100,000+ Baby Names [Paperback]

Bruce Lansky (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 700 pages
• Publisher: Meadowbrook Press (2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 088166507X
• ISBN-13: 978-0881665079
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,277,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bruce Lansky is the #1 author of baby-name books in North America. His other name books include: What's Your Baby's Name, Baby Names Around the World, The Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World, The Very Best Baby Name Book in the Whole Wide World, 55000+ Baby Names, 25,000+ Baby Names, The Baby Name Survey Book, and the Mother of All Baby Names. He is also editor of a successful series of humor books, children's poetry books, and children's fiction.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Incorrect meanings/classifications for ethnic names, July 29, 2007

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Armani (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100,000 + BABY NAMES:The Most Complete Baby Name Book (Paperback)

First, let me state the obvious: You will find many, many names in this book. Besides American and Christian names the book lists many ethnic names: African, Indian, Arabic, Chinese, Irish, Italian, etc.
I can't comment on the quality and accuracy of all the names, but being East Indian I do have a fair bit of knowledge regarding Indian names.
The problems with this book:
1. Many of the name meanings are wildly inaccurate.
2. Some boys names were incorrectly classified as a girls name and vice-versa.
3. Some Arabic names were incorrectly classified as Indian.
4. Quality: many Indian names listed in this book are archaic and woefully outdated-- the sort of name that conjures up images of someone in their 80s. The American equivalent would be names like Ebenezer or Nimrod. Those names were popular at some point in the 1880s, but how many parents would give that name to their child today =)
The bottom line: there are a wide variety of names to be found here, but if you're going to go with a name you are unfamiliar with be sure to check alternate sources for meanings, source attribution and gender-appropriateness.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful, August 9, 2006

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B. Goldstein (West Palm Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 100,000 + BABY NAMES:The Most Complete Baby Name Book (Paperback)

Considering the size of the book I was disappointed in the lack of information and meanings given. They are mostly one word meanings, if there is a meaning at all. Mostly it seems like it wants to take you in a big circle of reference from one name to the next never quite giving you what you are looking for. It wasn't helpful for me. I found "The Babyname Wizard" book A LOT more informative and helpful.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 100,000+ Baby Names by Bruce Lansky, May 10, 2008

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Elizabeth Bryniarski "Jack Scheepol" (Lenexa, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 100,000+ Baby Names (Paperback)

This book is a waste of time. The author collected all names from around the world but did not bother to check their meaning, origin, etc. Many names are associated with ridiculous non-facts or false facts. Many others do not have their origin as stated. We know that for sure about polish names - we come from Poland; but we noticed the same thing with many other names as well. Very weak book. Do not buy it!