What's in a Name?--Everything You Wanted to Know

by Leonard R.N. Ashley

What's in a Name? will tell you the facts behind the names of persons, places and things; about how names are chosen for business and for success; how they are used for everything from tracing settlement patterns to telling fortunes; how forenames have their fashions; where surnames had their origins; all about names in the U.S. and around the globe.

Genres: Nonfiction

265 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000