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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.
Wed May 23 2012
Celebrity Names: But some of their birth names were so much better!
Writer Anne Rice was a baby girl named Howard, Gene ‘Kiss’ Simmons started out as Chaim Weitz. Minnie Driver was Amelia. Should they have stuck with their original names?
Mon May 21 2012
Local Baby Names: What’s in in Indiana?
Ryker is up in Utah, William is a winner throughout the South — what’s hottest in YOUR neck of the baby name woods?
Sun May 20 2012
The Nameberry 9: Names with potential, from Adeline to Castle to Winslet
The names in the news this week include some intriguing newbies that might just catch on. What do you think?
Wed May 16 2012
New Baby Names: Debuts on the pop list, from Aleph to Zephyrus
Sifting through all the first-time names on the extended Social Security list, we’ve found a few gems, such as Plum, Rooney, Valencio and Eames.
Mon May 14 2012
Popular Baby Names: Tops of the un-pops
Did you find your favorite too high on the new popularity list? Here are lots of great choices that didn’t appear at all!
Mon May 07 2012
International Faves: Top names across the globe
Any minute now, we’ll have the new list of top names in the US, but how about other countries? Here, some of the leading choices in places from Austria to Australia to Argentina.
Sun May 06 2012
Retro Baby Names: Dorothy, Gloria, Maxine and Estelle, the latest comeback kids
Estelle? Maxine? Gloria? Some unlikely blasts from the past made baby name news this week.
Wed May 02 2012
Political Names: Which ones would you vote for?
A slate of political picks ranging from the historic Lincoln to current candidates to word names like Chad.
Sun Apr 29 2012
The Nameberry 9: The baby name generation gap
So the father of Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom and Little Pixie doesn’t approve of his new grandson’s name. What chance do the rest of us have?
Wed Apr 25 2012
Golden Names: 24-karat names
From Aurelius to Orla to Zorina to Goldie itself, these names all give off a golden glow.