Author: Bruce LanskyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780881662474
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Gives 30,001 baby names complete with meanings, origins and nicknames.
100,000+ Baby Names
Author: Bruce LanskyPublisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0306922983
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 1243
Book Description
The most helpful, complete, and yearly up-to-date name book What's new about names? The new edition of 100,000+ Baby Names by Bruce Lansky features the most up-to-date lists of names, trends, advice, and fascinating facts about names, including: Hundreds of newly popular names and variations The latest list of top 100 names for boys and girls The latest naming trends: what's hot and what's not The most rapidly rising and falling top 1,000 names Updated lists of names to consider, including names of newly famous people and fictional characters The most popular gender-neutral names and their rates of use (more for boys, more for girls, or 50/50) New (and classic) celebrity baby names And our list of names from around the world keeps growing! Here you'll find more than 100,000 names--complete with origins, meanings, variations, and famous namesakes. You'll find names from major linguistic and ethnic groups of origin, including English (19,000 names), Latin (11,000 names), Greek (11,000 names), American (11,000 names), Hebrew (9,000 names), Hispanic (9,000 names), French (8,000 names), Irish (7,000 names), and German (6,000 names)--plus thousands of Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Scandinavian, Polish, Native American, Hawaiian, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Australian/Aboriginal, African, and Hindi names. The list features unique spellings of popular names that are catching on, plus newly popular names and variations not listed in other books and websites.
Author: Bruce LanskyBaby Names Around The World
Author: Bruce LanskyPublisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780671316587
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
This book contains more names from around this world than any other leading book -- over 50,000 names in all. Bruce Lansky, the #1 author of baby name books in North America, has now created Baby Names around the World. Here are over 50,000 baby name choices for prospective parents, presented in an easy-to-use format with informative and interesting features, including An index listing names by country or language; Popular names from the 1880s through the of origin; A list of things to consider when choosing a name; The 100 most popular names for the 1990s; Advice on how to create a unique name; Lists of gender-neutral names.
Baby Names
Author: Lisa ShawPublisher:
ISBN: 9780715322246
Category : Names, Personal
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
In today's multicultural world there are so many more names to choose from and this selection includes names from Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Find out what they mean, the variations and diminutives and discover their historical significance. Entertaining side lines give information on the changing popularity of names, the names of the famous and the infamous and look at the cultural traditons behind naming a child.
Author: Diane StaffordThe Penguin Book of Baby Names
Author: David PickeringPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141931507
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Of all the decisions a new parent makes, choosing that special name is the most significant and the most rewarding. A new reference book for prospective parents, this clear, helpful and easy-to-use A-Z guide gives you thousands of brilliant suggestions for picking the perfect name for your new arrival. It also includes appendices of the top ten names through the centuries and the most popular celebrity names.
60,000+ Baby Names
Author: Bruce LanskyPublisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 1451669607
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
An expanded edition of 55,000+ Baby Names with over 60,000 names and 200 fun, helpful lists of names to consider. It also has the latest rankings for the top 100 boys' and girls' names and 1,500 names used for both genders with icons that show which names are used more for boys, more for girls, or about 50/50. And, it includes more than 5,000 Hispanic names and 5,000 African-American names. (Of course, it also includes well over 5,000 English, Latin, Hebrew, Greek, French, Irish, and German names and thousands of names from throughout Europe and Asia.)
The Very Best Baby Name Book
Author: Bruce LanskyPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 145168083X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Identifies first names for boys and girls and reveals their origins and meanings, in addition to featuring popularity rankings for names from around the world, stereotypes of commonly used names, and thematic lists.
The Complete Book of Baby Names
Author: Lesley BoltonPublisher: Sourcebooks
ISBN: 9781402266706
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book examines the history of baby names, provides lists of names based on popular themes, and presents entries that include definitions and variations.
