35,000+ Baby Names: The Largest Selection of Popular and Unusual Names from Around the World

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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780881662160 ISBN: 088166216X Label: Meadowbrook Press Manufacturer: Meadowbrook Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 512 Publication Date: 1995-04 Publisher: Meadowbrook Press Studio: Meadowbrook Press
Editorial Reviews: YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE WORLD OF BABY NAMES IN YOUR HANDS! This book will help you go beyond Tom, Dick, and Harriet in your search for just the right name for your baby. It has more than 37,500 names from 250 countries in 160 different languages, including: * Names from every corner of the globe. * Popular African-American names. * Unique names whose origins are distinctly American. * Popular and unique alternate spellings. * Traditional "male" names used by females. * Traditional surnames used as first names. * Exotic names that convey romance, adventure, and sophistication. * Names popularized by movies and television. Finding a name for your baby has never been more fun!
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Certainly not the best... Comment: I'm not very fond of this baby name book. Several of the name meanings seem "off" based on my own research (and the other reviews here, I see), and since I use name books primarily for meanings (as a writer, not as a parent), this renders the book fairly useless. Also, though 35,000 names sounds like a lot, many of them seem like "filler" names, such as the myriad of "girl" names that are clearly boy names with a slight twist, or the really exotic names that aren't attractive at all to my eyes or ears. Someone else might find this useful, but I myself did not. Customer Rating: Summary: Top of The Top 15 Comment: A wonderful name book Creative and great Lamsky is King and I still love all the crazy spellings. Customer Rating: Summary: Good Source for Naming Characters in Stories Comment: I enjoy writing stories and since most of them are set in either fantasy worlds and worlds that are like ours, no magic, but still made up, I need a book of names that lists names besides the normal everyday names and this book provides that. The spellings may be creative but they have given me plenty of ideas for having characters with names that are similar to the normal names of today but still different enough to sound otherwordly. I have no idea as to the accuracy of the meanings of the names since all my baby name books contradict each other for the more unusual ones anyway. This may not be the best book for parents wanting to name their child, though I have found several names I would love to use for my children when I have them. Normal sounding but unusual enough not to have twenty other children running around with the same name in the park. All in all I loved this book. It may have its flaws but whenever I need a name for a character I turn to it more often than any of my other ten name books since it is the one of the ones with the unusual names and different spellings. Customer Rating: Summary: Full of mistakes and out of touch Comment: I have to echo the earlier reviewer about this book's treatment of names from different cultures. The author proudly proclaims that he's broadened his cultural reach with this book, with new suggestions for Spanish names -- Sierra and Nevada!! -- and French names -- Brie and Chardonnay!!! It seems that his cultural research didn't extend past the contents of his refrigerator. Customer Rating: Summary: This book is dreadful Comment: The names are bizarre and the tally is ridiculous. They consider "Ceejay" a name, short for C.J. Enough said. More Reviews