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Articles by Linda Rosenkrantz

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 Feb 09 2012

The Florodora Girls: Cora, Dora, Flora & Nora

A chorus line of sweet but spunky vintage girls’ names that are now rehearsing for their return to the stage.
Tue Feb 07 2012

Literary Names: Salinger names beyond Franny and Zooey

Holden has become a hot baby name 60 years after he was introduced in Catcher in the Rye. What other Salinger names might provide inspiration?
Mon Feb 06 2012

The Nameberry Nine: Football, Facebook, fiction

This week’s names in the news include Superbowl names, a name picked on a Facebook poll, a bloggerbaby, and some upcoming TV character names, plus a surprising future starbaby choice.
Thu Feb 02 2012

Patron Saints: Guardians for your little angel

Names of patron saints that could protect your little ice skater or Girl Scout against everything from earaches to sore throats to whooping cough.
Mon Jan 30 2012

Celebrity Baby Names: From Sundance and beyond

New names from celebrity birth announcements and from forthcoming films screened at Sundance star as this week’s Nameberry Nine.
Mon Jan 23 2012

Gender-Neutral Names: The line continues to blur

Do you prefer a clear-cut boy or girl name like James or Alice, or something more shaded? The debate goes on.
Thu Jan 19 2012

Golden Globe Names: Winners on the Red Carpet

The Name Police investigate the Golden Globe-winning movies and TV shows for the most likely suspects to succeed.
Wed Jan 04 2012

Baby Names of 1912: Hester, Chester & Sylvester

There’s a Hundred-Year Rule in baby names, which Ava and Austin and Amelia have already obeyed by coming back into favor. Which will be the next century-old appellations to reemerge?
Tue Jan 03 2012

Nameberry Names: The latest batch of babyberries

We’re pleased to present our final 2011 Quarterly Report on the latest beautifully named babyberries.
Mon Jan 02 2012

The Nameberry 9: There’s more than one Number 1

What was the most popular name of the year? It all depends where you were. Could be Macie, could be Mia.