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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Clare Green has been writing for Nameberry since 2015, covering everything from 

. Her work has featured in publications such as 

. Clare has a background in linguistics and librarianship, and recently completed an MA dissertation researching 

. She lives in England with her husband and 

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The name Pentheus is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "sorrow, grief, sadness".

In Greek mythology, Pentheus was the King of Thebes who banned the worship of Dionysus, in turn bringing the god's wrath on the city. The women went into a Bacchic frenzy, and Pentheus was later lured away and killed by the god. 
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Derived from the Greek <em>penthos</em>, the name has the equally unhappy meaning of "sorrow, grief, sadness, mourning", and as such, it is a very rare name. 


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