NAME OF THE DAY: Justus

🌟Miss USA 2026 was recently 👑crowned and the winner was the impressive 👌🏾: 👸🏽Justus Kelley from Virginia.  

But the name 📛Justus is actually a masculine name (and not to be mistaken for the similar sounding 📛⚖️Justice). 😯 Behind The Name says 📛Justus is, "is a Latin name meaning: just, lawful, upright. This name was borne by at least eight saints (e.g. 😇Saint Justus of Canterbury)." 

📛Nameberry🍒 describes 📛Justus as, "More unusual than Justin, less word-like than Justice, this New Testament name could make an intriguing choice. After being off the popularity lists from 1904 to 1993, it is now being used in steady numbers. As of September 2026, Justus ranked 📈#1952 in US births in 2025 [according to SSA], peaked at 📈#589 in 1880."

A variant of it is the peculiar: 📛Iustus. 🦄

The Lithuanian form is: 📛Justas — masculine even though it sounds feminine. 🤔

The feminine form of Justus BTN points out is: 📛Justa. 🥰

📛NB🍒  says, "Justus ⬆️peaked for girls at 📈#2810 in 1995. As of September 2026, Justus ranked 📉#12501 in US births in 2025 [according to SSA]."

📍California and 📍Vermont are where the most Justuses live, including 📍Texas. 

I love the name 📛Justus (although it's not a alternative of 📛⚖️Justice (one of my favorite names), I can't not see it as an extension of it 🤷🏽‍♀️). I like it for a girl 💓 but... I like it just a little more for a boy. 💙 But I would definitely use 📛⚖️Justice for a girl over 📛Justus — or go with the feminine form: 📛Justa (which is too cute!). 

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛JUSTUSES:

📛Justus Sheffield ⚾ (pro. baseball player)

📛Justus Pickett 👨🏽 (model)

📛Justus Bennetts 🎤 (singer)

📛Justus Frantz 🎹 (pianist)

📛Justus Von Liebig 🧪 (chemist)

📛😇St. Justus of Beauvais 

📛😇St. Justus of Lyons 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Justus:
https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/J/JU/JUSTUS/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Justus: 👍 OR  💓 💓 💓💓💙💙💙💙💙💙/ 10  

What’s better than two Taylor Lautners? Three. The Lautners give daughter their name!

Taylor Lautner (aka 🐺Jacob Black from the 🧛‍♂️Twilight movies📽️) and his wife, 👩‍⚕️nurse Taylor Lautner (yes, they have the same name! 😮 Well, after she married Lautner. Before becoming his wife, her birth name was Taylor Dome. But she goes by Tay Lautner to avoid confusion with her husband's name. 😅) welcomed their first child together, a daughter they just had to name... of course their name! 🥳

The only catch is... they gave 📛Lennon (their baby's first name which is an Irish name meaning: lover), 📛Taylor (an English occupational name meaning: tailor) as her middle name. 👌🏾This does make more sense and is less confusing — imagine if all three family members were named Taylor Lautner?!? 🫨 

On the joint Instagram post in which the Lautner's announced their daughter's perfect middle name, someone commented: 3 Taylor Lautners would be too powerful

Now I'm not crazy about either name 📛Lennon (too boyish but I do like the little nickname 📛Lenny) or 📛Taylor (too plain) honestly... 🤷🏾‍♀️ but I love 🥰 📛Taylor for their family unit. 👩‍👨🏻‍👧🏻 It just is too cute 😊 all three ✔✔✔ have the same name. I think if they have a second child they will more than likely have started a tradition of the middle name of their children being 📛Taylor, and that's pretty sweet. 

So to answer the Taylor Lautner's pregnancy announcement IG post question way back in March:

Clearly three 📛Taylors in one family are not a crowd! 😄

📌ABCs ON THE NAME 📛Lennon:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/L/LE/LENNON/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Lennon:👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓/10 

📌ABCs ON THE NAME 📛Taylor:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/T/TA/TAYLOR/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Taylor: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓/10 

NAME OF THE DAY: Fallyn

Happy Fall!🍂 Today is the first day of the autumnal equinox aka Autumn — so I will be discussing a name that can be 🍂Fall inspired: 📛Fallyn🍁

📛Fallyn🍁 "appears to blend elements of traditional  Irish surnames like Fallon (meaning 'leader' or 'superiority') with the popular '-lyn' ending found in names like Brooklyn and Evelyn. This creative combination gives the name both Celtic roots and contemporary style," 📛Nameberry🍒 explains. "Fallyn🍁"evokes images of autumn through its phonetic similarity to 'falling,' perhaps suggesting the grace of falling 🍂 leaves. The name has gained moderate recognition since the early 2000s, appealing to parents seeking something distinctive yet easy to pronounce. Its relatively rare status makes it stand out while still sounding familiar enough to be accessible. The name carries a sense of natural beauty and gentle strength that resonates with modern naming preferences. Fallyn🍁 is a modern feminine name with an enchanting quality," 📛NB🍒 goes on to say.

