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Articles & Lists
Beyond the generators, we publish curated lists and guides on names, naming, and name-related topics. Whether you're looking for inspiration for a character, a baby, or a creative project, these articles dig deeper than the generators can.
Baby Names
Registered Baby Name Data 2025 Predictions: Our Forecast Top 100 for England and Wales
The full top 100, called before the ONS opens the envelope.
We forecast the complete 2025 top 100 baby names for England and Wales - Jessica out for the first time in four decades, Bonnie into her first-ever top ten, and a boys' list that refuses to change at all.
Updated: 5 June 2026
Britain's Most Endangered Names - Loved by Thousands, Given to Almost Nobody
The well-known names almost no one is naming their children.
Not one baby has been named Carol since 2021. Sharon managed fourteen in 2024. The names with hundreds of thousands of living bearers and almost none on the way - and the ones that came back from the dead.
Updated: 5 June 2026
Soft Cottagecore Girl Names: 30 Pressed-Flower Picks
Names that sound like pressed flowers and afternoon light.
Thirty soft, cottagecore-leaning girl names with origins, meanings, and notes on why each one earns its place.
Updated: 27 April 2026
General
Names with the Best Built-In Nicknames
Margaret has dozens. Alan has one.
Some names come pre-loaded with a dozen possible nicknames; others give you nothing to work with. I take a look at the names with the richest nickname families - and the surprises hidden in them.
Updated: 1st May 2026
Old-Fashioned Names Ready for a Comeback
Vintage names from the 1800s that feel fresh again - everything old becomes new eventually.
Victorian and pre-1900 names that haven't been popular since the 19th century but are perfectly positioned for a modern revival.
Updated: 29th April 2026
Writing & Poetry
Names That Scan: Iambic, Trochaic, Dactylic and Anapestic Names for Poems and School Projects
For poems, verse novels, and school projects that need a character whose name fits the metre.
Forty character names that scan in each of the four classical metres — iambic, trochaic, dactylic and anapestic — with a quick guide to spotting and using them.
Updated: 28 April 2026