Baby Name Books
Recommended Baby Name Books
We have two baby name book recommendations.
The first book is called "The Baby Name Wizard" by an author called Laura Wattenburg. Laura became frustrated in her quest to find names for her two daughters and developed name analysis software.
The second baby name book we recommend is "Cool Names: For Babies" again by a top author who offers plenty of contemporary baby name ideas; taking you from her HOT COOL and why the name Ivy is cooler Ivana to the COOL COOL famous names of movie characters, athletes, artists, musicians and writers to her NEW COOL ...... to her TOO COOL which tells you why not to name a child Tiger or Kool.
If these books fail then don't worry about it - you can always fall back on a Saints Name or a Grandparents name !
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Popular Baby Names
TOP 10 Baby names for 2005 (source: US social security administration)
| Rank | Male name | Female name | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | Emily | ||
| 2 | Michael | Emma | ||
| 3 | Joshua | Madison | ||
| 4 | Matthew | Abigail | ||
| 5 | Ethan | Olivia | ||
| 6 | Andrew | Isabella | ||
| 7 | Daniel | Hannah | ||
| 8 | Anthony | Samantha | ||
| 9 | Christopher | Ava | ||
| 10 | Joseph | Ashley | ||
| Note: Rank 1 is the most popular, rank 2 is the next most popular, and so forth. | ||||
Popular Twins Names
TOP 10 names for twins born in 2005 (source: US social security administration)
| Rank | Names | Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob, Joshua | 78 |
| 2 | Matthew, Michael | 70 |
| 3 | Daniel, David | 63 |
| 4 | Faith, Hope | 49 |
| 5 | Ethan, Evan | 43 |
| 6 | Taylor, Tyler | 42 |
| 7 | Isaac, Isaiah | 37 |
| 8 | Joseph, Joshua | 37 |
| 9 | Nathan, Nicholas | 37 |
| 10 | Madison, Mason | 33 |
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The Baby Name Wizard
Now $10.36 (list price $12.95) ... A great method for finding the perfect name for your baby. Stop worrying about what name you are going to choose... your baby’s perfect name is out there. The trick is finding it. The perfect baby name will speak to your heart, give your child a great start in life—and maybe even satisfy your relatives. But you can't expect to just stumble on a name like that in an A to Z dictionary or on a trendy list. That’s why you need The Baby Name Wizard. Created by a name-searching mom, it uses groundbreaking research and computer generated models to pinpoint each name’s image, examine its usage and popularity over the last 100 years, and suggest other promising ideas. A perfect guide to the modern world of names, The Baby Name Wizard will engage you from the first name you look up and keep you enchanted through your journey to the just-right name for your baby. |
Editorial Reviews from the Inside Flap
Why are there four little Olivias on your block? What kind of names would sound good with a brother named Dylan? Is George too old-fashioned? Is Dakota too weird? And why is Brianna now a more popular name for girls than Mary, Karen, and Margaret combined? The Baby Name Wizard is the first expert guide to helping you understand every aspect of a baby's name, from its image a nd history to nicknames and variants, as well as popularity and usage trends. The book's unique structure lets you start with one name you like and end up with a list of ideas tailored to your tastes. Each name has an entertaining buyer's guide–style entry to answer the questions: Fun to browse and full of surprises, yet fact-filled and well organized, The Baby Name Wizard is destined to enchant. About the Author LAURA WATTENBERG is a writer, researcher, and software designer who developed the name analysis software after becoming frustrated in her search for names for her two daughters. She lives outside of Boston. |
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Cool Names: For Babies
Price $9.95. Free shipping on orders over $25. Stop worrying about what name you are going to choose... Yes, your baby’s perfect name is out there. The trick is finding it. As America's leading baby-name experts, Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran hear the same question again and again: 'What are the cool names?' Here are the fun, fresh answers, conveyed with the authors' trademark wit and authority, incuding: -HOT COOL-From the top 100 cool names to why Ivy is cooler than Ivana -COOL COOL-Celebrity names (Heath, Jada); athlete names (Venus, Ali); artist/literary names (Monet, Dashiell) -NEW COOL-Spiritual names (Pax, Eden); color names (Indigo, Lavender); foreign-word names (Alouette, from the French for 'lark,' or Luna, from the Spanish 'moon') -TOO COOL-Why not to name a child Kool or Tiger. With thousands of ideas that parents won't find anywhere else, Cool Names is the definitive guide to the hottest names. |
Editorial Reviews
About the Author: Linda Rosenkrantz, author of TALK and co-author of GONE HOLLYWOOD and SOHO, now writes a nationally syndicated column on collectibles. She lives with her husband and daughter in Los Angeles. |