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What's in a name? Here are over 10,000 masculine and feminine first names and their meanings and derivations in the most comprehensive volume ever written on the subject. You will find not only those traditional names used popularly throughout the centuries, but also hundreds of names created in recent years by parents searching for unusual names for their children. And to help the expectant parent find a suitable name for his or her child, this up-to-date volume also indicates the variant forms, spellings, and diminutives of a particular name. Huge in scope--with a fascinating introduction that explores the origins of its first names--and cross-referenced for easy use, The Dictionary of First Names is an invaluable reference work that no family, student, or scholar should be without
- Author
- Kolatch, Alfred J., 1916-2007; Jonathan David Publishers
- Publisher
- Putnam; Perigee Trade
- Published
- 1981
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780399505706
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
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