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Sweet Spots and Super Smooshes

By Clare Bristow This week’s baby name news includes clever smooshes, the perfect choice for a winter Olympian’s baby, and names that however much you love them, just …

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Baby Name News This Week

… Hawn. Another grandpa name dilemma I read about this week was how to honor a Clarence. The solution? Clarence’s friends and family knew him as “Cob”, so the parents …

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15 Stellar Astronomy Baby Names

By Clare Green If you’ve ever looked up in wonder at the night sky, or tried to pick out the constellations, you may be considering astronomy baby names. There …

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Baby Name News: Stormy and Sweet

By Clare Bristow There are lots of sweet, friendly names in the news this week, plus inspiration from French pet-owners and a whole alphabet of storm names. Winter storm …

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Names from Books: The Golden Compass

By Clare Bristow Now that winter is here, it’s a good time to look at names from the frozen north and beyond in the worlds created by Philip Pullman …

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Baby Names News of the Week

By Clare Bristow I’m delighted to be reporting on name-related stories in the news each week – and what a day to start! Many name-lovers only have one …

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Baby Name News of the Week

By Clare Bristow Summer is just around the corner! If you’re looking for name inspiration for a summer baby, what about these sun-drenched names, or names inspired by …

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Baby Name News of the Week

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes a wealth of names from Canada, lots of celebrity boy names, and naming stories from the worlds of rugby and baseball. Names …

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Not Your Mama’s Baby Name!

By Clare Bristow The names in the news this week probably aren’t ones you heard growing up. Some of them have exploded in popularity in the last decade or …

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Baby Name Trends of the Week

By Clare Bristow In the news this week: two new tennis babies, lots of names beginning with E and M, and some memorable word names. Tennis babies Serena Williams welcomed …

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Popular Baby Names Around the World

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes statistics from England, Wales and Israel, names inspired by musicians, title names, and boats. Top names in England and Wales If you …

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Baby Name News from All Over

By Clare Bristow In the news this week: more on the British name data, colorful predictions for a Kardashian baby, and starbaby names from down under. England and Wales: Arlo …

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Celebrity Baby Names: Gunner and Lux

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes celebrity baby names with impact, inspiration from real-life birth announcements, and how sports fans name their kids. Long-expected starbaby names …

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Get Your Latest Baby Name News!

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes biblical rarities, celebrities’ unisex choices, classic names with meaning, and French names galore. Neglected names from the Bible It’s no secret …

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Baby Name News: Chicago and beyond

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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Name Popularity Countdown: The waiting game!

By Clare Green This week’s news includes the final countdown to the 2017 name data, names inspired by Star Wars, country music and the Amazon, and fantastic four-letter …

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Dictionary Baby Names: Alpha to Webster

By Clare Green We’ll soon be celebrating  US Dictionary Day. This unofficial holiday falls on the October 16th birthday of the Founding Father of American English, Noah Webster – this …

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Baby Name News of the Decade

By Clare Green “Mr and Mrs Smith of Townsville name their daughter Emma”…said no headline ever. Millions of babies are named every year, but only a few of them …

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Baby Name News of the Week

by Clare Green This week’s news includes Pippa Middleton’s baby name, trends from New York to India, and why naming your son Gabriel might help your dog. Lots …

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Unusual Baby Names in the News

By Clare Green This week’s news includes big bold word names, local name pockets, and names from France, New Zealand and 1950s New York. Striking S names: Squire and …

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Nickname Names: Birdie, Bobby and Bobby

By Clare Green This week’s news includes another starbaby Birdie, some nicely-named goats, and naming issues with siblings, cousins and pets. Family nicknames: Birdie and Bobby It looks …

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Australian Names: 12 of the best

By Clare Green There are lots of reasons to consider Australian names. Maybe you live in Australia, have heritage there, or have happy memories of visiting. Or perhaps you’re …

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Impressive Italian Names: Lorenzo and Luca

By Clare Green This week’s news includes red-hot Italian names, the royal baby name aftermath, and some of the most beautiful place names in the North East. Impressive …

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Sports Star Names in the News

By Clare Green This week’s news includes big risers and fallers, a controversial baby name from Scotland, and which French names get the top grades. Sports star names: Alex …

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Celebrity Baby Name News…and more

By Clare Green This week’s celebrity baby name news includes gender-neutral and alliterative starbaby names, plus how to reuse your friend’s baby name gracefully, and sisters with …

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Celebrity Baby Names: Valentine and Valentina

By Clare Green This week’s news includes announcements from 90s pop icons, girls’ names honoring men, and spelling and pronunciation quandaries. Celebrity baby names: a bumper crop! Even though …

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Gable

The iconic Gone With the Wind star Clark's surname was brought into the first-name mix when Weeds' Kevin Nealon picked it for his son. Gable makes a strong …

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Klarenz

Klarenz is an uncommon variant spelling of Clarence, a name with Latin origins derived from the Roman family name Clarus, meaning 'clear,' 'bright,' or 'famous.' This distinctive Germanic spelling adaptation …

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Cleary

An Irish surname, cognate of the English Clark, which would make a lovely literary option for girls, inspired by Beverly Cleary, author of the popular Ramona series.

