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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.

Tue Feb 12 2019

Boy Baby Names: 50 sweetest sweet-spot names

Here are 50 boy names that fall in to the sweet spot of fitting in, yet standing out.

Mon Feb 11 2019

Your Most Surprising Future Top Baby Names?

What unlikely baby name do you have a hunch will shoot up the charts?

Sun Feb 10 2019

Black History Names: Amazing Women Athletes

Black History Month name inspiration from some amazing women athletes!

Mon Feb 04 2019

Beautifully Named January Berrybabes!

A girl and a boy both named Kit, beautifully named boy twins and more on this month’s Berrybaby report!

Sun Jan 27 2019

What Uncommon Names Do You Hear a Lot?

Our Question of the Week: What supposedly common names do you never hear? And the reverse: What supposedly rare names do you hear a lot?

Mon Jan 21 2019

Celebrity Baby Names: Hanson Baby #6

We’re delighted that our favorite celebrity baby namer-NB contributor is now sharing how she and her family arrived at the names for baby #6!

Fri Jan 11 2019

2019 Baby Names from 1919: Metro, Marvel, Maude

By Linda Rosenkrantz Which 2019 baby names follow the hundred-year rule and are ready for a comeback from the 1919 popularity list? At the beginning of each new year, we like to take a century-long look back hoping to discover some lost names that could be perfect for today. In 1919, the First World War—aka […]

Sun Jan 06 2019