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The trendiest baby names for 2023

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The trendiest baby names for 2023

What’s old is about to be new again, according to the baby naming website Nameberry!

They predict that naming your daughter after your daughter after your great-grandfather will be hot in the new year.

Older man’s names for girls is starting to trend like Ira, Lenny, Ozzie, Rudy, Arlo, Clarke, Gene, Jasper, Ray, Murphy, Teddy and Lou!

Other trends they’re seeing:

Adjective names like Brave, Epic, Glorious, Icy, Sincere, Supreme and Powerful

“Game of Thrones”type names like Lysander, Octavius, Perseus and Valerian

Cowboy names like Abbott, Boone, Briggs, Dutton, Huck, Rhett and Tex

Four-letter names that end in the letter “i”  Gigi, Joni, Kiki, Leni, Nori and Mimi for girls…Ravi, Tavi, Indi and Ezri for boys

Names with the letter “x” like Bronx, Felix, Hendrix, Fox, Rex, Ajax and Jinx

Blue-green names like Emerald, Forest, Indigo and Ocean

Names that are so out of style, they’re cool again  Retro names like Eddie, Hank, Jeanie, Marcie, Sandy, Sonny, Ferris, Dustin and Todd

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