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 Zuva is a girl's name of African origin meaning "daylight, sunlight".

A zippy, cheerful name with a bright meaning to match, Zuva is a Shona name, used in Zimbabwe. Meaning "sunlight" or "daytime", it is one that could easily work in multiple languages. It appeared in the 2023 novel <em>Ndima Ndima</em> by  Tsitsi Mapepa, which may introduce it to a wider audience.
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Written as Žuva (ZHOO-vah), it is a Croatian form of Junia or Giovanni. 


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