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The Parent Soup Baby Name Finder : Real Advice from Real Parents Who Have Named Their Babies and Lived to Tell About It... |
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Although the subtitle of this baby-name book is Real Advice from Real Parents Who Have Named their Babies and Lived to Tell About It, the true value of the book is more traditional. It's a list, or rather a set of lists, and, although that's a crowded playing field, this book holds up well, offering highly detailed and multicultural food for thought. Take a small chunk from the letter T at random and you'll find, for example: Tawqeer (Arabic for honor); Tayib (Indic for delicate or good); Tayon (unknown meaning); Tayor (unknown meaning); Taysean (unknown meaning); Teague (Gaelic/Irish for poet); Tearle (Old English for serious, austere); Teclo (Greek for divine). The next name is Ted, but you get the point--nobody is going to look through this much information and complain that there must be more. A useful feature is the "Baby Name Finder" index, split into alphabetical headings such as "3 Syllables," "Ethnic-Swedish," and "Lakes and Rivers." The advice is restricted to a few dozen parental quotes under topic headings such as "How Do You Spell That?" and "Will My Child Be Teased Because of This Name?" but don't miss the last-page guide to some fascinating name resources online. --Richard Farr
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