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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.
Mon Aug 05 2013
Trendy Baby Names: The trendiest of all time
Trendy baby names have been around as long as America, and the trendiest provide a look into our history: What and who fascinated us for a moment, only to be dropped for the next hot topic or attractive figure.
Tue Jul 30 2013
What’s Your Baby Naming Strategy?
Do you approach baby naming like a general looking to capture a new country, mapping out routes and deploying soldiers? Or is your plan more like throwing lots of names onto the ceiling until one sticks?
Wed Jul 24 2013
Royal Baby Name: It’s George Alexander Louis!
The royal baby name has been announced and the choice is: George Alexander Louis. The name incorporates tradition — there have been more King Georges than any other name for the past 300 years — as well as freshness, with three names instead of four.
Tue Jul 23 2013
Would you name your baby after a celebrity?
Thousands of parents every year name their babies Reese and Rihanna, Ashton and Aaliyah — not to mention all the parents waiting to name their babies after the new royal prince. Would you name your baby after a celebrity, and if so, which one would it be?
Mon Jul 22 2013
Baby Men Names
These buttoned-up, serious boys’ names can sound both traditional and fresh. And many of them come packaged with cute nicknames that make them a lot more user-friendly.
Wed Jul 10 2013
Name Your Ideal Family!
Create your perfect family of names using choices from our most popular lists this week. Don’t worry, use all your favorites and create as big a family as you want — you won’t be responsible for changing diapers or paying tuition!
Tue Jul 09 2013
Unisex Names: Our Top 20 for 2013 (so far)
The unisex names most popular with people searching our site this year include choices once traditionally male, names heavily identified with celebrities of both genders, and several fresh new choices that work for both boys and girls.
Mon Jul 08 2013
Boy Names: The Top 100 of 2013 (so far)
There’s a new old name at the top of Nameberry’s 2013 popularity chart for boy names, and some hot choices moving quickly up the ladder. What’s Number 1? And can you guess Number 101?
Sun Jul 07 2013
Girl Names: Our 100 most popular for 2013 (so far)
Our most popular girl names of 2013 are in, and we have a new Number 1. What’s up, what’s fresh, and what’s at the top of our 100 most popular girl names so far this year.
Tue Jun 25 2013
Animal Baby Names: Which would you use?
Animal baby names are a fashionable new category, with starbabies named Bear and Birdie and Bunny leading the way. And then there are those animal names that send their messages more subtly, like Lowell, which means wolf, and Paloma, meaning dove. Which would you choose, and why?