Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking 

, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the 

, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for 

Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include 

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Clare Green has been writing for Nameberry since 2015, covering everything from 

. Her work has featured in publications such as 

. Clare has a background in linguistics and librarianship, and recently completed an MA dissertation researching 

. She lives in England with her husband and 

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The name Abbo is a girl's name meaning "vegetable".

While some sources say Abbo means "accessory" or "accouterment", 20th-century sources on African names reveal it to mean "vegetable".