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 Koos is a boy's name of Dutch origin meaning "supplanter".

Pronounced with the strong O sound of "boat" or "nose", Koos is a Dutch diminutive of Jacobus or Jacob, the Biblical classic meaning "supplanter". Also familiar in South Africa, Koos entered the Top 500 in the Netherlands for the first time in 2024, when it ranked as #491.

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