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The Oxford Names Companion provides all the information that you will need about place and personal names existing within the British Isles. Divided into three sections on Surnames, First Names, and British Place-Names, they showcase the knowledge and detailed information from leading experts in the names field: A Dictionary of Surnames explains the origin and meaning of nearly 70,000 ...

Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Written By: Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges, A.D. Mills, Adrian Room

What does David actually mean? Which famous people have shared your first name? Why might parents want to call their child Plaxy? From the most popular to the most outlandish, find out about more than 2000 names--their definitions, origin, history, and development. Of course, this dictionary is perfect if you're looking to name a new baby, but even if not, the details are ...

Manufacturer: Cassell
Written By: Adrian Room

Manufacturer: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Written By: Adrian Room

Information on more than 660 terms used in onomastics, the study of names.7600; HIS030000

Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Written By: Adrian Room

Manufacturer: Cassell
Written By: Adrian Room

Manufacturer: Sterling Pub Co Inc
Written By: Adrian Room

Manufacturer: Cassell
Written By: Adrian Room

This greatly expanded and completely updated version of our highly acclaimed title ("very useful" -RQ; "deserves a place in any collection of serious onomastic works"-Verbatim) gives the changed names of over 8,000 people (up from 4,000 in the earlier edition) who have "made a name for themselves." Arranged by pseudonym, the entries give the true name, vital dates, country of origin ...

Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
Written By: Adrian Room

The present volume is a radically revised and enlarged edition, with over 2,000 new entries and a new introduction. A new appendix is devoted to terms relating to pseudonymous and changed names. More emphasis has been put on the change of an individual’s first name, as well as his or her surname, since an adoption of this kind is similar to the taking of a new family name. In many cases the ...

Manufacturer: McFarland & Company
Written By: Adrian Room

This book gives the stories behind, or origins of, more than 3,500 commercial names. Many of them are American or British but a number originate in countries such as France, Germany, Italy and Japan. From A & C Black (publishers) to Zyklon (insecticide), entries cover two types of subjects: company names and the names of products and services. The companies have names derived from their founders ...

Manufacturer: McFarland
Written By: Adrian Room