Baby Names
Want to name your son 'King'? You'll get a royal telling-off
Sorry, you can't name your child Messiah, Saint or even Prince.
Teen paying her way through uni by naming 900,000 Chinese babies
Beau Jessup is not your typical British teen. The 19-year-old is making hundreds of thousands of dollars and funding her way through a B.Sc. Social Anthropology by coming up with 'culturally… Audio
Eyebrows raised over top Maori baby names
The top Maori girls name Mia has raised eyebrows over whether it can be classified a Maori name, with one reo expert saying that a number of the names could be from different cultural origins. A Maori… Audio
Story of the day for 21 December 2018
The website Nameberry has predicted the top baby name trends for next year. Audio
Huggies removes inappropriate Māori names from website
Huggies, the multinational company known mostly for making nappies, has removed an online list of Māori baby names after several complaints from a Māori cultural adviser, Karaitiana Taiuru, that they… Audio
PM gifted baby’s name during Ratana visit
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern received a warm welcome at Ratana today, where she was gifted a name for her baby. Mihingarangi Forbes reports. Video, Audio
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The roll call of rejected birth names in 2016 included Severe Judge, Dr and the forward-slash symbol.
Olivia and Oliver top names for 2015
If you know a baby named Olivia or Oliver it's not that surprising. They were the top baby names for 2015. Audio
Baby names beginning with Z are in
Around 65 thousand babies were born in New Zealand last year and according to the latest top ten, the perennial favourites - Charlotte, Olivia, Oliver, Jack and James, all features once again. Audio