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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.
Mon Dec 23 2013
2013 Baby Name Popularity: Latest reports from Scotland and more
We’re starting to get reports of the top names of 2013 from around the world. Lots of love for Jack, Sophie and Grace.
Wed Dec 11 2013
Best Starbaby Names of 2013: Scout, Sage and McCartney
Here are the Nameberry Picks of the best celebrity baby names of 2013–from Beatrix Belle to Valor.
Sun Dec 08 2013
Contagious: What makes a name catch on?
Wharton School Professor Jonah Berger has written a bestselling book analyzing why certain things catch on, and for Nameberry he now turns his attention to how this applies to baby names. Could be the weather.
Mon Dec 02 2013
New Babyberry Report for November: Ruby, Rory and Rowdy
A bumper crop of beautifully named babyberries arrived last month, from Alice to Alonzo, Vivienne to Viggo. Here’s the full Monthly Report.
Mon Nov 18 2013
40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Boys’ edition
Today we serve up 40+ unusual names for boys, all with the plus of honoring notable figures from the past–from Adlai to Lemon to Zebulon..
Thu Nov 14 2013
40+ Neglected Namesake Names–Girls Edition
Here are 40+ quirky, quaint girls’ name, all honoring worthy women of the past–from Albion and Alzina to Zelia and Zilpha.
Mon Nov 04 2013
Monthly Babyberry Report for October–Oslo, Ozias and Verona Mae
Here’s our new Monthly Report on the babyberries announced in October–Verona! Ozias! Olso!
Wed Oct 30 2013
Nameberry Picks: 14 jazziest jazz singers’ names
These legendary jazz singers definitely add some pizzazz to their names–we’re thinking Ella, Etta, Esperanza…and more…
Wed Oct 23 2013
Nickname Names: How did Henry get to Hank?
In which we try to unravel the sometimes circuitous paths taken by classic names to their nicknames, as in Charles to Chuck and Henry to Hank.
Tue Oct 22 2013
Same Name Syndrome–Jillions of Jens
Jennifer/Jen Kim has encountered dozens of other Jennifer/Jen Kims. So how does that make her feel? Do you have a super-popular name combo?