Very Best Baby Name Book In The Whole Wide World : Revised Edition

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Summary: This book has little to offer...
Review: Bought this book when I was pregnant with my first in 1997 and since then have had over 5 friends borrow it and loved it. Now I'm expecting again and using it yet again. The best part of this book is that it not only displays generic names but many variations of the name including spellings and still has the every popular "trendy" names. The beginning section is not only entertaining it's informational and really does make you think before you name. If you ever get the chance to browse through it, do it.

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Summary: Title says it all
Review: Bought this book when I was pregnant with my first in 1997 and since then have had over 5 friends borrow it and loved it. Now I'm expecting again and using it yet again. The best part of this book is that it not only displays generic names but many variations of the name including spellings and still has the every popular "trendy" names. The beginning section is not only entertaining it's informational and really does make you think before you name. If you ever get the chance to browse through it, do it.

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Summary: *
Review: I am fourteen and I love this book. :::is taken aback by surprised and horrified gasps from the audience::: No, I am not a teen mother, (:::audience heaves a sigh of relief:::) I am a teen writer. I can name characters! :-D

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Summary: OK, but many others better
Review: I bought Lansky's 15,000+ Baby Names book 2 1/2 years ago before my daughter was born and found it to be less than helpful. I didn't like the way the narrative was handled for each name, plus too many names I specifically went to look up were not in the book. Now we are waiting for our baby boy to be born in June. I checked out this book in the store, and found it to be a rehash of the previous book with more alternate spellings. Once again, some names I looked up were not in here in any spelling. I bought Carol McD Wallace's "The Greatest Baby Name Book Ever" instead, and am much happier with it, although it has shortcomings of it's own. A few inaccuracies, and places where better research would have yielded a better history and origin of certain names. Never-the-less, I recommend Wallace's book along with "The New Age Baby Name Book" for a more complete list of available names.

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Summary: Frustrating
Review: I find this book to be a waste of time. My husband and I have searched this book probably a hundred times trying to find a name that has a good meaning for our son. Almost all names with a decent meaning are unusable, while others are generic and boring. We are frustrated looking up 3 or 4 names to find the meaning of the one we are considering. Why cant the author just insert the meaning again instead of writing only "variation of ...."? Also, the meanings of names in this book differ from other sources. Which source is correct? Our son is 16 days old and we are back to the book store trying to find something more helpful. Ridiculous

Rating:
Summary: Frustrating
Review: I find this book to be a waste of time. My husband and I have searched this book probably a hundred times trying to find a name that has a good meaning for our son. Almost all names with a decent meaning are unusable, while others are generic and boring. We are frustrated looking up 3 or 4 names to find the meaning of the one we are considering. Why cant the author just insert the meaning again instead of writing only "variation of ...."? Also, the meanings of names in this book differ from other sources. Which source is correct? Our son is 16 days old and we are back to the book store trying to find something more helpful. Ridiculous

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Summary: This book has little to offer...
Review: I have to say I purchased this as an impulse buy ... early in my pregnancy. I have been less than impressed with it. There really aren't that many names in here and it seems that over half of them are repeats of previous names (different spellings or combinations, for ex. Bobbi + Sue). We are still at a loss for a good girls name and are going to be investing in a different book (I'm doing better research this time).

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Summary: Not the very best
Review: I really wasn't impressed with this name book. I chose a name without this book. The book needs to be updated. Alot of the popular names now were not in it.

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Summary: Bruce Lansky is a great baby name author
Review: Lansky has written many baby name books and this one is really interesting. It is not as good as 35,000+ Baby Names or Baby Names Around the World both also by Lansky, but a very interesting book. I am addicted to baby name books and I recommend this one.

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Summary: Obviously, the title is a mis-print
Review: This book, though large, had very few names which were actually viable options. Of course it had the base of "generic" names, you know- the ones you can find on pencils in Wal-Mart, the majority of the names were definite "No way!"s. Unless you are considering Hildegard as a possibility, I would venture to buy another book. I rated it three stars for entertainment value, however. :)
Good luck on your baby or new pet!