Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana: An Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby - Softcover

Rosenkrantz, Linda; Satran, Pamela Redmond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312199708 ISBN 13: 9780312199708

Publisher: Griffin, 1999

Synopsis

An updated edition of a best-selling guide to baby names offers a witty exploration of the fads, the dangers, and the delights of name choice, providing lists of name categories including No-Nonsense Names, Comfy Names, and others. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. Tour.

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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

From the Back Cover

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 arethe 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Griffin
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312199708
• ISBN 13: 9780312199708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 398