Name News

Madder (Garance in French) American journalist/editor Garance Franke-Ruta was born in the summer of 1972 in southeastern France, then “raised by artistic parents in Mexico and New Mexico.R…

Baby Rielle © 2009 Toronto Star In October of 2008, a baby girl born in Ontario to parents Kimberly and Stephen MacDougall was named Rielle after female fighter pilot Riel Erickson, who’d bee…

The beautiful baby names announced by Nameberry members in May are light, bright and full of fun!

Andrea and Dylan named their son Casper Jerome — a name full of religious and familial significance. We spoke to Andrea about their choice and what they're thinking for baby number two — coming soon!

Nameberry’s July birth announcements are in, and our members’ beautiful picks over the past month are brimming with natural connections to the earth and sky.

As she tries to conceive, writer Rachel Ament debates how to find the right name for your child – and what’s at stake when you do – for British Vogue.

In 1956, a near-miracle happened in East Los Angeles. On September 3rd, in the home Louis Acosta, the glass protecting a framed print of Our Lady of Guadalupe accidentally broke. After Louis and hi…

Theresa Zoe Williams wrote a guest post for Sancta Nomina back in January, and I'm happy to share another piece by her! Theresa is a longtime member of the Sancta Nomina community and mother to three amazingly named children (read about her older two here, and the birth announcement for her youngest here). She is a freelance…

The name Kanye debuted in the SSA’s baby name data in 2002. It saw peak usage just two years later, in 2004: 2007: 53 boys named Kanye2006: 101 boys named Kanye2005: 202 boys (and 5 girls) na…

Recent high school graduate Aubrie Lisenby of Alabama was named “Aubrie” with Aubie the Tiger, the Auburn University mascot, in mind. (Her father is an Auburn alum). Over the last few y…

Nameberry’s June birth announcements are in, and they’re a dazzling bunch! Deliverance and Rosamund, Sylvanus and Maccabee… Read the stories behind this month's stunning choices here.

Sarah and Adam welcomed their second daughter, Cora Birch, in September 2020. We talked to Sarah about family names, popularity, and strategies for winnowing down the shortlist.

After a long fertility journey, Southern California couple Jessica and Kyle Lopez welcomed a daughter named Gwen Catherine in September of 2020. We spoke with Jessica about spiritual signs, celebrity associations, and the process of naming Gwen.

Nick shared exclusively with Us Weekly that “funny enough, that [Pearl] was the name Lauren wanted to give to Saoirse.” Saoirse is the couple’s first daughter, who was born in 2019. “Essentially, we kind of gave up on the name,” Nick continued, “but Lauren really liked Pearl. Then we discovered that we were going to have another baby. That’s when I was like, ‘Listen, let’s go with what you wanted.’ So she became Pearl.” On the name choice, Lauren shared that she liked the idea of a one-syllable name because they “needed something easier to say than Saoirse.”

During their interview with Us Weekly, the couple also discussed how they chose their daughter Saoirse’s name. The couple watched a movie called Song of the Sea while Nick was on tour. “I fell in love with this little girl character who was, like, the little sister of this older blonde boy,” Nick explained. “They were brother and sister, and her name is Saoirse.”

Some recent and not-so-recent baby names from the news… Awa: A baby girl born in northern Mozambique in October of 2020 while her family was fleeing from jihadists was named Awa, which translates t…