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Celebrity Baby Names: James Van Der Beek’s New Daughter
James Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly welcomed their third child—a daughter—earlier this week. Joining big sister Olivia and big brother Joshua is brand new baby Annabel. Annabel is a bit more...
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How I Met Your Mother: What’s the Mother’s Name?
How I Met Your Mother is finally wrapping after 9 years of the exploits of Ted, Barney, Robin, Lily and Marshall—all in the pursuit of Ted’s legen-(wait for it)-DARY true love. And we’ve finally met...
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Celebrity Baby Names: John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s Daughter
It’s a girl for former Office star John Krasiniski and his wife, actress Emily Blunt. And they picked a pretty old-fashioned name that’s making a comeback: Hazel. Hazel was a red-hot name back in the...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Two Offbeat Choices for Boys, One Classic for a Girl
Three actors welcomed brand new babies this week—Jason Biggs (from American Pie and Orange is the New Black) and wife, writer Jenny Mollen; Frozen star Josh Gad and wife Ida Darvish; and actress Teresa...
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Cool Name of the Week: Emmet
The Lego Movie has now replaced Frozen as the movie du jour in my house—and apparently in just about every house in the U.S., as the movie has now grossed $183.2 million in the U.S. (And my girls keep...
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International Baby Names: The Best From the British
British baby name lists always have some cool trends to consider as you’re picking your baby’s moniker. When we last checked into the tops of the British charts, they had some pretty cool trends going...
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Oscar-Worthy Baby Names
Break out the champagne and the fancy hors d’oeuvres—today’s my version of the Superbowl, the Oscars. While the number of nominated films I get to see (at least in the non-animated categories) has...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Rosie Pope’s New Daughter
It’s a girl for Parents contributor (and Pregnant in Heels star) Rosie Pope! Joining siblings Vivienne, Wells and James is daughter Bridget Monroe. Bridget is a top 500 name here in the U.S., and it...
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How Creative Baby Name Spellings Mess With the Popularity Statistics
Whether you name your baby Addison or Adysyn, it all adds up to the same name. But unfortunately, baby name statistics don’t combine all those spellings when they determine the top 20 names—and so you...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Scott Wolf’s New Daughter
Party of Five star Scott Wolf added a daughter to his family’s party of five! He and wife Kelley welcomed their first daughter, Lucy Marie, who joins big brothers Miller William and Jackson Kayse. Lucy...
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Cool Name of the Week: Hazel
Finding time to read isn’t always easy with kids—and so I’m just now getting around to reading The Fault in Our Stars, John Green’s masterful story about the romance between two kids who just happen to...
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Baby Name Dilemma: Something “Green”
I always love when there’s a story behind a chosen name—and reader Kara’s looking for another name that has personal meaning. Here’s her dilemma: We are currently expecting our 4th child. My maiden...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Kelly Clarkson’s New Daughter
It’s a girl for first-time mom Kelly Clarkson and husband Brandon Blackstock. And they gave her daughter a very nature-themed baby name: River Rose. River used to be considered a more male baby name,...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Jenna Fischer’s New Daughter
Office star Jenna Fischer welcomed her second child with husband Lee Kirk. Joining big brother Weston Lee is little sister Harper Marie. (I’m sensing that Jenna and Lee love surname names—don’t you?)...
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What Names Will Be Red-Hot in 2014? Think Frozen!
We called it! Back when the Frozen juggernaut started, we came up with a list of wearable baby names from the blockbuster. And now, some of our fellow baby-name sites are already seeing that Elsa, Anna...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Kenan Thompson’s New Daughter
It’s a baby girl for SNL comedian Kenan Thompson and Christina Evangeline. The couple welcomed their first daughter on Friday, and named her Georgia Marie. Georgia is a place name, but it’s also a...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Two Survivor Winners Score Their Fourth Daughter
It’s a girl—again!–for Survivor winners Rob and Amber Mariano, who welcomed their fourth daughter on June 20th. Joining big sisters Lucia, Carina and Izabetta is Adelina Rose. Adelina is, of course, a...
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The Most Buzzed About Baby Names of 2014 (So Far)…
So, our friends over at Nameberry crunched their numbers as to what names topped their searches and views for the first half of 2014, and it’s clear that baby namers are looking for something fresh in...
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Celebrity Baby Names: Kelsey Grammer’s Son
It’s a boy for Kelsey Grammer and wife Kayte! Joining Grammer’s four children from previous relationships—Spencer, Greer, Mason, and Jude—and big sister Faith Evangeline Elisa is Kelsey Gabriel Elias,...
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Cool Name of the Week: Lucy
This week’s box office was a battle between two potential baby names—and Lucy was the clear winner. The thriller, which stars Scarlett Johansson as a woman who can utilize the entire potential of her...
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