Name Lists

With Disney’s live-action take on its animated classic, The Little Mermaid, out this year, mermaidcore has broken through to the surface and is having its day in the sun. While mermaids will never go out of style, especially for the little ones, adults can fully embrace all things magical and marine, and that includes baby […]

The Cottagecore trend of the past year has company! Netflix’s Bridgerton has almost single-handedly introduced a new aesthetic, Regencycore, that has the fashion and design worlds buzzing. And we’ve seen the “Bridgerton effect” on names as well: Our Regency Romance Character Names list got some serious traction shortly after the first season of the show […]

Meaning: wondrous; of wondrous beauty Origin: Latin Current Popularity: Not currently ranked in the U.S. This musical-sounding name has gone under the radar for too long. So we can’t help but be pleased to find it getting a bit more attention now that the light of the Mouse has shone its spotlight upon it. Mirabel […]

Two hundred and five years after her death, Jane Austen is still one of the most popular and beloved authors in the world. Her books remain bestsellers, with film adaptation after adaptation made or in the works, spin-off novels, and retellings. A whole subset of fiction—regency romance—is inspired by her novels, with plenty more to […]

Name: Winter Meaning: The season; winter Origin: English Current Popularity: #315 Today is the solstice, the first day official day of winter in the northern hemisphere. What better name to feature than unisex Winter? Of the “season” names, it’s only the third most popular after Summer and Autumn. Nickname Potential: Win/Wynn, Winnie Associations: The winter […]

It’s May the fourth, and you know what that means: It’s Star Wars Day! We’re celebrating by sharing some of our favorite Star Wars name lists that we’ve done in the past. But that’s not all! We’re also going to add in some new names from a Galaxy Far, Far Away as well as doing […]

Cottagecore is billowing dresses and fields of wildflowers. It’s cozy stone homes with an English garden and a bicycle propped up under an open kitchen window. The pastoral aesthetic that reigned in 2020 is holding strong in 2021 as many are still working from home and craving comfort above all. Cottagecore is based on a […]

Today’s Thanksgiving! And while it might not look like Thanksgivings past, we’re using today to embrace the “better, not more” philosophy. Sure there will be fewer people around the table, but that’s just a challenge to dive deeper into conversations with our closest loved ones and enjoy the beauty and flavors of the season. For […]

We’re just coming off of Labor Day weekend, a time when we recognize the contributions of American workers. While the purpose of the holiday has been largely overshadowed by backyard BBQs and online shopping, we’re looking to the origins of Labor Day for this work-inspired name list. A subgroup of the ever-so-popular “last names as […]

Baking is almost as old as cooking itself, and in these strange times, people all over the globe have turned to home baking in a way they haven’t since the advent of commercial bakeries. From nurturing (and naming!) their sourdough starters to learning how to make fancy confections, this old cooking craft is finding new […]