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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 Nov 02 2011
Extreme Baby Names: One you love but are afraid to use?
Is there a name or names that you really love, but think might just be too extreme to actually give to your child?
Tue Nov 01 2011
Classic Boys’ Names: Let’s hear it for Henry!
Why do we say hooray for Henry? Because it’s classic yet quirky, popular yet not epidemically so, with a rich historical and literary background.
Mon Oct 31 2011
Boys’ Names: Nameberry’s newsiest boys’ names this week
From Dusk to Knight, Ajax to Finnick–some truly unusual and intriguing names in this week’s boys-only edition of the Nameberry Nine.
Tue Oct 25 2011
Sibsets: Is their importance overblown?
Do the names of your kids all have to be similar in style or can they be more mix and match?
Mon Oct 24 2011
Nameberry’s Newsiest Names of the Week—plus a giveaway!
The new First Baby of France, other celebrity babies named Genesis and Nolan, are all players in this week’s Nameberry 9–plus a bonus, personalized giveaway!
Thu Oct 20 2011
Creative Baby Names: Art World starbabies
Rock stars have nothing on fine artists when it comes to extreme baby naming, as in Wayne Thibault’s daughter Twinka and Donald Judd’s son Flavin Starbuck.
Wed Oct 19 2011
W-Names: Where’s Waldo?
A windfall of W-names seems to be wafting though the air–both oldies like Weston and Winifred, and nouveaus like West and Wren.
Mon Oct 17 2011
The Nameberry 9: A girl named Arlo and a boy named Drummer
This week Abby Sandel’s Nameberry 9 includes blogger kids’ names like Coraline and Drummer, the latest starbabies–and some thoughts on baby name remorse.
Mon Oct 10 2011
Cowboy Baby Names: This week’s Nameberry 9
Buckaroo boys feature in this week’s rundown of the Nameberry 9 newsiest names, including frontier starbabies Weston, Colt and Boone McCoy.
Thu Oct 06 2011
Popular baby names: The case for the common name
Do you really have to shy away from an uber-popular name? Today’s guest blogger makes the case for the common name.