Baby naming guides
Practical guides for parents in the USA, Europe and India: how to choose a name, local rules and customs, and what the latest rankings say.
How to choose a baby name: 10 practical steps
A step-by-step guide to choosing a baby name: meaning, sound, initials, family traditions, popularity, spelling and the legal checks parents in the USA, Europe and India should make.
Baby naming in the USA: trends, birth certificates and what to know
How baby naming works in the United States: how names are registered, how the Social Security ranking is made, current trends, middle names, suffixes and what to check before you decide.
Baby naming in Europe: rules and customs country by country
How naming works in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the Nordic countries: which names registries can refuse, what customs apply and what the latest rankings show.
Baby naming in India: Namakarana, birth stars and regional customs
A guide to Indian baby-naming traditions: the Namakarana ceremony, choosing a name by birth star (nakshatra), customs in Tamil, Bengali, Sikh, Muslim and Christian families, and registering the name.
Tamil baby naming traditions: initials, deities and pure Tamil names
How Tamil families choose baby names: the role of initials, naming after grandparents, names from Murugan and the Goddess, nature and literature names, and the pure Tamil names movement.