Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana: What to Name Your Baby Now
Quoted everywhere from Parenting to The Wall Street Journal, with more than a million copies of their books in print, bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the baby-name experts. In this fresh and expanded new edition of "the best baby-naming book ever written" (The News Journal), they offer irresistible lists of names you won't find anywhere else, along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions—-and answers—-for expectant parents:\...
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Quoted everywhere from Parenting to The Wall Street Journal, with more than a million copies of their books in print, bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the baby-name experts. In this fresh and expanded new edition of "the best baby-naming book ever written" (The News Journal), they offer irresistible lists of names you won't find anywhere else, along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions—-and answers—-for expectant parents:Style: What's hot and what's cool—-including Honest Names, Spiritual Names, Kreeatif Names, The Two-Syllable Solution, Word Names, The Exotics, and a Girl Named BoyPopularity: The most popular names in America and around the world, and what celebrities are naming their babiesImage: What's really in a name, and why Briyana spells troubleSex: What's it like for a girl to grow up with a traditionally feminine name like Abigail or Blossom; a no-frills name like Alice or Jane; or a unisex name like Dylan or Dakota? And are there any decidedly masculine names left for boys?Tradition: A concise history of American baby naming, plus inspired ways to reflect your own cultural heritageFamily: Whose name is it, anyway? And other vital considerations Scripps Howard News Service "The Spy magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names."
AcknowledgmentsxvIntroduction1Style5What's Hot8Honest Names9Spiritual Names11Biblical Boys12Red Tent Names13Kreeatif Names14The Two-Syllable Solution17The Brits & the Celts20Place Names23Nature Names26Riddle of the Middle27Hero Middle Names29One-Syllable Middle Names31A Garden of Roses33Starbaby Middle Names33What's Cool36Word Names37Wilder Nature Names38Day Names39Postvirtue Names40Profession Names41Word Names42Endangered Species44Mythological Names47A Girl Named Boy51The Exotics54Exotic Surname Names57Fashion Limbo59So Far Out They'll Probably Always Be Out63Popularity65The 100 Most Popular Names for 200368But I've Always Loved Emily75Regional Flavor78Southern Belles & Beaus78Western Cowboys80New England Names80What the Rest of the World Is Doing82Canada83England & Wales85Scotland86Ireland87Australia88New Zealand89Germany89France90The Netherlands90Belgium91Italy91Spain92Norway93Sweden93Finland94Croatia94Russia94Good-bye, Dick; Good-bye, Jane95Starbabies97Hotties99Honest Names102Biblical103Kreeatif & Unusual105The Two-Syllable Solution108The One-Syllable Solution109The Brits & the Celts110The Italianates & Other Imports111Place Names113Nature Names114Boys' Names for Girls115Last Names First116Nickname Names117Traditionals118TV Reception121Reality TV Names130It Takes One to Play One132Disney World133There's Only One Uma137Much Ado About Naming141Brit Lit146Image151What's Really in a Name?154The Classics159Unusual Names181Why Briyana Spells Trouble186Creative Names189No-Nonsense Names193The Nickname Game196Short & Sweet198No-Nickname Names201Fitting In/Standing Out204Class207Yuppie Names210Royal Names212Sex215Naming a Daughter218Feminissima Names220Feminine Names222No-Frills Names227Naming a Son230All-Boy Names234Tough Guys, Not-So-Tough Names236Unisex Names238The True Unisex Names241Boys to Girls242Androgynous Starbabies244Tradition247A Concise History of American Baby-Naming250Colonial Period & Eighteenth Century250Nineteenth Century254Twentieth Century256African-American Names264Popular African-American Names272Muslim/Arabic Names276African Names278Names from Across the Ocean281Celtic Names281Scottish Names282Irish Names284Welsh Names286Dutch Names287French Names289German Names294Greek Names297Italian Names299Scandinavian Names300Slavic Names304Spanish Names308Variazioni on a Theme313Jewish Names318The Kosher Curve320Hebrew & Israeli Names321Conan. Patron Saint of Late-Night TV326Some Celtic Saints330Family333You Say Maria. I Say Mariah336Family Names341Putting the Name Before the Baby344Bad Advice?346Baby Jr.348Some Juniors Who Made Names for Themselves350Sibling Names353Double Trouble356Twin Starbabies357Whose Name Is It. Anyway?359The Name Becomes the Child362Index367
\ From the Publisher"The classic baby name guide."- The New York Times Magazine\ "The arbiter of hip baby names."- The Wall Street Journal\ "The Spy magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names."- Scripps Howard News Service\ "Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides, [Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line."- Entertainment Weekly\ \ \ \ \ \ The New York Times Magazine"The classic baby name guide.\ \ \ The Wall Street Journal"The arbiter of hip baby names.\ \ \ \ \ Scripps Howard News Service"The Spy magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names.\ \ \ \ \ Entertainment Weekly"Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides...[Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line.\ \
