The Melting Pot Book of Baby Names

By Connie Lockhart Ellefson and Connie Lockhart Ellefson

Book Overview

Whether you're simply interested in cognomens (names), or expecting a birth, Connie Lockhart Ellefson's compendium of more than 10,000 names and meanings from 50 countries ought to do the trick.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558703624
• ISBN13: 9781558703629
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Betterway Publications
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Top of the Top 24

Creative book with some good meanings and a good start to baby names but not as factual as I really like so try an Oxford baby names book for truer meanings.

For Writers and Game Masters

A wonderful reference guide for parents, writers and game masters of role playing games. The guide lists names by country of origin and a brief definition of the meaning. I've used this guide to come up with many names for the games I run, to fit the characters in the venue. Fun to look through as well, and easy to reference.

Wonderful for parents or the curious

I use this book more than any other when answering questions about first names at our library. The introduction for each country tells a bit about naming practices and lists the most popular given names. A well-organized book fun for just browsing and wonderful for those expecting someone to name.

Brilliant baby name book

Ellefson's book is sheer brilliance by virtue of the fact that she organizes names by country, male and female names, and gives the history of naming for that country as well as the meaning of the name itself. IN the back there is a key chart for the most common christian names, so you can find out how Peter is spelled in England as well as Hawaii. Great book!