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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 Jul 22 2012
The Nameberry 9: Sherlock, Selina and Joan
Will Mary and/or Joan make a comeback? Will Arrow and/or Dixon catch on? All these are names found in this week’s baby name news.
Wed Jul 18 2012
Space Names: The Men on the Moon
We’re celebrating the anniversary of the first moon landing with the spacey names of astronauts and space missions.
Mon Jul 16 2012
Animal Names: Cool bear baby names beyond Paddington and Pooh
Some favorite fictional bears have had surprisingly human names, from Mabel to Duffy.
Sun Jul 15 2012
Gorgeous Girls’ Names: This week’s Nameberry 9
Evangeline, Ottoline, Penelope, Charlotte–celebs have gone all Nameberry in their choices this week.
Tue Jul 10 2012
Unusual Baby Names: Hiding in plain sight
You say you want unique? Well, the writers of a forthcoming book offer some names you won’t find anywhere else.
Sun Jul 08 2012
The Nameberry 9: From Noah to Sabbath, normal to neo
Are you a play-it-safe baby namer or an adventurer? Go for a classic or something out of the ordinary?
Wed Jul 04 2012
Newest Babyberries: The quarterly report
Get ready for a brimming basketful of the names of babyberries born in the past three months–our Quarterly Report, Including a girl named Bennett and a boy called Hawthorne.
Wed Jul 04 2012
Patriotic Baby Names: 4th of July revolutionary picks
For the Fourth–some interesting American Revolution-era hero names–Mercy, Artemas, Crispus, Salem, Button, and more.
Mon Jul 02 2012
99th Tour de France Names: They’re off and running!
The international roster of the Tour de France starters provides a wide-ranging source of name possibilities.
Sun Jul 01 2012
Boys’ Names: This week’s newsiest picks, from Barnaby to Jasper to Ned
This week’s nine newsiest boys’ names–including Barnaby and Brooks, Jasper and Jem.