The Name Book: Over 10,000 Names - Their Meanings, Origins, and Spiritual Significance [Paperback]

Dorothy Astoria (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2008

Baby-naming has become an art form with parents today, but where do parents go to find names and their meanings? The Name Book offers particular inspiration to those who want more than just a list of popular names. From Aaron to Zoe, this useful book includes the cultural origin, the literal meaning, and the spiritual significance of more than 10,000 names. An appropriate verse of Scripture accompanies each name, offering parents a special way to bless their children.

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Find the Perfect Name
A unique guide to the spiritual meaning of names

Your baby's name is one of the most important gifts you give as a parent. The Name Book gives you more than just a list of popular names. From Aaron to Zoe, this useful book includes the cultural origin, the literal meaning, and the spiritual significance of more than 10,000 classic, contemporary, and biblical names. An appropriate verse of Scripture accompanies each name, giving you a special way to bless your children. Also included are helpful hints on naming your child. Join the thousands who have found The Name Book to be a treasured resource when choosing a name--a gift to your child that lasts a lifetime.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers; Rev Upd edition (November 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764205668
• ISBN-13: 978-0764205668
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,503 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacking, February 25, 2009

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This review is from: The Name Book: Over 10,000 Names - Their Meanings, Origins, and Spiritual Significance (Paperback)

This is a good naming book. It skips past the fluff about how to choose a name and dives right into a well organized list and corresponding index. Some unusual names are included, but most are simple and traditional. The origin, meaning, and spiritual connotation is given for each name and a Bible verse is included as a part of each entry. A book icon is used to indicate any name that actually appears in the Bible.

The problem with this book is that it isn't special at all and it doesn't offer anything above and beyond other naming books. The book attempts to provide insight into the spiritual significance of a given name, but fails completely. The spiritual significance, in this case, is derived from the connotation of the name's literal meaning. That means that there is not a concrete reason why a particular name comes to have a spiritual significance. It is simply how the author felt about the name. The Bible verses are always positive and sometimes beautiful, but they seem to have been chosen randomly. You can take any name in this book and replace its corresponding Bible verse with a verse found elsewhere in the book.

I would recommend this book if you are looking for a more traditional name and would like to know what it means and where it originated. Just don't expect any insight deeper than that.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars User-Friendly Name Resource, February 5, 2011

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Dianne M. Haneke "Dianne M. Haneke PhD" (Manor, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Name Book: Over 10,000 Names - Their Meanings, Origins, and Spiritual Significance (Paperback)

The NAME BOOK is a well-written, user-friendly, very informative resource for the root meanings of names as well as the spiritual implications for names. This reference is a helpful tool for expectant parents as well as anyone who desires to know the meanings of over 10,000 names. I highly commend the book to people of all ages, creeds, and cultures.

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, January 6, 2012

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This review is from: The Name Book: Over 10,000 Names - Their Meanings, Origins, and Spiritual Significance (Paperback)

The book has a great variety of names. And each name listed includes the language/cultural origin (i.e. Old Norse, American, Latin, etc), the inherent meaning, spiritual connotation and a scripture. So for example, there are 35 different ways listed in the book for the spelling of my name "Tonia". And language/cultural origin for my name is Russian. The inherent meaning is "Queen" and the spiritual connotation is "honorable". My name scripture is 1 Corinthians 3:16 NRSV Do you know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you!