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 

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

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The name Minogue is a girl's name of English, Irish origin meaning "descendant of Muineog, descendant of the monk".

Best associated with singer Kylie, Minogue may appeal in the same way as Winslet, Aniston, Bowie, and Mercury: a celeb surnames with stylish sounds. Nicknames Minnie and Moe may make it feel more usable too. 
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An Anglicization of the Irish surname, Ó Muineog, it literally means "descendant of Muineog", though it may be interpreted as "descendant of the monk", when considering the meaning of Muineog. 

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