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Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain focuses this week on some bold and daringly unusual girls’ names that made baby name news. Some weeks I’m astonished by the range of …

Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel has found some intriguingly unusual baby names in this week’s name news. It’s easy to belittle a parent’s search for a unique …

Appellation Mountain‘s Abby Sandel targets a wide range of names for this week’s Nameberry 9, from the outrageous (if fictitious) Conquistador to the sweet floral Violet. It was …

… unusual classic.  Hello, baby Ralph!  Or….dare I suggest….baby Pamela? Here, the names just under the Top 1000 coming into style and heading out: girls Heading In Aurelia 250 …

… With formerly unusual names hitting the mainstream, some parents are left wondering where to find under-the-radar names. The trick is to stop looking for unusual names. That’s …

… connection despite my own very different ethnic heritage of Irish, English and French bloodlines. My unusual name hasn’t just set me apart, though. It has also paved a path …

The top unisex names among Nameberry’s visitors include those that lean girlward and those more favored for boys.  To qualify as a unisex name for this list, a name …

… favorites rising in popularity  over the past few years, but Scandinavian relative Viveca remains relatively untraveled yet carries the same uplifiting life meaning. For thousands more unusual baby names, get …

… some time to chart for the other one (if it ever does). Take the now unisex name Cameo for example. Cameo first entered the girls chart in 1957. But it …

… that “underused classic” name each year. But what exactly is an “underused classic” name? Do underused classic names even exist? Are they some impossible standard like names that are universally …

By Pamela Redmond Satran Rowan has taken over from Quinn as the most popular unisex name on Nameberry. Rowan attracted the most views of all the unisex names on the …

… inducing, it may be even more remarkable to consider the baby names that were equally unpopular back then that went on to win widespread favor. Names that were given to …

Nameberry 9 by Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain It’s been a quiet week for high profile arrivals.  Sure, Michael Weatherly of NCIS fame and wife Bojana welcomed son Liam …

One of our most popular blog posts ever was on 100 wonderful names given to 25 or fewer girls each year.  (We did a boys’ version too.) But what, we …

By Abby Sandel, Appellation Mountain Confession: I’ve been Twitter-stalking Kendra Wilkinson. The reality star and her football-playing husband Hank Baskett III have welcomed a baby girl, a …

By Brooke Cussans, Baby Name Pondering One of the posts I did last year that I really enjoyed was Unisex Baby Names: Five new entries – a list of those names …

By Linda Rosenkrantz The folks at the Social Security Administration publish not only the thousand most popular names for every year dating back to 1880, but also the Top 200 …

By Andrew Osterdahl While modern celebrity couples like Jay-Z and Beyoncé and Kanye and Kim have given us unusually named offspring (North West, anyone?), strangely named public figure are …

By Pamela Redmond Satran If you’re looking for unusual baby names that are also attractive and intriguing, a good place to start is at the bottom of the extended …

A lot of people complain about unisex names. Names like Riley and Rory, they say — never mind Maxwell or James — should never be used for girls.  Those are boys’ names …

I was looking at the names similar to Pixie the other day — y’know, just to pass the time — and I thought: Wow, there’s an unusual collection of names …

It’s hard to imagine Lauren, Lindsay, Madison and Sydney as anything other than girl names. But rewind 100 years and they were used mainly — or even exclusively — for boys …

By Pamela Redmond Satran Everybody loves the letter A. A is the most common first initial for baby names today.  Many of the most popular baby names start with A …

We’re always looking for baby names that are at once wonderful and unusual, and so today’s list compiles 100 great names given to fewer than 100 babies in …

By Aimee Reneau Tafreshi Unusual names are becoming more, well, usual these days, especially for baby girls. Most parents are aware of the Top 1000 baby names, but what do …

The inspiration for today’s question comes from a question on the forums by @avo: What name have you encountered on only one singular person in your entire life? Chances …

By Kelli Brady, NameFreak! There are 67 names in the 2014 Top 1000 that charted for both boys and girls. More if you count the ones that are spelled differently …

By Andy Osterdahl For the past fifteen years I’ve been collecting and categorizing various oddly named American political figures. In July of 2011, I began to share my findings …

They thought finding a name for their daughter would be a snap! But now they’re struggling to narrow down names that are classic, but not too common, to find …

They’re looking for a bold name for baby number two! Can you help brainstorm unusual baby names–word names or vintage gems that are seldom heard in real life …

They’d like to stick with another C or K name for their baby on the way. The only problem? None of their favorites feel like The One. Calla writes …

Her husband is wild about Harry in the middle spot, but they’re struggling to agree on a first name if baby number three is a boy. Emma writes: We …

By Linda Rosenkrantz With Arbor Day arriving this week, our thoughts naturally turn to trees and their names. I was quite surprised to find that this holiday has very deep …

By Esmeralda Rocha Place names have always been a source of inspiration for baby names, though the practice really gained momentum in the 1980s with destinations like Savannah, Sydney and …

By Clare Green This week’s news celebrates names that step outside the ordinary, from the worlds of hip-hop, college sports, and Spanish grandmothers. Kulture and counter-culture Maybe …

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 …

By Clare Green This week’s news includes a huge stockingful of Christmas babies, hot new data from Canada and Australia, and the best names for hockey sticks. Christmas babies …

Unique dog names go beyond Rex and Rover. Creative dog names are becoming as coveted as unique baby names. Pet parents want their puppies to have distinctive names, so they …

Unisex names and the question of whether a child’s gender should be evident via his or her name is one that comes up frequently on Nameberry.  It’s an …

For the Nameberry 9 newsiest names of this week, Abby Sandel of Appellation Mountain  highlights some unisex baby names, interesting surname names and other novel choices. By now, you’ve …

What’s hot in the Faroe Islands? Well… not much, if you’re talking about the weather! This autonomous Danish territory, located in the North Atlantic about halfway between Norway …

This blog is adapted from our most recent book, Beyond Ava & Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby When people look for baby names online, they often put in …

Unique baby names are more, well, common these days than ever before, according to a new study. This is not really news, and you don’t need to be a …

Unique baby names are becoming more and more, well, common these days. A mere one percent of babies are named Emma or Jacob, the most popular names, and only about …

Unique baby names feature heavily in this week’s name news, from fresh word names chosen by high-profile parents to a centuries-old Indian naming tradition. Newest Cele**brity …

Unisex names have been around forever, back to the era when Alice, Anne, Emma and Esmé were boys’ names that morphed over to the girls’ side, and Douglas and Clarence …

Unusual and unique baby names come in many forms, from under-the-radar vintage gems like Bathsheba and Barnabas to more unique choices like Uta and Uther. But today, I …

As part of our recent 10th anniversary celebrations, we took a lingering look back across a whole decade of brilliant Babyberry birth announcements: from sweet, vintage Vera Adelaide to suave …

Many people search for unique baby names in their favorite stories, and unique fairy tale names are among their favorites. We grow up hearing these stories, watch the movies that …

Unisex baby names are increasingly appealing to parents. But which names are considered unisex, and which names are not, is a very subjective matter — one that is influenced by factors …