- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated (Jan 18 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1402204981
- ISBN-13: 978-1402204982
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 17.4 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 458 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #649,399 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
50,001+ Best Baby Names is the essential resource you need to find the perfect name for your baby. This one-stop baby-naming shop is the most complete baby-naming book you can buy-including more than 230 lists of names you'll love (and those you'll love to hate!).
50,001+ Best Baby Names includes not only all of Hollywood's latest picks (think Apple) and modern trends in baby-naming, but also thousands of classic and traditional names that even Grandma will approve of. Creative lists, indispensable information and thousands of names will help you think of your baby's name in a new way.
Includes:
--Every name you can imagine and thousands more
--Names teachers can't pronounce
--Names that spawn difficult nicknames
--Ugly names that are in, pretty names that are out
--A place for mom and dad to list their favorites
--Names celebrities give their babies
--Names for Nobel Prize winners, artists, inventors and movie stars
--And so much more!
50,001+ Best Baby Names includes not only all of Hollywood's latest picks (think Apple) and modern trends in baby-naming, but also thousands of classic and traditional names that even Grandma will approve of. Creative lists, indispensable information and thousands of names will help you think of your baby's name in a new way.
Includes:
--Every name you can imagine and thousands more
--Names teachers can't pronounce
--Names that spawn difficult nicknames
--Ugly names that are in, pretty names that are out
--A place for mom and dad to list their favorites
--Names celebrities give their babies
--Names for Nobel Prize winners, artists, inventors and movie stars
--And so much more!
About the Author
Diane Stafford is the author of seven books, including 40,001 Best Baby Names. She lives in Newport Beach, California.
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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nonsense, May 25 2005
By Maria Beadnell "gotlips" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 50,001 Best Baby Names (Paperback)
I've never yet seen a baby name book this bad. (And I've seen dozens, having studied name trends extensively in grad school.)There are a great many made up names,--made up, I think, so that the author could list 50,001 as her name total. And the "definitions!" Yikes! Another reviewer wrote that the author seems to have made up the definitions, and this seems to be right. They don't even agree with references ON the SAME PAGE. Rosalia is supposed to be Italian and mean "hanging roses," while Rosalie, listed as English, is supposed to mean "striking dark beauty." In her introduction, Stafford says you might not want to name your child Delilah after you find out it means "whimpering harlot guttersnipe." No it doesn't. Not even in her own book. What kind of dumb joke was that?
In addition to the made up names and imaginary definitions, there is no pronunciation guide. So I guess any way you want to say the nonsense names is fine.
If you were never a student of a language other than English, you might be fooled by the definitions, and if you want to choose your baby's name(s) by the cute sounds, this is the book for you. By all means avoid it if the meaning of a name has some importance for you.
Although no reference book is perfect, try __Baby Names: A New Generation__ or __Aaron to Zoe__.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Total waste of money!, Jan 9 2006
By Amy Stephens - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 50,001 Best Baby Names (Paperback)
Do Not Buy This Book!!!Naming trends are a hobby of mine and I own many books on the subject, from older books I have collected to the current trendy ones, and I have thoroughly read all of them. This is by far the worst one I have ever encountered. It is utter nonsense! Not only do some of the lists not make any sense, (What are gay and lesbian names and what qualifies a name as such???) but so many of these names are complete works of fiction it is laughable. If you want a name that is made up, don't waste money on the book, make it up yourself. The so-called definitions are ridiculous to the point of being offensive in some cases. A little research goes a long way! I don't know who paid her to write this book, but they should get their money back. As a matter of fact, I should get my money back for buying it!
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Absolute waste of money, Sep 15 2005
By D. Delsignore - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 50,001 Best Baby Names (Paperback)
Please do not waste your money on this book! It is such a joke. Unfortunately, the premise of poring through 50,000 names appealed to me. What the book's jacket didn't mention was that the names are all unbelievable and obviously made up. I can't even count how many times she makes up compound names (Joanielee or Stacielee or Phoebelee) to fill in space.Do yourself a favor and find a good baby name Web site instead. It will save you lots of time and you won't feel like a fool for shelling out $19.95 for this piece of garbage!
I can't believe this book made it into print. Awful awful awful!!
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