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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.
Sun Apr 06 2014
Parentology: What’s not in a name? E is for…?
In his attention-attracting and somewhat controversial book, “Parentology,” Dalton Conley talks about how and why he gave his children such unusual names, and here’s an excerpt on that subject. How far out would you be willing to go and what do you think of his theories?
Tue Apr 01 2014
Baby Name Choice: Ryder– A name ahead of its time
Guest blogger Gay Cioffi devised her own strategy for narrowing down the infinite number of baby name choices–and the result was a name that proved to be ahead of its time.
Mon Mar 31 2014
Baby Name News: March Babyberry Report–Elsbeth, Ernest & Escher
Wow! Some of our most creative names yet, from Dulcinea Tesla to Gable Juliette to Escher Reed Willem; and yet still–the two most popular Berrybaby names for March were the classic Jack and Peter.
Tue Mar 25 2014
Baby Name Choice: Second thoughts on Laszlo?
Time magazine columnist Joel Stein thinks back on the decision of his boy’s name: Where does it stand now for him, his wife, and Laszlo himself?
Mon Mar 24 2014
Norwegian Baby Names: Happy (belated) Birthday, Henrik Ibsen!
An interesting and varied selection of Scandinavian names can be found in the cast lists of the plays of classic Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, from Asta to Torvald.
Mon Mar 03 2014
February Babyberries: Our newest arrivals, from Arthur and Adelaide to Wynne
The February Babyberry Report includes a Cecily and a Cormac, an Enid and an Ezeriah, plus two sets of twins.
Mon Feb 24 2014
Baby Name Trendlet: Ev-starting names from Eve to Ever to Everest
Ev- names are everywhere, it seems, from classics Eve and Eva to contempos Everleigh and Everest. We’d call it a total trendlet.
Wed Feb 19 2014
Literary Baby Names: 77 Quirky Characters from 20th Century Lit
Why invent a unique baby name when some modern author may have already done it for you? Here are dozens of quirky literary character names, from Amaryllis to Zazie, Athens to Zoyd.
Wed Feb 12 2014
Presidents’ Day Names: The mighty middles–Quincy, Knox and Gamaliel
In-between the well known and well used first and last names of the US Presidents, are some more subtly suggestive middles that could provide Presidents’ Day inspiration.
Mon Feb 03 2014
New Babyberry Report for January: Moses, Maren & Matilda
Three sets of twins in the January babyberry report–and some especially cool middles–Idris, Loyal, Florian and Noor.