Behind The Name states 📛Fallyn🍁 is a variant of Fallon (from an Irish surname that was an Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic Ó Fallamháin, itself derived from the given name Fallamhán meaning "leader". It was popularized in the 1980s by a character on the soap opera Dynasty.).

📛Fallyn🍁is pronounced 👍🏾: 🔊https://www.ask-oracle.com/baby-name/fallyn/ 

However, another pronunciation is👎🏾: 🔊https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjwThMDpqIA 

📍Connecticut and 📍Delaware are the two states where the most 📛Fallyns🍁reside.🏡

I really love 😍the name 📛Fallyn🍁 almost as much as I love 📛Autumn. I think it's a really unique, gorgeous name (giving 🧚fairy tale 📖 vibes✨) — although it is a bit of a sad 😢 name seeing it as the word: 'falling or fallen.' But I even love 🥰 the nickname: 📛Fall🍂. 🙋🏾‍♀️ I think at some point in time, this hidden 🫣 gem 💎 of a name 📛Fallyn🍁 will 📈rise on the 📛name charts 📊 and be an alternative choice 🤞🏾 to timeless 📛Autumn. 

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Fallyn🍁:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/F/FA/FALLYN/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Fallyn🍁: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓/10

CELEBRITY BABY NAME REVEAL: Rose Bean

🎤Singer Lady Gaga released the name of her first 👶child, a girl: 📛🌹Rose Bean🫘💗

Being how eccentric 🦄 Gaga is as an artist, I was not expecting her to name her daughter something so traditional and safe as: 🌹Rose — Jelly Bean I can see more. 😄

📛Bean🫘 is 🌹Rose's middle however and it, "likely comes from activist Carl Bean, who inspired Gaga’s song “Born This Way." 

🌹Rose's first name is said to be, "inspired by the song “La Vie En Rose🌹,” which Gaga has performed numerous times in her career, including in her 2018 Oscar-winning movie, ⭐A Star Is Born."

🌹Rose is "derived from the Latin rosa, which referred to the flower. There is also evidence to suggest it was a Norman variation of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis, meaning "famous type," and also Hros, "horse". In Old English it was translated as Roese and Rohese," 📛Nameberry🍒 says. 

On the history of 🌹Rose as a first name, "🌹Rose reached its highest point from 1896 to 1921, the early heyday of flower names, when it was in the Top 20, though it had been in use for centuries before." 📛NB🍒 goes on describing🌹Rose as, "one of the old-time sweet-smelling flower names, has had a remarkable revival—first of all as a middle name—with parents (e.g., Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck, Jon Stewart, Eric Clapton, Ewan McGregor) finding 🌹Rose to be the perfect connective, with more color and charm than old standbys like Sue and Ann. At this point in time, though, some parents are finding there are too many roses in the middle spot of the garden."

Not for Lady Gaga (born 📛Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta in Manhattan, 🗽NY.📍New York is the state where the most 🌹Roses live, along with 📍California🌞). I really like the name📛🌹Rose because it's one of my favorite 🎥movie's (🚢Titanic ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) main character's name. 👌🏾🌹Rose is a ✔️classic name and it's ✔️beautiful (but I admit 🙋🏾‍♀️: I like it more as a middle name. I also find it more "mature" than pretty 🌹Rosa or cutesy 🌹Rosie). 📛Bean🫘 on the other hand... I am not a fan of. 🤷🏾‍♀️ In the words of Gaga herself, 🎶"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)." 🤐 

📌ABCs ON THE NAME 📛🌹Rose:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RO/ROSE/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛🌹Rose: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓/10 

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Bean🫘: 👎 OR 🤎/10 

📌Check out 📛name blog Appellation ⛰️Mountain's 📄piece on🌹Rose Bean🫘➡️Names in the News 9.20.26: Meaningful Rose Bean

Baby Name Trends 2027: Curated by Nameberry

📛Nameberry🍒 has given 📛name 🤓nerds a sneak peek🫣 into the names that will define ⏩2027. 🥳 This is done using📛NB🍒 new predictive tool: The Berry Trend Model which projects popularity curves and predicts name rankings through the year 2040. 📛NB🍒 pored over 2027 forecasts and pulled out the sharpest, newest, and most relevant trends for the year ahead.

📛NB🍒editor-in-chief Sophie Kihm predicts that in 2027, "baby name trends 2027 go to extremes. This year, more is more. Excess is in the air. Parents are directing this maximalization energy toward baby names. In 2027, parents won’t settle for less than the best name — whether that means the most unique, personally meaningful, or historic name out there. When they can’t find a name that lives up to their ambitions, they’ll create one themselves."

