Complete Book of Baby Names (Complete Book of) (ISBN 1402207646) Book Reviews 1-6 Sorted By Most Recent, at VeryWellSaid.com

Too much nonsense with some glaring omissons

We picked the book up as an impulse item while starting our baby registry at one of the big box stores.

The up front information on things to think about is valuable. But the bulk of the book seems to be a data dump of any possible word that could be used as a name. As another person observed - too much filler. Some of the top ten lists were pretty weak - top gangster names, top zodiac names etc.... There are little side notes (symbols) next to many names, but we couldn't find the key to let us know what the symbols meant.

Kind of a fun book for conversations, but far too many nonsensical offerings to sift through. And somehow in the 100,001 names such as Hemp or Turbo she missed Lars? Odd.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-04-29 09:51:22 EST)

02-08-08

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Interesting Collection of Names

I recommend this book for anyone searching for a name for a new baby, or even for a story they are writing. The lists (of popular names, according to categories) are especially helpful in narrowing down to the right name.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-02-27 01:23:09 EST)

02-05-08

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I'm happy with it.

I draw, write and play plenty of games with character creation, so I've been looking for a name book.

I'm quite happy with it. The lists at the front are quite handy and while I'm not having a baby, I think they gave some good advice at the start of the book.

After that, the names are kind of jumbled. Besides the lists (each with ten names for each gender), the names are either under boy or girl. I wish they had been organized by country.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-02-09 08:53:49 EST)

09-16-07

2\2

Everything you need to choose the best name for your baby

This is an amazing resource book with lots of lists, the meanings of all the names and really good introductory materials (that were very helpful). 100,001 names is a lot of names, so having some ways to think about them is very helpful. So were the lists of most popular names in categories such as country, ethnicity and religion. And I really liked the attributes of a perfect name (considerations such as sound, family names, nicknames, meaning, stereotypes, putting together first and last names, etc.). A tremendously useful book for naming babies (and even pets or characters in novels.) And fantastic shower gift.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2008-02-06 12:30:13 EST)

08-06-07

1\1

More doesn't mean better

Ever thought of naming your baby Oder? What about Pekar? If so, then this book is for you. If not, you will have to wade through tens of thousands of unusable names that are there just as filler.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-09-15 23:03:50 EST)

07-16-07

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Fabulous baby naming book!