Sophie Kihm has been writing for Nameberry since 2015. She has contributed stories on the 

. Sophie is Nameberry’s resident Name Guru to the Stars, where she suggests names for celebrity babies. She also manages the Nameberry 

Sophie Kihm's articles on names have run on 

, and more. She has been quoted as a name expert by 

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, or contact her at sophie@nameberry.com. Sophie lives in Chicago.

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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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The name Hollywood is a boy's name of English origin.

A glamorous name, associated with film, decadence, and city skylines, Hollywood debuted in the US stats for boys (and as a given name) in 2025. You could consider it an opulent choice, joining the likes of Versailles, Hampton, Golden, Banks, Cash, and Teller.
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Nicknames Hollis, Woods, and Woody might ground it.

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