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100+ Spooky Halloween Names for October Babies

If you’re expecting an October baby, or looking to name a new pet or fictional character, we have curated the best spooky names just for you. Choosing a scary name for your little one is like crafting a little masterpiece of macabre. Read More

40 Beautiful and Strong Indian Baby Names

As part of our Baby Names Around the World series, it only makes sense to spend time looking at the traditionally beautiful and strong baby names from India. With over 600 million speakers, there are over 1,600 languages and dialects in the region according to Berlitz. Read More

Popular Japanese Baby Names

Japan has some of the most lovely sounding baby names in the world, and the most interesting historical naming conventions. The meanings of names in Japan varies depending on the kanji, or characters, associated with the sound of the name. Read More

Transcript 83: Names and Women’s Rights

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#83 Names and Women’s Rights

J: I’m Jennifer Moss.

M: And I’m Mallory Moss.

J: And we’re the founders of BabyNames.com.

M: And we’re sisters, too (singing)

J: Yes, we are! And our first segment is always INTERESTING Names we’ve found since the last episode

J: Well there’s certainly a CELEBRITY baby name that is interesting, but I’ll save that for our celebrity news segment. Read More

100 Top Names of 2022 (so far)

Want to know the top baby names for 2022 that are trending to date? Here is a list of the top boy, girl, and gender-neutral baby names of 2022 that are trending for the first four months of the year with commentary by BabyNames.com co-founder, Mallory Moss:

So far, the top most popular names of 2022 have yielded some shocking surprises…and some not so surprising, since we predicted them. Read More

Names From Bridgerton

Dearest BabyNamers,
This author finds themselves compelled to share the delightful monikers of the Bridgerton television universe. Read More

100+ Baby Names from the Marvel Universe

Are you a huge fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? There are many amazing names of heroes and their allies from the Marvel Universe that inspire baby names. Some names on this list existed before the comics, some were created specifically for Marvel characters in print, movies, and television. Read More

Alternatives to the Top 10 Baby Names

Parents are seeking out more unique names, intentionally avoiding names that rank in the top ten of the popularity charts. But if you love a name on the top ten, what should you do?

Some parents are choosing to go with an alternate/creative spelling of a more popular name – like Kymberleigh as opposed to Kimberly. Read More

Transcript 50: Star Trek Names

This is the transcript to The Baby Names Podcast episode 50 <a href=”/podcast/star-trek-names”>Star Trek Names</a>

Jennifer: I’m Jennifer Moss.

Mallory: and I’m Mallory Moss

Jennifer: and we’re the founders of BabyNames.com.

Mallory: and we’re sisters, too. Read More

Transcript 43: Names from Disney

This is the transcript to The Baby Names Podcast episode 43 Names from Disney

Announcer 0:09
You’re listening to the international hit show The Baby Names Podcast. And here are your hosts, the Moss sisters.

Jennifer Moss 0:17
I’m Jennifer Moss

Mallory Moss 0:18
And I’m Mallory Moss

Jennifer Moss 0:20
And we’re the founders of BabyNames.com

Mallory Moss 0:22
And we’re sisters too. Read More

Transcript 48: Irish Names

This is the transcript to The Baby Names Podcast episode 48 Irish Names

Announcer: Welcome to season three of the Baby Names podcast! Naming the world one baby at a time, here are your hosts, the Moss sisters. Read More

Star Trek Inspired Baby Names

It’s not unusual to look up into the sky for inspiration when it comes to searching for the perfect name. After all, many parents feel babies are heaven-sent. From Sunny, Moon and Star to Angel, Celestial and Zenith, what’s above us can easily influence what we call our progeny. Read More

Hurricane Names (why they’re given people names)

Hurricane Andrew, Katrina, Harvey – why are storms given human names? As a personal name enthusiast I’ve always wondered this myself, so I did a little research over at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Center. Before hurricanes had names, they were identified by their original latitude-longitude which could get very cumbersome, especially when the storm information had to be communicated over short wave and public radio! Read More

Popular Flower Names for Girls

Many people ask me about the “current trends” for baby girl names. Well one that has been riding the wave lately is flower names for girls. Here are the top most popular flower names trending on BabyNames.com and my take on them…

Violet/Viola– (VY-oh-let/vy-OH-lah,vee-OH-lah) Violet seemed to have started the whole flower name trend, and it’s always been one of my favorites! Read More

Created Names and “Kreatyve” Spellings

Episode #14 – Jennifer and Mallory discuss created names, combination names, and “Kreatyve” spellings of common names. We also talk about names we’ve discovered recently, the current celebrity baby news, and take your questions on names and naming. Read More