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The Very Best Baby Name Book: 60,000+ Names
The very best baby name book just got better! Now with more than 60,000 popular and unusual names for boys and girls, this book provides expectant parents with abundant information on names, including origins, meanings, variations, fascinating facts, and famous namesakes. The following helpful features make finding the perfect name for your baby fun and easy: -- "Baby Name Guru" Bruce Lansky provides advice on how to choose a name for your baby and how to customize a popular name
-- Popular names from around the world, including thousands of French, English, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, German, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Scandanavian, Polish, Native American, Hawaiian, African, and Hindi names
-- Icons to identify names used for both boys and girls
-- Over 5,000 names African-American families often choose for their children
-- Over 5,000 names that Hispanic families commonly use
-- More than 300 fun lists to help you brainstorm names, including a list of names celebrities are choosing for their children
-- Stereotypes of commonly used names
-- Plans for a name-the-baby shower by Becky Long, author of "Themed Baby Showers"
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The most useful, helpful, and fun collection of names on the market!
-- Popular names from around the world, including thousands of French, English, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, German, Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Scandanavian, Polish, Native American, Hawaiian, African, and Hindi names
-- Icons to identify names used for both boys and girls
-- Over 5,000 names African-American families often choose for their children
-- Over 5,000 names that Hispanic families commonly use
-- More than 300 fun lists to help you brainstorm names, including a list of names celebrities are choosing for their children
-- Stereotypes of commonly used names
-- Plans for a name-the-baby shower by Becky Long, author of "Themed Baby Showers"
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The most useful, helpful, and fun collection of names on the market!
540 pages, Paperback
First published June 16, 1995
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About the author
Bruce Lansky
198 books49 followersI was born on June 1, 1941. My first home was an apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side, a neighborhood that overlooked the George Washington Bridge. Soon after kindergarten, my family moved to Scarsdale, which seemed to be “in the country.” In high school, I broke my ankle when I went out for the lacrosse team, so I wrote a sports column for the school newspaper. I don't think I showed any particular talent for writing then.
I went to St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. I actually learned to read Greek (I didn't understand it, though). I transferred from St. John's to New York University, so I could study political science and economics. I graduated with a major in philosophy and a minor in English. My first job was a market researcher for a beer company in New Jersey. Over the next five years, I switched jobs several times: advertising copywriter, advertising account executive, and marketing manager at a candy company.
I married Vicki and we had a baby, Douglas. I wanted him to have a home surrounded by grass and trees and ball fields, so I accepted a job in Minnesota, and Doug got a baby sister, Dana. What rescued me from poverty was that my wife and some other mothers wrote a cookbook. We published it ourselves, and it was a huge hit. That's how I figured out that I wanted to be a publisher when I grew up. We built Meadowbrook Press, and I became an author of baby name books and humor books for adults.
Ten years ago, I wanted to put together a children's book of all the poems they loved best. To find these poems, I tested poems in elementary schools. As I was testing poems on children, I decided to write a few to see what the response would be. At first it wasn't that good, but as my writing improved, I added my poems to new books. To get them just right, I'd rewrite them over and over. I've now edited six poetry anthologies and filled three books with my own poems. Because I spent a lot of time reading and testing poems in classrooms, schools started inviting me to perform. I've now performed at hundreds of schools. My goal to put on the most entertaining, most educational, and most motivating assembly a school has ever had. My web site, http://www.gigglepoetry.com, helps kids discover the fun of reading and writing poetry.
Language arts are a very important part of what you learn in school. You can read great books that take you to far-away lands. You can write your own stories and make yourself the hero of exciting adventures. Even if it seems hard sometimes, don't give up. Keep practicing your reading and writing skills, and soon it will become easier. There are so many wonderful worlds to explore in books and poetry. Get your very own passport by learning to read and write the very best that you can.
I went to St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. I actually learned to read Greek (I didn't understand it, though). I transferred from St. John's to New York University, so I could study political science and economics. I graduated with a major in philosophy and a minor in English. My first job was a market researcher for a beer company in New Jersey. Over the next five years, I switched jobs several times: advertising copywriter, advertising account executive, and marketing manager at a candy company.
I married Vicki and we had a baby, Douglas. I wanted him to have a home surrounded by grass and trees and ball fields, so I accepted a job in Minnesota, and Doug got a baby sister, Dana. What rescued me from poverty was that my wife and some other mothers wrote a cookbook. We published it ourselves, and it was a huge hit. That's how I figured out that I wanted to be a publisher when I grew up. We built Meadowbrook Press, and I became an author of baby name books and humor books for adults.
Ten years ago, I wanted to put together a children's book of all the poems they loved best. To find these poems, I tested poems in elementary schools. As I was testing poems on children, I decided to write a few to see what the response would be. At first it wasn't that good, but as my writing improved, I added my poems to new books. To get them just right, I'd rewrite them over and over. I've now edited six poetry anthologies and filled three books with my own poems. Because I spent a lot of time reading and testing poems in classrooms, schools started inviting me to perform. I've now performed at hundreds of schools. My goal to put on the most entertaining, most educational, and most motivating assembly a school has ever had. My web site, http://www.gigglepoetry.com, helps kids discover the fun of reading and writing poetry.
Language arts are a very important part of what you learn in school. You can read great books that take you to far-away lands. You can write your own stories and make yourself the hero of exciting adventures. Even if it seems hard sometimes, don't give up. Keep practicing your reading and writing skills, and soon it will become easier. There are so many wonderful worlds to explore in books and poetry. Get your very own passport by learning to read and write the very best that you can.
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March 10, 2019
Some great names that I've not found in other naming books, with great details on origins and meanings.
July 20, 2008
I find Lansky's books to be just a wee, tiny bit irritating at times... some of his, and others, interpretations of names are either wrong outright, or not complete. Not all, just some...I own several of his "dictionaries" and would recommended them with the warning that just a few are a bit wonky.
And as with all dictionaries, being told-see such and such name, since it's an alternate spelling, variation, whatever, instead of just coming out and giving the definition and saying variant of... is just annoying.
that all said, still a good reference, not the very best, but among the betters.
And as with all dictionaries, being told-see such and such name, since it's an alternate spelling, variation, whatever, instead of just coming out and giving the definition and saying variant of... is just annoying.
that all said, still a good reference, not the very best, but among the betters.
September 11, 2007
Both of my kids' names come from this book! I love reading the meaning of names.
July 20, 2008
Helpful for finding a baby name for when you are expecting. I was unclear on what I wanted to name my son. But looking through the book was fun.
April 30, 2009
Another great name book. Also provides lists of names that were popular by year.
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December 4, 2011I got this for my writing reference shelf - to help choose character names.
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January 20, 2014Stole it from mom! I always loved looking through the name meanings in this book.
February 2, 2015
Not much better than the last - a lot of the same names from other books I have, but this one at least gave more in the way of meanings, origins and alternate spellings.
April 29, 2015
Picked this book up to help me with names for my short stories characters when I was in college. Helped a lot and I got an 'A' in the class. Yea!!!
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August 19, 2015All around good resource for baby names - lots of names (but not too many); includes origins, meanings, and nicknames.
January 18, 2009
a good tool for the start of a search for a name
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