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 Motoko is a girl's name meaning "resourceful child".

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Motoko Kusanagi, perhaps the best known association to the name, is a character from the sci-fi anime and manga series <i>The Ghost in the Shell<i>. She's a strong, wise, and independent cyborg who appears as a young woman. 

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