Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
This complete baby naming resource includes more names and more helpful features than any other book on the market:

- Over 100,000 baby names and their meanings, derivations and famous namesakes

- 5,000 Hispanic names.

- Icons to identify names used for both genders, and to indicate whether they're used evenly, more for boys, or more for girls.

- Updated lists ranking the 100 most popular names for boys and girls in 2004

- Top-hundred ranked names are starred in the main text of the book.

- A new introductory chapter by Bruce Lansky: "How to Pick A Name for Your Baby"

- 300 helpful lists of names to consider, including famous authors, actors, athletes, artists, scientists as well as lists of names that convey an image: attractive, smart, competent, friendly, wimpy, etc.

Rating : - easy to use, fun, and informative
This is a great book for anyone who needs to pick out names, whether for a baby, a pet, or characters in a book you're writing. There are literally over 100,000 names in here, from modern quirky to old-fashioned classics.

The book is arranged in an easy to use manner, making it a snap to find what you're looking for. The two main sections are for boys and girls, each name listing having the name's origin, meaning, and alternate spelling and forms in alphabetical order. Plus there are many short lists toward the front for specific catagories, including Mythological, musicians by genre, actors, Old West, and even names from the Harry Potter series. The list of the top 100 names and the top names from around the world are helpful as well.

If that wasn't enough, there is also a section about legal concerns and another for fun name trvia.

I highly recommend this book if you need to come up with some names, or research where your's came from.