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Colorful Baby Names: Violet, Navy and Grey

By Clare Green This week’s news includes an assault on the senses with colorful and tasty names, what’s hot in Sweden and the Netherlands, and changing your mind …

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Baby Names from Books: Agatha Christie characters

By Clare Bristow If you like names with a hint of mystery, a vintage British feel and a splash of the exotic, come and join me in the drawing room …

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Baby Name Inspiration: Family, film and food

By Clare Bristow Where do you get naming inspiration from? One of my favorite things in the world of names is learning the stories behind why parents choose the names …

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Baby Name News: August, Jones, and Kit

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes a high-profile starbaby, cool surname names for brothers, and names inspired by the Middle Ages and the night sky. Welcome, August …

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Popularity, trends and a new baby Princess

By Clare Bristow This week’s baby name news includes a new princess, moon-inspired names, trends in Finland, and the merits of popular vs unusual names. Welcome, Princess Adrienne …

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Newsy Baby Names: Billy, Dali, Ivey + True

By Clare Green (nee Bristow) This week’s news includes the newest Kardashian, a baby named after Salvador Dalí, and what’s hot in Quebec. Kardashian baby: it’s True …

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Baby Name Dilemmas and Sane Celeb Choices…

By Clare Green This week’s news includes celebrity baby names you might just want to use, baby name dilemmas to consider, and more occupational names than you can shake …

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International Baby Names from India to Iceland

By Clare Green This week’s news includes what’s hot in Scandinavia, in India and other international names, babies named for ancient legends and places, and the new trending …

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Cool Word Names: Ace, Blaze and Allure

by Clare Green This week’s news includes high-impact word names, rarities for every letter of the alphabet, and an accidental triple honor name. Cool word names: Krew, Ace …

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International Baby Names: Indian, Austrian, and Irish

by Clare Green This week’s news includes international baby names, including the hottest names in Austria, plus the most popular names for college freshmen, and people who would name …

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Striking Midnight Names for the New Year

By Clare Green The countdown is on! On New Year’s Eve, many people will celebrate by staying up late, watching the clock and waiting for midnight: the moment when …

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Gable

Notable as the surname of Old Hollwood star Clark Gable, this appealing option is just one sound away from Mabel or Fable. Literature lovers might also associate it with Lucy …

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Literary Names: From the World of Toni Morrison

By Clare Bristow If you’ve read a book by the great Toni Morrison, chances are you’ll remember some of her characters’ names. From vivid nicknames to evocative biblical …

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How I Named My Baby: Rozella Jayne

Author Georgia Clark and Lindsay Ratowsky, founder of Brightside and co-founder of Esther Perel Global Media, live in Brooklyn. They welcomed their daughter Rozella Jayne Ratowsky-Clark on February …

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Baby Names from Books: Hardy heroes and heroines

By Clare Bristow We’re pleased to introduce a new Author of the Month series by the distinguished Clare Bristow, beginning here with Thomas Hardy character names. I’m starting …

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Baby Name News: Hurricanes, royals, middles and multiples

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes names damaged by hurricanes, baby names fit for a prince or princess, matchy first and middle names, and how to handle reactions …

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Baby Name News: From fashion, sports and teentown

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes thoughts from teenagers about their names – popular and otherwise – fashionable cosmopolitan names, and some awesome alliteration. Popular names: Emma and Sophia Emma …

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Popular Baby Names: From Nameberry, Italy and Celebrityville

By Clare Bristow This week’s news includes the names Strummer, Sofia, Sunday… and Santa! Before we dive in, have you seen our top names of 2017? These are the …

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Baby name news: Soccer Stars and Great Danes

By Clare Green This week’s news includes a girl junior, a boy named after a comic-book villain, and international names from France, Denmark and beyond. Nefarious Negan Lots …

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Names in the News: Bay, Blueberry and Bank

By Clare Green This week’s news includes the latest Bieber baby, unusual sources of inspiration, and the power of passing names down the generations. Super sibling patterns In the …

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Who gets to judge your baby’s name?

By Clare Green This week’s news includes boys with gemstone names, girls named after a car, sweet British nicknames, and lot of men named Paul. Gendered jewel names What …