Here are📛Nameberry🍒's 🔝top 🔟10 trends for 👶baby 📛names 2027: 

1. Namemaxxing

After a year of society "maxxing" everything — looks, fiber, even whimsy — the trend is coming for baby names. Parents are blending pieces of two beloved names into something new that still carries the essence of both (think: Maeve + Avery = Mavery).

Namemaxxed Names

Ailanys, Ezrael, Krishiv, Leovanni, Liliette, Mavery, Santiel, Soleia, Winslie, Xavien

2. Odyssey Names

Nolan's hit film The Odyssey is fueling the next mythology name wave. Parents are going beyond Athena and Apollo toward names like Pallas, Perseus, and a reconsidered Helen and Homer.

Odyssey Names

Ajax, Calypso, Castor, Circe, Dionysus, Helen, Homer, Odyssey, Pallas, Perseus

3. Moonstruck Names

Ailany recently usurped Luna as the top lunar name, and moon names with roots in Turkish, Sanskrit, and Arabic are following close behind. Moon itself is also rising, especially as a middle name.

Moonstruck Names

Ailany, Elara, Esmeray, Luan, Moon, Phoebe, Rhiannon, Sahari, Selene, Siya

4. World Cup Names

The North American-set World Cup attracted more American attention than ever, and that's translating into baby names. Breakout star Lamine Yamal will popularize his names, while other player names will get a boost from newfound global familiarity.

World Cup Names

Enzo, Florian, Gavi, Haaland, Jude, Kylian, Lamine, Lautaro, Rodri, Yamal

5. Omi Names

As -lani names plateau, the -omi suffix is poised to take over — appealing across cultures with roots in Japanese, Yoruba, Hebrew, and beyond. Expect both authentic names and inventive new spins, led by trendier-than-ever Romi.

Omi Names

Ayomi, Kyomi, Layomi, Myomi, Nomi, Nyomi, Romi, Saiomi, Tomi, Zyomi

6. Medieval Names

Conjuring saints, Arthurian legend, and medieval poetry, these multisyllabic, consonant-heavy names stand apart from today's melodic mini-names. Still an acquired taste, they're set to charm more parents in 2027.

Medieval Names

Agnes, Archibald, Clement, Emeric, Joan, Luther, Maude, Oswald, Sybil, Winifred

7. Opulent Names

Parents are embracing names with unabashed ties to money, like Goldyn, Banks, and Midas. It's a reflection of our "greed is good" moment, amplified by social media's democratization of luxury and a hot stock market.

Opulent Names

Banks, Cashmere, Charm, Golden, Hampton, Luxton, Midas, Monaco, Teller, Trust

8. Coastal Baby Names

Names that evoke tide waters, windswept dunes, and rocky seashores are more popular than ever — from simple nature picks like Cove to inventive spins like Clifton.

Coastal Baby Names

Clifton, Coast, Cove, Fisher, Harbor, Mar, Reef, Rocky, Tide, Weller

9. 1890s Nicknames

Every era has its signature suffix — ahem, 2010s -den boys — and 2027 is bringing back 1890s-style -ie nickname names like Annie and Archie. Even modern picks are getting the treatment, like "name-ified" words and softened boy names for girls.

1890s Nicknames

Annie, Archie, Bennie, Ernie, Goldie, Lettie, Ozzie, Scottie, Storie, Vallie

10. European Place Names

Parents are trading traditional family names for city and country namesakes as a way to claim heritage or commemorate meaningful travels. Even Odessa — which fell in popularity at the beginning of the war in Ukraine — is now on the rise as a personally meaningful and patriotic choice.

European Place Names

Avila, Florence, Lyon, Marbella, Odessa, Oslo, Rhodes, Rome, Valencia, Vienna

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☔IRN📛's 🗣️Take: "The name trend I'm most impressed with is Namemaxxing because I love a brand new name / a creative spin on old names (📛Leovanni &📛Soleia I 🩷). I like that Greek names are trending since most Greek names are timeless (📛Homer & 📛Helen I 🩷). Moonstruck names are out of this world (📛Moon & 📛Selene I 🩷). Medieval names are cool but a bit boring (📛Luther & 📛Agnes I 🩷). Opulent "too much" names (📛Charm & 📛Golden I 🩷) I love as much as calm Coastal names (📛Clifton & 📛Coast I 🩷). 1890s names are again, cool but boring (📛Archie & 📛Storie I 🩷).  And I love a good place name and Europe has many beautiful cities which can translate into beautiful names (📛Lyon & 📛Odessa I 🩷)."