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Articles by Pamela Redmond
Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking books on names, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, and People.
Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include Younger, the basis for the hit television show, and its sequel, Older. She has three new books in the works.
Tue Mar 03 2015
What Are Your Favorite Word Names?
Today, almost any kind of word — from nature to virtue to color to place to spiritual — can be turned into a first name. Which do you like best?
Wed Feb 18 2015
The Newest, Hottest, Oldest Baby Names
Every year, among the new-fangled trendy Jurnees and Jayceons, a collection of vintage names suddenly zooms up the popularity list. Here are this year’s highest jumpers.
Wed Feb 11 2015
Baby Name Trends: Sleek, simple, cool names
Predicting a major new baby name trend is part science, part inspiration, and part magic. Here’s one new trend we see really taking off.
Tue Feb 10 2015
Invented Baby Names: 84 awesome choices and 2 big winners!
Here are dozens of names we loved from the creative entries to last week’s invent-a-name contest, plus the two winning choices.
Tue Feb 03 2015
Invent a Name Contest!
Name geniuses: Create a great name and win a complete library of our baby name ebooks.
Tue Jan 27 2015
Classic Boys’ Names: What’s your favorite?
Classic boys’ names range from the classic classics like William and James to time-honored yet trendy choices such as Noah and Sebastian. Which are your favorites?
Tue Jan 20 2015
Classic Girls’ Names: What’s your favorite?
There are so many wonderful girls’ names that qualify as classics. Can you pick just one favorite?
Mon Jan 19 2015
The Baby Name Class of 1915
To usher in the baby names of 2015, let’s take a look back at the names of a century ago. Which feel impossibly antique and which are back in style?
Tue Jan 13 2015
What name do you only pretend to like?
It might be the baby name a friend chose or a name that everybody else likes….except you. Here’s where you expose your own baby name fakery.
Tue Jan 06 2015
Your Favorite Names from Around the World
That baby from New Jersey has a name from Ireland or Italy, while the Parisian child bears a British moniker and the Dutch like Italian names. In this age of names that travel far and fast around the world, which are your favorites from cultures outside your own?