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Names for both boys and girls from the mid-1860s that I feel are noteworthy and beautiful.

… is most clearly about meaning. Ace – To ace something is to excel. It’s a winning serve in tennis; the highest playing card in many games; the most celebrated fighter …

… Kyzer have welcomed son Zion Kalvin.  Spiritual Zion is a popular choice these days, a winning combination of meaning and style. Kenric – Passing down family names often means recycling William …

… parents to name their baby Harland on The Colonel’s birthday? They made good: the winner is Harland Rose. As for whether she’ll usher in a wave of girls …

… thief, keep in mind the depth and growth his character shows in this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Internationally popular, Theo now ranks at #354 in the US, 33 in England …

… syllables and five letters on average, then we have all the keys to this prize-winning list! And here are the Top 20 estimates for boys in 2014 : 1. Nathan …

… with a name that’s complicated to spell or pronounce or write? The simple names winning high marks during the lockdown period are: Arlo Aster Ava Briar Ella Hope Kai …

… child)MaxVinceWallace You get the idea.  Of course, not every s-ending name is a winner.  A few I wouldn’t recommend: BeavisBrutusGiles (in the U.S., the pronunciation is …

… daughter of actor Lorenzo Lamas, and an aspiring model/actress herself, is best known for winning The Bachelor Season 12 and appearing with dad on Oxygen reality series Leave it …

… the most unusual state for baby names in 2016 was Minnesota. Neither of its two winners, Evelyn and Henry, was the top name in any other state or even in …

… Justus Llewellyn Lorenzo Lucius Lysander Marcellus Mosby Orlando Pleasant Regis Rufus Speed Strong Sullivan Ulysses Winfield Zealous CONFEDERATE Alpheus Armistead Braxton Cadmus (known as Billy Fixin’) Carnot Claudius Collett Cullen …

By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain Snooki is looking for another Italian name.  David Arquette promised to name his baby something normal.  Kerry Washington honored her daughter’s Igbo heritage with …

By Denise K. Potter Today, we associate the month of August with sweltering hot weather, vacationers and (gasp) back-to-school shopping commercials. But over the past few centuries, there …

Invented names always start out unique, but some of them catch on over time, especially when similar to already-trendy names or endorsed by celebrity usage. The following unique baby …

by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain Congrats to Kim and Kanye on the arrival of their daughter!  There’s been no name announcement as of Sunday night.  Is the couple …

What makes you love a name? It might be that it has family significance, calls to mind to an inspiring person, or just sounds really cool. The names in the …

By Linda Rosenkrantz and Abby Sandel The Defining Event of 2016 may have been the presidential election, but the political names that hit the headlines –Donald?  Hillary? Bernard?– are unlikely …

By Linda Rosenkrantz 2017 was an interesting though somewhat serene in the starbaby world, with few celebrity baby names crying out to be called outrageous. George and Amal Clooney set …

By Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than Matilda There’s a lot to be said for having a name that is familiar in many countries. It makes travel and working overseas …

Gender neutral celebrity baby names are becoming widespread, as more stars choose unisex names for their children. Many celebrities are at the forefront of gender-neutral names, whether they use …

This week’s Nameberry Style column by Elisabeth Wilborn, creator of The Itsy Factor and You Can’t Call It It, looks at the freshest new nursery theme: mermaids. Is …

By Meagan Burke In September we celebrate Labor Day, Grandparents Day, and the transition from summer to fall. Let’s look back to past Septembers and pull names from activists …

By Meagan Burke April showers bring May flowers…and April baby names. In this second month of Spring, nature is in bloom and so we take name inspiration from one …

By Abby Sandel, AppellationMountain I know that Hollywood isn’t one great big playdate, with A-list moms and reality starlets alike pushing their designer strollers through the park together …

By Linda Rosenkrantz What are the most promising of the names rising in popularity? This year 164 names—more girls’ than boys’ –made up the elite group of popular baby …

By Clare Bristow In this week’s news we have daring place names (including but not limited to Chicago), sporting heroes, acronyms and an Arabic name meaning beauty. Chicago and …

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By Meagan at tulipbyanyname.com Butterflies will always remind me of my great-grandmother’s garden.  I loved sipping lemonade with her on the back porch and watching the butterflies …

by Linda Rosenkrantz It’s become a Nameberry tradition to commemorate Independence Day with a salute to notables past and present who were born on the Fourth of July. In …

Nameberry’s top boy names 2011 includes big news: Asher has leapfrogged over Henry and Finn, last year’s number one and two, to take the top spot. The Nameberry …

By Anna Otto, Waltzing More Than Matilda The most popular girls names of the 1940s were Margaret, Patricia, Judith, and Helen, but what were the least popular names? Here are …

Over 1500 new baby names joined the Social Security extended list this year, 641 boys’ names and 896 names for girls.  Nephele, one of the original Berries, tallied all the …

By Linda Rosenkrantz It’s become a Nameberry tradition to commemorate Independence Day with a salute to notable historical figures and celebs who were born on the Fourth of July …

You may have noticed an updated and improved feature on Nameberry recently: Most name pages now include a list of other suggested names. If you like the unusual Welsh name …

A list of names for female Hunger Games original characters from Suzanne Collins' book series.

It doesn’t seem fair.  Why have some perfectly good names become permanently tainted by their links to a particular fictional character while others haven’t?  How come Olivia is …

It always strikes me as somewhat curious when a name that has been hidden in plain sight for decades—or longer—attached to a significant literary or real life character …

By Joe Satran Nice girls don’t always finish last — at least when it comes to baby names. Sure, many newly fashionable girls’ names are either tomboyish (Avery, Harper, Brooklyn …

Last month we looked at the newest word names for girls. From Alannis Morrisette’s Onyx Solace to Nicky Hilton Rothschild’s Lily–Grace, word names are everywhere – both the …

There’s a new top girl in town, and her name is Imogen. Imogen seized the crown from the Hunger Games-inspired Katniss as the Number One girls’ name on …

By Abby Sandel We welcomed dozens of new starbabies in 2016, many with inventive names. Plenty of those new children joined older sisters and brothers at home. This means their …

For her Nameberry 9 blog this week, Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel scopes out some names that might just make it big. It happens with sports and fashion and baby …

There are countless reasons to visit New York City.  Museums to visit and galleries to hop.  Great theater, opera and ballet. Sights to see, people to watch and fashion-forward …

Becca writes: We are having trouble naming our fourth daughter. My first two girls, Sofia and Amalia, are Venezuelan-American and it was important to my husband and me that …

By Emily Cardoza, Nothing Like a Name Looking through old name data and saying names out loud, you begin to hear the changes in aural trends. Try saying the top …

NEWS FLASH! Beyoncé gave birth last night to a baby girl with husband Jay-Z and the name is reportedly Blue Ivy….or maybe Ivy Blue.  Stay tuned for breaking …

This week’s news includes the first baby names of 2019, new babies for Taylor Hanson and Ricky Martin, and the top names in states, towns and newspapers. New Year …

Harlem Renaissance names related to the cultural heroines of that movement comprise this year’s celebration of Black history names.  These women—novelists, poets, playwrights, painters, sculptors and musicians– all …

This week, AppellationMountain‘s Abby Sandel finds baby-name inspiration racing around the Daytona International Speedway. Did you see newcomer Trevor Bayne win the Daytona 500 last week?  Me neither …

The US doesn’t have a monarchy, but I’d argue that we still have royals. Certain political families — especially the Kennedys — have royal-like status, as do A-list …