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Junior Pregnancy, April 2008
'every variation of every name...the old, the new, the modern and the retro, the ever-popular and the vogue.'
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Naming Your Baby is the essential A-Z guide for deciding your child's name. Much more than just a list of baby names, this book is a fascinating guide for expectant parents, as well as a wider reference resource for historians, writers and researchers. It contains over 1,500 possible choices, from Aaron to Zuleika, through the old-fashioned (Hazel and Gilbert), the modern (Jade and Devon), the unusual (Anselm and Tanith) and the most popular (Chloe and Jack). It reveals who has influenced the popularity of names, including film stars (Mia), biblical figures (Isaac) and fictional characters (Harry), and suggests why Chelsea, April, Rose or Ebony might be appropriate - or inappropriate! - for your child. Names with shared roots are gathered together in the same entry: you might decide against Helen in favour of Ellen, Elaine or Illona, or even need to switch at the last minute from Sean to Shauna...
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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Very, very happy with this book. Spent ages looking at all the different titles then took a chance by ordering this one. Made the right decision. Format is fresh, easy to glance through or read in more detail depending on how much time you have. Plenty of names to choose from, modern, traditional, trendy, a few foreign names but not too many. Ideal for naming baby without having to trawl through crazy names or a multitude of American names. Within ten minutes of reading this i'd found a few good names. Perfect.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
There are so, so many rubbish name books out there. This is one of a very few gems (the only other one I'd recommend is the Oxford Dictionary of First Names).
It's full of interesting, and accurate tidbits about the names, which the author sometimes groups together in themes - for example, Alfred and Aubrey might be talked about in the same entry because both have meanings about elves. This doesn't mean the names are hard to find, though, as they are all ordered alphabetically. Just don't be put off if some of them say "See 'X'"; it doesn't mean they've been lumped in with another name, but that they will be discussed with them. This gives the book an almost conversational feel, as if you were listening to someone really well-informed talk about names. The introduction, too, is very interesting and makes it obvious she has done her research (she even provides a bibliography). I really enjoyed reading it and haven't spotted a single factual inaccuracy of the kind that other name books are riddled with. The only strange thing is that there are lots of typos in my edition. It's a shame that such a good book clearly hasn't been proofread to do it justice.
It's full of interesting, and accurate tidbits about the names, which the author sometimes groups together in themes - for example, Alfred and Aubrey might be talked about in the same entry because both have meanings about elves. This doesn't mean the names are hard to find, though, as they are all ordered alphabetically. Just don't be put off if some of them say "See 'X'"; it doesn't mean they've been lumped in with another name, but that they will be discussed with them. This gives the book an almost conversational feel, as if you were listening to someone really well-informed talk about names. The introduction, too, is very interesting and makes it obvious she has done her research (she even provides a bibliography). I really enjoyed reading it and haven't spotted a single factual inaccuracy of the kind that other name books are riddled with. The only strange thing is that there are lots of typos in my edition. It's a shame that such a good book clearly hasn't been proofread to do it justice.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
To be honest I was a bit disappointed with this book, the best seller on Amazon is usually either superb, or just there because everyone else buys it, and in this case this book falls into the later category.
The layout is very straightforward, but I found the selection of names limited, and though it claims to provide details of the backgrounds of the name, a large number of names reference their other variants and contain no background. Fine if a name you are interested in is listed in full, but not so great if it just points to an related name and has no history.
Having owned this book for a few months my wife and I can still not choose a boys name so will be ordering another book with hopefully more selection and depth.
In summary, its not a bad book, but I found it quite lacking and not sure it deserves the number 1 spot.
The layout is very straightforward, but I found the selection of names limited, and though it claims to provide details of the backgrounds of the name, a large number of names reference their other variants and contain no background. Fine if a name you are interested in is listed in full, but not so great if it just points to an related name and has no history.
Having owned this book for a few months my wife and I can still not choose a boys name so will be ordering another book with hopefully more selection and depth.
In summary, its not a bad book, but I found it quite lacking and not sure it deserves the number 1 spot.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
not a bad book, too much detail for me
this book to be honest was quite hard to read as there was too much information in respect of history of the origin etc than i would have liked. Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2009 by K. D. Kane
naming your baby
This book gives good up-to-date information on naming your baby - an excellent choice for all parents
Published on 7 Feb 2009 by maggie
not that great
i'm a dissenting voice here i'm afraid. i thought it was pretty limited on names, wrote little about them and was generally a lightweight effort. wish i hadn't bothered.
Published on 2 Jan 2009 by London Kiwi
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