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Articles by Pamela Redmond

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 Jan 27 2010

Twilight Baby Names: Beyond Bella & Edward

The Twilight series is a huge influence on baby names. Here, some choices from the dark side.
Tue Jan 19 2010

Original Baby Names: Help Create This Nameberry Blog!

The challenge: Original ways to get to popular nicknames. The solution: You create it, in this all-new spin on the nameberry blog.
Thu Jan 14 2010

Popular Girls’ Names: The Real Top 10 (or 12 or 13)

The official statistics say Emma is the most popular girls’ name in the U.S. But that’s not necessarily true.
Tue Jan 12 2010

Hate Your Name? Change It!

What happens if you trade your old name in for a new one you like better? Our guest blogger did just that.
Thu Jan 07 2010

Baby Names 2010: The Hottest Trends

Our annual outlook on what’s new, hot, and not in baby names for the year ahead.
Mon Dec 28 2009

What Are The Top Baby Names of the Future?

Want to choose — or avoid — a name that will top the charts ten years from now? Here are our predictions.
Mon Dec 21 2009

The Baby With No Name

Even celebrities — hello, Tom and Gisele! — fall prey to name paralysis. Is there a cure?
Mon Dec 14 2009

Do Kre8iv Spellings Make Names More Special?

Sitting between Mykailah and Tyffani, our guest blogger contemplates what’s right and very very wrong with yooneek names.
Fri Dec 04 2009

British Baby Names: I Have A Feeling We’re Not In Kansas Anymore

A selection of quirky and quintessentially British baby names, all utterly (utterly, dahling!) charming and prime for the larger world.
Tue Dec 01 2009

Popular Baby Names: The Top of the Top

How did popular get to be a dirty word? Here, the best names from the Top 100.