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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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 

, and more. You can follow her personally on 

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

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The name Ilknur is a girl's name meaning "first light".

Derived from the Turkish <em>ilk</em> meaning "first" and the Arabic <em>nūr</em> meaning "light", Ilknur is the anglicized spelling of İlknur. A popular choice in Turkey and Azerbaijan, it is a name with an evocative meaning, associated with hope and beginnings.

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