Synopses & Reviews
What's in a name?
Plenty -- especially if it's the name that youradored and adorable child will carry for his or her entire lifetime!
With a universe of names toselect from, the task you are facing may seem monumental -- and The Greatest Baby Name Book Ever can help make that delightful, if often difficult decision less daunting by offering the most complete listing available.
This revised and updated edition contains thousandsof baby names -- from the most popular to the traditional to the highly unusual, including hundredsthat only recently have been coined or rediscovered.
In addition, here are popular variations andnicknames, meanings and derivations, as well as the history and religious significance of each and every name -- in short, everything you need to make the ideal choice when naming your brand-new bundle of joy!
Synopsis
This newly revised edition features the history and meaning of thousands of names, popular variations, and nicknames. Includes highly original names, traditional and unusual names, names with historical or religious significance, and hundreds of newly discovered names. The ultimate guide to one of the most important moments in a parent's life: choosing their newborn's name. Organized alphabetically and by gender, this guide contains hundreds of additional names to our 1998 version, and includes ethnic origins as well as similar and derivative names. In addition, fun inserts of interesting celebrity names, trendy names, cool names, common names, and invented names appear throughout. Accessible and comprehensive––the one baby name book that has it all.
About the Author
Carol McD. Wallace is a freelance writer based in New York City. She is also the author of The Greatest Baby Name Book Ever and 20,001 Names for Baby.