Jun 23, 2014
Names That Age Well
Which names transcend the kind of date-stamping that tells you Shirley is getting on 80 or Susan is a Baby Boomer or Mason was born in the Age of Kardashian?
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Jun 22, 2014
What makes a name a name?
Some things to really ponder in Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 column this week. Like when does a word become a real name? Aviatrix, for example.
Jun 22, 2014
Place Names for Babies: Malaysia’s Hot, Argentina Only Warmish
Place names are among the hottest baby names, and now the website Swimmingly shows us just how hot many country names are when it comes to being translated for babies.
Jun 19, 2014
Baby Names that Bridge Generations: Allison and Kyle
Angela Mastrodonato looks at generation-bridging names: names that would fit both mom and baby, such as Natalie, Allison and Kyle.
Jun 18, 2014
Name Your Nameberry Ticker Family!
What if you had to choose all your children’s names from the dozen or so that pass by on the Nameberry ticker at any given moment? We challenge you to pick the most compatible bunch!
Jun 17, 2014
Auto Pioneer Baby Names: Ford, Nash, Hudson & Tucker
Automotive history provides Nick Turner with some great name inspiration to share–such as Tucker, Hudson, Nash, and Maxwell.
Jun 16, 2014
Unusual Vintage Names: Which might come back?
Once in the Top 200, these names have fallen off the list completely. Which ones deserve to be revived? Otis? Viola? Freddie? Cast your votes!
Jun 15, 2014
Great Expectations Baby Names: Constantine, River & Royal Reign
Ultra-aspriational names rule on Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 this week, with celebrity choices Royal Reign, Pieta, Constantine, and Win.
Jun 15, 2014
World Cup Baby Names: Thiago, Memphis & Jozy
Maya Reyes-Solano looks at some of the interesting international names representing their countries in the current World Cup games, from Alessio too Xabi.
Jun 12, 2014
Iconic TV Dad Names: Happy Fathers Day, Ozzie and Archie!
What ever happened to Ward Cleaver, Al Bundy and Archie Bunker? They’re alive and well and living in New York, Massachusetts and Florida.
Jun 11, 2014
Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names
The chicest names in Europe are not the elaborate and obscure but short, simple, familiar names like these easy choices for both boys and girls.
Jun 10, 2014
What Name Theme Would You Choose?
If you had to give all your children names with the same theme, which theme would you choose? Names that start with Z or that have been used for royals, names from mythology or names from the circus, let’s blue-sky about name themes.
Jun 10, 2014
Baby Name Backlash: When your kid hates her name…
What to do when your daughter hates the name you lovingly chose for her? Mom Tara Wood is just waiting it out.
Jun 9, 2014
New Starbabies born in May: A Future, a Mercy, and two Rivers
This month’s new celebrity baby names range from Bruce Willis’s Evelyn to Kristin Cavallari’s Jaxon to Ciara and Future’s Future.
Jun 8, 2014
Popular Baby Name Sounds: Oliver, Leonor and Aria
In this week’s Nameberry 9 Newsiest Names, Abby Sandel adds the sounds of names to baby naming considerations, Do your favorites share sounds?
Jun 5, 2014
Medievalizing a Name: Elizabeth to Elisende
Want to de-modernize one of the Top 10 girls’ names? Abby Sandel offers some historic suggestions from the Middle Ages.
Jun 4, 2014
Babyberry Report for May: Hetty, Sullivan and Moon
An intriguing variety of birth announcements on Nameberry last month, from Amelie and Atticus to Roman and Ramona to Poet and Petra.
Jun 3, 2014
Oh no she didn’t!
What’s the most outrageous, insulting, crazy, ridiculous thing anyone has ever said to you about your child’s name…or your own?
Jun 3, 2014
Unisex Baby Names: the new entries for 2013
Only a limited number of names entered the charts this year for both boys and girls. Brooke Cussans elucidates.
Jun 2, 2014
Notable Names of June: Judy, Audie and Pearl
Denise Potter looks back through history to find notable names tied to the month of June, from ancient Rome to recent Hollywood.
Jun 1, 2014
Literary Baby Names: A tribute to Maya Angelou
Erin Waldron honors the late Maya Angelou with a list of names relating to her life and writings.
Jun 1, 2014
Imaginative Names for Girls: Aurora, Angelou, and Elle
Names from movies and myth, a tribute to a powerful poet…all feature in Abby Sandel’s 9 Newsiest Names of the Week.
May 29, 2014
Best Names Given to Only 5 Babies in 2013
Here are Dantea’s picks for the best names given to the fewest recorded numbers of babies What are yours?
May 27, 2014
Girls’ Name Hazel: Will a new movie make her the next Jennifer?
In the 70s, “Love Story” shot the name Jennifer into the stratosphere; Nick Turner wonders if “The Fault in Our Stars” could do the same for the already ascending Hazel.
May 26, 2014
The Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie’s Baby Name Musings
Expectant mom Savannah Guthrie muses on her own unusual name and why she won’t be announcing her baby’s name in advance. (And–ahem–just notice whose name book she’s perusing!)