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The baby name wizard, a magical method for finding the perfect name for your baby, Laura Wattenberg

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The baby name wizard, a magical method for finding the perfect name for your baby, Laura Wattenberg

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The baby name wizard

Oclc number

806016067

Responsibility statement

Laura Wattenberg

Sub title

a magical method for finding the perfect name for your baby

Table Of Contents

In search of the perfect name : a peek behind the wizard's curtain -- Rules of thumb for choosing a name -- Family matters : namesakes, traditions, and conflicts -- Tips and tricks for name-blocked parents -- Today's top 25 -- The baby name map : trends across America -- Getting started : a quick to the book -- Name snapshots -- Girls -- Boys -- Name styles -- African -- African-American -- Androgynous -- Antique charm -- Spotlight : golden age Hollywood -- Bell tones -- Spotlight : do-it-yourself contemporary names -- Biblical -- Brisk and breezy -- Celtic -- Spotlight : really Irish names -- Charms and graces -- Classical -- Country and Western -- English -- The "--ens" -- Exotic traditionals -- Spotlight : X's and O's -- Fanciful -- Fantastical -- French -- German and Dutch -- Greek -- Guys and dolls -- Italian -- Jewish -- Lacy and lissome -- Ladies and gentlemen -- Last names first -- Spotlight : Clark Kent names -- Latino / Latina -- Literary and artistic -- Long gone -- Macho swagger -- Mid-century America -- Modern meanings -- Spotlight : siblings for Nevaeh? -- Muslim -- Mythological -- Namesakes -- New classics -- Nickname-proof -- Nicknames -- Spotlight : college names -- Porch sitters -- Saints -- '70s & '80s -- Shakespearean -- Short and sweet -- Slavic -- Spotlight : names without borders -- Solid citizens -- Surfer -- Timeless -- Spotlight : likable names -- Turn of the 21st century -- Why not?

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