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Articles by Linda Rosenkrantz
Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.
Wed Jun 04 2014
Babyberry Report for May: Hetty, Sullivan and Moon
An intriguing variety of birth announcements on Nameberry last month, from Amelie and Atticus to Roman and Ramona to Poet and Petra.
Sun Jun 01 2014
Literary Baby Names: A tribute to Maya Angelou
Erin Waldron honors the late Maya Angelou with a list of names relating to her life and writings.
Mon May 26 2014
The Today Show’s Savannah Guthrie’s Baby Name Musings
Expectant mom Savannah Guthrie muses on her own unusual name and why she won’t be announcing her baby’s name in advance. (And–ahem–just notice whose name book she’s perusing!)
Sun May 25 2014
SOS: Help name this Berry’s imminent girl twins asap!
Time to put our collective heads together and help your fellow Berry find the perfect names for Twin Girl A and Twin Girl B. She’s set out all her rules, possibilities and predilections.
Wed May 21 2014
Memorial Day Names 2014: 15 great Civil War hero names
Looking back on this Memorial Day to salute some of the historic, mostly heroic, Civil War generals–with names like Jubal, Zealous and Speed. Happy Memorial Day weekend!
Mon May 19 2014
2013 Baby Names: The state of the States’ popularity
Yes, Noah was Number 1 across the land, but only in top place in three states. And Aria, Serenity, Jace and Gavin were Top 10 names…somewhere. Here, some of the more surprising State statistics.
Thu May 15 2014
Pairing Up the Most Unpopular Names of the Past: Orange & Leafy
Arika Okrent takes a look at the lower depths of the pop lists from 1880 to 1932, and makes some fascinatingly eccentric finds, pairing them into such couples as Orange and Leafy, and Okey and Erie.
Wed May 07 2014
New Starbabies Born in April: Girls named Asa and Frankie, a boy named Tennessee
Thanks to CaraMichelle, the full list of celebrity babes born in April, to such high-profile parents as Drew Barrymore, Kerry Washington, Olivia Wilde, and Mike Myers.
Tue May 06 2014
The Numerology of Names: Another baby-naming tool
Using the Expression Numbers of Numerology can be yet another tool in helping to decide on your baby’s name. Berry Juice blogger Madelyn explains.
Tue May 06 2014
April Babyberries: Olin, Juniper and Effie
Here they are, the Babyberries announced on the Nameberry Birth Announcement forum during the month of April, from Effie to Seraphina to Zev. Congrats to all!