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Customer Rating:

Summary: Unique and Fun naming book
Comment: I found this book to be much more helpful in coming up with baby names that we like. Instead of the
traditional name and meaning format, she has analyzed the names and broken them down into different
categories and also listed other names that are similar in style to names you already like. It
definitely rang true for names that we like, but I also discovered that my sister's, brother's, and
my name were all given as sister/brother names. It also gives you the opportunity to consider names
that you might not have before just by how she has them broken into style categories (ie. Classic,
New Traditionals, Brisk and Breezy).

Customer Rating:

Summary: Best Baby Name book out there
Comment: All the other baby name books I've used say they have 30,000+ names...if you consider Isabel,
Isabella, Isabelle, Belle, and Bella all separate names instead of varitions of ONE name, then yes
they do have over 30,000 names. This book breaks down names into groupings of Root names, variations
and nicknames all under one entry so you don't have to read 10 pages to find 2 different name
groupings.

The suggested names for siblings is the best feature of this book. We have
one son and are expecting our second and surprisingly all the sibliing names are VERY accurate and
agreeable to our tastes.

I also don't want my child to be one of 5 kids in his class
to have the same name. The popularity charts over the last 100 years are helpful. Names you think
are not very common are surprisingly in the top 10, etc.

Another great feature to this
book is a listing of names under each style heading with a brief background of that style and its
popularity.

Its an entertaining read and very very helpful in choosing names, as is her
website.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Best name book I've used
Comment: I couldn't get enough of this book while we were trying to find a name for our daughter. My husband
and I went through it at least twice making up our list.
It really is the most unique name
book I've seen yet, explaining how names come in and out of fashion and why we like the names we
like. I'm a history buff, so it was fun to realize why a certain name sounds like a mom or a grandma
or every girl you were in elementary school with. The name families were incredibly useful - look up
a name you like and find the "brother and sister" names for it. Quite often, that turned out to be
another name on our list. Or look through by type - I quickly identified which categories I liked
and didn't like and then was able to ruminate on each list until we found just the right name. />Perhaps the one quibble might be that that she doesn't include meanings of the names, but all the
other baby name books do that, and this approach is unique.
Must have for any expectant
parent!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Nice book
Comment: I love how it gives the timeline for when the names are popular and gives a snippet about each name;
It has a nice variety, but a couple names I am looking at were not there, but I DO recommend the
book!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Unique Baby Name Book
Comment: An enjoyable read. I liked how the names were separated into catergories and the charts showing the
popularity of each name through history. I would have liked to see more of the book devoted to
"people's perceptions" of each name.

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