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Summary: Finally a baby name book that makes sence
Comment: Ok, we're on our fourth child and have a large extended family. All of my favorite names are
already taken! Some of the new modern darling names are just weird. I find the "6 million baby
names" type of books discouraging. About as useful as a phone book in my opinion.
/>What a breath of fresh air to discover this book. The first few chapters discuss general
principals of name selection, good practical advice. The middle section lists various names,
providing a popularity score, close variants, spelling variations, and suggested sibling names.

My favorite part of the book groups names by style. For example: "bell tone", "little
darlings", "ladies and gentlemen" etc. For me it is very useful to see names organized in this way.
Finding a favorite name's style group allows you to browse other names of similar style. Often you
will find another good name or two in the style list. Again MUCH more useful than a simple,
non-intelligent, name-list type book.

I suppose the most useful thing this book
provides is a logical method to link between various names. Whether by style group lists, or by
providing direct suggestions for sibling names, this book will help you find multiple good baby
names. You might even have fun doing it!

Highly recommended book!! Buy two and give
one away.

Customer Rating:

Summary: The best of the genre
Comment: I have purchased this book three times, having worn out the first two copies. This book is far and
away the best baby naming book available. It is uncanny how the "brother", "sister" names are so
close to what one would choose for a sibling. It just solidifies the name choice so there is no
trepidation in choosing a name. My grandsons names, Jack and Sam, were chosen from this book. The
suggestion that Sam is a good brother name for Jack just reinforced Mom and Dad's decision.

Customer Rating:

Summary: This book worked for both me and my husband
Comment: Out of the 3 baby names book we purchased, this book had the names we ultimately end up choosing for
our baby. Well layed out book with combination of theory/strategy/popularity on naming as well as
name categories and plenty of great name suggestions. Other books we got were "The Baby Name Bible",
and "The Right Baby Name".

Customer Rating:

Summary: Fun and Helpful
Comment: I was so tired of looking at lists of baby names. This book gives you a lot of choices, but it
helps you think about all of your name options. It doesn't have definitions for names, but they are
catagorized many different ways and it makes it a lot of fun. This was very refreshing after my
husband and I had gotten burnt out from thinking about, reading about, and talking about names too
long.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Not really helpful
Comment: This book really didn't help me. It has a limited list of names that are included and are repeated
over and over grouping them in different categories. There was nothing that this book provided that
was better than any of the other books or websites I have looked at. In fact, I found it had less
information. It also does not give name meanings, which is a nice feature. As a first time parent,
I found better information elsewhere. I wouldn't waste my money.

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