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    100,000+ Baby Names: The Most Complete, Fascinating, and Helpful Name Book You Can Find
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    100,000+ Baby Names: The Most Complete, Fascinating, and Helpful Name Book You Can Find
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    100,000+ Baby Names: The Most Complete, Fascinating, and Helpful Name Book You Can Find

    By Bruce Lansky

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    About this ebook

    100,000+ Baby Names is the most complete, most fascinating, and most helpful name book you can find by Bruce Lansky, the #1 author of baby name books in North America.  It is the best book in the category with over 300 lists of possible name choices, the top 100 boys’ and girls’ names and the latest trends, as well as a list of 12 important factors to consider when selecting a name.  This book has it all and will help you choose a name that you and your baby will love!

    In this revised edition you'll find over 100,000 up-to-date names that reflect the latest naming trends--complete with origins, meanings, and variations.  This includes ethnic names from over a hundred countries:  nearly 19,000 English names, 12,000 Latin names, 10,000 Hebrew names, 11,000 Greek names, 9,000 African-American names, 9,000 Hispanic names, 8,000 French names, 8,000 Irish names, 7,000 German names, 4,000 Arabic names, and thousands of Scandinavian, Italian, Polish, Scottish, Welsh, Russian, Hindi, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Tai, Cambodian, African, Native American, Australian/Aboriginal, and Hawaiian names--plus many more names from many more origins.

    You'll also find:
    —Over 300 lists of fascinating names to consider
    —Gender-neutral names shared by girls and boys
    —Unique spellings of popular names
    —The most-up-to-date lists of top 100 boys' and girls' names and the latest trends
    —The most complete list of celebrity baby names
    —Ideas for picking names for siblings
    —A list of 12 factors to consider when choosing names

    This book will help you choose a name that you and your baby will love!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMeadowbrook
    Release dateNov 3, 2009
    ISBN9781439183571
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    100,000+ Baby Names: The Most Complete, Fascinating, and Helpful Name Book You Can Find
    Author

    Bruce Lansky

    Bruce Lansky has edited a number of poetry anthologies (including Rolling in the Aisles, Kids Pick the Funniest Poems, If Kids Ruled the School, A Bad Case of the Giggles, Miles of Smiles, and No More Homework! No More Tests!), and 3 silly songbook anthologies. Lansky created the popular GigglePoetry.com website for children and the PoetryTeachers.com website for teachers. He also created the Girls to the Rescue series, the New Fangled Fairy Tales series, and the Can You Solve the Mysteries series.

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      The book I took with me to the hospital when my baby was born.