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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.

Fri Oct 01 2021

Secret Names You Only Know If You're On Nameberry

Amazing secret names that are both authentic and rare and can't be found anywhere else except Nameberry.
Thu Sep 02 2021

Cute Baby Names

One way to reclaim the cute in baby names is to choose a buttoned-up name like Eleanor with a cute nickname like Ellie or Nell. Another way is to see cute as an all-around good thing and embrace it by choosing a name that’s cute out of the gate.
Sat Feb 20 2021

Princess Eugenie’s Baby Name Is Here

Princess Eugenie’s baby name has finally been announced, and it’s an unusual choice for a royal name: August Philip Hawke.
Sat Nov 07 2020

The Name Joe Finally Gets Presidential

Thanks to President-elect Joe Biden, the name Joe has finally joined the elite roster of presidents’ names. Joe might be the ultimate friendly, down-to-earth, good guy name, and one of the most popular boy names for all of American history. But unlike its fellow traditional, perennially popular boys’ names, Joe has until now never reached […]
Tue Sep 08 2020

Character Names Create Great Stories

I may be the world’s only novelist who’s also a name expert, which makes it doubly ironic that I was compelled to change my own character names. But when Darren Star, creator of Sex & the City, made a television show based on my novel Younger, he changed the name of my heroine Alice to […]
Sun Jun 28 2020

Most Popular Baby Names 2020…so far

The most popular baby names of 2020 feature two new winners, Luna and Milo, and one name whose popularity is faltering since the pandemic.
Wed Jun 10 2020

Names Have Power

The names of black Americans murdered by the police have the power to spur action in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Sun May 31 2020

Top Lockdown Names Are Simple, International, and Heroic

The top lockdown baby names share the qualities of simplicity, global consciousness, and heroic strength.
Wed May 06 2020

Santa Cancels Baby Name Christmas

For the first time in its 23-year history, the new official list of most popular baby names in the US won’t be delivered on time by the Social Security Administration. Instead of the usual Friday-before-Mother’s Day unveiling of last year’s most popular names, the SSA posted a message on its website reading: “Out of respect […]
Wed May 06 2020

X Æ A-12: Craziest celebrity baby name ever

Elon Musk and Grimes gave their baby an unpronounceable name that might be a name of the future, or the worst baby name ever.