100,000 + BABY NAMES:The Most Complete Baby Name Book
by By Lansky, Bruce
Category: Family & Relationships , Baby Names

The most helpful, complete, and yearly up-to-date name bookWhat's new about names?  The new edition of 100,000+ Baby Names by Bruce  Lansky features the most up-to-date lists of names, trends, advice, and  fascinating facts about names, including:Hundreds of newly popular names and variationsThe latest list of top 100 names for boys and girlsThe latest naming trends: what's hot and what's notThe most rapidly rising and falling top 1,000 namesUpdated lists of names to consider, including names of newly famous people and fictional charactersThe most popular gender-neutral names and their rates of use (more for boys, more for girls, or 50/50)New (and classic) celebrity baby namesAnd our list of names from around the world keeps growing! Here  you'll find more than 100,000 names--complete with origins, meanings,  variations, and famous namesakes. You'll find names  from major linguistic and ethnic groups of origin, including English  (19,000 names), Latin (11,000 names), Greek (11,000 names), American  (11,000 names), Hebrew (9,000 names), Hispanic (9,000 names), French  (8,000 names), Irish (7,000 names), and German (6,000 names)--plus  thousands of Scottish, Welsh, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese,  Scandinavian, Polish, Native American, Hawaiian, Korean, Thai,  Vietnamese, Australian/Aboriginal, African, and Hindi names. The list  features unique spellings of popular names that are catching on, plus  newly popular names and variations not listed in other books and  websites.