One-in-a-Million Baby Name Book: The BabyNames.com Guide to Choosing the Best Name for Your New Arrival

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From one of the top parenting websites-a comprehensive naming guide featuring the unique Babynames.com popularity ratings.

Forget those traditional lists of names and their meanings-in guiding readers step-by-step through the naming process, as well as the seven things to consider, this book will help parents decide upon a name perfectly suited to their child and family. The only baby name book to draw upon the opinions of 1.2 million parents, each listing features a popularity ...

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Overview

From one of the top parenting websites-a comprehensive naming guide featuring the unique Babynames.com popularity ratings.

Forget those traditional lists of names and their meanings-in guiding readers step-by-step through the naming process, as well as the seven things to consider, this book will help parents decide upon a name perfectly suited to their child and family. The only baby name book to draw upon the opinions of 1.2 million parents, each listing features a popularity rating derived from website feedback as well as the top personality traits associated with the name. Readers can also browse lists of names organized in unique ways such as names for sports fans or fiction lovers, and names to be avoided.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780399534300
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 7/1/2008
  • Pages: 624
  • Sales rank: 490,017
  • Product dimensions: 7.40 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Babynames.com is run by sisters Jennifer Moss, Mallory Moss, Sue Moss, Kate Moss Glinsmann, and mom and grandmother Peggy Moss. According to Google and Yahoo, it has been the top site for researching names since 1996.
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Table of Contents


Preface   Cleveland Kent Evans, PhD     xi
Introduction     xiii
How to Use This Book     1
The One-in-a-Million Formula: Seven factors to consider when choosing the perfect name     3
Names with Tradition: Using traditional and old-fashioned names     11
Names with Character: Finding inspiration in novels, movies, and television     14
Names That Rock: Musical names from the rock 'n' roll era     18
Names with Fame: Celebrity names and naming     20
Names with Brains: Famous inventors, mathematicians, and scientists     26
Names That Rule: Royalty through the ages     29
Names That Score: From your favorite sports icons     32
Names That Travel: Using names of cities, states, and countries     35
Names Gone Wild: Names from nature     40
Names from the Imagination: How to create a name     43
Names by Meaning: Choosing a name for your child by its meaning     46
Alphabetical Listing of Names: Names from A-Z, including meanings, origins, and characteristics     73
Been There, Done That!: Stories from parents who have gone through the naming process     595
Your Final Decision: Choosing the perfect name     601
Endnotes     603
Acknowledgments     605
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  • Posted November 15, 2008

    Great book with lots of information

    Interesting detail information in each name like personality traits and other names you may like. They were right on. Good information in the beginning of the book for how to find names and match names with you last name. Good selection of names (over 600 pages). Highly recommend!

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