Girl Names News
Girl names are the focus of the news in this category, which covers popularity news, studies and trends related to naming a daughter today. The pieces here look at baby girl names both classic and unique and bring you the everything you need to know to choose the very best name for your little girl right now.
Sun Mar 03 2013
Classic Girls’ Names: Good Charlotte
Charlotte is demure, yet solid and strong, traditional but not stuffy, British with a trace of a French accent–one of the very best classic girls’ names.
Wed Feb 20 2013
Baby Names Trend: The Jennifer Juggernaut
In the seventies and early eighties, there were nearly a million baby Jennifers born in the US. What made Jennifer one of the biggest hit baby names ever?
Sun Feb 17 2013
Girl Baby Names: The newsiest names, from Talulah to Lula to Rue
There’s an interesting mix in the Nameberry 9 newsiest names this week, from the demure classic Alice to the bepop-inspired Lula.
Tue Jan 29 2013
Greek Names for Girls: 21 unexplored ancient treasures
Lovely ancient Greek girls names from Alala to Echo to Ianthe to Io.
Sun Jan 13 2013
Stylish Baby Names: The Nameberry 9–from Winter Victoria to Vivian Vespa
Some highly unusual choices in this week’s Nameberry 9–as in girls named Vivid, Calvary and Bo.
Tue Dec 18 2012
Top Girls’ Names of 2012
The most popular girls’ names on Nameberry this year have been counted, and we’ve got a new Number 1. Here’s what’s up, what’s down, what’s new, and what’s tops for 2012.
Mon Dec 03 2012
Unusual Girls’ Names: Lotus, Arrow, Pehr, and the rest of the Nameberry 9
Some daring girl choices in today’s Nameberry 9– but do they go too far?
Sun Oct 21 2012
Over-the-Luna About Baby Names
This week’s Nameberry 9 is dominated by the little starbaby with six names. Over the luna or just loony?
Tue Oct 09 2012
Girls’ Names 2012: Nameberry’s Top 100
Our Top 100 names for girls so far this year reflects ahead-of-its-time style, celebrity influence, and a new Number 1 name not likely to be used for babies.
Sun Oct 07 2012
Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9
This week’s newsiest names, from Bettina to Wilhelmina, Summer to Sybella.
Wed Sep 12 2012
Looking Beyond Emma and Ella: Who’s next?
There’s been a progression of mega-popular names leading from Emily to Emma to Ella. What’s most likely to follow?
Wed Sep 05 2012
Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence
Female sleuths might be femmes fatales or retired schoolmarms, but one thing many of them share is a great first name.
Wed Aug 29 2012
Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice
Sweet, solid, classic, current–Alice is a name that has everything.
Tue Jul 31 2012
Baby Girl Names: Two-for-One Choices
Why give your baby just one first name when these choices offer two distinct options?
Wed Jul 25 2012
Let’s hear it for Auntie Name!
The names once used for fictive elderly aunts–from Augusta to Zelda– can make surprisingly fresh baby name choices for today.
Mon Jun 18 2012
Baby Girl Names: A name lover goes wild
Guest blogger Kristin Alexander had always loved names, but when she learned she was expecting a girl, her passion turned into an obsession. Can you relate?
Mon Jun 11 2012
A Girl Named Ellis
Why can’t a girl get a family surname as a first? Why not indeed, as this charming Southern tradition demonstrates.
Tue Apr 03 2012
Gender Shock! What to do when nature foils your naming plans?
Kristen thought her naming problem was Baby Name Desensitization Disorder. But it turns out to be something much more surprising, and long-lasting. Can you help this Mom in Shock?
Tue Mar 27 2012
Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Does one name have it all?
After naming three boys, this mom finally has the chance to name a daughter and she really wants to get it right. Can you help?
Tue Mar 13 2012
Can you help this teenberry love her name?
Elaine might be a great name…..for a middle-aged woman. But this 16-year-old Elaine wants a name that fits, a name she loves. The solution? That’s up to you.
Tue Mar 06 2012
Stylish vs. Popular Names: Do you know the difference?
Which girls’ names are truly popular, by the numbers, compared with those that are merely stylish? The answers may surprise you….
Wed Feb 29 2012
Girls’ Names in Limbo: When can Kay come out to play?
We’ve retrieved a lot of the best old names that were moldering in the attic. Is it time now to look at some stored away more recently, and bring back the Beverlys?
Mon Feb 27 2012
Nameberry Picks: The 12 best feminizations
In this era of girls named Charlie or Lou, classic feminizations such as Charlotte or Louise seem almost quaint. But traditional feminized names can give you the best of all name worlds. Here, what to pick, and why.
Wed Feb 15 2012
He Says Shayla, She Says Cecilia: Help this couple agree on a baby name!
When he likes one kind of name and she likes another, how can they find a baby name they both can love? That’s the challenge in our new Berry Question of the Week.
Thu Feb 09 2012
The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora
A chorus line of sweet but spunky vintage girls’ names that are now rehearsing for their return to the stage.