Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana: What to Name Your Baby Now - Softcover

Rozenkrantz, Linda; Satran, Pamela Redmond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312940955 ISBN 13: 9780312940959

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Quoted everywhere from Parenting to The Wall Street Journal, with over a million copies of their books in print, bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the baby-name experts. In this fresh and expanded new edition of “the best baby-naming book ever written” (The News Journal), they offer irresistible lists of names you won’t find anywhere else, along with their trademark wit and insight on the most important questions—and answers—for expectant parents:

Style:
What’s hot and what’s cool--including Honest Names, Spiritual Names, Kreeatif Names, The Two-Syllable Solution, Word Names, The Exotics, and a Girl Named Boy.

Popularity:
The most popular names in America and around the world, and whatcelebrities are naming their babies.

Image:
What’s really in a name, and why Briyana spells trouble

Sex:
What’s it like for a girl to grow up with a traditionally feminine name like Abigail or Blossom; a no-frills name like Alice or Jane; or a unisex name like Dylan or Dakota? And are there any decidedly masculine names left for boys?

Tradition: A concise history of American baby-naming, plus inspired ways to reflect your own cultural heritage.

Family: Whose name is it, anyway? and other vital considerations.

“Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides...[Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line.”—Entertainment Weekly

About this title

Review:

"Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides...[Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line."

"The Spy magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names."

"The classic baby name guide."

"The arbiter of hip baby names."

"The classic baby name guide."- "The New York Times Magazine"
"The arbiter of hip baby names."- "The Wall Street Journal"
"The "Spy" magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names."- "Scripps Howard News Service"
"Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides, ["Beyond Jennifer & Jason"] lays it on the line."
- "Entertainment Weekly"

The classic baby name guide. "The New York Times Magazine"

The arbiter of hip baby names. "The Wall Street Journal"

The "Spy" magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names. "Scripps Howard News Service"

Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides, ["Beyond Jennifer & Jason"] lays it on the line. "Entertainment Weekly""

"The classic baby name guide." --The New York Times Magazine

"The arbiter of hip baby names." --The Wall Street Journal

"The Spy magazine of name-the-baby books: smart, sassy, well-informed, and not afraid to name names." --Scripps Howard News Service

"Unlike garden-variety baby-name guides, [Beyond Jennifer & Jason] lays it on the line." --Entertainment Weekly

About the Author:

LINDA ROSENKRANTZ is the author of Telegram! Modern History as Told Through More than 400 Witty, Poignant and Revealing Telegrams and the memoir, My Life as a List: 207 Things About My (Bronx) Childhood, and coauthor (with her husband, Christopher Finch) of Gone Hollywood and Sotheby’s Guide to Animation Art. In addition to contributing articles to numerous magazine, she writes a nationally syndicated column on collectibles. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.

PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN is the author of three novels about motherhood, Younger Babes in Captivity, and The Man I Should Have Married. A contributing editor for Parenting magazine, Satran is a frequent contributor to such publications as Glamour and Bon Appétit, and a columnist for Baby Talk. Satran lives with her husband and three children near New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312940955
• ISBN 13: 9780312940959
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 464