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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.
Tue Nov 06 2012
Todd and Troy, Keith and Kent: Can those old surfer-boy names resurface?
Wayne and Duane and Kent and Trent have been off on an extended surfin’ safari. Are we ready to welcome them back?
Mon Nov 05 2012
Letters, Spellings and Sounds: The Nameberry 9
The theme of this week’s newsiest names is distinctive letters and sounds–as in Thiago, Ajax and Zane.
Wed Oct 31 2012
Noble Names: Earls, Dukes, Kings and Queenies
Do aristocratic titles really make upscale names–or is it quite the opposite?
Wed Oct 24 2012
Aussie Names: Big there, not here
There are some interesting names used in Australia and unknown here–Jonty? Zali? Kirrily?
Mon Oct 22 2012
Classic Names: A trio of Theos
All names Theo are on the rise–Theodore and Theodora,Theo and Thea–and of course Theodore is the daddy of them all.
Sun Oct 14 2012
The Nameberry 9: Unusual but usable boys’names
What are this week’s newsiest names? They’re all on the blue team, they’re all mainstream, but they’re all somewhat off today’s radar–such as Dean.
Sun Oct 07 2012
Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9
This week’s newsiest names, from Bettina to Wilhelmina, Summer to Sybella.
Wed Oct 03 2012
Baby Names 2012: The third quarterly report of Nameberry newbies
The latest batch of new babyberry names–and more fantastic than ever!
Sun Sep 30 2012
Baby Name Backstories: Hidden meanings and secret significance
Sometimes a name can have deep but subtle significance that’s known only to the bestower, as shown in this week’s nine newsiest names.
Sat Sep 29 2012
Celebrity Babies: Reese Witherspoon’s boy Tennessee James
He wasn’t born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, but that’s the unusual name of Reese Witherspoon’s new little baby boy.