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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 Sep 14 2011
Question of the Week: Just how important is a name?
We’re here because we think names are important. But are they everything — or would a Bertha smell every bit as sweet as a Rose?
Mon Sep 12 2011
Baby Name News: Raden, Ransom, Revere and the rest of the Nameberry 9
You’ll find some names you may never have heard before in this week’s baby name news–Raden? Revere? Vox?
Fri Sep 09 2011
Unique Southern Names
Southern names have a distinctive charm all their own, and the novels and plays by its native sons and daughters native are chock full of them.
Tue Sep 06 2011
Baby Name News: Milo, London, and the rest of the Nameberry 9
The brewing Beyonce baby name question, Alyssa Milano’s pick, and other nameberry name news of the week.
Fri Sep 02 2011
Occupation names: A Labor Day celebration
From Baxter and Booker to Webster and Wheeler, a Labor Day salute to names that sometimes surprisingly reflect the laborers of the past.
Thu Sep 01 2011
Surname names: In defense of putting last names first
Which came first, the first name or the last? Today’s knowlegeable guest blogger unravels the complex intertwining of given and family names, putting Aubrey, Avery and Austin in their proper places.
Wed Aug 31 2011
Name Themes: Pro or con?
What do you think of families whose kids’ names all start with the same letter, or are a garden of flower names? Would or did you theme your children’s names?
Mon Aug 29 2011
Baby Name News: Georgia, Phayson, and the rest of the Nameberry 9
This week’s Nameberry 9: Why it’s good to be ahead of the name curve, which surprising celebrity is inspiring a new name craze, and whether it’s goodnight, Irene?
Fri Aug 26 2011
Baby Name Trends: Ha Ha names are nothing to laugh at!
Trend alert: Boyish girls’ names starting with the syllable ‘Ha’ have been popping up all over the place, as in Harper, Harley and Harlow.
Thu Aug 25 2011
Award-Winning Baby Names
How about an award name for your baby…Lola? Luna? Lulu? Abel? Ambrose?