Name Advice

Once again we’ve got our minds on royal baby names! In Sunday night’s dramatic interview with Oprah, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they will have a baby girl this summer. Harry and Meghan’s daughter will join older brother Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, whose name announcement was a shock to us all. While we […]

With all the craziness involved in having a baby (fertility, adoption, pregnancy, surrogacy, tests, complications, birth plans, labor, delivery…), one piece new parents have control over is the baby’s name. A name is the stamp a parent places on that fresh newborn to say, “This is who you are,” or, “This is who I want […]

I am completely fascinated by trends, by their inevitability and their power to wholly captivate us, and equally, by people’s strong resistance to them. While we all follow them, we don’t dare admit to it. The idea is that following trends is somehow bad.  The truth is that trends are unavoidable. They follow a natural […]

If you’re searching for a baby name, you know there’s no shortage of inspiration online. The modern parent’s desire to pick a name that stands out rather than fits in has led to an anything-goes naming culture. We’re bombarded with options. But having more choice actually makes decision making harder. We can’t possibly know it […]

Dear Ava to Zeke, I need some help. My husband and I are planning to give our daughter my [paternal] grandmother’s name as a middle name. The problem is, my mom hates it! My parents are divorced, and she doesn’t understand why we aren’t using her mother’s name instead. What can I do? We don’t […]

We’re counting down the days to the birth of Baby Sussex. The name and sex of the baby are secret for now, but that doesn’t stop the world from speculating, or us from dreaming. British bookmaker William Hill revealed that there has been an increase of bets on the names Diana and Victoria (Harry’s mother […]

Choosing a baby name involves much more than simply knowing what we like. It’s a shopping trip where we can only buy one thing and it has to last forever. But when we’re flooded with options and can “add to cart” without consequence, what may seem perfect in an early rush of excitement might not […]