The Baby Name Personality Survey

See Larger Image	Manufacturer: Meadowbrook Press Written By: Bruce Lansky,Barry Sinrod Average Customer Rating:


Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929.440321 EAN: 9780881661644 ISBN: 0881661643 Label: Meadowbrook Press Manufacturer: Meadowbrook Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 222 Publication Date: 1990-11 Publisher: Meadowbrook Press Studio: Meadowbrook Press
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Love the concept... needs updating! Comment: I picked this book up many years ago and have had a lot of fun reading the consensus on the image conjured up with each name. In most cases I find my opinion close if not exactly in line with the associations collected from the survey. Now I am pregnant with my first and would love to consult an updated version of this book to help me in the selection process for the "perfect" name. Alas, I have discovered no updates. Customer Rating: Summary: Cute idea, somewhat limited and outdated representation Comment: As a writer and a goofball, I use this book both to help me name characters and to tease my friends about people's weird associations with their names. The premise of showing the results of a survey of people's opinions of others names is certainly interesting. However, a majority of the associations are pop culture references and therefore constantly changing--necessitating an update that hasn't come. For my purpose it is a fun and helpfull reference, but if you plan to use it to name your child I think it would be less usefull. Customer Rating: Summary: A reader Comment: This fascinating book is based on a national survey of 75,000 parents--the largest name research project ever. It reveals the images and stereotypes associated with 1,400 popular and unusual names. Find out what people think of the names your considering, so you don't make a harmful mistake. This invaluable book reduces the worry of picking a name for your baby. And, it's entertaining to read. A must for every new parent. Customer Rating: Summary: It keeps you wandering what the next name would be. Comment: Seeing how long this book is it made me think about how many different names their are. As an 11 year old girl, I liked this book because it would say something short about the name in the beginning and say more about the name in the end. Also gave a really good discription of the names. What I don't like about it, is if somone on TV has the same name as the book name they base the name discription on that person. Also, I think my name should have been Lucy because it fits me and my personality, exactly. I was a little upset about some of the names I know. The personality discription of the names was the oppisiteof what I thought. I would recommend this book to people who really like names and want to know what their name means. Or this is a good book for who are getting a pet or who are having a baby. What I mean buy It keeps you wondering what the next name will be is that when I get to the discriptions of the names I want to know what the next name will mean. This is because it is interesting to know what people will be like. Customer Rating: Summary: Gross contradictions & one celebrity descriptions abound. Comment: This book is a survey of 30 to 150 respondents for each name on the feelings evoked by the names. This is a prime example of creation by multiple committees. Throughout the book there are numerous dichotomies and trichotomies, such as "an old spinster who is plain, quiet, lackluster, and secretive ... (or) ... sophisticated and sexy." Add to that theatrical characters or celebrities by respondents who may cumulatively know only one person, a character or celebrity, with the name, such as: "Elvira (a) tramp who is weird, spooky, and sexy" and a typical baby name book and we are left with a short baby name book and a bunch of near useless survey results. If you are after a book to help you choose a name for a child or book character, you can do better than this. And your own very brief survey of friends will likely be more accurate. More Reviews