Description

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Quoted everywhere from Parenting to The Wall Street Journal, with more than a million copies of their books in print, bestselling authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran are the 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 what
celebrities 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

About the Author

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Linda Rosenkrantz is the author of Telegram! Modern History as Told Through More than 400 Witty, Poignant and Revealing Telegrams and the memoir, My Life as a List: 207 Things About My (Bronx) Childhood. In addition to writing articles for numerous magazines, she writes a nationally syndicated column on collectibles. Rosenkrantz is also a bestselling baby-naming expert on Parenting.com and coauthor, with Pamela Redmond Satran, of popular books including The Baby Name Bible, Cool Names for Babies and Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Pamela Redmond Satran is the author of two novels about motherhood, Babes in Captivity and The Man I Should Have Married. She is a contributing editor to Parenting magazine, a columnist for Baby Talk, and a frequent contributor to such publications as Glamour and Bon Appetit. With Linda Rosenkrantz Finch, she is also a bestselling Baby-naming expert on Parenting.com, selling over a million copies of books such as Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana and Cool Names for Babies.

Praise For…

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“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