The 14 Most Notable Names of 2014

Updated Thu Dec 11 2014

The most notable names of 2014 were borne by personages saluted for their breakthrough achievements in the realms of entertainment, sports and the fine arts—and also including one no-no name.Our picks for the fourteen names most emblematic of the events of 2014—along with their related runner-ups are:

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Linda Rosenkrantz

Linda Rosenkrantz is the co-founder of Nameberry, and co-author with Pamela Redmond of the ten baby naming books acknowledged to have revolutionized American baby naming. You can follow her personally at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed New York Review Books Classics novel Talk and a number of other books.

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