Stories, meaning, and craft behind the names we choose — from the makers of Namaya.
I’ve been writing about names long enough to watch a microtrend become a movement, and in 2026 that movement is unmistakable: Japanese names, carried by a global wave of anime and pop…
Every so often a whole region’s naming style catches the world’s attention, and right now that region is Scandinavia. Nordic names have a quality that’s hard to fake: they feel calm, clean,…
There is something wonderfully particular about British baby names. They manage to be both deeply traditional and quietly fashionable — a Florence here, an Oakley there, a flower name that somehow never…
There’s a particular kind of magic in the names that are climbing — not the ones already sitting comfortably at the top, but the ones surging up the charts with momentum behind…
Every January I brace myself for the same beautiful chaos: a new year of baby names, and a fresh wave of parents trying to make sense of it all. 2026 has not…
Ask ten people why they love a name and you will hear ten different reasons — but listen closely and three threads run through nearly all of them: how the name sounds,…
A name is the first gift we give, and the one a person carries longest. Before a child speaks, before they take a step, they already answer to a handful of sounds…
