Classic Baby Name Book - Softcover

Hamlin, Grace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141001526 ISBN 13: 9780141001524

Publisher: Penguin, 2001

Synopsis

Elegantly written, easy to use, and delightful to read, The Penguin Classic Baby Name Book is divided into sections of boys' and girls' names. Entries include information on origin, meaning, variations, and most importantly, literary namesakes. Throughout the book are sidebars with mini essays about literary characters and naming trends, as well as pointed quotations from the books themselves.

About this title

Synopsis:

If you are like most expectant parents you are looking for that special name with special meaning. A name with a legacy, a name for the ages. What better place to look for a name for your child than in literature? "The Penguin Classic Baby Name Book" is divided into sections of boy names and girls names; entries list names alphabetically and include information on origin and meaning, as well as variations and, most important, literary namesakes. In the entry for Julia (Latin, "youthful"), for example, we meet Jane Austen's Julia Bertram of "Mansfield Park", two Trollope Julias of a "certain age", Wilkie Collins's strong-minded Lady Julia Verinder of "The Moonstone", as well as Juliana, a Yulia, a Julie -Strindberg's "Miss" - and Shakespeare's Juliet (who, of course, famously pondered, "What's in a name?"). Throughout the book are sidebars with mini essays about literary characters and naming trends, as well as pointed quotations from the books themselves. And there is an index of authors, if you want to name your son after Juliet's hotheaded cousin in "Romeo and Juliet" but can't remember his name.

About the Author:

Grace Hamlin is a pseudonm of the author of several best-selling baby name books. She has written several other books including a guide to manners for children. She now lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141001526
• ISBN 13: 9780141001524
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320