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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.
Thu Jun 06 2013
Pregnancy Advice: Which foods to avoid–coffee? champagne? cheese??
Cheese? Coffee? Champagne? Shaun Dreisbach at Parents.com offers the final word on the foods that are okay and those you should avoid during pregnancy, with lots of info you probably didn’t know.
Wed Jun 05 2013
TV Baby Names: The current coolest characters
TV shows can sometimes provide creative inspiration–as in such current examples as Aria, Arya and Artemis.
Sun Jun 02 2013
Kate Middleton’s Surprise Birth Plan
Forget all the gossip–Patty Adams Martinez of parents.com reveals some of the hard facts and real possibilities concerning Kate Middleton’s royal birth plan. Will William be watching?
Wed May 22 2013
Memorable Memorial Day Names: Marcellus, Maxcy and Moonlight
For Memorial Day, we celebrate the names of gallant Civil War generals, from the Latinate Marcellus to the biblical Zebulon to word names like Strong and Speed and Zealous.
Wed May 15 2013
Baby Names 2012: The Best of the New
Of the new names to enter the Top 1000 of 2012, here are the Nameberry Picks of the most likely to succeed–from Azalea to Zahra.
Sun May 12 2013
A Letter to Jacob and Sophia
A Dad’s humorous hypothetical letter of apology to future bearers of the year’s most popular names, Sophia and Jacob.
Wed May 08 2013
Movie Character Baby Names: Woody Allen characters beyond Annie Hall
Woody Allen turns out to be a pretty decent baby name trend predictor in his choice of movie character names over the years.
Mon Apr 22 2013
Literary Baby Names: Happy Birthday, Mr. Shakespeare
Looking beyond Romeo and Juliet to find some more unusual Shakepearean baby names.
Wed Apr 17 2013
Biblical Baby Names: Why Noah now?
Why has Noah become the hot new biblical boys’ name?
Wed Apr 10 2013
Historic Baby Names: Mothers and Fathers of Invention
Historic baby names of great inventors — from Theophlius to Temple to Hedy Lamarr.