What Was Your First Name Love?

What Was Your First Name Love?

If, like many of us, you’ve been obsessed with baby names for… well, forever: can you remember the name that kicked it all off?

From Kimberly and Kaatje to Timothy and Toulouse, the Berries have been discussing their very first name crushes, and where they found their inspiration.

Whether you had a super-cool classmate with a magnificent moniker, a beloved toy or pet whose name held a special place in your heart, or simply a penchant for coining new and… er, creative baby names to use on your future kids, we’d love to hear them!

What were your earliest favorite baby names, boy and girl?

Did you get to name anything as a child — a toy, a pet, maybe even a sibling? What did you choose?

How do you feel about your childhood name loves now? Are there any that have stood the test of time?

And lastly, the kicker: what’s been your single most embarrassing name crush to date? No judgement here!

Spill the beans in the comments below, or drop by our Facebook or Twitter pages to join the conversation!

About the Author

Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at InstagramTwitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.