb 8, 2015
Short and Sweet Celebrity Baby Names: Quinn, Art, Nell
Art, Hal, Eve, Ace–the focus is on short names in the news in Abby Sandel’s report this week
Feb 8, 2015
Alaska Baby Names: Names From America’s Last Frontier
Guest blogger Angela Mastrodonato has found some interesting names that will probably be new to you in the Kilcher clan of Alaska.
Feb 5, 2015
The Timeless + Timely Baby Name Formula
If you’re looking for a name that’s both classic and contemporary, guest blogger Kara Blakley has a formula for finding just that.