The Baby Name Book

by Louise Nicholson

Lists over three thousand boys' and girls' names, describes the origins and meaning of each name, and gathers little known facts about names

255 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1985

About the author

Journalist, author, conservationist and lecturer – Louise has been leading tours to India for almost 30 years. An art historian by training, she has catalogued Indian art at Christie’s and worked on a TV series about the Mughal emperors. Her dozen books on India include the National Geographic guidebook. Her antecedents include Lord Cornwallis, Governor-General of India 1786-93, while her wide India interests stretch from textiles and gardens to cuisines and literature.