Name Nerds Blog

I just re-did the SSA's top baby names by spelling. This year Aiden (the most common spelling) supplants Jacob (although it means ...

This article from the Chicago Tribune : Sorry, Gert, not your year again Will Vivian go va-va-voom? Is Olivia over? Had enough Jacobs? ...

Here's a guide to choosing the right name for your bellydancing persona. There's also a link to another article about dancer names:...

from the Associated Press : Couple Fights to Name Baby 'Metallica' STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Metallica may be a cool name for a heav...

Lately I've been into authors' pen names . Here are a couple of sites where you can find lists of them: Author Pen Names a.k.a and f...

If you're not familiar with Hindu names, this is a cool toy-- it tells the gender of names. I used to work in a university, and professo...

The Name Of the Year blog collects interesting, unusual names. you can even vote for their Name Of the Year !

Here's a short article on how Chinese parents can come up with their children's names. Chinese Baby Names

Here's an article about the naming choices of the well-to-do in Manhattan: Baby Names Get Weird... Milo, Shiloh... Thijs ?

Wasn't Seinfeld the one who thought Seven was the perfect name for a kid? Maybe I'm getting the joke wrong; I think I've seen th...

Check it! These guys strive to have accurate information and not just gimmicky pink and blue name charts! Baby Name Addicts While your at it...

Continuing my fascination with African-American naming trends, I found this site about a brief history of African American names: Finding Ou...

I've long been interested in Irish names, but it seems like the Irish aren't as into them as I am. Here's the top baby names in ...

Snopes.com is awesome. Here's an interesting article about the common urban legend names we're always hearing about. Another is abou...

Send us your unwanted baby names Why waste a perfectly good name like, er, Leopard? Everybody has one. No, not one of those. We're tal...

Celebs turn to the Good Book for baby names By Gayle White Cox News Service Hollywood is a long way from Puritan New Engl...

Here are a couple of articles about the socioeconomic differences in naming trends, as well as the difference in naming trends between black...

I have no idea where this information comes from, but Name Statistics is kind of a fun site. It will tell you how common your first name is...

This site is really fun: it tells you " how many people " have your name (first and last) in the USA. By "how many people,...

Here's a kind of pointless article from Netscape News : It's about the richest people, and what their names are. The article implies...