Synopses & Reviews
Quoted everywhere from
Parenting to
The Wall Street Journal, with more than a million copies of their books in print, bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the baby-name experts. In this fresh and expanded new edition of "the best baby-naming book ever written" (
The News Journal), they offer irresistible lists of names you won't find anywhere else, along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions---and answers---for expectant parents:
Style: What's hot and what's cool---including Honest Names, Spiritual Names, Kreeatif Names, The Two-Syllable Solution, Word Names, The Exotics, and a Girl Named Boy
Popularity: The most popular names in America and around the world, and what
celebrities are naming their babies
Image: What's really in a name, and why Briyana spells trouble
Sex: What's it like for a girl to grow up with a traditionally feminine name like Abigail or Blossom; a no-frills name like Alice or Jane; or a unisex name like Dylan or Dakota? And are there any decidedly masculine names left for boys?
Tradition: A concise history of American baby naming, plus inspired ways to reflect your own cultural heritage
Family: Whose name is it, anyway? And other vital considerations
Review
"The Spy magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names." Scripps Howard News Service
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"The classic baby name guide." The New York Times Magazine
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"The arbiter of hip baby names." The Wall Street Journal
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"Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides...[Beyond Jennifer and Jason] lays it on the line." Entertainment Weekly
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"The Spy magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names."(Scripps Howard News Service)
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"The classic baby name guide."-
The New York Times Magazine"The arbiter of hip baby names."- The Wall Street Journal
"The Spy magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names."- Scripps Howard News Service
"Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides, [Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line."
- Entertainment Weekly
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"The arbiter of hip baby names."--
The Wall Street Journal
"If you want some inspiration in naming your baby (or if you just want to spend some amusing moments), pick up Beyond Jennifer & Jason."--Family Circle
Synopsis
The authors of "Beyond Jennifer & Jason revolutionized the world of American baby names by giving parents the information and insights they really needed. By identifying current styles and trends--instead of reciting the same old alphabetical lists of name derivations and meanings--their bestselling book changed baby-naming forever. Now this perennial favorite has been updated with new names and more fresh, fun, and indispensable advice. Hip, sweet, and user-friendly, "the best baby-naming book ever written" ("The News Journal) is now even better.
About the Author
LINDA ROSENKRANTZ is the author of
Telegram! Modern History as Told Through More than 400 Witty, Poignant and Revealing Telegrams and the memoir,
My Life as a List: 207 Things About My (Bronx) Childhood, and coauthor (with her husband, Christopher Finch) of
Gone Hollywood and
Sotheby's Guide to Animation Art. In addition to contributing articles to numerous magazine, she writes a nationally syndicated column on collectibles. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.
PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN is the author of three novels about motherhood, Younger Babes in Captivity, and The Man I Should Have Married. A contributing editor for Parenting magazine, Satran is a frequent contributor to such publications as Glamour and Bon Appétit, and a columnist for Baby Talk. Satran lives with her husband and three children near New York City.