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Do you love or hate your name? Do you know what it really means? How do you choose the right name for someone? We all have a first name, but how many of us really know its origin and history? This comprehensive dictionary provides a fascinating collection of linguistic, historical, and associated information about some 7,000 names, making it ideal reference for linguists and family historians, as well as an important source of information for parents choosing a name for a child.
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"I have returned to this dictionary again and again for sheer pleasure." -- Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times
"full of anecdotal material as well as historical facts" -- Glasgow Herald
About the Author
Patrick Hanks has been a lexicographer and linguistic researcher for over twenty-five years. Flavia Hodges is a philologist, lexicographer, and publisher.
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- PublisherOUP Oxford
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0198607644
- ISBN 13 9780198607649
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages480
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