Boy Names

C is for Christmas, and also for Caspar, Charity, Clara, Comet–and more offbeat choices for a Yuletide babe.

Here are the Top 100 Most Popular Baby Names for 2016 on Nameberry, including Olivia as the new Number 1 for girls, Ezra retaining its crown on the boys’ list, and a rundown of the hottest baby names of the year.

These are not the stereotypical Cool Guy names like Nico and Shane; instead, they’re the names of the computer nerds who go on to make a billion dollars and help save the world.

The end of the alphabet is rich with wild, wonderful surname name possibilities, from Walton to Wyeth!

Sophisticated names that work around the world, from Adriano to Yuri.

Sometimes compromising on a name isn’t as difficult as it might seem. Here’s the Name Sage in action, finding perfect name suggestions for Levi’s brother.

Here’s the second in Nancy Man’s series on celebrities who briefly affected baby names–here we have male actors from Tab to Travolta.

Which boy names are forever cool? These twelve picks will stand the test of time, without sacrificing any of their swagger.

Guest blogger Don Kahle’s hilarious blog on the perils of being Don–past and present.

Is the middle name Danger going too far?

We’ve named nine girl names set to soar, now Abby does the same for the boys–from Axel to Wilder.

By Linda Rosenkrantz The September baby names in this month’s Babyberry report includes one of the most original middle names we’ve seen: Violet WHIMSEY. The girls’ names are running long, in the sense that there is a preponderance of three and four-syllable choices. Again, lots of floral appellations and an accent on J and V-starting […]

Middle names have become the ‘anything goes’ spot. If you’re looking for a single-syllable one, this long list is a great place to start looking.

The Name Sage addresses the popularity puzzle, explaining how popular names aren’t as popular as you may think. Take the poll!

The Name Sage offers suggestions to this mom seeking a unique name for Arliss’s sib–but there are lots of limitations.

In her Names from Books series this months, Clare Bristow looks to the poetry of the great William Butler Yeats for a selection of classic Irish names.

Abby offers nine ingenious ways for your to name your baby after yourself or a loved one, aside from the obvious Junior.

Here are the Nameberry Picks of the most promising of the girls’ and boys’ names that increased by at least 100 points in the past year, from Achilles to Zelda.

If you find Wolf and Hawk and Fox too fierce, consider these names with secret animal meanings in a guest blog by the distinguished John Kelly.

Michael Phelps’ baby boy’s name Boomer is part of the recent morph from trendy n-ending names for boys to those ending in r. Here, Abby Sandel provides plenty of evidence.

They had their two favorites picked out, but now one is off the table. So time for a fresh start! With their baby due on the Ides of March, should they go for a Shakespearean name?

Rock names are hot but jazz names are even cooler. Dexter and Bix. Django and Duke, Miles and McCoy. Perfect for jazz fans and beyond!

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 traditional and the unexpected. This week the same is true, but now we’re looking at baby boy names. A trio of high profile parents has taken their […]

The Name Sage succeeds in finding some family names for this writer–and none of them is Melvin!

Translating and transforming boys names into more exotic choices.