World of Baby Names, A (Revised)Penguin, 1 jul 2003 - 640 páginas One of the most comprehensive baby name reference guides available, featuring more than 30,000 baby names, has been revised and expanded. Each chapter focuses on names from specific countries, regions, and ethnicities, including details about traditional naming customs. Each entry contains various spellings and pronunciations, as well as the name's meaning, history, etymology, and derivations. |
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CHAPTER FOUR Biblical Names | |
CHAPTER FIVE Chinese Names | |
CHAPTER SEVEN English Names | |
CHAPTER EIGHT French Names | |
CHAPTER NINE German Names | |
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Italian Names | |
CHAPTER SIXTEENJapanese Names | |
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Korean Names | |
CHAPTER TWENTY Mythology and Astrology Names | |
CHAPTER TWENTYONE North American Indian Names | |
CHAPTER TWENTYTWO Polish Names | |
CHAPTER TWENTYTHREE Polynesian Names | |
CHAPTER TWENTYFIVE Romanian Names | |
CHAPTER TEN Greek Names | |
CHAPTER ELEVEN Hawaiian Names | |
CHAPTER TWELVE HinduIndian Names | |
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Hungarian Names | |
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Irish Names | |
CHAPTER TWENTYSEVEN Scandinavian Names | |
CHAPTER TWENTYEIGHT Scottish Names | |
CHAPTER TWENTYNINE Southeast Asian Names | |
CHAPTER THIRTYONE Welsh Names | |
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Africa Alternatively ancient Anglicized form Arabic army battle beautiful became believe bestowed Bible blessed borne in Greek borrowing bright century child Christ Christian cognate common commonly compound name composed daughter diminutive form Ecclesiastic Greek Ecclesiastic Late Latin elements England English Names fair famous father female Feminine form flower Gaelic form gift glory goddess grace gracious Greek mythology happy Hawaiian form Hebrew hence honor independent given name Irish Italian Italy John king known light lord Male Names Mary Modern coinage mother name derived name is borne name meaning name of uncertain Nigeria noble Old English Old French Old High German Old Norse old Roman family origin peace Persian pet form place-name Polish Popular name derived protection Roman family name root ruler saint Sanskrit Scottish short form Spanish spear strength strong surname derived taken thought Transferred tree uncertain derivation variant victory Virgin Welsh wife woman