News & features
Aug 19, 2014
Not only is Goldie Hawn the Grandma (though she prefers being called Glam Ma) to a little girl named Rio, but Ozzie Osbourne is Granddad to Pearl and Steven Spielberg to Poppy. Abby Sandel has lots more surprising grandparental findings to share!
Aug 18, 2014
Here, more than 50 wonderful names for both girls and boys given to only five babies each last year.
Aug 17, 2014
Is there a sea change in the way girl babies are being named? Abby Sandel fills us in here about what’s behind the emerging modern choices.
Aug 17, 2014
Guest bloger Jackie of namesplash serves up a massively comprehensive menu of author surname possibilities, from Alcott to Yeats. Which do you like? Any to add?
Aug 15, 2014
Oliver and Amelia top the list of Most Popular Names in England and Wales. But is the Prince George Effect on baby names overrated?
Aug 14, 2014
From Nephele, some delightful and unexpected names from the lesser known operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan–as in Fiametta, Lelia and Roderic.
Aug 13, 2014
Georgia, Carolina, Virginia: here are the Nameberry Picks of best State names in the Union.
Aug 12, 2014
Mila & Ashton, Eva & Ryan, Scarlett J.–they all have announced due dates. Now Tara Ryazansky is back with her name predictions for another set of celebs expecting soon, and is hoping you’ll match your guesses to hers.
Aug 12, 2014
You love it. You long for it. But this is one baby name you’re afraid you’re just not brave enough to use.
Aug 11, 2014
Short, strong, and barely heard a generation ago, these are not your father’s or grandfather’s baby names.
Aug 10, 2014
Brooke Cussans scans the cheese case to find some interesting possibilities–such as Kiri and Colby–which don’t sound cheesy at all.
Aug 10, 2014
Cindy Crawford has a Presley, Kevin Nealon a Gable, Nicole Richie a little Harlow–what happens when current celebs honor movie and rock stars of the past.
Aug 7, 2014
A whole new world of intriguing nickname names from Wales opens up to us here, thanks to Eleanor Nickerson. Gwenno, anyone?
Aug 6, 2014
A wide variety of starbaby names appeared on the marquee in the month of July; here’s the full report from CaraMichelle.
Aug 5, 2014
Nameberry is full of wonderful old baby names just waiting to be rediscovered. Which do you nominate as ripest for revival?
Aug 5, 2014
Anna Otto analyzes the sometimes tricky concept of class in baby names from her Australian perspective. Wdyt? Do her assessments apply to the US as well? Do you think there are upper and lower-class names?
Aug 4, 2014
Our babyberry announcements for July–a variety of fabulous choices, from Antoinette to Zora, Augustine to Quentin.
Aug 3, 2014
How many usages does it take to bring a baby name to the top spot? Kelli Brady shows how drastically that number has decreased over time. (Or why you know so many grown Jennifers and no baby Noahs.)
Aug 3, 2014
In Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week: Mick Jagger becomes a grandfather AND a great-grandfather, a Lion lands in the middle spot, and Ezra is used for a girl!
Jul 31, 2014
Did you know that pink used to be reserved for boys and blue for girls? Lots of interesting ideas here from Nick Turner on the subject of color names for boys.
Jul 30, 2014
Here comes August! Denise Potter finds some notable names to celebrate this month –including those of Roman emperors, Arctic explorers and jazz musicians.
Jul 29, 2014
Guest blogger Elisabeth Waugaman looks at the history of African-American names, and in particular at the influence of slavery.
Jul 29, 2014
A car or a cottage, a cat or a cobra — what’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever named, what did you name it, and why?
Jul 28, 2014
Are you a Shakespeare buff but wouldn’t want to name your baby Othello or Ophelia? Here are 22 names of characters that don’t immediately call the Bard to mind.
Jul 27, 2014
Unique in art history, this family of artists–the Peales– used other great artists of the past as namesakes for their children.