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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.
Wed Jul 23 2014
Baby Names LESS Popular Than They Seem
If you’re shying away from these baby names because you believe they’re too popular, maybe you owe them a second look.
Tue Jul 22 2014
What name do you just not get?
Other people love it and you don’t. Or you find it wonderful and can’t understand why the world doesn’t agree. What name do you just not get?
Tue Jul 08 2014
Where’d You Get That Name, Baby?
Did you or would you name your baby after a beloved relative or admired friend or hero? Who….and why?
Mon Jul 07 2014
Most Popular Baby Names of 2014….so far
Which names have been most popular on Nameberry for the first half of 2014? Here, up-to-the-minute results on what’s on top and what’s hot.
Tue Jul 01 2014
Strange Love: What’s your craziest name crush?
You know you shouldn’t love this name, but you do.
Mon Jun 23 2014
Names That Age Well
Which names transcend the kind of date-stamping that tells you Shirley is getting on 80 or Susan is a Baby Boomer or Mason was born in the Age of Kardashian?
Wed Jun 18 2014
Name Your Nameberry Ticker Family!
What if you had to choose all your children’s names from the dozen or so that pass by on the Nameberry ticker at any given moment? We challenge you to pick the most compatible bunch!
Wed Jun 11 2014
Short, Simple, Chic Baby Names
The chicest names in Europe are not the elaborate and obscure but short, simple, familiar names like these easy choices for both boys and girls.
Tue Jun 10 2014
What Name Theme Would You Choose?
If you had to give all your children names with the same theme, which theme would you choose? Names that start with Z or that have been used for royals, names from mythology or names from the circus, let’s blue-sky about name themes.
Tue Jun 03 2014
Oh no she didn’t!
What’s the most outrageous, insulting, crazy, ridiculous thing anyone has ever said to you about your child’s name…or your own?