Customer Reviews
Happy customer - By: S. Baker, 25 Jul 2008 
Very, very happy with this book. Spent ages looking at all the different titles then took a chance by ordering this one. Made the right decision. Format is fresh, easy to glance through or readin more detail depending on how much time you have. Plenty of names to choose from, modern, traditional, trendy, a few foreign names but not too many. Ideal for naming baby without having to trawl through crazy names or a multitude of American names. Within ten minutes of reading this i'd found a few good names. Perfect.
Intelligent and entertaining - By: Morena, 18 Apr 2008 There are so, so many rubbish name books out there. This is one of a very few gems (the only other one I'd recommend is the Oxford Dictionary of First Names).
It's full of interesting, & accurate tidbits about the names, which the author sometimes groups togetherin themes - for example, Alfred & Aubrey might be talked aboutin the same entry because both have meanings about elves. This doesn't mean the names are hard to find, though, as they are all ordered alphabetically. Just don't be put off if some of them say "See 'X'"; it doesn't mean they've been lumpedin with another name, but that they will be discussed with them. This gives the book an almost conversational feel, as if you were listening to someone really well-informed talk about names. The introduction, too, is very interesting & makes it obvious she has done her research (she even provides a bibliography). I really enjoyed reading it & haven't spotted a single factual inaccuracy of the kind that other name books are riddled with. The only strange thing is that there are lots of typosin my edition. It's a shame that such a good book clearly hasn't been proofread to do it justice.
