Cassell Dictionary of First Names (Language reference) - Hardcover

Room, Adrian

 
9780304343980: Cassell Dictionary of First Names (Language reference)

Synopsis

An A-Z guide to over 2000 contemporary English first names. The book covers traditional names (such as Mary, John and Peter), more modern names (such as Wayne, Gemma and Kirsty) and unusual names (such as Festus, Almira and Lalange). names.

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About the Author

Adrian Room is an established writer of reference books, mainly on the origins of words and names. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and American Name Society. He was Senior Lecturer in Russian with the Ministry of Defence until 1984, when he took up full-time writing.

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ISBN 10:  0304349151 ISBN 13:  9780304349159
Publisher: Cassell Reference, 1999
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